While I generally like Ross Tucker on the radio about the same as I liked him on the field (not particularly noteworthy on either), he and Randy Cross had some interesting BIlls-related material today.
First, they had Coles on and asked him about his choice of the Bengals. He said that more than anything it came down to two things:
1. The chance to have Carson Palmer throw at him. He said that Palmer was very involved in recruiting him and he's excited to play with Carson. He was looking for solid QB play, and had some pretty ambivalent things to say about his experience with Favre.
2. Being a #2 to Chad Johnson. He said this will be the first time in his career where he will definately not be the guy that coverages are rolled towards, and he thinks he can really take advantage of that to finish his career on an up note.
Second, while discussing whether Haynesworth is going to go soft now that he's gotten paid, Ross Tucker said that he's seen it before, and then started off using "a high draft pick tackle that I used to play with" as an example of someone who was just plain lazy and only put in the effort he needed to keep the paycheck coming. He was trying to be discrete, but in telling a story about how this Tackle once tried to bench himself because his eyes were dry from smoke during the pre-game fireworks, he said "so Mike goes...." If there was any doubt before that he was talking about Mike Williams, that pretty much cleared it up. Said that the only time he ever saw MW motivated regarding football was during games of Madden in the players' lounge.
Not all that germane to the events of today, but thought I'd pass it along....
First, they had Coles on and asked him about his choice of the Bengals. He said that more than anything it came down to two things:
1. The chance to have Carson Palmer throw at him. He said that Palmer was very involved in recruiting him and he's excited to play with Carson. He was looking for solid QB play, and had some pretty ambivalent things to say about his experience with Favre.
2. Being a #2 to Chad Johnson. He said this will be the first time in his career where he will definately not be the guy that coverages are rolled towards, and he thinks he can really take advantage of that to finish his career on an up note.
Second, while discussing whether Haynesworth is going to go soft now that he's gotten paid, Ross Tucker said that he's seen it before, and then started off using "a high draft pick tackle that I used to play with" as an example of someone who was just plain lazy and only put in the effort he needed to keep the paycheck coming. He was trying to be discrete, but in telling a story about how this Tackle once tried to bench himself because his eyes were dry from smoke during the pre-game fireworks, he said "so Mike goes...." If there was any doubt before that he was talking about Mike Williams, that pretty much cleared it up. Said that the only time he ever saw MW motivated regarding football was during games of Madden in the players' lounge.
Not all that germane to the events of today, but thought I'd pass it along....
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