Comments on: Happy Trails, Tarik Glenn http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/ A mere morsel of sports blogging. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jason http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-728 Jason Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:55:14 +0000 http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-728 heh Matt, that replica jersey idea is the first thing I thought of when I read it was official. heh Matt, that replica jersey idea is the first thing I thought of when I read it was official.

]]> By: Matt http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-727 Matt Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:02:32 +0000 http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-727 I think Tony Ugoh is going to be pretty good. It will be a loss, for sure, but I think in the long run, they will be fine. What I am REALLY broken up about is that I have to retire my #78 FalseStart replica Colts jersey. ;-) I think Tony Ugoh is going to be pretty good. It will be a loss, for sure, but I think in the long run, they will be fine.

What I am REALLY broken up about is that I have to retire my #78 FalseStart replica Colts jersey. ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-726 Mike Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:55:22 +0000 http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/07/25/football/nfl/happy-trails-tarik-glenn/#comment-726 This, more than anything the Steelers, Patriots, Chargers, Bengals, or Ravens did or didn't do this offseason, will affect the Colts' run to repeat as Super Bowl Champions. Franchise-caliber left tackles don't grow on trees, let alone ones who handle themselves with dignity and class, and who make the cities they live in better places through their off-the-field efforts. Tarik Glenn should've made more than three Pro Bowls, but offensive line politics (i.e. the "once you're in, you're ALWAYS in" rule) prevented that. He was the anchor of one of the finest OL units in the league for the last seven or eight years now, and has as great a claim to being a team leader for a Super Bowl Champion as Peyton Manning or Marvin Harrison. In a perfect (or even near-perfect) world, that should count to Hall of Fame voters more than anything. Above all else, Tarik Glenn deserves to go out on his own terms. The NFL brutalizes a body, especially for offensive and defensive linemen. Good luck on your future endeavors, Tarik. You helped make being a Colts fan a hell of a lot of fun. Thank you, #78. This, more than anything the Steelers, Patriots, Chargers, Bengals, or Ravens did or didn’t do this offseason, will affect the Colts’ run to repeat as Super Bowl Champions. Franchise-caliber left tackles don’t grow on trees, let alone ones who handle themselves with dignity and class, and who make the cities they live in better places through their off-the-field efforts.

Tarik Glenn should’ve made more than three Pro Bowls, but offensive line politics (i.e. the “once you’re in, you’re ALWAYS in” rule) prevented that. He was the anchor of one of the finest OL units in the league for the last seven or eight years now, and has as great a claim to being a team leader for a Super Bowl Champion as Peyton Manning or Marvin Harrison. In a perfect (or even near-perfect) world, that should count to Hall of Fame voters more than anything.

Above all else, Tarik Glenn deserves to go out on his own terms. The NFL brutalizes a body, especially for offensive and defensive linemen. Good luck on your future endeavors, Tarik. You helped make being a Colts fan a hell of a lot of fun.

Thank you, #78.

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