A pleasant Super Bowl memory
by Ed Valentine on Feb 6, 2010 7:00 AM EST
in New York Giants News
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PrintFormer Giants quarterback-turned-TV broadcaster Phil Simms spent some time this week talking about his MVP performance in Super Bowl XXI. I'm sure thinking about it and listening to Simms discuss it will bring a smile to your face.
Speaking to the folks at Giants.com, Simms revealed even more about what that championship has meant to his life.
"Well, I'm glad it happened," Simms said of his splendid championship game. "It changed my life, no doubt about it. But I didn't realize that until...now. I didn't know it when I was doing it, when I got done playing. It took me a long time afterward to see all the things that have come because of that game. It would have been hard for me to be the lead announcer at any network if I didn't win the Super Bowl."
Simms believes he would have traveled a much different path had the Giants lost or not played in Super Bowl XXI. "I would have been coaching football," Simms said. "I'd have gotten a head job, maybe two by now, and I would have been fired twice. I'd be really bitter."
Interesting stuff.
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Not only did Phil win
his performance earned him the best quarterback rating ever in a Super Bowl…what a performance that was!
by giant fan since 57 on Feb 6, 2010 12:59 PM EST reply actions
It's a Shame
That Simms got hurt during the 90 season. Another Super Bowl victory could of had him Canton-bound…
I am a huge Phil Simms fan....
He and YA Tittle are my two favorite Giant quarterbacks. Had he played in the second Super Bowl and racked up the kind of stats he did in the first one he might have made the HOF.
by giant fan since 57 on Feb 6, 2010 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
i don't think there's any doubt
that with 2 rings, he’s be in canton
by NYer in a strange land on Feb 6, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
Funny
“I’d have gotten a head job, maybe two by now, and I would have been fired twice. I’d be really bitter.”
Phil is simply class personified
and working class grit. What a performance in the biggest moment of his career.
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