Comments on: Adam Archuleta describes how football made him “miserable”

By: bigblackanvil

bigblackanvil — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:37:52 +0000

Look. Real talk ….I’m broke…..I would play safety, wash coaches car, cut the grass on the football field and clean the restrooms at Fed Ex for $30 million….Adam, what are you talking about..???
lmao

By: wizskinz

wizskinz — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:22:30 +0000

Amen!!!

As a Redskins fan, football was miserable for me too (everytime Archuletta stepped on the field)

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:56:51 +0000

“The 34-year-old former safety said he allowed his play to define his worth as a person”

Sounds like he made himself miserable, not football.

By: briang123

briang123 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:58:32 +0000

If I were married to Jennifer Walcott I’d be miserable every time I left the house too.

By: chademer07

chademer07 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:12:36 +0000

I give him props, sure he loved the money but he’s not being a cry baby…. All he’s saying is that he didn’t enjoy football like he should have. Just because you get paid a lot of money doesn’t mean you like your job…. That’s all he’s saying.

By: skinsdiehard

skinsdiehard — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:10:46 +0000

Can we get Darin Gantt off of the Redskins beat? He just steals stories from other outlets and he has no objectivity in covering the team. He’s rehashing stories from 12 and 6 years ago. He reports rumors and propaganda with no shred of proof.

By: laeaglefan

laeaglefan — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:10:03 +0000

For $30 milliion I would put up with being regimented for a few years. I can’t believe what crybabys these players are, when all they have to do is put the money in the bank and they’ll be set up for life once they’re career is over, at a still young age, relatively speaking.

By: bigbalz

bigbalz — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:03:04 +0000

Oh, Jesus Christ. When will these idiots just shut the hell up and realize they have lived a dream their entire lives. Get paid millions to play a childs game. Yeah, has to be “miserable”. The onlt people that say “money don’t solve everything” are the people that have never been dirt poor.

By: killerron

killerron — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:44:00 +0000

No one put a gun to his head to take $30 mil either. Dan Snyder gladly paid it too.

By: Buttsnake

Buttsnake — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:17:22 +0000

Oh boofriggenhoo crybaby. Let’s see how miserable you would have been working a 9-5 behind a desk. Crybaby athletes

By: siggtacular

siggtacular — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:08:05 +0000

im sorry, I just don’t feel sorry for millionaires. cry me a river:(

By: lks311

lks311 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:02:12 +0000

We are not entering the era of the sensitive introspective player. Listen, I am as empathetic as anyone when it comes to player safety, post-concussion syndrome, former player disability, etc. But, when the whining becomes about what everyone else deals with every day of their lives, these guys just need to shut-up.

Yes, many of us are defined by our jobs, yes we struggle for self-worth. The only difference is the majority of us man-up, put our heads down and keep grinding. Archuletta just became my least favorite player of all time…and that’s saying something.

By: ripseau

ripseau — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:58:02 +0000

He was an obsessive person. Always seemed to want to b the best. When he wasnt he tortured himself. Ever c his workout video? Crazy

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:57:58 +0000

For a lot of people, their profession is a huge part of the self-identity. If being able to be in that profession comes to a sudden end, a person can find it extremely difficult to deal with. Many in those circumstances can become depressed, with tragic consequences if they don’t get help/find a new purpose for their lives. I really think this had a lot to do with the Junior Seau tragedy.

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:50:37 +0000

Just for old time’s sake, you should note that Adam is(was) a financial stakeholder in profootballtalk.com.

Hell, maybe that contributed to his misery!

By: pftcensorssuck

pftcensorssuck — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:43:01 +0000

Archuletta had the optoion of walking away from that $30 million any time he wanted to.

Nobody put a gun to his head and told him to play football or else.

I’m tired of these guys whining about what playing football did to their lives; they could have walked away from the money and the glamor any time they wanted to, and joined the rest of us working shleps.

By: emperorzero

emperorzero — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:41:08 +0000

He was easily the best member of the Rams 2001 draft class. The “problem” with Archuleta was safeties who hit like that don’t tend to have very long careers. If I remember correctly, his neck was already messed up by the time he left St. Louis and it was clear the tank was running dry quickly.

For ‘Skin fans I wouldn’t say Archuleta “stole” 30 million. It’s not stealing when an idiot is giving away money.

By: lionspaw71

lionspaw71 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:35:28 +0000

Playing any professional sport can draining because fan place such huge expectations pm them because of the amount of money they make. We need to give them a break it’s not our money.

By: kingpel

kingpel — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:33:55 +0000

You should have stayed a Ram, Adam.

By: jnicholson510

jnicholson510 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:26:13 +0000

How can u be miserable with 30million big ones

By: dwntwnbadboy19

dwntwnbadboy19 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:22:32 +0000

footbal1q says: Jun 23, 2012 9:53 AM

He was a 30 million dollar special teams player thats just about the best job in the world…
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Couldn’t have put it better myself. Don’t forget that he was a interception machine in madden football.

By: tomslovelyhair

tomslovelyhair — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:19:56 +0000

Anyone validating themselves based on the job they do for a living has serious issues, regardless of whether they play in the NFL or not.

By: rickastleydancemoves

rickastleydancemoves — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:18:05 +0000

Most overrated safety of all time.

By: hulkhogansays

hulkhogansays — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:12:07 +0000

I did the Archuleta workout and my moustache fell off. I will never forgive Vinny Ceratto and Gregg Williams for signing off on the decision to let Clark walk to sign this joker and wasting a season in Mr. Sean Taylor’s career brother.

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:10:26 +0000

30 Million for Archuleta to play football and he’s miserable. Lots of us wish we were as miserable as Adam Archuleta….still amazed that Snyder kept Vinny Cerrato so long.

By: jjbadd

jjbadd — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:04:57 +0000

I remember wishing the Broncos got him in that draft a long long time ago. He was in AWSOME condition coming out of college..I could have sworn the Rams drafted him, just a pick or 2 before Denver was on the clock. He was a decent player though…

By: trybe29dr

trybe29dr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:04:47 +0000

I guess playing for the redskins would have me wondering about my self worth as well

By: playin2x

playin2x — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:04:11 +0000

He *stole 30 mil

By: ocho

ocho — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:01:57 +0000

As a Redskins fan, football was miserable for me too (everytime Archuletta stepped on the field)

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:57:40 +0000

It’s not football that did that to Archuletta. That happens to many in many different occupations. The working world can be humbling. But I guess that is especially true for football players, who are glorified from Pop Warner, to High School, to College, to the NFL. You are the best of the best until . . . . you aren’t.