Night Owl Cards

If you're going by my definition of what counts as a "Brush With Greatness" candidate, then Jim Kelly doesn't qualify. But because it's the NFL, which makes life difficult for the media in so many ways, I'm going to say, yes, I had a "Brush With Greatness" with Jim Kelly, and, yes, I interviewed him. The interview consisted of standing in a room with about 60 other journalists while Kelly stood at a podium. I was fortunate enough to get out a question that Kelly answered. I can't tell you what the question was, it was quite awhile ago. But this is about as close to a "brush" that you are going to get with an NFL quarterback. Unless you work for a very large newspaper or magazine, or are one of those annoying TV knobs, you're probably not going to get to talk to an NFL quarterback one-on-one, or even in a locker room setting with just 4 or 5 other people around. Training camp is about the only opportunity for something like ...