Shawn Andrews chemical imbalance thread

[Rome]

Is anyone really buying this latest line of bullshtein from the "big kid"?

[Diomedes]

He's not very smart, he's obsessed with himself, and he's mentally unbalanced.  All terminal conditions I'm afraid.

[Rome]

Every time I see this thread bumped I think he's finally gone ahead either quit the game or offed himself.  It's a shame because he's got freakish athletic ability for a guy his size and he could be the best at his position if he didn't have a two cent head.

[Eagaholic]

He's not very smart, he's obsessed with himself, and he's mentally unbalanced.

They should give him a look at WR

[MadMarchHare]

 or FB?

He couldn't be worse than a converted DT?

[General_Failure]

C'mon guys, if the Father of the Year is helping him out, he'll be fine.

[MURP]

Every time I see this thread bumped I think he's finally gone ahead either quit the game or offed himself. 

same here.   Reid has gone all out to get this Andrews surrounded by his people.  If this doesnt work, nothing will.

[Beermonkey]

He's not very smart, he's obsessed with himself, and he's mentally unbalanced. 

All qualities that would make him a great contributor to the EMB.

[BigEd76]

Philly.com:

Shawn Andrews says he isn't crazy. Brian Westbrook is back practicing. And Michael Vick is ... well Michael Vick -- and that's OK with Kevin Kolb.

Amazingly, on the day of Vick's first practice as an Eagle and Westbrook's return, Andrews managed to steal a little of the spotlight. The tackle, who hasn't practice all of camp because of sore back, sorta, kinda, in that Shawn Andrews way, went off on the media.

"A lot of you guys with the ink pens have questioned my mental toughness," Andrews said. "A lot of guys with ink pens who never put on a jock strap and never played any football don't really understand."

A Google search did not produce a story that supports Andrews' claim -- except for maybe a blogger or two (and they don't count ... hey, wait, I'm blogging). Andrews went on.

"Yeah, a lot of you guys with the ink pens question my mental toughness," Andrews said. "I know a lot of people are trying to keep their jobs and do good for their paper, so I guess it's OK. It's tough when a guy can't defend himself. People just kind of make me out to be a nut case. It's all right. I'm content with myself and where God wants me to be."

Enough of me. Let's just let Andrews' words speak for themselves:

HOW SERIOUS IS HE ABOUT BEING IN THIS GAME?
"I've already made that clear. There is a reason why my brother is here, there is a reason why my college teammate who I used to dominate with is here and this year I've been more excited to play football than I have in my life. I'm playing a new position and just knowing I did everything in my power this offseason to get back. People are just being humans – very unforgiving humans – they look at people with depression as craziness. That's OK, I'm all right with Shawn Andrews."

DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE LINKING YOUR INJURY TO YOUR DEPRESSION?
"That's what everybody is making it out to be. I'm really over it and all the outside pressures, I don't feel it because I'm content and I know that I'm doing and have done everything in my power to get back. It's the world we live in."

WHO HAS HE LEANED ON TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME?
"I don't want to be all philosophical, but I'm leaning on the Lord right now. It's really funny how people sit back and criticize when they can't even hold one of my shoes – size 17 shoes. It's OK. I'm at peace with myself.

"For the record, Shawn Andrews is not crazy. Shawn Andrews is mentally strong now and Shawn Andrews is helping other people with their depression."

HOW IS HE HELPING ON PEOPLE?
"People hit me up on social sites and they know it's the real me and just when I see people, 'Hey, I'm going through this, what do you think about this?' I have a couple close friends from back in college out in the real world now going through things: 'I'm depressed, can you help me?' Yes, I'll help."

As for his injury, Andrews said he doesn't know exactly when he'll be back, but that when he comes back he's going to "kick some butt."

Meanwhile, there's been a drum beat for the Eagles to bring back Jon Runyan. The former Birds tackle, who had off-season knee surgery, was recently cleared to run and could practice in a week or so. The Eagles kept Runyan's old locker stall up during OTAs in the spring, but his space next to Andrews' stall had been removed now that the team has returned from Lehigh.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Oh. Okay. That makes it all better.


Get back to dominating football and less talking in the third person you farging loon.

[Rome]

Mental.

Midget.

[General_Failure]

I use grease pens to question his mental toughness.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I use sidewalk chalk. The teal color.

And I wore my #73 black butta joint today

[rjs246]

Is there some sort of screening process that team can put their players through before allowing them to ever speak to the press. With every new sentence uttered by these cretins I find myself less and less inclined to give a shtein about them.

[Diomedes]

Where is your gratification to the team for being the gold standard?