First of all, let me start by relaying to you how big of a fan and how much of a sports hero Glenn Dorsey is to The Jeff Report. I was psyched when the Chiefs drafted him just 3 years ago and thought he would be a solid, dominant player for KC for years to come.
Nearly immediately after he was drafted the Glenn Dorsey jersey was purchased. Jersey curse be damned the Bayou Bullrusher was too good to be affected by The Jeff Report jersey curse.
The Jeff Report has sported the Dorsey jersey to every game since. That's 22 games and counting sporting the #72 at Arrowhead. It wasn't until recently that I was able to fully complete the Gameday outfit which looks like this:
The Jeff Report has been behind Dorsey since day one. Others have called out Dorsey and said he was a bust. I said he had a good season last year and predicted an even better one this year.
Now, it is with sheepish pride that I admit I am now on Twitter and actually enjoy it. Despite my previous ribbing of the social networking site I have jumped into tweeting full on.
As we all know, many stars and famous athletes are on Twitter. This is a good avenue for them to get their brand out there, connect with fans, and generally peddle crap people don't want to hear about or buy (looking at you Kim Kardashian and Chad Ochcinco).
This is what can draw one in to the "twitterverse" which I liken to the evil computer in Tron. You can @tweet a celebrity or athlete and they will respond to you! How cook is that right? Pretty cool.
In my young twitter life I have had little to no success in getting celebrity's or athletes to @tweet back at me. I started to wonder if I was actually on twitter. Was I the Twitter version of Patrick Swayze in 'Ghost'? It had seemed that way until recently when It was a recent post from the man Glenn Dorsey that got my attention:
@GlennDorsey72 It's Red Friday!!! I had my RED on earlier (practice) lol
Seems like a straightforward enough tweet. I always like it when anyone supports the red Friday movement. However, I was feeling in a joking kind of mood so I threw up this @tweet:
@TheJeffReport: @GlennDorsey72 you a QB now?
Why would I @tweet this one might ask? Everyone knows Glenn Dorsey is about 300 lbs and doesn't have the accuracy to be a QB (plus I hear he gets too deep in his 7 step drop).
Since I was in the aforementioned joking mood, I thought it would be funny to imply he switched to QB, as most QBs wear a red jersey in practice and everyone else wears white so that everyone knows not to hit the QB.
As an avid Chiefs fan and one who has attended Chiefs practices and saw every second of NFL Hardknocks when the Chiefs were on, I know the Chiefs QB's wear yellow jerseys. However, yellow didn't fit in this scenario and red is the more commonly accepted QB jersey color, so I decided to make the joke as I did above. Which illicited this response from #72:
@GlennDorsey72 ? RT @TheJeffReport: @GlennDorsey72 you a QB now?
Great. My joke completely flopped and my favorite Chiefs player has no idea what I am talking about. How does one save face to an admired athlete in this scenario? The answer has got to be play dumb (right?):
@TheJeffReport: @GlennDorsey72 don't qb's wear red jerseys at practice?
Yeah, this was the correct route to go. Even though Chiefs QBs don't wear red jerseys, now he will know where I am coming from and the joke will make sense. All will be right in the "twitterverse." This was the big man's response:
@GlennDorsey72 Nah yellow RT @TheJeffReport: @GlennDorsey72 don't qb's wear red jerseys at practice?
Son of a b. Epic @tweet fail. Not only was my previous theory not correct, but now I look like an even bigger idiot. More hurtful to my psyche than that is that Glenn Dorsey now thinks I am am a chump fan who doesn't really know what I am talking about but shouts random things during the game such as "that guy runs fast!" or "what a long pass/run/catch!!!" My true hardcore fandom has now been brought into question to my favorite player AND he thinks I have no clue what I am talking about.
I feel like I just got donkey kicked in my balls. I guess knowing that I am a true knowledgeable fan will have to console me for now, but this is disheartening. Hey, at least I know I am not P Swayze from 'Ghost' on twitter now.
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