NFL Kommissar Roger Goodell recently modified where cheerleaders are allowed to stretch and warm up, because many players felt that the blazing intensity of their sexuality and firm-yet-supple bodies toned to perfection were distracting. It seemed like a load of BS, but actually, former Giants backup/The Bachelor/announcer Jesse Palmer sided with the NFL and shared this anecdote from his Week 16 start against the Cowboys in 2005:
In that game we started several drives inside our own 20-yard line, with each drive following a TV timeout. With my back to the end zone in the huddle, I became frustrated because I couldn't make eye contact with any of my 10 teammates as I was trying to call our plays; they were all staring right at the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders who were performing in the end zone.
I remember our offensive linemen shaking their heads in utter amazement, but the classic line came from our tight end, Visanthe Shiancoe, who interrupted me in the middle of a play call and said, "Jesse you really need to turn around and see this…"
That is an amazing story. I mean, Jesse Palmer started a game? Who knew?
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Dammit, I was going to make the same joke.
Jesse Palmer started a game?
He probably just read that story in Penthouse.
And THAT's why Shiancoe has to play in Minnesota. Not just because there are no hot girls, but he also sucks.
"That one girl slapped that other girl's ass."
If it worked for the Washington Sentinals, it can work for the Dallas Cowboys.
God, I love that movie.
@Slick/BOMB – Purple Jesus forgave Shiancoe for his sins.
WTF Chuck!?!?! I wish I had that distraction at work….The most I get is when our 50 year old cleaning lady bends over to empty out the trash can…..Or when I pull up your website….
Goodell is a cock blocker. It's true.
If Jesse Palmer was starting, I'm guessing it wasn't that big of a game; hence, no need to listen to the plays.
Also, I want the woman in the picture to sit directly on my face.
The players can bitch about it or they can do what Chris Cooley does… Fuck them.
"Visanthe Shiancoe" is a name made for EverQuest.
"Say what you want about the tenets of Goodell-ism, at least it's an ethos."
However, this is downright Ashcroft-ian
To get his teammates attention back, he handed them each a rose…except for Shiancoe.
Usually, when I pull that stuff with my girlfriend I get a slap upside the head, not a tv show.
i call bullshit….Jesse Palmer never played football…nice try bachelor boy
EP +1 for the rose joke, -100 for knowing the Bachelor routine. And the only reason I got your joke was because my hot girlfriend told me…that should work.
I'm sorry, were there words? I was distracted.
Goodell gets a goodwill pass if he allows NFL teams to videotape the cheerleaders pre-cals. <strike>And starts a dogfighting league</strike> And they're naked.
A bunch of testosterone-packed Yetis are getting distracted by a jiggling display of young, tanned T&A?
Gee, who'dathunkit?
Eli Manning doesn't see the correlation between a distraction and hot girls.
He may have started a game but it was not in 2005. Eli started every game in 2005.
Come on, like the Bachelor QBed a team that won a division?
my penis is totally distracted by that ass
"I mean, Jesse Palmer started a game? Who knew? "
Shane Falco was stuck in traffic again.