Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 6:11 PM | 5 comments |
 

Andrews: I was on the edge
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Shawn Andrews, who has missed all of training camp suffering from depression, met with the media today and opened up once again.
  He  said his initial meeting with Andy Reid last week involved him apologizing to Reid for allowing all the rumors about the reasons for his absence in training camp to fester.
   "All the rumors were my fault," he said. "I allowed them to happen."
 Andrews said his depression was such that h e spent long hours isolating himself in a room in house while his mother and others tried to coax him out of it. He said he did a lot of thinking and "felt really lost."
  "I was on the edge; things weren't going well and I felt I had to open up before it was too late," he said.
  Asked by the Inquirer whether being on the "edge" meant he contemplated suicide, Andrews responded, "I won;t say that I contemplated suicide but I had some very in my mind, unrealistic  thoughts about a lot of things. I was really lost and just felt there was no outlet. My mom was there but I wanted the rest of her life to be worry free and I tried to keep things from her. I just felt alone."
 
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:31 AM, 07/27/2008
    And the countdown to the Superbowl parade starts! But seriously......
    — TBear
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:24 AM, 07/28/2008
    please keep the "good sign/bad sign" comments. great!
    — daveH
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:03 PM, 07/31/2008
    As a lifetime Eagles fan, I would like to express my disgust. We have an excellent head coach and a lot of good players. I appreciate their efforts. We never have a number 1 receiver. I am beside myself that the Eagles didn't attempt to grab a one guy or at least pair Curtis(a legitimate 2-3 guy with another 2 guy). We have a hall fame qb paired with one of the worst receiving cores in the league. I bet I could knock off 10 teams in a few breathes whose starting two receivers are superior to anything we have. The Eagles are in denial. The Cunningham years were marred by lousy receiver talent and yet again history repeats itself. As a philly fan, I could live with these deficiencies every once in a while but this is frustrating. During the Clark years, it was lousy goaltending. The Phillies always have a glaring weakness. Why don't the Eagles acquire a wideout? Even a washed up Terry Glenn is better than anything we have. I think Jackson will be solid and I like Curtis but none of these players makes others better. The whole idea is to get a one guy to make the other receivers better. Unless Brown goes through a renaissance, he shouldn't be on the field unless he is a substitute. The NFL is a tough business and it is hard for me to criticize such talented players but a one guy is a one guy and we don't have him.
    — milkingthelowerclassz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:21 PM, 08/16/2008
    Any update on Joe May?
    — shoeshineboy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:55 PM, 08/16/2008
    As a Flyers fan, I'd like to complain about wasting such a great hockey writer covering such a horrible sport. We Miss you, Panotch!!
    — JSaq


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