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That was a fun year. Who remembers this Vince McMahon attempt at football entertainment? 
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Remember this thing? Run by pro wrestling kingpin Vince McMahon, who wanted to provide an alternative to the NFL, the XFL was over-the-top, from the personas to the nicknames to the uniforms to the rule changes. For one glorious (notorious?) year, this wild pro football league was in full, furious function. That was 2001, and now, here in the 2013 NFL season, only one player from the XFL is still kickin' in the NFL. And that player is Broncos starting linebacker Paris Lenon.
"It was entirely different than the National Football League," said Lenon, 36, who has taken over as the middle linebacker for Wesley Woodyard. "I'm pretty sure people have a lot of jokes about the league, but at the time for me, it was a situation where I had the opportunity to play in NFL Europe or stay in the states and make more money. And that's what it boiled down to."
He was a member of the Memphis Maniax (I'm still trying to figure out how to spell the singular version of that nickname). Lenon had played at the University of Richmond, and after being cut by the Carolina Panthers, he revived his career with the Maniax, which led to jobs in the NFL for more than the next decade.
http://www.denverpost.com/hochman/ci...edium=facebook
Remember this thing? Run by pro wrestling kingpin Vince McMahon, who wanted to provide an alternative to the NFL, the XFL was over-the-top, from the personas to the nicknames to the uniforms to the rule changes. For one glorious (notorious?) year, this wild pro football league was in full, furious function. That was 2001, and now, here in the 2013 NFL season, only one player from the XFL is still kickin' in the NFL. And that player is Broncos starting linebacker Paris Lenon.
"It was entirely different than the National Football League," said Lenon, 36, who has taken over as the middle linebacker for Wesley Woodyard. "I'm pretty sure people have a lot of jokes about the league, but at the time for me, it was a situation where I had the opportunity to play in NFL Europe or stay in the states and make more money. And that's what it boiled down to."
He was a member of the Memphis Maniax (I'm still trying to figure out how to spell the singular version of that nickname). Lenon had played at the University of Richmond, and after being cut by the Carolina Panthers, he revived his career with the Maniax, which led to jobs in the NFL for more than the next decade.
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