Phil Simms
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"Phillip Martin "Phil" Simms" is a retired American football quarterback who spent his entire 14-year career playing for the New York Giants of the NFL. He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After playing college football at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms played his entire professional career with the Giants and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, going 22 for 25 (88%). He also was named to the NFL Pro Bowl/Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.

He finished his career with 33,462 passing yards and has since gone on to be a career broadcaster of NFL games—first as an analyst for ESPN, then as a in-game color commentator with NBC, and currently with CBS. He is the father of former NFL quarterback, New England Patriots assistant coach, and current FOX Sports College Football analyst Chris Simms, as well as New York Jets quarterback Matt Simms.

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Of course Steve McNair is not going to get paid like Tom Brady and Michael Vick, but so what? But he should get his, and it shouldn't crush the football team.

Whatever it takes to make yourself a little angry.

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.

It was a rough weekend. I don't know which was the worst call. There were a lot of them that creep into my mind.

No one else knew him like the Jets did. And it's important that you hire people you know sometimes because it gives everyone in the organization a level of comfort. You know this person has the level of belief in the things you want carried out.

That's the favorite question. Everyone wants to know what the surprise team will be.

When you're angry, you're grinding at what you're doing all week. You pay attention. Sometimes when you feel good about yourself, you don't cross a few T's.

What impresses me is the energy it takes, emotionally and physically, to constantly do that. To do that in a game, that means you've got to do it in practice, too. What if he's under the weather a bit one week?

He's a more rested quarterback this year. He admitted it; he was tired last year.