Brush with Fame

Sunday night in NYC, we popped into the Essex House for a drink. As soon as we arrived, the crew from Fox NFL Sunday arrived and sat down at the table next to us. For the next hour, we watched the game within earshot of Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, and Howie Long.

Did we buy them a round of drinks? No, because they were with at least 10 other producers, stat guys, and other assorted staff and cronies. Did we introduce ourselves? No, because we are complete cowards in moments like these. Instead, we just say back and listened to what they had to say as they watched the game.

Among their observations:
Jimmy Johnson: "That Rivers kid is better than Eli."
Jimmy Johnson: "You know how to build a team in today's NFL? Make sure you don’t give a contract to a bum. One bum will kill your team."
Jimmy Johnson: "You know what you gotta do if you’re drafting one of these guys out of college? These days, you’ve got to take a real good look at them. I know for a fact that Philly, when they're about to draft someone, they hire PI to follow him around for ten days."
Terry Bradshaw: "People need to wake up and realize that the Shiites are a much greater threat to Israel than the Sunnis."

Okay, so that last one didn’t come from any of the Fox guys. It was something we heard some guy yell into his cellphone while we walked home through Columbus Circle later that night.