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...time in which reality TV is all the rage, it's appropriate that television's most-watched event - the Super Bowl, not that "Jerry Springer" with palm trees, "Temptation Island" - is highlighted by players whose careers have eluded the shelter from real life that's customarily granted to wealthy pro athletes (see chart below...
...people in the world wouldn't want to change places with a Super Bowl quarterback. But convincing people to switch shoes with Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer or Giants counterpart Kerry Collins would have required Ron Popeil-like selling skills before this season. Both had spent several years regarded as highly paid busts, taking turns as a favorite punching bag for fans and the media...
Their stories don't read like Kurt Warner's, last year's Super Bowl MVP who proved to be a nobody who only needed a chance to be a somebody. These guys started at the top - the Buccaneers drafted Dilfer with the sixth pick in the '94 draft; Collins was the Panthers' first-ever draftee with the fifth selection in the '95 draft. Both were anointed as their franchise's... well, franchises... and both fell out of the spotlight the same way they entered it - by way of their arms - Dilfer by completing passes to players on other teams, Collins...
...last time the Super Bowl descended upon Tampa, strip clubs figured in the final result. The Buffalo Bills, who were perhaps the best team in the league that year, were preparing for their first championship against...
clubs in droves. Days later, Scott Norwood missed a field goal in the final seconds to give the Giants their second title and Buffalo's first of four consecutive Super Bowl losses...