Mr. Irrelevant 2003

[Bermuda Triangle]

Gibran Hamdan, a/k/a Chroise

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI1eDX1RmH6/?igsh=bjk5cXZzYXNmMzZn

[Buffalo716]

The old ball coach is a class act 

 

Fortunately I've been able to spend some time around him and he is The last of a dying breed 

 

This is what NFL dreams are made of

[Redblood]

Absolutely 

[BuffaloBill]

4 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

Gibran Hamdan, a/k/a Chroise

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI1eDX1RmH6/?igsh=bjk5cXZzYXNmMzZn

Cool story

[SoTier]

If you think about it, getting drafted by an NFL team is a really awesome accomplishment.  Approximately 77,000 college students play football in 774 4-year colleges and 123 junior colleges annually.  If you assume that about 1/4 of those are eligible for the NFL draft, that's about 19,000 football players.  The NFL selects about 250 of those, or about 1.4%.

[ChevyVanMiller]

7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

The old ball coach is a class act 

 

Fortunately I've been able to spend some time around him and he is The last of a dying breed 

 

This is what NFL dreams are made of

Spurrier once asked a question when he was the Redskins coach that I'd still like an answer to: "If we're paying 53 guys why can't we dress them all on game day?"

[Rochesterfan]

3 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Spurrier once asked a question when he was the Redskins coach that I'd still like an answer to: "If we're paying 53 guys why can't we dress them all on game day?"

 

That is easy - it was originally put into place to help balance teams rosters with injuries. 
 

Team A has 4 guys injured, but not on IR - which used to be for the season - and Team B was healthy - then the healthy team would have 4 additional rostered players to play.  By limiting the 53 - it allowed both teams to have 48 rostered healthy players to keep balance and allow the injured players to sit.

 

Team A could sit 4 injured players and a Healy guy, while team B had to sit 5 healthy guys, but now both teams have the same number that can play with no advantages and no one forcing an injured player to dress - just in case.

 

It does need to be re-evaluated with the practice squad call-ups and the ability to use of returning IR in season.

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

12 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

Gibran Hamdan, a/k/a Chroise

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI1eDX1RmH6/?igsh=bjk5cXZzYXNmMzZn

Fun fact, but I invented the term “chroise” on here. Hamdan was my boy!! 

[prissythecat]

There was this one lady offering perks to Mr Irrelevant

 

 

https://q1057.com/hot-girl-wants-mr-irrelevant-in-nfl-draft-2012-video/

[Augie]

5 minutes ago, prissythecat said:

There was this one lady offering perks to Mr Irrelevant

 

 

https://q1057.com/hot-girl-wants-mr-irrelevant-in-nfl-draft-2012-video/

 

I’m no expert in relationships, but she knows what she wants. I don’t see how anything could possibly go wrong. 🤷‍♂️

[chongli]

Nice topic, but surprised this wasnt hit with a "[Vague Title]" disclaimer.

Edited Saturday at 11:01 PM by chongli

[Sierra Foothills]

On 5/3/2025 at 12:00 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Fun fact, but I invented the term “chroise” on here. Hamdan was my boy!! 

1) Wasn’t it a compound word of charisma and poise?

2) What an outside the box idea… go to a bar to promote your career as an NFL QB!!! (for some reason I don’t think this would have worked with McBeane).

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

1) Wasn’t it a compound word of charisma and poise?

2) What an outside the box idea… go to a bar to promote your career as an NFL QB!!! (for some reason I don’t think this would have worked with McBeane).

 

1) Yup! All everyone talked about was the great poise Trent Edwards had. Us Hamdan fans one-upped that! Poise and charisma! 
 

I actually think at one time Hamdan was voted the most popular athlete in the Middle East by some magazine!

[Buffalo716]

39 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

1) Yup! All everyone talked about was the great poise Trent Edwards had. Us Hamdan fans one-upped that! Poise and charisma! 
 

I actually think at one time Hamdan was voted the most popular athlete in the Middle East by some magazine!

Well don't tell pakistanis that they are part of the Middle East 

 

They would have a fit

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

Well don't tell pakistanis that they are part of the Middle East 

 

They would have a fit

actually, this was it:

 

“In 2008, he was named the top Arab-American athlete by Nox Magazine, a men’s lifestyle magazine based in Amman, Jordan.”

 

https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2009/07/30/bills-backup-qb-gibran-hamdan/46402378007/#

 

 

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

actually, this was it:

 

“In 2008, he was named the top Arab-American athlete by Nox Magazine, a men’s lifestyle magazine based in Amman, Jordan.”

 

https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2009/07/30/bills-backup-qb-gibran-hamdan/46402378007/#

 

 

I bet he got 15 wives from that article 

[billsfan89]

On 5/3/2025 at 6:39 AM, SoTier said:

If you think about it, getting drafted by an NFL team is a really awesome accomplishment.  Approximately 77,000 college students play football in 774 4-year colleges and 123 junior colleges annually.  If you assume that about 1/4 of those are eligible for the NFL draft, that's about 19,000 football players.  The NFL selects about 250 of those, or about 1.4%.

Every year if you account for NFL UDFA’s and try out rookies only 1070 rookies come out of college and get drafted, sign as a UDFA, or just get a tryout as a UDFA. Making any rookie who makes it to the NFL at even the most tertiary level in the top 5% or so of draft eligible players 

[That's No Moon]

6 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

1) Wasn’t it a compound word of charisma and poise?

2) What an outside the box idea… go to a bar to promote your career as an NFL QB!!! (for some reason I don’t think this would have worked with McBeane).

 

Networking is really smart and you need to go where the people you want to meet are to do it. At the combine, the hotel bar is exactly where those people are. I bet this would 100% work with McBeane and a bunch of other people. It shows confidence and it gives you an opportunity to get even a little bit of face to face time with people who would normally be inaccessible.

[Sierra Foothills]

10 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

Networking is really smart and you need to go where the people you want to meet are to do it. At the combine, the hotel bar is exactly where those people are. I bet this would 100% work with McBeane and a bunch of other people. It shows confidence and it gives you an opportunity to get even a little bit of face to face time with people who would normally be inaccessible.

 

I couldn't agree more that networking in any industry is indeed important BUT... it's still funny to me that a 20-something athlete would go down to the bar to make a good impression... seeing as alcohol isn't a performance enhancing drug and all the other possible negative connotations... 

 

 

[Prospector]

I have nothing to contribute to this thread, other than that those years were rough.