captain stone
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My only regret is that 2007 was the first time he was on the roster but not activated to lead the team onto the field in the Superbowl as he did in 2001, 2003, 2004. Totally irrational but I had a bad feeling when they announced him as inactive for just that reason, and it's not like we had much of a return game all evening and Gay was hurt early on. So who knows... I know Ventrone was active and had one sweet kick coverage hit on the last kickoff. Unfortunately is was for naught...
I agree. If BB had no intention of using Eckel in the offensive backfield, then only one of Eckel/Ventrone/Spann should have been activated for the SB; Troy could then have been the 45th activation. It was a disgrace that he was de-activated for the SB, and for Week 17 vs. the jints, where he should have had the chance to catch the TD pass that would have broken the donkeys record of highest # of TD-pass-catchers. That record meant more to me than Moss' "record"*.
*Jerry Rice established his record during the strike year of '87, in which he only played 12 games.