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03-05-2004, 02:34 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Norfolk Virginia
Age: 49
Posts: 211
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Dexter Manley gets out of jail today.
sigh him.........
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03-05-2004, 02:43 AM
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Camp Scrub
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Fairfax< VA
Posts: 89
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haha get him on redskin one
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03-05-2004, 05:27 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 115
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Get Dexter!!!
:p |
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03-05-2004, 06:04 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bolton, Lancashire
Age: 53
Posts: 166
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He'd STILL be quicker off the edge than Upshaw.
Dust off that ol jersey 72!!! Go Dexter!!! |
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03-05-2004, 09:28 AM
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Impact Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brazil, IN
Age: 54
Posts: 883
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Best of Luck Dexter.
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03-05-2004, 10:03 AM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,807
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I hope he can stay clean this time. He seems like a genuinely good guy. He just has an addiction that he can't defeat. It's a true shame.
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03-08-2004, 10:39 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Age: 49
Posts: 142
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Growing up during the Redskins' sweet years, we played football in our front yard - the bounds markers were two trees at the edge of the endzone, lovingly named, Charles Man-tree and Dexter Man-tree.
Wouldn't it be great if Snyder gave Manley a position in the front office - helping this Redskin's legend to win back control of his life and allowing him to be associated with the team again? |
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03-08-2004, 11:03 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bolton, Lancashire
Age: 53
Posts: 166
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Dexter claims in his book that the Skins had to have known that he had already failed a drug test when they let him play in the Superbowl against Denver. He calls the chapter "Hell To The Redskins" he said that Coach Gibbs and Casserley etc all treated him very well but that his addiction turned him into a liar. I would love to see Dexter in a PR capacity or something like that but let's remember the problems atteched to employing an addict.
I love Dexter, he's my favorite Redskin as I have said many times before but this is not an easy issue. |
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03-08-2004, 10:30 PM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New Jersey
Age: 46
Posts: 270
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03-09-2004, 03:14 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hackettstown NJ
Age: 53
Posts: 2,665
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I love Dexter. He belongs in the HOF. Were it not for his personal problems he would be in there already.
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03-09-2004, 05:52 PM
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Playmaker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,807
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03-08-2004, 11:19 AM
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Special Teams
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Age: 49
Posts: 142
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Not easy at all, true. It's quite possible that the attention, adulation, and money he would be exposed to might encourage a relapse.
Wish him well and hope he can reassociate with the team down the road. |
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03-08-2004, 08:39 PM
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Serenity Now
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,008
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I grew up with those early-80s-Gibbs teams, and Manley was definitely one of my favorites. The guy was awesome and fun. He reminded me a lot of Arrington actually.
Manley's knockout hit on Danny White is tied for my favorite Redskins moment of the LAST 25 YEARS (tied with DG's punt return in Chi). I recently saw an ESPN spotlight on Manley and he seems to be doing well now, but I guess you never really know when it comes to addiction. I wish him the best though. PS - At the end of the ESPN segment, they quoted Manley as saying that his dream job would be to work with the Redskins. I hope he gets it one day. |
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03-08-2004, 08:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: I'm in LA, trick!
Posts: 8,700
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Best of luck to him, I hope the franchise gets him employed and under the wing of some good mentors.
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