LaVar=BEAST Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Preview Trailer is up for this Friday's "A Fooball Life" featuring Dexter Manley: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap3000000532004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 One of my all time favorites. I always felt like he got unequal treatment when you compare him to LT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 If it hadn't been for the addiction problems, he would've been a first ballot HOFer. 3 years in a row w/15+ sacks. Even more tragic that it was caused by a brain tumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Really looking forward to this. I've been telling my coworkers for years he would make for a great subject for this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 One of my all time favorites. I always felt like he got unequal treatment when you compare him to LT. He wasn't as disruptive. I bet they both could hold it down at a party. Really looking forward to this. I've been telling my coworkers for years he would make for a great subject for this show. I hope they don't make him come across as eccentric. He was regular guess on Doc Walker's show and Doc spent too much time making jokes at Dexter's expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 He wasn't as disruptive. I bet they both could hold it down at a party. He wasn't, I agree. But, I felt his drug abuse got handled much more severely than LT's. I'm sure both of them could handle their eight balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 He wasn't as disruptive. I bet they both could hold it down at a party. I hope they don't make him come across as eccentric. He was regular guess on Doc Walker's show and Doc spent too much time making jokes at Dexter's expense. That's not really their MO. It's a well-done show. They're not out to mock people. They're out to tell a compelling story with a good arc. Shuttled through school despite being illiterate because he was so great. Some highlights and talk about how amazing he was with his contemporaries and family interviewed. Drugs bring him low. Gets clean and redemption. The end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins island connection Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Manley was great IMO, and it sucked that he got mixed up in the drug world. One thing i'll never forget is him testifying to a committee on ille...illiti.....how he couldn't read or write. But, also the more humorous times, like when he and Mike Ditka got into verbal wars and Dex said he was gonna 'ring his clock' and Ditka saying he had the I.Q. of a grapefruit. Mann and Manley, the bookends on some great Redskin teams in the 80's. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaddogCT Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Manley was a big time play maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 In 1987 Ditka said he had the "IQ of a grapefruit", Dexter answered on the field sacking McMahon and chasing him all over Soldier Field during the division playoff game. He had the guts to confess being an illiterate, and to fix it. I did enjoy watching him and Mann. I was happy to know that he recovered from brain surgery, got rid of the drug addiction, and that he's doing well. I think we can call it redemption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 DVR set, sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I Hope you guys watch more than just the ones on the Redskins. Most of them are pretty good. I'm not too much into the "just"retired players, like Jerome Bettis (next Friday). I like the ones on the older players, like Earl Campbell, etc. Christian Okoye was last week and it was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I liked the one on The Fearsome Foursome. They interviewed Bruce Allen's sister quite a bit. I wish they would rebroadcast the one on Jerry Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Dexter on the junkies this morning was epic. Ya gotta love that guy. Going to be replayed at 9:40,btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Manley gets no where near the credit he should. Mention LT and he's the best LB in NFL history yet during their best years from 82-87 Manley had more sacks and would have probably retired with a lot more if he hadn't been banned from the league and kicked off the team for doing exactly the same thing LT was getting away with doing in NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveWarrior Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Can't wait to see this!!! I always loved Dexter's play on the field. I also remember buying his book and really enjoying it back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Dex is lashing out at Shady Brady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Good ol' Dex. One of my all time favorite Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadium-Armory Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 My one and only jersey is #72. Can't wait for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteredFanSyndrome Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Dex is lashing out at Shady Brady. I didn't get to hear it and can't listen at work, but judging from the bits that were tweeted and written about - are we sure he's not still on drugs? Lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The Secretary of Defense. My all time favourite Redskin not named Gibbs. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I didn't get to hear it and can't listen at work, but judging from the bits that were tweeted and written about - are we sure he's not still on drugs? Lord. It funny you say that, and I really hope that he wasn't paid anything significant by the producers of this show for interviews, etc. Last time he made good money was for something relating to a Super Bowl about 15 years ago (one involving the Rams, IIRC), and he admitted that the money he received was what started him back on drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I Hope you guys watch more than just the ones on the Redskins. Most of them are pretty good. I'm not too much into the "just"retired players, like Jerome Bettis (next Friday). I like the ones on the older players, like Earl Campbell, etc. Christian Okoye was last week and it was pretty good. Just watched the one on Barry Sanders the other night. Really interesting guy (besides being the best rb of my lifetime) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 My God should've have heard him on the radio this morning! He was going off about how Theismann was better than tom brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFKFedEx Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Just watched it. As predicted, it was awesome. I love NFL Films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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