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Boomer Esiason's
Message to the Fans
Biography
Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (born April
17, 1961) was an American former quarterback with the National Football League's
Cincinnati Bengals (1984-1992, 1997), the New York Jets (1993-1995) and the
Arizona Cardinals (1996). In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports
Hall of Fame.
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Position(s):
Quarterback Jersey #(s):
7
Born: April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17) (age 47)
West Islip, New York
Career Information
Year(s): 1984–1997
NFL Draft: 1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38
College: Maryland
Professional Teams
Cincinnati Bengals (1984-1992)
New York Jets (1993-1995)
Arizona Cardinals (1996)
Cincinnati Bengals (1997)
Career Stats
TD-INT 247-184
Yards 37,920
QB Rating 81.1
Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards
4x Pro Bowl selection (1986, 1988, 1989, 1993)
1988 NFL MVP
1988 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
1988 PFWA NFL MVP
1995 Walter Payton Man of Year
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Football career
Early life & University of Maryland
Esiason was born in West Islip, New York and grew up in East Islip, New York. He
has Norwegian ancestry.[1] He attended East Islip High School in Long Island,
New York, where he graduated in 1979. Esiason played college football at the
University of Maryland for Head Coach Bobby Ross and Offensive Coordinator Ralph
Friedgen. At Maryland, he set 17 school records and is the best-known Terrapin
football player today. Esiason completed 461 of 850 passes (54.2 percent) for
6,259 yards and 42 touchdowns and was a two-time honorable mention All-American
in 1982 and 1983. In his final home game threw two third-quarter touchdown
passes to lead a comeback victory over No. 3 North Carolina and seal the ACC
title. Esiason graduated with a B.A. in 1984 and received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award in 1999.
Cincinnati Bengals
Following his final year at Maryland, Esiason was selected as the 38th pick in
the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, surprisingly
low. ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper was, in Esiason's words, "going ballistic"
that he was still available in the latter stages of the first round. Two of his
teammates on the Terrapins squad, guard Ron Solt and defensive end Pete Koch,
were drafted in the first round by the Indianapolis Colts and the Bengals,
respectively. No quarterbacks were drafted in the first round; Esiason was
actually the first one selected. He was also drafted by the Washington Federals
franchise of the now-defunct United States Football League.
Among the most prolific left-handed quarterbacks in NFL history, Boomer got his
first pro start on Oct. 7, 1984, in Cincinnati in a game against the Houston
Oilers. On a rainy day, Boomer led the Bengals to a 13-3 win over Houston and
scored the game's only touchdown on a quarterback rush near the goalline. Boomer
took over for Ken Anderson as the Bengals' full-time starting quarterback on
Sept. 22, 1985, in a game in Cincinnati against the San Diego Chargers. He could
not repeat the victory of his first career start, as the Bengals fell to the
Chargers and eventual Hall of Famer Dan Fouts 44-41. At 6'-5" and 240 pounds,
far larger than his predecessor and with a much more powerful arm, Esiason was
the signal caller on one of the most potent offenses of the late 1980s, and he
was surprisingly mobile, rushing for 1,598 yards on 447 attempts and scoring 7
touchdowns in his career. He was particularly adept at running the difficult
play-action pass offense. A little over three years later, Esiason led the
Cincinnati Bengals to their second (and to date, their last) appearance in the
Super Bowl, where they again lost another close game to the San Francisco 49ers.
In Super Bowl XXIII, the 49ers, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana,
marched 92 yards on their last drive and won the game on a touchdown pass to
receiver John Taylor with 34 seconds remaining in the game. A last-ditch pass to
wide receiver Cris Collinsworth was broken up. The final score: 49ers 20,
Bengals 16.
New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals & Back to Cincinnati
Esiason signed with the New York Jets in 1993, guiding their offense until 1995.
He then signed with the Arizona Cardinals as a free agent in 1996. It was during
this season, on November 10, 1996, that Esiason threw for the 3rd best passing
yardage day in NFL History, with 522 yards in a 37-34 overtime victory over the
Washington Redskins. He contemplated retirement in the offseason, but was talked
into playing one more season — with the Cincinnati Bengals. The final play of
his 14-year professional career was a 77-yard touchdown pass to receiver Darnay
Scott.
Records & Honors
Boomer Esiason was named to four Pro Bowl games (1986, 1988, 1989, 1993) and
holds several NFL career records for left-handed quarterbacks, including most
touchdown passes (247), passing yards (37,920), and completions (2,969).
Among the awards Boomer Esiason has earned during his career include the NFL
Most Valuable Player Award in 1988 (leading the league with a quarterback rating
of 97.4), and the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 1995 for his charitable
work.
Post-Football Career
After his retirement, Boomer Esiason went into broadcasting. He was a color
commentator for ABC's Monday Night Football from 1998 to 2000. Following his
dismissal by ABC (due primarily to personal conflicts between him and
play-by-play announcer Al Michaels), Esiason was hired by the Westwood One radio
network to become the analyst for radio broadcasts of Monday Night Football
games. Esiason also currently serves as an in-studio analyst for The NFL Today
on the CBS television network and hosts The Boomer Esiason Show on the Madison
Square Garden Network. Every Friday during the season, he calls in to the very
popular Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland morning talk radio show Elliot
in the Morning to discuss the previous week's action and preview the upcoming
week. However, with Boomer's responsibilities with his own new morning radio
show, it is unknown if this will continue. While Esiason has thus far not
ghostwritten the de rigueur autobiography, he authored a children's reader in
1995 titled A Boy Named Boomer and co-wrote (with Lowell Cauffiel) a 1998 novel
titled Toss.
Esiason has other sports interests. He is a diehard New York Rangers and New
York Mets fan.
Boomer and Carton in the Morning
In April 2007 after the firing of Don Imus, CBS Radio gave Boomer a one-week
"try-out" as Imus's replacement on WFAN. (The slot had been covered by WFAN
afternoon duo Mike and the Mad Dog for several weeks before Boomer's audition.)
WFAN announced Esiason as the permanent host on August 13, along with Craig
Carton, formerly of New Jersey 101.5 and WIP. Boomer and Carton officially
started as of September 4.[2] On September 6, Esiason pulled double duty: he
worked the morning show on WFAN, then flew to Indianapolis to cover the
Indianapolis Colts open the 2007 NFL season against the New Orleans Saints on
Westwood One with Marv Albert, then returned to do the morning show the next
day. However, both Carton and Albert mocked how tired he was, including jokes
about Esiason's intake of Red Bull and espresso. Boomer is now best of friends
with Craig Carton, where they share their spare time, fishing, hunting and
attending New York Ranger games at MSG. Boomer has also allowed Craig into his
circle of friends at Westwood Radio and CBS Sports.
Origin of the "Boomer" Name
Esiason got the "Boomer" nickname even before he was born. When Boomer's mother
was pregnant with him, a friend and old teammate of his dad's college football
team visited the Esiason home. The friend was the team's punter. The pre-born
Boomer kicked, and the friend, who saw the way Mrs. Esiason reacted and said,
"wow, that's quite a little boomer you got there!"[3]. Ever since then, they
kept the nickname.
Boomer Esiason Foundation
The Boomer Esiason Foundation was created to fund research to find a cure for
cystic fibrosis, a disease of the respiratory and digestive systems. The
Foundation also provides education and awareness of cystic fibrosis to provide
higher quality of life for people with cystic fibrosis.
While at a 1993 Jets mini-camp, Esiason was notified that his two-year-old son,
Gunnar, had to be taken to the hospital with breathing difficulties. Soon after,
he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. A devastated Boomer Esiason soon after
formed the Foundation, a charity.
Now 16, Gunnar is an extremely active teenager who undergoes daily treatments
and takes medication. He is a quarterback on his school's football team (Friends
Academy) In Locust Valley, New York.
Soon after Esiason formed the Foundation he formed a partnership with John
Sawyer, a co-founder of the Bengals and the chairman of Sawyer Industries to
form a company that would sell what came to be called Boomer's Products to Fight
Cystic Fibrosis. The top-selling item is Boomers BBQ Sauce, an award-winning
Texas-style sauce with all proceeds going to cystic fibrosis research.
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Source: Wikipedia.org at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomer_Esiason
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