FANTASY FURNACE

If there is one thing I have come to know and understand over the last few years covering the NFL is its a brotherhood. Sure some former players have issues with others who had been with rival teams but normally there is a public face masking any contempt. That has been blurred in recent years when former colleagues have become a part of the media covering the league.

Now come on Terry…keep it above board. In all honesty we should have seen this coming from Bradshaw. He was critiqued very harshly as a QB in a time where you didn’t have the 24 hour scrutiny we have now. Not tabloid garbage mind you. People forget he was called dumb by the media. “‘Lil Abner in cleats”…etc… etc Millions upon millions of people reading you’re dumb for years. He’s never recovered from it.

How do we know this?

Consider the fact…

We all know the reason Ryan Fitzpatrick is a journeyman quarterback …his inconsistent play…but now we know another reason …his mouth…

Ok let me make sure I get this straight , you spend the off season holding out because coming off a career year you want big money and more than what you eventually settle for …then you stink up the place leading your team to a 1-5 record you get benched and then after a rare win you say…

“The biggest thing in this game in order to last is to have a belief in yourself,” Fitzpatrick said. “Because when the owner stops believing in you, and the GM stops believing in you and the coaches stop believing in you, sometimes all you have is yourself. That’s something I’ve had to deal with before. That’s what I’m dealing with now.”

Asked directly if he felt the Jets’ owner, GM…