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[SlowwHand]

I wouldn't have posted more pictures had it been accepted as my shot at out resident Cowgirls fan... Michael Irvin on the cover of a gay magazine looking so flaming is hilarious... but no, MRT wanted to accuse me of homophobia

What do you expect, idiot? The cover even talks about his gay brother that died; or were you too focused on his low-slung pants? I think you're the one that's living in a closet.

[MRT144]

I guess I'm the only one that sees something a little odd about Michael Irvin posing for the cover of a gay magazine in that manner...

Let's take a look at some other covers of the same magazine:






And then Michael Irvin's picture, loud and proud, in full size:


I say this with the full and true meaning of the word as something homosexual and not as an insult... that Michael Irvin cover is GAY.

You ever seen a cover for Maxim or FHM? Hypocrite.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What do you expect, idiot? The cover even talks about his gay brother that died; or were you too focused on his low-slung pants? I think you're the one that's living in a closet.

AMEN!

Btw:

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/6760900/former-dallas-cowboys-player-michael-irvin-gay-magazine-equality

Former Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irvin appears shirtless on the cover of this month's gay men's magazine Out and discusses his passion for equality issues.

Michael Irvin appears on the latest cover of Out Magazine. He tells the publication that he would support any athlete who comes out.
Irvin publicly acknowledges that the impetus for taking a stand comes from his relationship with his gay brother, Vaughn, who died of stomach cancer at age 49 in 2006. Irvin had not spoken publicly about his brother previously, according to the magazine.

In the article, Irvin describes how his brother's sexual orientation contributed to his own issues.

He says that he found out his brother was gay in the late 1970s, when he found Vaughn wearing women's clothing. Michael Irvin was rattled by the experience and has figured out since that it contributed to his own womanizing behavior. Working with a Dallas area bishop, T.D. Jakes, Irvin looked at the past.

"And through it all we realized maybe some of the issues I've had with so many women, just bringing women around so everybody can see, maybe that's the residual of the fear I had that if my brother is wearing ladies' clothes, am I going to be doing that? Is it genetic?" Irvin said to Out. "I'm certainly not making excuses for my bad decisions. But I had to dive inside of me to find out why am I making these decisions, and that came up."

Irvin says that his father, Walter, helped him learn a tolerant form of Christianity because the elder Irvin accepted his gay son and encouraged him to love his brother unconditionally.

He remained close to his brother, one of 16 siblings, until his death.

"He was the smartest, most charismatic man I'd ever seen in my life," Irvin said.

Irvin now believes the African-American community should support marriage equality.

"I don't see how any African-American, with any inkling of history, can say that you don't have the right to live your life how you want to live your life," he said, according to the magazine. "No one should be telling you who you should love, no one should be telling you who you should be spending the rest of your life with. When we start talking about equality, and everybody being treated equally, I don't want to know an African-American who will say everybody doesn't deserve equality."

You might not approve of Michael Irvin's views. But his comments in support of gay marriage equality were the right thing to do, writes Dan Graziano. Blog
The Hall of Fame wide receiver believes that this work matters more than his football career.

"The last thing I want is to go to God and have him ask, 'What did you do?' And I talk about winning Super Bowls and national titles," Irvin said, according to Out. "I didn't do anything to make it a better world before I left? All I got is Super Bowls? That would be scary."

Irvin would support any athlete who wants to come out.

"If anyone comes out in those top four major sports, I will absolutely support him. ... When a guy steps up and says, 'This is who I am,' I guarantee you I'll give him 100 percent support," Irvin said.

And if the player produced on the field, he would have supported a gay teammate as well. Winning was paramount.

"I believe, if a teammate had said he's gay, we would have integrated him and kept moving because of the closeness," Irvin said, according to the magazine.

He believes the team that won three Super Bowls could have integrated an openly gay teammate as well as any team.

"We had a bunch of different characters on that team," Irvin said. "Deion [Sanders] and Emmitt [Smith]. I believe that team would have handled it well."

God bless him!

[ColdWizard]

Michael Irvin

Hadn't anticipated this but... indeed

What do you expect, idiot? The cover even talks about his gay brother that died; or were you too focused on his low-slung pants? I think you're the one that's living in a closet.

He's so far in that he's finding Christmas presents.

[Al B. Sure!]

"The last thing I want is to go to God and have him ask, 'What did you do?' And I talk about winning Super Bowls and national titles," Irvin said,

Don't forget the crack!

[SlowwHand]

It must be a very self-satisfied feeling, never making any mistakes. Let me pull up a chair and you tell me all about it, Alby.

[Al B. Sure!]

It must be a very self-satisfied feeling, never making any mistakes. Let me pull up a chair and you tell me all about it, Alby.

It's okay to make mistakes? What about... ah... Mike Vick... Terrell Owens...

[Al B. Sure!]

For Ben, some facts about Kevin Kolb:

A second-round draft pick of the Eagles back in 2007, Kolb has three more interceptions (14) than touchdowns (11) and a 73.2 passer rating in 319 career attempts. Drawing conclusions from numbers that equate to about 70 percent of a season for the average starting quarterback is unfair, but let’s dig deeper.

Quarterbacks get paid to move the chains on third down and those situations have been a struggle for Kolb. Of his 75 career pass attempts on third down, 19 have been scouted as defensed. That equates to a near-interception every 3.9 pass attempts on third down.

His troubles on third down are closely related to Kolb's splits against base defenses versus the defensive packages featuring more than the usual four defensive backs that are more commonly seen on third down.

Dating back to 2008, the average passer rating for NFL quarterbacks against those small packages is 79.6.

Kolb’s passer rating against five-or-more defensive backs over the last three seasons is 66.4. That puts him in the same company with guys like J.T. O'Sullivan (66.0), Dan Orlovsky (64.1) and former Cardinal Matt Leinart (68.0).

Kolb will only see more and more of those looks as his career progresses because that’s the direction the league is headed. Quarterbacks saw opposing defenses line up at least five defensive backs on 48.5 percent of plays last season, up from 44.9 percent in 2009.

Kolb Struggles vs Speed
Career vs Defensive Packages
4-3/3-4 5+ Def backs
Comp pct 66.1 59.4
Yds per att 7.9 5.9
TD-Int 7-4 4-8
Pass rtg 96.0 66.4

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/20295/kolbs-numbers-may-not-fit-cardinals

[SlowwHand]

Only a total tool, like you, would compare Irvin's mistakes to Vick's mistakes. I think killing dogs for sport is a little worse that trying coke.
As for Owens, he's one of your tool brothers.

[MRT144]

Only a total tool, like you, would compare Irvin's mistakes to Vick's mistakes. I think killing dogs for sport is a little worse that trying coke.
As for Owens, he's one of your tool brothers.

Who hasn't done a little coke?

[Ben Kenobi]

Only a total tool, like you, would compare Irvin's mistakes to Vick's mistakes. I think killing dogs for sport is a little worse that trying coke.
As for Owens, he's one of your tool brothers.

Wow, slowwy and me agree.

[Al B. Sure!]

Wow, slowwy and me agree.

Gee how surprising

[Ben Kenobi]

BTW, I thought my argument about Kolb was insufficient information, rather then gushing man love, but then I might be wrong about that.

[Demonbinder]

Owners agree to drop right of first refusal for free agents. That's a big concession. It looks like they may get this done by end of next week.

[SlowwHand]

There needs to be adjustment to a rookie's pay.