Madden takes a week off from football

He ain't gettin' on that plane.

 

You're right. He's not asking for sympathy. He's just ASKING FOR A DAY OFF FROM AN 18-DAY-A-YEAR JOB!!!!!

 

I looked at it like a manager giving a player the day off before an off day. Now he gets almost three weeks off.

 

Or a tranquilizer dart when he's looking the other way.

 

I like Madden, maybe it's because I remember him and Summerall calling games when I was a kid. But, I'll miss him when he retires, I actually ate at a little Mexican place in Van Horn, Texas a few years ago that had the "John Madden Haul of Fame." I think it was called Chuy's

They told me Madden was going to the West Coast after a game and he stopped in on a Monday night and wanted to watch the game (I think it was the Rams when they were still in LA) because he was doing their game that following week and wanted to watch it for research. The owner said he was one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, he sat there and watched the game with Madden. He said ever since whenever Madden is heading down I-10 he stops through to eat (the food was pretty good) and Madden has hooked him up with all kinds of memorabilia, they even have a table reserved for him all the time. After going there, I even heard Madden plug the place a couple times (this was while he was still working for Fox)

 

I heard that John did not want upstage his kid brother Joe so he stayed home from Tampa.

 

Good effort, but Joe spells his differently.

 

You're onto something here... perhaps Al Michaels can drug him each week and get him on the plane...