"Don't be like Stanley Wilson"

[underpants]

That, so I hear, is one of the things players tell each other all week leading up to the Super Bowl.

Three memorable ones.

Cincinnati running back Stanley Wilson, who had twice been suspended by the NFL for cocaine abuse, missed a team meeting on the night before Super Bowl XXIII and was und in his Miami hotel room sweating and shaking, apparently from drug use never played another down.

Oakland center Barret Robbins went AWOL on a binge to Tijuana, Mexico, the night before Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego in 2003 and was suspended for the game. Robbins, later diagnosed as being bipolar, played briefly the next season and in 2005 was wounded during a struggle with a Miami policeman investigating a burglary.

And Atlanta safety Eugene Robinson, on the night before Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 in Miami, was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from an undercover officer. That same day, Robinson was honored as the winner of the Bart Starr Award, which recognizes high moral character. Robinson was beaten badly by Rod Smith for an 80-yard touchdown pass that sparked the Broncos’ 34-19 win.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/football/nfl/kansas_city_chiefs/13744437.htm

[akarnitz]

1. Do they bring up Max McGee?

Here's his story:http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sports/article.adp?id=20050905233209990010&cid=1160

[underpants]

2. No this is supposed to be a cautionary tale

MAcGee was only around to make sure Hornung got home safe anyway. Lombardi stuck him in the game to teach him a lesson.

[akarnitz]

3. I understand all of that

I just provided the link(and thought) because of the irony. And McGee was around for his experience. When Dale went down in warmups Max was the next one on the depth chart.

btw- were you correcting my spelling of Max's surname? I'm sure I've got it right.

[underpants]

4. No no correction

I just typed it.

[akarnitz]

5. That's cool

I think I've been feeling kinda paranoid lately.