Doug Flutie Retires

[Freak93]

sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2445409

I didn't want to see him retire. He is still great. I always had fun watching him.

[detroitbasketball]

Can't play forever. I think he finally realized he really wouldn't be doing much playing on the Patriots.

[Freak93]

detroitbasketball said:

Can't play forever. I think he finally realized he really wouldn't be doing much playing on the Patriots.

Drop kicks?

[eaglesrownage]

No More Dropkicks...I am going to be tossing and turning in my sleep all night

[McGahee]

One of my favorite players of all time. I loved this guy... I still have a few boxes of Flutie Flakes stashed away. I think we actually would have been better off with him than Holcomb or Losman in a couple of games last year. I wish this guy the best, and I really really wish we would have had him play and have that assclown Rob Johnson warming the bench...

[IXI B@CkSt0P IXI]

I still love watching the play he made when he was in college. Still, he can say he has had a succesful career. Good luck to him.

[Cerrano39]

He comes into the sports store I work at all the time. Danny Ainge and Ted Johnson too.

[Freak93]

cerrano39 said:

He comes into the sports store I work at all the time. Danny Ainge and Ted Johnson too.

Tell him he is amazing for the dropkick. ;D

[Cerrano39]

Lol, I did.

His wife is really hot by the way.

[Freak93]

That is awesome. Doug Flutie is the man. Kicks ass in CFL, great college football play, Heisman Trophy, the drop kick, hot wife. The man is a savior.

[sep]

They were talking about his chances on getting into the Hall on Mike and Mike this morning. And Trey Wingo said, since it isnt called the NFL Hall of Fame, his CFL numbers should be counted, so he should get in.

[McGahee]

There are much more deserving quarterbacks than Flutie that deserve to be in. Trust me, I love Flutie. But CFL numbers shouldn't count nearly as much as NFL numbers. He wasn't a Hall-of-Fame guy, and if he was, he would have been in the NFL. ..

[dabears]

It will be good to see him calling the games on Saturday mornings now.

[Freak93]

mcgahee26 said:

There are much more deserving quarterbacks than Flutie that deserve to be in. Trust me, I love Flutie. But CFL numbers shouldn't count nearly as much as NFL numbers. He wasn't a Hall-of-Fame guy, and if he was, he would have been in the NFL. ..

I agree with that. His CFL numbers were awesome, but they have an extra player on the field and a gigantic endzone.

[cooljayhu]

the reasons you suggested for his numbers arent that huge of a deal to be honest, I mean its not like the offense has 12 and the D has 11, one extra guy for both sides does change the game that much. However, it is more about how the game is played. In CFL there is so much passing that players regularly throw for 4000, 5000, and in Flutie's case yep 6000 yards in a season. Plus the fact that we have an extra game ion there as well and it can add up.

In the NFL it is a great season for a QB if he get 3000 yards but it is a great season for an RB if he gets 1000 yards. For example Kerry Joseph QB for the now defunct Ottawa Renegades last season threw for almost 4000 yards AND rushed for over 1000 yards. In the CFL the entire offense is more or less based off of how good you QB is. While in the NFL you can get by with an OK QB if your ground is solid (ie. Da Bears).

Personally, although I am biased cause I have seen him play so many times and cause he is my absolute favoite player of all time besides Walter Payton that is, I believe that he should definintely get into the Pro FOOTBALL (not NFL) HOF not only cause he put up god-like stats (6 MVP's in 8 CFL years for example) but mainly for what he has done for the game in Canada. He paved the way for players like Joe Horn, Jeff Garcia, Jesse Lumsden and Casey Printers (who you may see in the near future backing up Green in KC) to make their mark in the NFL. He "bridged the gap" so to speak and opened up the NFL's eyes to the possibility that the CFL wasn't just some "bush league".