To some, a shadow is the dancing silhouette along a walk or wall. A friendly reminder that your not necessarily alone, you always have yourself. To others, it is a stark reminder of an alternate reality. The shadow is a microcosm of a life that has been changed, turned, and darkened.

For drug addicts, reality and the world where shadows live collide and the thin line between hallucinations and shadows become real. To an addict, a shadow is not a cast dark image of himself, it is another person entirely.

Marlin Briscoe became an addict. Continue Reading »

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Spygate is done as far as I am concerned, a non-issue that Matt Walsh himself will not be able to reignite. 

Roger Goodell is going to play along, shake a finger, then announce that the punishment doled out months ago is just, fair, and ending. 

The question is why were the original tapes destroyed?  A look at the attatched picture could be the reason.

Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer who gained possession of those tapes early on, said that during the filming of defensive signals, the “producer” of the tape kept swerving over to film shots of hot women in the stands. 

So if “Spygate” is not embarrising enough, some hottie on the tape might be.  Especially if the tapes got out and their faces were plastered everywhere on the internet.  Imagine the lawsuits that would be filed.  Funnier than that however is the facial expression on one Bill Belichick while watching the films looking for signals and getting a cut away of some half dressed blonde.  Or was the defensive signals the cut away and the girls were the focus of those tapes to begin with?

This is the second part of our interview with Marlin Briscoe. In this second part, Marlin talks about his addictions and recovery. These are his words.

For more information please visit MarlinBriscoeMovie.com

 

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Continuing our special feature on Marlin Briscoe, Phinphanatic will have the 2nd part of this series on Tuesday morning.  The 2nd interview will be available at 10:00 AM.  Please remember to check it out.  For more information on Marlin Briscoe and the film in development about his life, go to MarlinBriscoeMovie.com.

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This has become the news that isn’t news. I’m bored. Spygate is overblown, it’s over hyped, and now it just needs to be over. I think a strong argument can be made that the Patriots got off easy with the whole taping of the Jets fiasco last year. I still maintain that Bob Kraft could have done more, should have done more, to show fans and the NFL that the actions of one egotistical coach was not condoned by the ownership. Oh, well, ce’ la vie.

After months of “Matt Walsh” and spygate two, we find out that in reality, he doesn’t possess the “Walkthrough Film”. The one that has become almost as famous as the Zapruder film.  Like a lot of hype, this balloon had little air.

Sure, there were 6 games that found the Patriots taping offensive signals from 2001 including a late season game against the Miami Dolphins. Sure it would be lovely to scream obscenities and demand justice if were not for the fact that even in 2001, the Dolphins let the Patriots roll up a nice big fat lead at half-time and two second half turnovers (fumbles) and key penalties killed the comeback.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I would love to see the Patriots get nailed again for this.  They are the Patriots after all, play in AFC East and if they want to play this game, I still want justice for the snowplow game.  Last years run in with the Commissioner was over defensive signals, so this could be a new infraction that has not been penalized for. In reality though, unless the commish wants to put a final stamp on this, it’s time to just let the thing go.

Outside of Patriot fans, the NFL media, the NFL fans, even those who are simply part-time fans, all call the Patriots cheaters. Get ridiculed by a Pats fan and all you have to pull out is the cheat card. If that doesn’t work, 18-1 works really well.

The point is that this is already ever lasting. The new infractions will not cost the Patriots another 1st round draft pick, it will not cost Bill his job, and it will likely not result in major fines. In other words, it’s going to stay boring.

So while the news media and the local Florida papers play “Oh my, the taped us” as their headlines, or “Patriots filmed the Dolphins” I do try and remember that this is truly the off-season. That bland nothing that is between the draft and June 1st cuts. I am sure though that everyone can find something more entertaining to write about than “Spygate”.

You don’t see me doing that here now do you?

Let’s face it fellow Fin Fans, there is only one real issue for anyone who follows the team, supports the team, cheers for the team, or screams obscenities at the team.  The quarterback situation.

The Miami Dolphins have been nothing since Dan Marino left the position open to a plethora of migrant workers…no offense to the real migrant workers of America.  Sure, there has been quarterback competitions and I recently learned how to use my Spidey-senses.  So is there finally a QB competion in Miami?  A real one?

Marino left and it was Fiedler.  Then it was Fiedler vs.  well no one.  Then it was Fiedler vs. AJ Feeley, but not really.  Oh and then what about Sage Rosenfels and AJ Feely?  Which actualy turned out to be Gus Frerrote.  Of course the real QB competition came with Daunte Culpepper and Joey Harrington, o.k. not really a competition.  Oh, the real one came with Trent Green and, oh nevermind, you get the picture.

Now, it’s John Beck vs. Josh McCown vs. Chad Henne.  Guess what?  All 3 want to start and all 3 have about as much success in the NFL and in the case of Henne, he hasn’t even made it to a training camp yet.  Still, you wanted a QB competition and you got one.

While the money is on Beck to win the job this year, McCown is saying all the right things in his attempt to become the Phins starter. 

”I hope for the sake of our team and the quarterback position that in John Beck’s mind he believes nothing is going to stop him, and in Chad Henne’s mind there’s nothing that’s going to stop him from being the starter,” McCown said. “When you have guys competing as hard as we’re going to compete, you’re going to get the best out of us, and you’ll get the best quarterback possible for this team.”

Sounds like a real good cooker huh?  The truth of the matter is that this is going to be a full fledged competition.  McCown is well traveled in the NFL and is the veteran that at least knows the preparation that goes into playing at this level, despite his lack of success.  Beck is the 2nd rounder who flailed like a fish out of water, perhaps more the result of horrid coaching and decision making and worse injuries to the supporting cast than a knock on his ability and talent.  Henne is the dark horse rookie, but that dark horse has something the other don’t have, Bill Parcells.  Unlike Beck and McCown, Henne is his guy and while Henne struggled on day 3 of the rookie camp, it really means nothing.  Nothing at all.

There is however one common denominator between them all.  QB coach David Lee, another Parcells hire.  In fact, Parcells knew the situation in Miami was so bad that Lee was hired before a head coach candidate had been interviewed.  While it seems all may be equal, Beck is the one who has worked more one on one hours with the new QB guru.  While McCown wondered about where he would play, Beck hired a personal trainer and added bulk to his frame, was a daily visitor to the teams training facility, and was said to be throwing around 1,000 passes a week…on his own. 

Beck’s gumption guarantees him nothing.  It was Bill Parcells who when first hired to coach the NY Giants, benched future Hall of Famer Phil Simms.  It happens and although BP is not the coach, don’t believe for a moment that he isn’t pulling Tony Sparano aside and telling him what the deal is.

So while we as fans sit and listen to the verbal competition, the one that goes, “I’m glad that so and so is here because competition will make me work harder”, the real competition, the one for the starting job has already started.  In the weight room, on the practice field when no one else is around, but the eye in the sky is perched like an eagle taking every throw in with scrutiny.  Heck, there is probably a video camera stashed somewhere to film every movement.  

Come training camp, this team will see something that it hasn’t seen since the days of the late Dave Woodley and Don Strock, a quarterback competition…a real one.

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