Football
16y

OUTTAKES

RG: What's the best prank you've seen pulled by a teammate?
BQ: It was on a rookie fullback. The team had cut players the day before, and he came in to find his locker cleared out, with a note saying, "Go see Jerry Butler," who is the player personnel guy. He got teary-eyed and started saying good-bye to everyone. Finally, the guys who pulled the prank said, "Hey, we've got your stuff. Sorry."
RG: That's not a prank. That's just messing with the guy's life.

RG: First concert you attended?
BQ: Poison in sixth or seventh grade.
RG: That's what we play in our clubhouse-it's rap or a straight '80s hair band.

RG: Where would the Browns put a slow, short, fat white guy?
BQ: We'd probably play you at linebacker.
RG: I was a QB in high school, but I was terrible. I would drop back in a panic.
BQ: It's better that way. It keeps the defense on their toes if you don't know what you're doing either.
RG: Do you think you could hit a home run in pro baseball?
BQ: Maybe in BP. Probably not in an actual game.
RG: If you had to face Samardzija 20 times, how many hits would you get off him?
BQ: At least 10. But if I practiced at it, I could do it every time.
RG: That's the kind of confidence I was looking for.

RG: How do you get ready for games?
BQ: It sounds stupid, but 20 minutes before the game I gulp honey. It started when I was little, because my dad and uncle thought the sugar would get me fired up for games. Later I found it helps coat your throat, which is good for yelling as a quarterback. You don't need anything special-I use the brand that comes in the bear bottles.

RG: You've heard of Sizemore's groupies, Grady's Ladies. Is there a Brady's Ladies?
BQ: There might be a Brady's Bunch.
RG: Who do you think has better looking girls in his fan club, you or Grady?
BQ: I haven't seen my fan club, but they're probably younger. He's more established.
RG: I don't know. He's got the 14-year-old-girl market cornered right now. When he comes up to bat, it's this high-pitch squeal-like you're at an *NSYNC concert.

RG: Dude, I just got this orange T-shirt with your face blown up on the entire front.
BQ: Oh, no. I saw one the other day and thought, Where the hell did that come from?
RG: I started wearing it in the clubhouse. It's the dumbest T-shirt I've ever seen.
BQ: It may be the worst thing created in the textile industrysince the early A.D. period.
RG: It would be so awesome if you wore it yourself.
BQ: Yeah, to a press conference.
RG: You'd face a $100,000 fine from one of the veterans if you ever did that.
BQ: I would hope they'd just cut me. I bet they would.

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