Tag: Terry Bradshaw

NFL fans blasted Terry Bradshaw for ruining the Eagles’ NFC championship trophy celebration

This was a big yikes.

Terry Bradshaw is a lot, and not always in a great way.

We learned that again right after the Eagles beat the 49ers in the NFC championship game, as the former Steelers QB was given the hosting duties for the trophy presentation and it… did not go well at all.

I don’t know why Fox Sports would give Bradshaw that opportunity when they have the great Curt Menefee running the studio show but maybe moving forward they will think twice about that decision.

Bradshaw immediately took the energy out of the moment when he had an awkward back-and-forth with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and then closed things out by making Jalen Hurts sing the Eagles’ fight song.

This was just bad:

This was also bad:

Fans were not impressed with Bradshaw.

Terry Bradshaw reveals he has beaten cancer — twice

Terry Bradshaw revealed he has beaten two forms of cancer

Terry Bradshaw revealed some big news on FOX Sports’ pregame show on Sunday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers great and Pro Football Hall of Famer brought up how he ran out of breath last week and wanted to explain what happened.

Bradshaw said he had bladder cancer that was treated at Yale University through surgery. He said he was eventually given a clean bill of health on the bladder cancer.

Then, he had a rare form of skin cancer in his neck. He had surgery for that tumor in Houston.

“Folks, I may not look like my old self, but I feel like my old self,” Bradshaw said. “I’m cancer-free. I’m feeling great and overtime I’m going to be back to where I usually am.”

Washington Super Bowl Coach stands alone

As Sean McVay and Zac Taylor look to win their first Super Bowl Sunday, we shall never forget Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks.

How is it that one coach stands out in contrast to all Super Bowl champion coaches?

Vince Lombardi won the first two Super Bowls with Bart Starr as the Green Bay Packers starting quarterback. Don Shula and Miami won two with Bob Griese. Tom Landry steered Dallas to two Super Bowl trophies with Roger Staubach at the helm. Chuck Noll and the Pittsburgh Steelers won four Super Bowls in the 1970s with Terry Bradshaw behind center.

Tom Flores and the Raiders won two with Jim Plunkett as the leader of the offense. Bill Walsh was the head coach with Joe Montana the field general for three Super Bowl crowns for the 49ers. The 49ers won two more with head coach George Seifert coaching and Montana and Steve Young as signal-callers.

Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer both coached the Cowboys to Super Bowl rings with Troy Aikman taking the snaps from center. Denver’s Mike Shanahan as head coach and John Elway in the pocket for the Broncos won it all twice.

Tom Coughlin’s NY Giants took the crown twice with Eli Manning the on-field general. Last but certainly not least, New England’s Bill Belichick won six rings with Tom Brady as the quarterback.

Seifert is the only one above to win a second Super Bowl with a second quarterback (Montana and Young).

There is also Marv Levy and the Bills who went to multiple Super Bowls with Jim Kelly under center — and lost. Likewise, Dan Reeves led Elway and the Broncos to three Super Bowl appearances — they also lost all three.

Yet, there is one other coach to win more than multiple Super Bowls with more than one quarterback, Joe Gibbs of the Washington Redskins. Gibbs not only won more than one Super Bowl with more than one quarterback, he accomplished the feat three times!

Gibbs led Washington to Super Bowl trophies with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien winning Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI.

Starr, Griese, Staubach, Bradshaw, Montana, Young, Aikman and Elway are already in the Hall of Fame. Without question Brady will be in the HOF and Eli Manning a 2-time SB MVP is likely to be elected to the HOF. Only Jim Plunkett is likely to not make the HOF.

By contrast, Theismann was only an All-Pro once (1983), and Williams and Rypien were never All-Pro. Rypien had a great year only in 1991. Williams though never even a pro-bowler, was a veteran leader and had huge moments like the playoff win at Chicago (1987) and a nearly perfect 2nd quarter in Super Bowl XXII, earning the MVP.

Joe Gibbs is distinctive among Super Bowl coaches with multiple wins, doing so with three non-Hall of Fame quarterbacks.  Hats off to Coach Joe, who is remarkably now age 81. The Washington franchise and fans were certainly blessed to have enjoyed Joe Jackson Gibbs as head coach.

‘Extremely disappointed’ Terry Bradshaw rips Aaron Rodgers in scathing rant

Go on, Terry.

Here, in the most tiresome of timelines, as we approach two years of life in a pandemic with more than 5 million people dead, the former quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers is taking the current quarterback of the Green Bay Packers to task for lying about his vaccination status.

It’s all as dumb and bad as you might expect but this is where we are. Terry Bradshaw — TERRY BRADSHAW! — represents the even-keeled, expert-trusting majority and Aaron Rodgers is the goofball who thinks because he’s good at football, has dated famous people and even hosted a gameshow, he can “do his own research” and then opt to endanger hundreds of people by fibbing about getting a vaccine.

Here’s Bradshaw’s delightfully succinct response to that, delivered on Fox NFL Sunday:

“I give Aaron Rodgers some advice. It would have been nice if he’d have just come to the Naval Academy and learned how to be honest, learned not to lie, because that’s what you did, Aaron, you lied to everyone. I understand ‘immunized.’ What you were doing is taking stuff that would keep you from getting Covid-19. You got Covid-19. Ivermectin is the cattle de-wormer. Sorry, folks, that’s what it is. We are a divided nation politically. We are a divided nation on Covid-19, whether or not to take the vaccine and, unfortunately, we’ve got players that pretty much only think about themselves and I’m extremely disappointed in the actions of Aaron Rodgers.”

And there you have it.

The whole segment, including comments from Jimmie Johnson, Howie Long and Micheal Strahan, is worth watching.

Jay Glazer reports here that Rodgers won’t face a suspension if he’s found to have violated the protocols for unvaccinated players; he could be fined. Beyond that, he’s going to get to go into a “testing holiday” which will let him not be tested for 90 days.

That’s absurd. Aaron Rodgers should be shoved to the sidelines for lying the way he did (as our Andy Nesbitt wrote last week). It was disrespectful to his teammates, everyone who works for the Packers, Packers fans (who are also team owners) and to all the healthcare professionals across the world who’ve struggled through a pandemic made worse by ignorance and self-righteous individualism that combines to create a stew of stupidity and selfishness.

Rodgers made himself a leader of that movement with an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show late last week. His lame act might have been funny if it wasn’t so dangerous.

Rodgers now wants to pretend he’s a bold freethinker, when previously he couldn’t even just admit he hadn’t gotten the vaccine. For all the “research” he’s supposedly done, he’s yet to provide any evidence to support his stance that this vaccine might be in any way dangerous. So far, 7.27 BILLION doses have been administered, and study after study after study has shown no evidence of any long-term danger.

Any notion that Aaron Rodgers is an elevated thinker or man of strong moral fiber has been completely wiped out, but if he really can make a case that the vaccine is dangerous, then he should step and do it. Be truly bold, Aaron. Give us your facts so they can be evaluated, and don’t pretend a “woke mob” won’t give them due consideration. That’s cowardly.

Either make your case, or admit the truth: You just didn’t feel like getting it, and you don’t really care what that means for anybody else.

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Terry Bradshaw: Panthers ‘hit on best QB in franchise history’ with Sam Darnold

Hopefully, Cam Newton just slipped Terry Bradshaw’s mind when he anointed Sam Darnold as the best QB in Panthers history.

Cam Newton hasn’t been a Carolina Panther for 559 days. That, however, doesn’t necessarily mean the gratuitous disrespect towards the franchise’s greatest player has taken any of those days off.

During Sunday’s Week 4 coverage on NFL on Fox, Pittsburgh Steelers legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw laid down an, uh, interesting opinion. And by “interesting,” we mean borderline insane.

To be fair, we do love ourselves a nice comeback story. Plus, Sam Darnold is a likable guy, a respected teammate and is having himself an encouraging start in trying to turn his career around.

But, man . . . what is this?

This, of course, is preposterous for a few reasons. For one, Darnold has played just a month’s worth of games for Carolina. Even though the franchise is relatively young, as they’re currently in their 27th season, that’s still some blatant disregard for a few guys that’ve lined up under center in a Panthers uniform. Jake Delhomme and Steve Beuerlein may like a word.

It’s particularly insulting, though, to the organization’s most impactful player in its history, Cam Newton. Now, providing a list of Newton’s accomplishments to even entertain such an argument would be ridiculous, superfluous and flippant in its own right.

But in case you forgot, Cam is the franchise leader in passing yards (by nearly 10,000 yards), passing touchdowns and completions. He’s also the only Panther to ever win the AP Most Valuable Player and the AP Offensive Player of the Year awards. Oh, and he’s led them to more wins, more division titles and more playoff appearances than any other quarterback in team history.

(Let’s not even mention, although we’re about to anyway, that he’s the only quarterback in league history to lead a franchise in career passing and rushing touchdowns.)

Anyway, perhaps Terry was just a little excited and got ahead of himself. We all want to see Sam succeed, but come on now, TB.

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What Steelers need to do in 2021 to draft a top-tier QB

Landing a franchise quarterback in the NFL, even in the first round, remains a total crapshoot.

Landing a franchise quarterback in the NFL, even in the first round, remains a total crapshoot. The Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the league’s most successful franchises, have been so lucky just twice in their 88-year history — Terry Bradshaw, first overall, in 1970, and Ben Roethlisberger, 11th overall, in 2004.

Once Big Ben finally decides to hang up the cleats, the Steelers and their fanbase should prepare for years of misery. Mason Rudolph, Dwayne Haskins (a first-round NFL draft pick), and similar-caliber quarterbacks will be the theme in Pittsburgh for what could be a long and painful spell.

For those who tried to forget or weren’t around to experience the quarterback plight between Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger, starting signal-callers were Cliff Stoudt, David Woodley, Mark Malone, Scott Campbell, Bubby Brister, Bono, Todd Blackledge, Neil O’Donnell, Mike Tomczak, Jim Miller, Kordell Stewart, Kent Graham, and Tommy Maddox.

For 14 seasons, from 1979 to 2003, Malone was the only quarterback Pittsburgh selected in the first round (28th overall). Because of Bradshaw, Malone wasn’t named the starter until 1984.

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For their first three decades of existence, the Steelers were an utter embarrassment to Pittsburgh. The 1969 season took the cake, though, with one win to 13 losses, which earned the franchise the first overall pick in the 1970 NFL draft and, ultimately, the selection of Terry Bradshaw.

In 2003, the Steelers 6-10 record got them the 11th overall pick and Ben Roethlisberger in the 2004 NFL draft.

As far as first-round quarterbacks go, though, for every Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, there’s a Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford, Jake Locker, Robert Griffin III, Mitchell Trubisky, Sam Darnold. Just as in Pittsburgh, for every Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger, there’s a Stoudt, Bono, Campbell and Graham.

Hopefully, the Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be bad enough this season to be in a position to draft a franchise-caliber quarterback in the 2022 NFL draft. Unless they’re one of the five worst teams in the NFL this season, you can kiss their chances of drafting a top-tier QB goodbye.

While losing doesn’t guarantee a franchise quarterback for any team, winning most definitely won’t.

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Terry Bradshaw wrongly rips ‘weak’ Aaron Rodgers: ‘Who the hell cares who you draft?’

He missed the mark here.

The Aaron Rodgers drama with the Green Bay Packers hit a fever pitch last Thursday before the 2021 NFL draft, but some of it makes sense.

From the way the front office has drafted — the last wide receiver taken in the first two rounds was Davante Adams SEVEN YEARS AGO! And of course taking heir apparent Jordan Love last year — to the coaching decisions (the infamous field goal decision in the NFC championship game), you get it. Rodgers has done all he can to get the Packers back to the Super Bowl.

Does that make him “weak” that he might be done with the franchise? No. But that’s apparently what Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw thinks, as he told WFAN on Monday:

“With him being that upset shows me just how weak he is. Who the hell cares who you draft? He’s a three-time MVP in the league and he’s worried about this guy they drafted last year at No. 1?”

He went on to say the Packers should call his bluff on the retirement talk and mentioned how the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted QBs in his day and Bradshaw brushed it off.

This is just the usual “back in my day” old school ridiculousness that we hear from those who played in a different era. Rodgers is certainly not weak. How long is he supposed to put up with incompetence around him? And yes, the Packers need a contingency plan for when Rodgers isn’t an MVP anymore … but they also need to be aware of what drafting a QB in the first round will do to their superstar. That’s a factor to consider! For some quarterbacks, that might be an insult, and so might be taking Love over Tee Higgins, Michael Pittman Jr., Chase Claypool and so on.

By the way, Bradshaw had similar thoughts on Russell Wilson: “Shut your mouth and play quarterback.”

Ridiculous.

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Terry Bradshaw shares new training regimen with fans — with a twist

Bradshaw teamed up with Schlotzsky’s restaurants to create the Train for a Mouthful regimen.

Between the Pittsburgh Steelers drafting Terry Bradshaw first overall and leading the Steelers to a string of Super Bowl wins, was another pivotal moment in American history. Schlotzsky’s, a fast-casual restaurant franchise, came on the scene in 1971.

A lot has changed with the Steelers since the ’70s. They’ve twice added to their trophy display case, and their former quarterback gets paid to talk football instead of throwing it.

But Bradshaw remains a Steelers hero. And The Original remains Schlotzsky’s hero.

The Original, a favorite of Bradshaw’s, has 13 unique ingredients, including lean smoked ham with Genoa and Cotto salamis, three different kinds of cheese, and more, served on our toasted house-made sourdough bun (Bradshaw likes to add jalapenos).

So it was a no-brainer for Schlotzsky’s and Bradshaw to collaborate on their “It’s a Mouthful” campaign.

“It’s no secret that I always have a mouthful to say, so when the opportunity came up to help Schlotzsky’s fans train their mouths, I couldn’t say no,” said Bradshaw. “My family and I have been eating Schlotzsky’s sandwiches for years, so any workout where I can enjoy my go-to – The Original with jalapenos – is a workout made just for me.”

Bradshaw says there’s a Schlotzsky’s location eight miles from where he lives in Oklahoma and he and his wife Tammy go “at least” once a week.

Because of all of the additional meat piled on, Bradshaw and Schlotzsky’s developed a new line of mouth muscle-moving exercises called “Train for a Mouthful.”

“It’s been a stressful year, and we can all use a little bit of fun these days. That is why we’re excited to team up with sports legend Terry Bradshaw to create the Train for a Mouthful regimen,” said Tory Bartlett, chief brand officer at Schlotzsky’s.

Bartlett says the regimen provides customers with an engaging way to prepare for and enjoy Schlotzsky’s new, meatier sandwiches.

The routine consists of three exercises – The Breadlift, The Chew Chew and The Stacks on Deck – all to help prepare you for a mouthful of sandwich:

  • The Breadlift: Think bicep curl, but better. Instead of holding dumbbells, grab your Schlotzsky’s sandwich, curl at the elbows, stretch your jaw wide, and take a bite.
  • The Chew Chew: This variation of the shoulder press will help not only your rotator cuff but also your triceps. Hold two sandwich halves on either side of your head. Lift your hands to the sky, lower back down, then rotate your neck to the left, and take a bite.
  • The Stacks on Deck: To improve your arm strength and stretch out your core, grasp an Original in each hand, push your arms out to the side, bring the sandwiches back in and take a bite.

The best part is, the workout can be any one of Schlotzsky’s 11 mouth-watering creations because each now has 30 percent more meat.

So, instead of doing the usual pizza for the NFL draft, get Schlotzsky’s delivered. Any lucky residents in these fine Schlotzsky’s states can take advantage of the “Bradshaw BOGO,” where guests who buy a medium sandwich get one free. The promotion is being offered all draft-long and continues through Sunday, May 2. Just download the Schlotzsky’s app to redeem this offer.

Bradshaw Bourbon

Bradshaw had a love for football, so he played it. Bradshaw also had a love of bourbon, so he brewed it.

Bradshaw Bourbon, an award-winning Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, is 103.8 proof, 51.9 percent alcohol. 51.9 also happens to be Bradshaw’s career completion percentage.

And it goes great with meat.

Bradshaw Bourbon can be found at your local retailer or online.

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The day Terry Bradshaw became “Thomas Brady”

In 1983, Terry Bradshaw checked into a Louisiana hospital to undergo arm surgery. His alias? “Thomas Brady.” who was five years old.

By the time he checked into Doctors’ Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 3, 1983 to undergo surgery to repair muscle tears in his throwing arm, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw had already established himself as the most successful quarterback in Super Bowl history. Bradshaw’s Steelers won Super Bowls IX against the Vikings, Super Bowls X and XIII against the Cowboys, and Super Bowl XIV against the Rams. Bradshaw was the Most Valuable Player in those last two games, and his future Hall of Fame legacy was secured.

At the time, future NFL quarterback Tom Brady, who eclipsed Bradshaw’s status as the winningest Super Bowl quarterback ever (seven and counting), was five years old — a Bay Area kid who was just getting his Joe Montana worship on.

So, it’s rather interesting that when Bradshaw checked into that hospital in 1983, he did so under an assumed name — as superstars often do — and the name he picked was something else. (H/T to the awesome Quirky Research Twitter account for this).

“He didn’t ask for that,” said Dr. Bill Bundrick, who performed the operation, about Bradshaw’s alias, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “It’s something we did to keep him from being disturbed by visitors and telephone calls,”

Had Bradshaw somehow seen the future of the quarterback position? Because that’s a pretty pinpoint name to choose.

“I didn’t know anything about it,” Bradshaw told the Tampa Tribune of the fake name later that month. “I walked to the hospital exhausted. The doctors wouldn’t let me eat or drink for 24 hours. They took me to the emergency room, pulled down my pants and gave me a pre-op shot and — boom! — that was it.

“When I woke up after the operation, a doctor came into the room and told me they’d used an alias so I could rest without being bothered. He said, ‘Your name’s Thomas Brady.’ That’s how it happened.'”

So, whoever came up with that, bravo. 

As for Bradshaw, 1983 proved to be his last NFL season — he played just one game, completing five of eight passes for 77 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions before Father Time came calling. At least he was able to hold onto his all-time Super Bowl win total until February 5, 2017, when Brady caught his fifth such win in Super Bowl LI, in the 28-3 game against the Falcons.

NFL fans just discovered the amazing story of Terry Bradshaw using ‘Thomas Brady’ as an alias

Whoa!!

In 1983, “Tom Brady” went into a hospital in Louisiana got surgery for his elbow.

That sentence might not be too crazy. What’s nuts is “Thomas Brady” was an alias used by Terry Bradshaw — the future Hall of Fame quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time — to keep reporters from knowing he was getting surgery. The other Tom Brady would be about six years old at the time.

This is an old story that is now blowing NFL fan minds, thanks to a tweet going viral. And sure enough, if you look up a UPI story, there it is! It’s true!

“Charles Boyd, Doctor’s Hospital administrator, said the four-time Super Bowl quarterback was admitted March 3 under the name Thomas Brady,” it reads. “Bradshaw, who owns a farm south of Shreveport, was operated on the same day for muscle tears in his right elbow, Boyd said. He left the hospital March 5.”

“‘Many times,'” it continues, “‘we have to admit people under an assumed name or under no name to keep the press and the fans away,’ Boyd said.”

Eerie. Did the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? Mine did!

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