And this will conclude the Sunday morning NFL pregame quotage. This is Fox NFL Sunday’s notes and quotes and it’s filled with some videos for you. Let’s give you what we have from Fox Sports.
FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/11/11
Bradshaw: If I Had Been Truthful About Injury with Steelers, They Would Have Drafted Marino:
Peyton Has to Be Honest About His Injury
Glazer Reports on Peyton Manning’s Surgery and Recovery Timeline
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Co-host Terry Bradshaw on Peyton Manning injury and what it means to the Colts: “He has to be brutally honest with this organization and I think he will be. This will change their organization forever. They’ll have to flip it totally upside down. If he can’t play, he’ll have to tell them the truth. When I hurt my elbow and had to have Tommy John surgery and build the muscles up around it, I thought I could fool everybody and come back. I knew I could not play. Had I been truthful with the Steelers, you know what? They would have drafted Dan Marino. Can you imagine Marino in Pittsburgh right after me? Pretty amazing.”
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FOX Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer reported the surgery that Peyton Manning underwent this week and his prognosis for returning this season:
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Analyst Jimmy Johnson on whether the Eagles’ off-season acquisitions make them the team to beat in the NFC: “Let’s not get carried away with nine Pro Bowlers. A year ago, the Cowboys went into the season with 10 Pro Bowlers. What did that get them? Well six wins and they fired their head coach. Now you look at the Philadelphia Eagles – offensive line, three new starters, really shaky plus a very young group of linebackers. And then on top of that they’ve got an offensive line coach now calling the defense that’s never called a defense in the NFL. Having said all that, I like their moves and I like Andy Reid.”
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Co-Host Terry Bradshaw on Cam Newton’s chances of success in the NFL: “I’m not a Newton fan. I didn’t like him in college. He’s technically as a quarterback, as far as I’m concerned, he’s behind Michael Vick coming out of college. Just because you need a quarterback doesn’t mean you go out and draft one. I actually like Jake Locker at Tennessee, Christian Ponder up at Minnesota and Blaine Gabbert down in Jacksonville. These young kids are far ahead of Newton as far as being an NFL quarterback. He’ll make big plays because he can run and move around. But I think for an NFL quarterback, I would not have drafted him that high.”
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During FOX NFL SUNDAY new segment DOUBLE COVERAGE, analysts Jimmy Johnson, Michael Strahan and Howie Long weigh-in on whether Michael Vick was worth the mega contract he signed with the Eagles this season:
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Co-host Terry Bradshaw on the perception that Jay Cutler isn’t a resilient and tough player: “On television, his head’s down, his helmet sits a little low, doesn’t smile, he looks kind of arrogant. You know what, who cares? The fact is this guy can play. I don’t think anybody should judge a guy through a television camera and go, oh he has no heart. That’s the worst thing you could possibly hear. You don’t think he’s tough? Ask the players on the Chicago Bears offensive line and they’ll all tell you he is one tough guy. I believe in Jay Cutler. I don’t find a problem with him at all.”
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Transcript of analyst Howie Long’s segment on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks:
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