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08 Apr 2011

Who Said It: Bennett or Sheen?

Kudos to NFL.com's Adam Rank for coming up with this idea. He has 12 quotes; six each from recently off-the-deep-end actor Charlie Sheen, and six from quote-worthy Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett. Bennett's quotes don't even include his recent assertion that the Cowboys should have an open quarterback competition between Jon Kitna and Tony Romo, but he's got a few doozies in there.

Posted by: Doug Farrar on 08 Apr 2011

20 comments, Last at 15 Apr 2011, 8:39am by masoch

Comments

1
by Danish Denver-Fan :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 7:52am

Spoiler, I guess.

I would like to see the context in which Bennett got talking about dinosaurs...

2
by stuart (not verified) :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 8:33am

In an environment as open as the internet Adam Rank would be well advised to credit the original authors of his ideas. Especially when they are major international newspapers...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/quiz/2011/mar/01/muammar-gaddafi-charlie...

3
by Anonymously (not verified) :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 9:27am

The "Is it A or B?" game is very old and very common. There are probably more than just these 2 examples of it based on Charlie Sheen.

10
by Spielman :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 10:09pm

Collge Humor had a version that came out the same day as the one mentioned above, this time using Ron Burgundy. Citing the Guardian for this is kind of silly.

11
by BigCheese :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 10:42pm

ESPN.com had one with Sheen and Mike Tyson a few weeks ago.

- Alvaro

16
by Kevin from Philly :: Tue, 04/12/2011 - 8:13am

I don't know about quotes, but I gota think that Charlie bites better body parts than Tyson does.

4
by Shattenjager :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:29am

I don't understand people's love of Martellus Bennett's quotes.

5
by thendcomes :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:38am

You have to pick the most outrageous Bennett quotes and the most innocuous Charlie Sheen quotes to even make this a contest.

6
by keithgoldner :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:38am

Some analysis on Bennett's comments about Kitna's superiority to Romo: http://bit.ly/dSne0L

9
by tuluse :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 5:34pm

Is all that really needed? I can just briefly glance at this list and start laughing. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb

7
by JonFrum :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:46am

Came up with the idea? It's shtick from the Scott Van Pelt show on ESPN radio.

8
by AD (not verified) :: Fri, 04/08/2011 - 1:09pm

I've seen this format on ESPN's Page 2 about Sheen-Tyson.

12
by Led :: Sat, 04/09/2011 - 9:03am

Sheen probably has mental health problems and is definitely a serial domestic abuser (in my view, by far his biggest flaw). That said, some of the stuff he says is clever. The bit about early success is one example.

13
by Noah of Arkadia :: Sat, 04/09/2011 - 11:56am

Yeah, that's a very acute observation (I mean the quote). Junkies' mental processes can be rather erratic, but they do have good insights sometimes.

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by masoch (not verified) :: Sun, 04/10/2011 - 5:02am

You honestly believe his shtick? Personally, as soon as I found out the tickets for his comedy tour start at $60 for nosebleed and go up to $600 I realized his act for what it truly is: A VERY well thought out "advertising" plan, performed by an excellent actor. If there's an award for method acting, Sheen should get it, hands down.

15
by Independent George :: Sun, 04/10/2011 - 8:27am

Except for the part where he loses his television show and the multi-million dollar paycheck that comes with it.

17
by rk (not verified) :: Tue, 04/12/2011 - 12:29pm

and his kids.

18
by Bobman :: Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:19pm

It was something like $2.0-$2.5M per show. How many shows a season? 13-26 usually. He's hurtin' now....

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by masoch (not verified) :: Fri, 04/15/2011 - 8:39am

tmz.com estimates he stands to make at least 7 million for the tour. 1 million from twitter per the Hollywood Reporter. That's 8 million for roughly one month's work. Without counting T-shirt sales, website revenue, etc. Yeah, he'll probably
"only" make half his previous salary, but he'll have a LOT more time for his kids and hoes. And drugs.

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by Bobman :: Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:20pm

The success/failure one IS excellent. I've heard it before, but it just may have been some of Sheen's ramblings.

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