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Thread: Kyle Boller Retires (Merged)
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07-30-2012, 09:24 AM #37Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Kyle Boller Retires (Merged)
I was at the Colts game. Half the crowd was cheering, and then fights started breaking out in different parts of the stadium between haters and supporters. It was crazy seeing Ravens fans fighting Ravens fans LOL.
I always wanted to see the tv broadcast of that game to see what the announcers reaction to the cheering, if it was audible to them
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07-30-2012, 09:36 AM #38
Re: Kyle Boller Retires (Merged)
I wish Kyle well. Yes, he played with a lot of heart and took all that heat in stride.
As for signing with the Chargers, maybe they were looking for a camp arm and he decided he wasn't up for it."I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused" - Elvis Costello
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Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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07-30-2012, 09:54 AM #40
Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
Kyle was a good guy and will live a life that all of us could only dream of.... (Millions in the bank, Super Model wife, chillin' by the pool in his California Mansion, and a Ferrari in the driveway). As much as we make fun of him, he is a better Quarterback than 99.9% of Football players that walk the earth. There were only about 45 guys in the world who were better than him in any given season he played. Just another way of looking at it.
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07-30-2012, 10:14 AM #41
Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
I think it was a game against the Jets, where he (or maybe somebody else? don't remember) fumbled the ball, and he ended up diving on it in traffic about 10 yards away from where he'd been. What other quarterback dives on loose balls?
That dude had heart. I hope my kids, in whatever sports they choose, play with that much passion.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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07-30-2012, 10:51 AM #42Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
I think you're confusing passion with busting you butt to try to make up for your screw-ups. A QB fumbles the ball or throws braindead interceptions he should be diving and tackling to get that ball back
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07-30-2012, 11:55 AM #43
Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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07-30-2012, 03:23 PM #44
Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
Agreed. Let's see, he had Ogden to protect him, but little else (Mulitalo was decent.) He had Heap as a reliable receiver, and little else. He was on an offense built to be a running team. He had Cavanaugh as OC for several seasons. He played hard, but he was running against the wind, IMO.
Al
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Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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07-31-2012, 08:01 AM #47
Re: Kyle Boller Has Retired
I was part of the "give him time" chorus in 2003 and 2004. I was hopeful that he would mature into a decent starting QB. In hindsight, those that wanted to move on from him after year 1 were right. You just cannot teach accuracy. And I don't recall a QB that fumbled the ball without anyone touching him more often. It was one of those fumbles, against Denver, in 2005, that did it for me.
Boller seemed like a nice enough guy, he never complained, and he took a ton of abuse, nationally and locally. Much of it was earned, though.
In the end, Newsome and Billick rolled the dice with Boller and lost. Billick once commented that if you screw-up the first round QB pick, you set back your organization five years. He was right (unfortunately).
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