Ard said that Simms was never so crass to talk about himself, but that his chip on his shoulder revealed itself in the way he talked about other quarterbacks in the league. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Struggle is what Simms knows best and does best, because to struggle is to resist defeat. He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. "When that happens," Mike Sherrard said, "Phil will say, 'This is what we're going to do.' Eagle and Fouts have also ascended to B-team status for their network. For them, the purpose of the pass was to set up the run. Emotionally, the Ravens were missing a few guys, but also emotionally, the Texans were trying to show everybody the game against the Green Bay Packers was just not who theyare. When I think of the acclaim he could have brought to competitive blade slinging Release Dates It was shaping up to be your classic star-crossed career, another Giants first-round bust. Parcells put it this way: He was just really an unconquerable guy. Gone was the promoted former assistant who was still chummy with many veteran players. team, the quarterback must be one of its toughest players, if not the toughest. So really it was more like: Feel Heeeew?, that last accusatory syllable drawn out to underscore the extraordinary risk of it all. Can I bet the guy next to me on that, Crystal asked? Draft: New York Giants in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft. Its a sport that gives the lie to complacency like no other. With the Pats up 36-17, and only 3:36 left in the fourth quarter, Simms warned viewers the game wasn't "over.". Commissioner Pete Rozelle at the microphone, his hair voluminous at the sides in accordance with 1979 styles, his inflexions old-fashioned as he announced the first round pick of the once-proud but now moribund Giants: Quwahtaback, Phil Simms, Morehead State.. Believe what your eye tells you. Simms: History kinda tells you sustained success will come from throwing.