The_Philster
01-26-2003, 12:32 PM
SAN DIEGO -- It was only fitting that at Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday, Raiders quarterback Rick Mirer was without a home.
While superstars like Jerry Rice and Tim Brown sat atop metal platforms and pseudo-stars like Sebastian Janikowski sat in designated stadium seats, Mirer was left with the rookies, free agents and scout-teamers, wandering around on the field with no place to go.
He was stopped here and asked questions there. But overall, few paid any attention. His emotions were confused -- thrilled to finally be at the Super Bowl, flattened that he's had very little to do with the Raiders getting here.
It's a boyhood dream coming true with a twisted reality at the end of the rainbow....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs02/s/2003/0124/1498381.html)
While superstars like Jerry Rice and Tim Brown sat atop metal platforms and pseudo-stars like Sebastian Janikowski sat in designated stadium seats, Mirer was left with the rookies, free agents and scout-teamers, wandering around on the field with no place to go.
He was stopped here and asked questions there. But overall, few paid any attention. His emotions were confused -- thrilled to finally be at the Super Bowl, flattened that he's had very little to do with the Raiders getting here.
It's a boyhood dream coming true with a twisted reality at the end of the rainbow....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs02/s/2003/0124/1498381.html)