Phil Simms Can't Be Happy

When you think about compromising pictures of celebrities and athletes being posted on the internet, your first thought is probably the Buzz Bissinger meltdown on Costas Now. When he let loose on Will Leitch partly because of the Matt Leinarht hot tub photos. While those type of pictures can fuel the snarky side of the blogospher, they are intrusive on a persons private life. And before you know it, everyone is pointing and laughing and questioning the athletes morals, etc. Even though we the public would either a) like to be in that situation, or b) do the exact same thing every chance we get. It's not fair that we hold athletes to higher standard off the field, but it happens.

But every once in a while someone just begs for it. And that next someone is Matt Simms, quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals. Via Card Chronicle, Simms has bee suspended for four games for a violation of team rules. That's kind of vague until you click on that link above and look at the picture for a second. If you need a closer look, check out the post at KSK. Yes, this is the son of former Giant's quarterback Phil Simms and the brother of NFL quarterback Chris Simms. It's not exactly the proud moment they were looking for. Any hope of matching the commercial success of the Manning family probably just went down the tubes.

It's not unprecedented for athletes to use recreational drugs, but knowing when to use a little discretion is the sign of a leader. Rolling a joint while smiling and having your picture taken is the sign of someone that tunes out the coaches when they say you are one injury away from being the starting quarterback. Now Matt, you can make that two injuries and a large dose of running the stairs at Papa John's Stadium.