Edge gets a Super Bowl ring

by Brad Wells on Dec 16, 2007 10:50 AM EST in Colts News

18 to 88 has a story up via Arizona Central:

Sometimes, Edgerrin James can be a bit bashful. Like when it comes to talking about his kids (he won't do it). Or when it's time to talk about his new Super Bowl ring, the one he recently received from his previous team in Indianapolis.

"I wanted to keep that a secret," James said.

Understandable. The ring is a symbol of the past. It brings up uncomfortable topics, like how the Colts won a championship without him. It reinforces conventional wisdom, and how it's unwise to spend big dollars on prime-time running backs, like the Cardinals did with James.
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But you know what else it says?

It says that James really mattered in Indianapolis, and that the Colts openly recognize that they couldn't have won a title without him.

"Peyton (Manning) tells me all the time that, in the 19 to 20 years he's been playing football, Edgerrin James is the best teammate he's ever had," said former NFL quarterback Archie Manning, father of Peyton and Eli. "The one regret they all have is that they couldn't have won while (James) was still there."

In a coldhearted business like the NFL, that is the ultimate compliment.

Jim Irsay is one classy guy to do this for Edge. Edge is still one of my favorite Colts All-Time.

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Glad to see Edge got a Super Bowl ring. Just goes to show you what a classy guy Edge is and what a classy organization the Colts are.

by Blueisgood on Dec 16, 2007 11:19 AM EST reply actions

im glad to hear

that james is still recognized in indy

by metalmilitia @ Stampede Blue on Dec 16, 2007 12:29 PM EST reply actions

That's flat out fantastic

Class move.

The Shogun of Harlem

by shonuff on Dec 16, 2007 1:05 PM EST reply actions

Maybe Edge got rid of the gold teeth

because the SB ring alone is sufficient bling.

Also Brady has now thrown the same number of passes this season as Manning did in 2004, Brady is still at 45 TDs.

I'm a blogger now http://shakennbaken.blogspot.com/

by shake n bake on Dec 16, 2007 3:14 PM EST reply actions

wait...

I don't get it. Why did they give him a super bowl ring? It's almost insulting really. "Hey bud, thanks for all of the great years you had with us, but since you had nothing to do with our season last year, here's a ring anyways."

Don't get me wrong, I loved James and all, but he really had nothing to do with the Colts winning, and it makes really no sense at all why they gave him one.

Go Colts!

by KingRichard on Dec 16, 2007 8:05 PM EST reply actions

Winning the Superbowl

is about being good enough to make the playoffs and then just getting on a roll and catching breaks when you need them.

Edge was huge in setting the Colts up for a Superbowl run in 6 different years, it just happened that the year they finally won it was the 7th after he had left.

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by shake n bake on Dec 16, 2007 11:18 PM EST up reply actions

ok..

Thanks for stating the obvious, but that doesn't mean anything. The Colts didn't win with James. So why give him a ring?

Go Colts!

by KingRichard on Dec 17, 2007 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

For the same reason

that Tampa Bay fans should revere Dungy as a God. He made them perennial contenders, and then the work that he had done came to fruition the year after he was dumped.

Same basic thing with Edge. Despite the obvious differences between a player and a head coach, the principle is the same. I have no problem with the organization thanking him for his service.

Maybe if the Colts had figured out the whole "don't run your stud back into the ground so that he's toast by the playoffs" thing a couple years earlier, Edge would've had his own rings anyway.

by ctnyc on Dec 18, 2007 12:46 AM EST up reply actions