Do you get the feeling that Warren Sapp really hates Michael Strahan? Sapp has been on the record for his dislike of Strahan for years, seemingly stemming from when he earned the Quarterback Sack record in a season in 2001 when Brett Favre appeared to lay down for him.
Sapp sounded off again today against Strahan saying the following:
“I don’t think his resume stacks up. Tony Dungy, Walter Jones, Marvin Harrison and Derrick Brooks are more deserving. Four straight Pro Bowls and a mythical sack record. When you really measure it up, he comes short except you all are giving it to him. When you talk about stacking it up, it just don't stack that high, except y'all are giving to him. Y'all don't take that same critical eye as when you're looking at somebody else. Oh, it's Michael. Awww, he's our guy. He's on TV with Kelly (Ripa)' and 'Oh, he's such a good guy!
Hmmmm. Does Sapp have a point about the “mythical” sack record?
Let’s say that is. This still gives Strahan two seasons where he led the NFL in Sacks and taking the one that may be have been a “gimme” he still has 140.5 Sacks in his career which puts him at number five at all time.
As for the “Four straight Pro Bowls”, Sapp had it wrong as Strahan was in three straight Pro Bowls twcie and another one on top of that totalling seven; the same amount that Sapp has.
Maybe he meant the four First Team All Pro selections; which again is the same amount that Sapp has. Both were also Second Team selections twice and chosen for the NFL 2000’s All Decade Team.
The similarities don’t end there. Both Sapp and Strahan won a Super Bowl (Sapp with Tampa, Strahan with the New York Giants) and they both won the Defensive Player of the Year Award.
So if we listen to Sapp, who claims that the resume of Michael Strahan does not measure up, what does this say about Warren whose resume is similar? Strahan usually has not responded to Sapp’s taunting, but this time he shot back:
“"Football was part of my life, but it is not my entire life. So for some guys, maybe that's their entire life and that's all they have to hold onto. Playing football, sacking quarterbacks, that was part of my life, and I did it and I moved on. The tiger does not pay attention to the opinion of the sheep. I am. I'm all hype," Strahan said. "I lasted 15 years, all hype. I had 141.5 career sacks, all hype. I was always a starter. I played left end, and that made me get sacks. My coaches kept putting me in the game because they felt it gave us the best chance to win, and that was all hype."
Strahan is correct and many former Football players have struggled letting go of the past. He has become one of the most recognizable former NFL players in the last ten years; not only securing a coveted spot on the FOX NFL panel but more recently going mainstream co-hosting the very popular morning talk show with Kelly Ripa, now titled “Live, with Michael and Kelly”. Warren Sapp has been active after his career ended, appearing as an analyst on the NFL Network and appearing on Dancing With the Stars, but for all intents and purposes, Strahan has the post playing career that makes athletes drool, and you have to wonder if Sapp, who filed for bankruptcy two years ago despite making six figures a month has a bit of envy in his voice.
On our Football list, we currently have Strahan listed at number four which was higher than we had Sapp who got in on his first year on the ballot. If Strahan does get in, we will be waiting to hear what Sapp has to say next.
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