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Michael Irvin resurfaces at NFLN, with strong opinions
Posted by Mike Florio on August 31, 2009 9:14 AM ET
More than two years after his stint with ESPN ended, Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin has landed a game-day gig with NFL Network, according to Michael Hiestand of USA Today.
And, though we often criticized Irvin during his time at ESPN, we like the fact that he's back on the air. If he can reel in some of his more radical opinions (e.g., Tony Romo's lineage) and avoid driving cars with drug paraphernalia tucked under the front seat, he should thrive with the league-owned broadcast outlet.
Irvin's first opinions are hardly radical, primarily because we agree with them completely.
As to the Eagles, Irvin predicts that a quarterback controversy is in the offing. Asked whether the presence of Mike Vick will become a problem for starter Donovan McNabb upon Vick's reinstatement, Irvin tells Hiestand, "I'm not sure you're going to have to wait that long."
Irvin also questions (wisely, we might add) whether McNabb actually lobbied for the Eagles to sign Vick, or whether the notion that McNabb lobbied for Vick was presented as a way to head off the hand wringing.
"I had to question that," Irvin said. "Did McNabb go to [the team] about Vick, or did they come to him?"
As to Brett Favre's arrival in Minnesota, Irvin says that the move definitely will not make the Vikings into Super Bowl contenders.
"The reality, as we all know, is that we've all been enablers here. Never has a quarterback not gone to a full training camp and then gone to a Super Bowl. It's never happened and never will happen and I thank the football gods it won't happen. . . . So don't tell me it's anybody's guess. We know what will happen. But we love Brett Favre so much we won't say it and it helped pressure Minnesota to get him."
Amen on both counts.
So we're glad Irvin is back, and we hope he'll keep delivering the high heat.
Posted by Mike Florio on August 31, 2009 9:14 AM ET
More than two years after his stint with ESPN ended, Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin has landed a game-day gig with NFL Network, according to Michael Hiestand of USA Today.
And, though we often criticized Irvin during his time at ESPN, we like the fact that he's back on the air. If he can reel in some of his more radical opinions (e.g., Tony Romo's lineage) and avoid driving cars with drug paraphernalia tucked under the front seat, he should thrive with the league-owned broadcast outlet.
Irvin's first opinions are hardly radical, primarily because we agree with them completely.
As to the Eagles, Irvin predicts that a quarterback controversy is in the offing. Asked whether the presence of Mike Vick will become a problem for starter Donovan McNabb upon Vick's reinstatement, Irvin tells Hiestand, "I'm not sure you're going to have to wait that long."
Irvin also questions (wisely, we might add) whether McNabb actually lobbied for the Eagles to sign Vick, or whether the notion that McNabb lobbied for Vick was presented as a way to head off the hand wringing.
"I had to question that," Irvin said. "Did McNabb go to [the team] about Vick, or did they come to him?"
As to Brett Favre's arrival in Minnesota, Irvin says that the move definitely will not make the Vikings into Super Bowl contenders.
"The reality, as we all know, is that we've all been enablers here. Never has a quarterback not gone to a full training camp and then gone to a Super Bowl. It's never happened and never will happen and I thank the football gods it won't happen. . . . So don't tell me it's anybody's guess. We know what will happen. But we love Brett Favre so much we won't say it and it helped pressure Minnesota to get him."
Amen on both counts.
So we're glad Irvin is back, and we hope he'll keep delivering the high heat.
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