Peter King's Last MMQB

[mraynrand]

“I like the Colts. We have something in common: We both defected in the middle of the night.”

—Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, to USA Today.

My eyes are going, I thought that said 'defecated'

[Anti-Polar Bear]

As per usual, Tank fucked up...

This is the link to Kings' last MMQB

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/21/peter-king-final-monday-morning-quarterback-column

This is my favorite quote from his article.

“I like the Colts. We have something in common: We both defected in the middle of the night.”

—Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, to USA Today.

I assumed everyone knew how to access that "last" article. Just Google Peter Fuckin' King.

That "last" article provided the link to the one that I provided above. In addition to the part 'bout Jervey and Johnson buying a lion, the article hinted that Favre and Sharpe weren't best of friends. Read the article and be smarter at football.

[Tony Oday]

i don't recall hearing anyone talk about how he was still drinking. i remember having to roll my eyes everytime i had to hear about him kicking the habit though

and since we're ripping on king bert and spilling things about him

he also doesn't like having to pay or tip for things even though he's worth buttloads of money

Favre and assorted Packers busted up some locals and a bar by my cabin. Locals started it and were sent home, Packers paid for it and were escorted across county lines.

[ThunderDan]

i don't recall hearing anyone talk about how he was still drinking. i remember having to roll my eyes everytime i had to hear about him kicking the habit though

and since we're ripping on king bert and spilling things about him

he also doesn't like having to pay or tip for things even though he's worth buttloads of money

Favre and Chmura use to go to a bar on Water St in Milwaukee and hit the alcohol hard in the mid-90s. They would be kept in a back room with a bunch of women who were not their wives.

[Deputy Nutz]

I remember a story that Paul Hornung told a decade or so ago. Brett appeared on television program with Hornung and was asked if he was still drinking and Brett looked the camera square and said, "I honestly haven't had a sip of alcohol after coming out of rehab."

Hornung had to stop from laughing because as he told the story he and Brett played golf all day before the shoot at the golf course and he said Brett must have drank a case of beer on the golf course.

This must have been shot in the summer of 1997.

I am one of the biggest Favre honks around because Favre was the boy who refused to grow up and he played the game with so much passion, and his life off the field made me giggle. I suggest reading "The Gunslinger" biography on Favre. You don't need to read Peter King, it's all in there.

[Deputy Nutz]

I assumed everyone knew how to access that "last" article. Just Google Peter Fuckin' King.

That "last" article provided the link to the one that I provided above. In addition to the part 'bout Jervey and Johnson buying a lion, the article hinted that Favre and Sharpe weren't best of friends. Read the article and be smarter at football.

In 1994 or 95, I can't remember which year, but Sharpe decided he was going to hold out and not play in the first game of the season. He made the decision days before the start of the season to hold the team hostage. Favre who just signed a new deal with the Packers call Sharpe out to the media. Sharpe got bent out of shape. The front office went to Favre to ask him to restructure his deal so that they could extend Sharpe. Favre agreed.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

In 1994 or 95, I can't remember which year, but Sharpe decided he was going to hold out and not play in the first game of the season. He made the decision days before the start of the season to hold the team hostage. Favre who just signed a new deal with the Packers call Sharpe out to the media. Sharpe got bent out of shape. The front office went to Favre to ask him to restructure his deal so that they could extend Sharpe. Favre agreed.

Oh I see. I kinda sensed that not many homo sapiens at 1265 Lombardi Ave. shed a tear when Sharpe left town.

Sharpe was a good player. Coulda been a HOFmer. I liked him on the now-defunct NFL Playbooks. Sharpe knew football and always referred to the Packers as his Packers. Fuck the NFL Network for cancelling the show - I got smarter at football from watching that show.

[pbmax]

You sure about restructuring his deal to get Sharpe a re-do? I don't remember that at all. But its been a long time.

[NewsBruin]

I read Peter King more and more after Paul Zimmerman's stroke, and many 15-minute toilet breaks were spent on my smartphone on si.com. I really appreciated King's ability to get piece together a good narrative from collecting multiple players' and coaches' perspectives, usually after someone's career day. However, he wasn't much of a newsbreaker (which is completely fine) or tactical analyst, and aside from practice-squad-guy-makes-good, he really loved the frontrunners and status quo. He did have good front-office connections, and I trusted him to report the mood of the room in league meetings (which also meant he was useful to deliver trial balloons or have folks spin a better version of what they wished would have happened). You could tell most of his analysis came from "this coach told me..." He threw in his liberal politics, but I didn't engage in a lot of critical thinking or learning from reading his football or non-football blurbs. King was like Adult Contemporary after Led Zeppelin disbanded.

But big props on achieving and maintaining his weight loss. I now feel like a heel for craving another scoop of ice cream, and the kitchen is just one room away.

[mraynrand]

Have two scoops. I’ve heard it’s OK.

[NewsBruin]

Have two scoops. I’ve heard it’s OK.

My amygdala convinced my id that since it was (chocolate-coconut-caramel-praline) FroYo, it was not ice cream, and, therefore, okay.

[mraynrand]

lol

[Deputy Nutz]

You sure about restructuring his deal to get Sharpe a re-do? I don't remember that at all. But its been a long time.

I believe Favre mentioned it in one of his two autobiographies. Most of what was in those books were lies, especially about Favre's personal life, I read a lot of autobiographies from football players when I was a kid and it's just sort of trashy how bad they stretch the truth.

[NewsBruin]

Okay, so I'm driving through the last MMQB column, and I'm softening on all the things I liked about Peter King. Dammit, maybe I'll even like a Peter Cetera ballad. Maybe the soft-focus, longform stories from being embedded in lockerrooms and war rooms and hotel rooms aren't that bad in a world of hot-takes and veiled-threat writing. I think most of King's better background sources have aged off their rosters and executive offices.

Specifically on the Favre part: I don't understand how someone could get hyper on Vicodin, although I've worked in enough rehab centers to know that holding off withdrawal and DTs is its own reward.

And you snitched to Peyton Manning? WTF?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I believe Favre mentioned it in one of his two autobiographies. Most of what was in those books were lies, especially about Favre's personal life, I read a lot of autobiographies from football players when I was a kid and it's just sort of trashy how bad they stretch the truth.

As a kid, I read "Bad As I Wanna Be," Dennis Rodman's autobiography. Awesome book.

I think alotta folks, black and white alike, hate Rodman cos he likes Pearl Jam, as if the Worm should be listening to Em, Pac, Rage and even Hootie instead of Pearl Jam. Now I'm sophisticated, and therefore, into Britpop acts like Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane, etc., so I ain't a fan of Pearl Jam. But Rodman was and remains my favorite hoop playa of all time.