http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/3864 Recent articles about Marcellus Wiley en-us Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342979 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342979 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342951 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342951 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:00:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335868 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335868 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:36:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335815 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335815 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:35:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335813 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335813 Marcellus Wiley (former Chargers Pro Bowl Defensive End) just wrote an open memo to Shawne Merriman telling Merriman why he shouldn't play through his injury. Wiley explains how he played through an injury under eerily similar circumstances and shares his deep regret for doing so in an insightful post. Wiley writes "Production inevitably dropped, crashing like the waves at La Jolla beach, and I was sent packing from the beaches of San Diego, a former shell of my once dominating self. … Summed up, those two years of "tough guy" largely contributed to why I'm currently on NFL Live instead of in your front seven still sacking Quarterbacks." Here's the memo: http://www.prolebrity.com/please-dont-play/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:24:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328675 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328675 Marcellus Wiley (former Chargers Pro Bowl Defensive End) just wrote an open memo to Shawne Merriman telling Merriman why he shouldn't play through his injury. Wiley explains how he played through an injury under eerily similar circumstances and shares his deep regret for doing so in an insightful post. Wiley writes "Production inevitably dropped, crashing like the waves at La Jolla beach, and I was sent packing from the beaches of San Diego, a former shell of my once dominating self. … Summed up, those two years of "tough guy" largely contributed to why I'm currently on NFL Live instead of in your front seven still sacking Quarterbacks." Here's the memo: http://www.prolebrity.com/please-dont-play/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:24:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328675 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328675 In an open memo to Shawne Merriman from 10 year NFL Veteran Marcellus Wiley, Wiley tells Merriman why he shouldn't play through his injury. Wiley explains how he played through an injury under eerily similar circumstances and shares his deep regret for doing so in an insightful post. Wiley writes "Production inevitably dropped, crashing like the waves at La Jolla beach, and I was sent packing from the beaches of San Diego, a former shell of my once dominating self. ... Summed up, those two years of "tough guy" largely contributed to why I'm currently on NFL Live instead of in your front seven still sacking Quarterbacks." Great stuff from a vet with chops...it's a MUST READ!!! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:56:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328439 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328439 In the NFL, a great defense can lead a team to a championship. That is not the case in the fantasy football world, but that doesn't mean that you can just blow off this position and expect to make it to the glory land. With precise planning as well as a little bit of luck, even if you don't own a top-caliber DST you can still excel by having a good plan. That would include holding 2 solid DST's that you can rotate in and out of your lineup without losing much to the teams that hold the New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers of the world. As with all of the Bruno Boys weekly positional rankings, if you use the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Week 1 Defense Rankings as a guide on who to start and who to sit, you too should excel at this position! And keeping up with the Jones' is what it is all about, that way you don't start with a huge disadvantage by starting the Atlanta Falcons because you "heard" they could be better this year. -------------------- 1. (New England Patriots) vs. Kansas City Chiefs In what is probably the most unbalanced matchup this week, a top 5 NFL defense in the Patriots takes on one of the worst offenses in the game! I wish I could come up with something positive to say for Chiefs fans that way they have something to look forward to, but other than LJ actually being there the whole preseason, I can't think of a thing. That alone should tell you that this game reeks of complete domination by the Patriots! They are the best of the best and earn the Bruno Boys #1 defense play for Week 1. TO CHECK OUT THE TEAM DEFENSE RANKINGS FROM 1-32, click the LINK below... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:14:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/318841 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/318841 Marcus Wiley, former member of the Jaguars, shined some light on Richard Collier's shooting after talking to Kenny Pettway. Wiley was so kind as to put it into words in this blog entry.  After talking to KP,  who in his own words said, "We didn't do anything, weren't trying to do anything, just sitting Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:46:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/318194 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/318194 Marcellus Wiley (who played with both Kenny Pettway and Richard Collier on the Jacksonville Jaguars) talked to Pettway and gives some FANTASTIC and insightful commentary on his Prolebrity.com blog about the Collier shooting. Only a friend could land this type of info from a guy involved in the incident: "After talking to KP, who in his own words said, 'We didn't do anything, we weren't trying to do anything, just sitting in the car…they ran up on us and just start shooting...they didn't try to rob us or anything.'" Wiley goes on to "shed some light on how it goes down there" in Jacksonville and explains how trouble sometimes just finds you...especially when you are a high profile athlete. FASCINATING READ!!! Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:44:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/317949 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/317949 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1OMiSrEJXnY/SJcHsPy3SrI/AAAAAAAAICU/IhQCMoetqSw/s1600-h/FavreLetterman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1OMiSrEJXnY/SJcHsPy3SrI/AAAAAAAAICU/IhQCMoetqSw/s400/FavreLetterman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230657948949629618" border="0" /></a><br />I've been purposely trying to avoid everything Brett Favre but I can't seem to escape it. I said before that ESPN hasn't really had a choice to beat this story to death in the midst of a slow Summer, but they're doing yet another live Sports Center based today on Favre and Favre alone. If you're near a TV around 12:30, you might want to avoid ESPN....<br /><blockquote>ESPN will present a SportsCenter special today at 12:30 p .m. ET featuring live coverage of Brett Favre's arrival at Green Bay Packers camp for a physical examination and a conditioning test all players must pass before they are placed on the 80-man active roster.<br /><br />Co-hosts Chris McKendry and Robert Flores will be joined by Mike Golic and Marcellus Wiley for the one-hour special, with Ed Werder and Wendi Nix reporting from Green Bay.<br /><br />Beyond coverage of Favre's return to camp, McKendry and Flores will also present other breaking news in the world of sports, as they will do from noon-3 p.m. when SportsCenter goes live weekday mornings starting Monday, Aug. 11. Hannah Storm and Josh Elliott will anchor the 9 a.m.-noon portion of the new six-hour block of live weekday SportsCenters preceding McKendry and Flores.</blockquote>Just wanted you to know in case you either A) Wanted to watch the "Brett Favre Weigh-in" or B) Wanted to avoid it entirely. I also want to say that I truly enjoy Wendi Nix on reports, but even she can tell she's worn out her welcome in Green Bay. You might want to get a few people into the rotation because we all know you're not leaving anytime soon.<br /><br />(Via ESPN PR) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:25:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300551 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300551 I was under the impression that ESPN had a crack team of stat people working behind the scenes of their various presentations.  Geeks whose job it was to make sure the on-air "talent" didn't make fools of themselves by belching out incorrect numbers and factoids. Apparently ESPN has fired all these people.  Either that or their on-air "talent" is allowed to go on-air without doing any kind of meaningful prep.  How else do you explain the massive gaffe committed by "analyst" Marcellus Wiley during the following clip from tonight's SportsCenter? Catch it? When Wiley refers to Daunte Culpepper having led the second-most prolific offense in NFL history. That offense was of course the '98 Vikings…which was of course led by Randall Cunningham. Culpepper was in his senior year at Central Florida at the time. Yes, I know ESPN wants to go for a more spontaneous vibe with their little debate segments…but accuracy shouldn't be sacrificed in the name of some fake off-the-cuff quality. It makes you wonder if there's any quality-control in Bristol at all anymore. It's crap like this, and the routine butchering of the English language perpetrated by people like Emmitt Smith, that makes people think ESPN plain doesn't care anymore…and probably drives a lot of folks into the welcoming arms of the blogosphere. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:47:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284399 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284399 Defensive end Marcellus Wiley took the road less traveled to the NFL via the ivies. A running back when he arrived as a freshman at Columbia he would go on to be a two way player his junior year making the full time switch to defensive end and moonlighting as a short yard specialist. A member of Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame Wiley would lead the Lions to a 8-2 record while recording 63 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 5 touchdowns in his senior season. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/182571 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/182571 ESPN NFL Analyst and Former All-Pro Defensive End for the Jacksonville Jaguars Marcellus Wiley will talk NFL Playloffs tonight on the wacky world of Dr. Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour, January 15, 2008 at 9pm LIVE. Call in number and chat room located at link above. Also, archives available if you miss the live show at the link above. Even better, bring your wife or girlfriend because "Hot Chicks" Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent, authors of the book "How to Eat Like a Hot Chick" will also join the program. It's fun for both of you. See you then. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:13:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/73085 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/73085