Now yesterday, it was just a dream, but tonight it's reality.Īnyway, I just think it's pretty cool to say you're on the same team as Johnny Unitas and slinging Sammy Baugh. Irvin, as he was getting tackled by Ronnie Lott, then lateraled to Steve Largent, who was in a footrace down the sideline with Darrell Green and Lem Barney, the savvy Largent, knowing he couldn't win a foot race with Darrell Green, then lateralled back to Lance Alworth who dove into the end zone for the game-winning score. Coach Cowher called a running play I said, 'Coach I'm gonna have to audible. Omaha!' I called a pass play , faked the handoff to Barry Sanders, I threw a 20-yard break in-route to Michael Irvin, right as Deacon Jones and Ray Nitschke hit me at the same time. We were on the 50-yard line with only 3 seconds left in the game. That's right, a Cowboy and a Steeler working together only in Canton, Ohio. The other teams coaches were Vince Lombardi and Paul Brown my coaches, Bill Cowher, and Jimmy Johnson. The other night I had a dream that I was in one of those scrimmages. They scrimmage, they throw a little seven-on-seven. My son Marshall and I have heard it, but I also think that they run plays at night.

The legendary John Madden says that the Hall of Fame busts whispered to each other at night. Next year's, acceptance speeches will probably shrink to four minutes.Īnd speaking of rivals, my good friend Tom Brady is here tonight. By the time he is inducted in his first year of eligibility in the year 2035, he will only have time to post his acceptance speech on his Instagram account. CHOKING BACK TEARS: Peyton Manning gets emotional during hall of fame speech

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