Reading blogs stressed Shawn Andrews

by JasonB on Aug 16, 2008 8:29 PM EDT in News Comment 7 comments

In the past few weeks, Andrews, finally, admitted he didn't know exactly where he was, or where he wanted himself to go. "On the edge," he said. He said he didn't care what people thought, but he found reading message boards and blogs contributed to his stress. He contemplated quitting football, but found working out an exceptional outlet for his pent-up aggression. And, though they never got to suicide, his thoughts were "unrealistic."

To be fair, reading message boards stresses me out too... especially the Eagles'.

I wonder if from now on I should start every post with the words "If you are Shawn Andrews, stop reading?"

Either way, I felt like I had to do some investigating after reading this... Was it part my fault that Andrews went AWOL?

On August 4th I think I was pretty nice to him.

I feel bad for Shawn, but at the same time he could have avoided a lot of the ill will and frustration on the part of fans and the team if he had simply let us all know what was going on in the first place.

Not bad,

On July 29th I attempted to reach out to him through the language of text since that was how he was communicating with everyone...

Shawn, since it seems to be the only way you communicate these days... here's my text to you.

OMG! Y RU not in camp? CMON 2 LeHi. MUSM

Hit me back Shawn.

Silly? Yes. Stressing? I don't think so...

Only July 25th, I may have come off as somewhat unsympathetic...

This story better be real strange and we better find out what is was real quick... Either that or he needs to get into camp and cut this nonsense. If it is really something serious, then I feel bad for the guy... but most reports suggest that whatever is going was not bad enough in the Eagles mind to warrant him missing camp

At least I included the caveat there at the end right?

I guess I'll never know if Shawn Andrews is a BGN reader, but if you google "Eagles blog" guess which site comes up first?

Either way, I'm sorry if I upset you Shawn. We're all really gld to have you back. Srsly.

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I kind of know where Shawn is coming from...

On this board we’re all pretty annonymous. That being said…. I’ve been the subject of a few message board threads a few times (related to music), and it does totally suck. You have to make a conscious effort not to look at them… however, you almost cant help it. Some peoples comments are so ridiculous, and while they really piss you off you just keep reading them for some reason.

I’m not some kind of celebrity, but having had to deal with that a few times, i can only imagine what someone like Andrews, or especially mcnabb has to deal with.

Its WAY to easy for people to post annoymously on the web. There is a ton of stuff said annonymously, that would NEVER be said face to face.

I think that is wrong somehow.

PS. Jason your post was funny though… i didnt think there was any bad nature in it.

Concretefield can suck it

by 700 Level on Aug 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

shawn

stay off the message boards…funny how BGN is the first link… JasonB might be like that baseball fan that is an exile now cuz he caught that ball…whats his name now? lol, i call for JasonB’s head

Michael Phelps is a BEAST!

by anuj on Aug 16, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I already almost blew it for the soul! Although that ended well

Bleeding Green Nation - Philadelphia Eagles Blog

by JasonB on Aug 16, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooo i was like, wth is anuj talking about lol

by Remis on Aug 17, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shawn

if you’re reading this, you should know we all love you, as you are an eagle, and all of us here love the eagles. it’s a constant in all of our lives, so no matter what you read, just remember, as long as you’re an eagle, we’re rooting for you.

p.s. jason, that’s pretty cool you have the first thing to show up when you search for eagles blogs. successful site!

by eagleyosh on Aug 16, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My mom is a teacher and she use to read the comments on ratemyteachers she said the bad comments got to her a few times but she was able to shake it off ….

I equate this to what Shawn is going through he needs to shake it off and realize that it’s possible for people to not like him but the majority of people (not just Eagles fans) think he is one of the most talented OL in the game and feel we are lucky to have him. I know thats how I feel … glad to have you back buddy now get your ass out there and pave the way to the Superbowl.

by Whodie126 on Aug 17, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I dont think everything said in a blog is considered serious

The purpose of these blogs is to entertaine, I really haven’t read many people taking shots at Shawn. Actually, we all hope he is well.

Hey Shawn, if you are reading this, just understand that we all love football, but all know that there are somethings more important. We all wish you the best health as a person, and if you can play football, its a plus. But sports isn’t always the most important thing.
We got mad love for you, keep doing your thing baby.

Jason, please don’t make any post about Westbrook or McNabb, (we don’t want to jinx them). Maybe if we post about the Cowboys and the Giants, we can throw off their mojo :P

Dallas Sucks

by yophillybro on Aug 18, 2008 8:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs