Yardbarker: Marcellus Wiley

Marcellus Wiley Gets Respect at Cleveland Frowns

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:07:00 -0500

Last week we took issue with former NFL All-Pro defensive end and current ESPN NFL Live analyst Marcellus Wiley's professed view of the prospects of the 2009 Cleveland Browns as recycling the lazy, incomplete, and dog-tired East Coast-manufactured anti-Mangini meme that's been repeated ad nauseum for months in all corners of the American football press. We did this in a post titled, "Marcellus Wiley Doesn't Watch Very Much Football" and, as we sometimes do with Cleveland Frowns posts, we Tweeted a link to this post, as well as the post's title. This prompted an impressive response from Mr. Wiley, aka "Dat Dude":We're not going to argue with that, as it's certainly all relative. Instead, we'll note that we find Mr. Wiley's response and apparent sense of humour especially refreshing in contrast with the refusal of certain other 'established' media members to acknowledge certain of their own recent offenses on journalism and the Cleveland Sports Fan.We'll also note that Mr. Wiley's response is at least some evidence that he read our post and agrees, which is more good news for Browns fans going into the weekend, another reason you should take the OVER, and something else for the Mangini haters to eat as we ramp up into the NFL's opening weekend. Nom, nom, haterz. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marcellus Wiley and Brian Baldinger Get Fingered

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:56:52 -0500

It’s about dinner time on Tuesday. I’m watching “NFL Live.” Trey Wingo, Mark Schlereth and Marcellus Wiley are chatting it up about my favorite quarterback Kyle Orton. Orton, the formerly bearded Bear, suffered an “open dislocation” of his index finger against his former team Sunday night. The ESPN studio trio were discussing the impact the injury [...]

Thanks for the shout out, Marcellus Wiley

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Our old friend Elie Seckbach caught up with Marcellus Wiley at the premiere of "The T.O. Show" (p.s. love the show!). The conversation starts out about Michael Vick, but in typical Seckbach fashion somehow segues into an Alana G shout out (at the 1:30 mark):Thanks for the love, Marcellus. When are you starting a Yardbarker blog? You know you want one!And thanks Elie, as always, for the video!

Marcellus Wiley Shows Off His Baldinger

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:06 -0500

The Great, Big Almanac of Pro Athlete Deformity Photos is the best coffee table book that doesn’t exist yet, especially if it were a pop up.

Favre Flap V. 4.0: Wiley Fires Back At Tarkenton

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:09:27 -0500

If you’re choosing sides in this developing fracas between ESPN football analyst Marcellus Wiley and former Vikings quarterback great Fran Tarkenton, just ask yourself this question: Can I trust a man who routinely goes on the air pantsless? If the answer is yes, you’ll appreciate these quotes, presented to you fresh from the oven. Tarkenton, of [...]

Marcellus Wiley Has Words for Fran Tarkenton

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:22:32 -0500

You thought Marcellus Wiley was going to let Fran Tarkenton’s hatchet job on him go by without a response? Think again. First, what Fran said about Marcellus, in response to Marcellus calling him “a grumpy old man”: Marcellus Wiley, who is trying to parlay a minimal football career into still making more money. This grumpy old man is 69 years old, I own six businesses, I’ve built 16 over the years, I’m paying my taxes, I’ve started two new businesses, we’re hiring more people, we’re not laying them off, we’re not cutting their salaries — we’re increasing their salaries, and in this society we are productive when so many people are not productive. I’m not playing croquette down at Orlando at the Villages, I’m not playing golf every day, I’m out there as a 69 year old … making money out of sports or with sports — I’m creating and building businesses from the ground up: that’s this grumpy old man. And now, Marcellus’s comeback: Yeah his response, I heard how he dedicated a line or two to me as he called my football career minimal, that was cute, and then from there he just started rambling on about his businesses and how he’s doing well in the recession and all those kind of things. It was pretty interesting. Marcellus claims his main gripe with Tarkenton was Fran’s little (possibly ill-advised) remark about wanting Favre to fail: As I took Fran’s comments, I had no problem with him having a public opinion about Brett Favre coming back or not. I have the same division between should he come back or not as well. I think most people have an opinion towards that. When you say ‘OK, come back and fail’, hold on now Fran. You’re part of the fraternity, the special fraternity of guys who played in the NFL, and one of the rules in the code of conduct is you don’t want another guy to fail. You want a guy to give you his best and you give your best and you just hope your best is better than his. To want a guy to fail, and I went back to my mental rolodex through time and I’ve never heard another guy say that, it was unfortunate because it’s a Hall of Famer, and you come into this game respecting those guys who are in Canton. You respect the guys who played the game and paved the road for you, and for one of them to come out and say hey, why you’re battling one of the toughest decisions in your life which is to retire or not retire, you say I want you to come and fail, I mean that was very unfortunate and I think that was underneath what Fran Tarkenton really is. I said that he sounds like a grumpy old man because who says that? I mean the next statement out of someone’s mouth like that is ‘hey, get off my lawn’ and ‘leave me alone’. So the best Marcellus can muster by way of a response is more ageist jokes? Thanks for raising the level of the conversation Marcellus. How about next you make a crack about him needing a diaper? Clearly, Marcellus is only taking advantage of this controversy to further his career as a TV analyst. Well? If you can accuse Fran of only doing it for his book, why can’t I accuse Marcellus of only doing it for his media gig? I’m only posting this for the traffic. We’re all whores.

Stalking Marcellus Wiley At The Playboy Mansion

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:34:41 -0500

I was a fan of former NFL DE Marcellus Wiley during his playing days and now that he works for ESPN and calls himself "Dat Dude", I still like him but not as much. With that being said, if I saw him in real life, I would probably do my best to get an [...]

Ryan Sims: Chasing Marcellus Wiley

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:11:37 -0500

Ryan Sims, defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, thinks he can hack it as a Yardbarker correspondent. It seems like easy enough work, unless your first assignment is Dat Dude... Marcellus Wiley. The NFL Live party boy can be pretty tough to get on camera, at least when he's among the beautiful ladies of Playboy Golf...

Stay tuned to Yardbarker's Playboy Golf page for more videos, including more of Ryan's interview work.

Field Pass: Jacksonville Vs. Indianapolis

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:11 -0500

Field Pass: Carolina vs Minnesota

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:02 -0500

Field Pass: Carolina Vs. Minnesota

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:00:21 -0500

Field Pass: Jacksonville Vs. Indianapolis

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:36:52 -0500

Dat Dude! Interview with Marcellus Wiley

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:46:24 -0500

Interview with former NFL defensive end, Marcellus Wiley posted on TSF.