Carlton Mitchell, Tony Collins, Zig Fracassi, Russell Baxter, Walt Harris...
This week on Thursday Night Tailgate our guests are: Major League Football WR Carlton Mitchell, former Patriots RB Tony Collins, Sirius/XM NFL Radio Channel host Zig Fracassi, NFL stats guru Russell Baxter, former Bears & 49ers DB Walt Harris, and former Giants FB and NFL Alumni Association Chairman of the Board Emeritus Randy Minniear. We’ll talk with them about: Carlton Mitchell – Carlton has been a member of the Browns, Jaguars, Cowboys, Bucs, Falcons, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Redblacks and now Galen Hall's team in Major League Football. He left the University of South Florida prior to his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Looking back does he regret that decision? We'll hear about his football journey. Tony Collins – Now that NFL VP of Health and Safety Jeff Miller has admitted that there is a link between football and brain injuries what does that mean for the former players and the concussion lawsuit? We’ll get Tony’s take. Zig Fracassi – We’ll get Zig’s take on the free agent moves so far including the latest on his Cowboys and hometown Buffalo Bills. We’ll also get hiss reaction to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones saying there's no link between football and brain injuries. Walt Harris – We’ll get his thoughts on Chip Kelly taking over as Head Coach of his former team the 49ers. Does he think he could play for Kelly after what went down in Philadelphia? Randy Minniear – We’ll talk to Randy about his college playing days at Purdue. In 1964 they beat #5 Michigan and in 1965 they beat top rated Notre Dame. Randy scored 3 touchdowns in those games. We’ll hear this memories of playing in those games.