Warren Moon Goes All Tony Soprano
Talk About Greats Betta Talk Bout Me
Like an episode right out of the Sopranos Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon would wait until the end of the day before sneaking into the back entrance twice each week to a psychologist office, where a Minneapolis psychologist scheduled Moon with the last appointment so it was not to be known the NFL quarterback was in therapy.
“I’d go Tuesday and Fridays, and I’d always go at the end of the day so no one would see me in the stairway,” Moon recalled during a recent interview. “Confidentiality was a big thing with me, but once I got past that, I was able to open up and talk about myself.”
As many find out once in therapy they have many suppressed issues and Moon was no different.
“When my dad passed away, I took a lot of responsibility and probably matured a lot faster because I was so caught up with being the ‘man of the house’ with my sisters and my mom,” said Moon. “Football was a way for me to make it in order to take care of my family. I never really paid any attention to me, except for the kind of football player I wanted to be.”
Moon’s autobiography, “Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey,” details his experiences during a lifetime of personal and professional challenges.
“One of the things I learned from this whole experience is that you need to deal with yourself first,” said Moon. “If you do that, you’ll be a better person to be around for others…”Address your feelings. Address your emotions. It will be a much more freeing experience in life, which will help you to be better to others around you.”
From being one of the top quarterbacks in the nation at the University of Washington to going undrafted by the NFL, Moon had to overcome stereotypes at every level. He is one of two people to be enshrined in both the to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame where he won five Grey Cups for the Edmonton Eskimos. He is also the first, and currently only, African-American quarterback elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Moon wound up playing for 17 NFL seasons for the Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings and Chiefs and passing a over 49,325 yards, 291 touchdown passes.
Moon’s message to others: Live the dream.
Charles Rogers Rides Shotgun With Pacman To Winnipeg
"smoke weed everyday"
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Foot ball League added another NFL castoff to their roster today when they signed former Detroit Lions washout wide receiver and noted marijuana enthusiast Charles Rogers. This comes a day after they signed former Dallas Cowboy corner back Adam Pacman Jones. Oddly they have similar off the field problems but are represented by the same agent Jason Fletcher.
According to the Globe and Mail, attorneys are working to find ways to get immigration documents squared away for the two legally challenged players. Both of the players were top-10 draft picks who could help the Blue Bombers in their quest for their first Grey Cup since 1990, the team’s director of player personnel was honest enough to admit that there’s another reason for the signings.
“And at the same time it’s a business decision as well as football decision. “From a marketing standpoint, a business standpoint and a football standpoint, I could go to 100 NFL training camps and every preseason game and more people will hear and know about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the next two weeks from the coverage we’ll receive, than in the last 10 years, said Jon Murphy “
How true that is,the Blue Bombers are getting a ton of free publicity while, potentially, helping themselves on the field at the same time. But I still think they will be an on the field bust, it’s their job to prove me wrong.
