Yahoo: Darren Woodson: Bills lost Super Bowls due to excessive partying

[rangers71]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

Yet this board has a total meltown when Romo goes to Mexico on an off week.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Darren's just repeating something he heard. He didn't witness it. It's just a 20 year old memory based on media reports.

In other words, not that reliable.

Actually, he isn't the only one to say it. They say Darryl Talley was the worst of the worst. There was even a rumor that he was so drunk that he got in a fight with Magic Johnson's bodyguard!

 

[Temo]

I used to date a girl that worked at Rachel's (strip club) in Orlando. The manager and I were out one night on a double date and he told me that Jim Kelly was the craziest of them all. Some real wierd stories that are not fit for this forum.

He would consistently purchase party favors and hang with as many girls as he could (PG as I can make it). During Jim Kelly's playing days he had the reputation as a family guy and advocate for his handicap child.

You might be thinking of Doug Flutie. Jim Kelly's son (who had an inherited physical disease) wasn't born until 1997, which had a big role in Kelly's decision to retire that year.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Both rosters were stacked, although I think the Cowboys' was slightly better. But the Bills were outcoached in both super-bowl games vs. Dallas. That's why Dallas outplayed them. And that counts; coaching is a HUGE part of the game's success.

 

[tunahelper]

You might be thinking of Doug Flutie. Jim Kelly's son (who had an inherited physical disease) wasn't born until 1997, which had a big role in Kelly's decision to retire that year.

It was the late 90's when I was told of his escapades and he partied crazy as described his entire career. This guy was a long GM of these clubs.

I dont care really the story was in line with what Woodson claimed.

 

[Future]

ummm, you are 21, aren't you. You get to veteran age and you'll find that partying hard can really mess you up for days after - especially if you have to deliver high level performances

Hah, yes I am 21...but it's not like the guys on the Bills were in their 40's....they were probably mostly mid to late 20's. And I doubt that they were so wasted it slowed them down for two days.

I agree that if it was all week it probably screwed with their practices a little bit, but when it comes down to it, the partying shouldn't have had much impact ont he game IMO. In the games against the Cowboys at least, they got physically dominated, it had nothing to do with them not playing up to potential.

Now Scott Norwood on the other hand...who knows :laugh2:

 

[Primetime42]

Wow. I'd always heard that the Cowboys were the ones who partied hard both SB's against Buffalo and that Buffalo was quiet and determined and ready to win.

The Cowboys were all out snorting drugs off the backs of strippers during the week. Didn't you know the Bills were all in bed by 10PM?

 

[Chief]

1) I like to imagine that Marv Levy was the ringleader in all of this, hosting all-night orgies and making fun of rookie defensive backs who wanted to go to bed at 3:30 a.m.

Levy: "Anyone seen my underwear?"

 

[L-O-Jete]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

You must be young...

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

You must be young...

Or an alcoholic :laugh2:

 

[newlander]

oh my...no such thing as a 48 hr. hangover? Guess again...I use to hit it so hard in college I wouldn't recover for days...then hit it again. Glad and thankful I didn't develop a real problem like some of my friends. Barely touch it now. Just an occasional beer or three. Rarely hit the hard stuff.

 

[Established1971]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

you wanna bet?

 

[JBond]

As long as they weren't out Saturday night I don't see the big deal...there is no such thing as a 48 hour hangover

Not so sure about that. I had a couple in college. I have since learned the error of my ways.

 

[JBond]

Yet this board has a total meltown when Romo goes to Mexico on an off week.

Aint that the truth. It's not like he was doing lines of coke with his hooker girlfriend at the "white house". Time has a way of blurring reality.

 

[adbutcher]

Levy: "Anyone seen my underwear?"

:laugh2:

 

[Bob Sacamano]

wasn't Jim Kelly a notorious drunk? that explains everything when your on-the-field leader is a drunkard

 

[Rampage]

Actually, he isn't the only one to say it. They say Darryl Talley was the worst of the worst. There was even a rumor that he was so drunk that he got in a fight with Magic Johnson's bodyguard!

yeah, that was mentioned in that book "Boys will be boys" by Jeff Pearlman

Hah, yes I am 21...but it's not like the guys on the Bills were in their 40's....they were probably mostly mid to late 20's. And I doubt that they were so wasted it slowed them down for two days.

I agree that if it was all week it probably screwed with their practices a little bit, but when it comes down to it, the partying shouldn't have had much impact ont he game IMO. In the games against the Cowboys at least, they got physically dominated, it had nothing to do with them not playing up to potential.

Now Scott Norwood on the other hand...who knows :laugh2:

you realize these guys weren't just drinking a few beers when he says "partying" right?

 

[DandyDon1722]

Yep, knew a girl who worked at a club called Mons Venus (yes a strip club) in Tampa and Jim Kelly and a lot of the players were their the night before they played the Giants. I don't know what time their curfew was (if there was one) but she said they were on a roll and if anybody knows that place....geez.

Years later I got to know Thurman Thomas and he confirmed that they went at it pretty hard.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Years later I got to know Thurman Thomas and he confirmed that they went at it pretty hard.

That helps to partially explain the whole missing helmet incident.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Hah, yes I am 21...but it's not like the guys on the Bills were in their 40's....they were probably mostly mid to late 20's. And I doubt that they were so wasted it slowed them down for two days.

I agree that if it was all week it probably screwed with their practices a little bit, but when it comes down to it, the partying shouldn't have had much impact ont he game IMO. In the games against the Cowboys at least, they got physically dominated, it had nothing to do with them not playing up to potential.

Now Scott Norwood on the other hand...who knows :laugh2:

Young 'un, there's a world of hurt difference between 21 and 27. WORLD of hurt difference. The crap you pull at 21 will put you down in bed for a solid day at age 30, if not get you hospitalized.