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  1. thorn058

    thorn058 Well-Known Member

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    I know a couple of members are subscribers has anyone read Bouchette 's article today about Maddox being pissed that Ben was drafted and he and Cowher having a heated discussion post draft?
     
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  2. FosterMorris

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    I heard Cowher hit him with a Stone Cold Stunner and left Maddox unconscious in the QB room.
     
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  3. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    I’ve heard that story before. Maddox stormed into Bills office IIRC.
     
  4. thorn058

    thorn058 Well-Known Member

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    I've never heard that story before. I always thought because of what he went through Maddox was always grateful to even have gotten a second or third shot at the NFL. Interesting.
     
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  5. FosterMorris

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    "Hell, Tommy, I'm just as pissed off as you are! I wanted Shawn Andrews everybody knows that!"
     
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  6. mytake

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    Maddox should have stormed into Dan Rooney's office, because that is who told Cowher to draft Roethlisberger.
     
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  7. doubleyoi

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    I didn’t recall the Maddox story but remember Faneca’s comments about not being excited to play with “some little young kid who’s just out of college”.
     
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  8. Vox Ferrum

    Vox Ferrum Well-Known Member

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    It's been so long, but if I remember correctly the Steelers just gave Tommy either a bonus or new contract. From memory it was as much for what he had done the previous year for outplaying the peanuts he was given. Again I may be totally off base, but likely he felt he was the future at that point.
     
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  9. FosterMorris

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    Well he wasn't little. :shrug:

    Ben will significantly outweigh Alan in retirement. Watch.
     
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  10. SteelerNole

    SteelerNole Well-Known Member

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    I see the conversation going something like this . . .

    Maddox: Coach, why in the hell did we draft a QB??

    Cowher: Because you’re Tommy Maddox.

    Maddox: oh, yeah.
     
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  11. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Beer is good

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    It’s in Cowher’s book.

    They talked before the draft and Cowher said told him he had faith in him. After the draft he basically said we had a chance for long term. Maddox was another Whitney QB. Just like Ben. Just like Ward. Etc.
     
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  12. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Maddox thought he was the guy :lolol:
     
  13. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I don't get the reference at the end. :shrug:
    Explain please.
     
  14. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Beer is good

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    So did Brett Favre
     
  15. BURGH43STEL

    BURGH43STEL Well-Known Member

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    Well the owner overruled Cowher so.....
     
  16. StillCurtain

    StillCurtain Well-Known Member

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    I had heard it was a RKO but not worth splitting hairs over. Maddox was KO'd regardless
     
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  17. D0bre Shunka

    D0bre Shunka Well-Known Member

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    Wasn’t Tommy selling insurance when the Steelers called him?
     
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