What happened to Mark Rypien?

zr0hero · Post by **zr0hero** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:09 pm

I didnt know where to put this post, so I am putting it here.

Whatever happened to Mark Rypien? I'm looking at his stats here (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1064) and it gets a bit weird near the end. According to this, he left in 1997, and came back for one more year in 2001. Anyone know why? Maybe its a mistake on the page, but I doubt it.

Just wondering.

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:24 pm

His son died in 1998, and he was out of football for a while.

Steve Spurrier III · Post by **Steve Spurrier III** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:49 pm

Now he his working on his golf game and will try to make the Senior Tour when he is old enough.

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:39 am

He's also put on weight. A lotta weight.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:14 pm

that's sad...how did his son die?

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:30 pm

Texas Hog wrote:that's sad...how did his son die?

Cancer, I believe. I think there is a foundation if you are feeling charitable.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:47 pm

thanks....not feeling very charitable after yesterday....more pissed than anything.

gregory smith · Post by **gregory smith** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:39 pm

I think his wife died too.

gspdark1 · Post by **gspdark1** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:54 pm

Wow! That's really sad to hear. I still remember that Super Bowl.

Anyway, call me crazy, but didn't Ryp work in the Rams organization for little bit.

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:19 pm

gspdark1 wrote:Anyway, call me crazy, but didn't Ryp work in the Rams organization for little bit.

Well, he was their QB for a while, but he didn't really WORK for them. Pa dum pum.

Steve Spurrier III · Post by **Steve Spurrier III** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:01 pm

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:He's also put on weight. A lotta weight.

I don't know about "a lotta weight":

He's definitely heavier, but he was never in body-building shape to begin with.

spudstr04 · Post by **spudstr04** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:05 pm

He came back in 2001 and played as a back-up to Peyton Manning, he was there mainly to help be a mentor......

Sir_Monk · Post by **Sir_Monk** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:15 pm

I thought he backed up with the Falcons back in 01, or am I thinking of Steve DeBerg

Steve Spurrier III · Post by **Steve Spurrier III** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:18 pm

Sir_Monk wrote:I thought he backed up with the Falcons back in 01, or am I thinking of Steve DeBerg

DeBerg was with the Falcons in 1998; Rypien was never with the team.

In 2001, the Falcons had Chris Chandler, Mike Vick and Doug Johnson at quarterback.

EDIT: Rypien's career stats: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... piMa00.htm

1fan4ramsey · Post by **1fan4ramsey** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:45 pm

did he play for the iggles in the 90's as well?

DaveButzguy · Post by **DaveButzguy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:21 pm

gregory smith wrote:I think his wife died too.

Was he married to a Skins cheerleader. For some reason I remember collecting some 1992 proline football cards as a kid and they had some player wife cards in the set as well. I recall his wife being in the set and on her card she talked about being a cheerleader for the Redskins. I never knew his wife and son died. Another interesting thing about Mark is that his cousin was NHL tough guy Shane Churla who played for the North Stars and Rangers and few other teams, was pretty much a goon.......

poper2 · Post by **poper2** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:27 pm

zr0hero wrote:I didnt know where to put this post, so I am putting it here.

Whatever happened to Mark Rypien? I'm looking at his stats here (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1064) and it gets a bit weird near the end. According to this, he left in 1997, and came back for one more year in 2001. Anyone know why? Maybe its a mistake on the page, but I doubt it.

Just wondering.

Saw him on ESPN2 last night, he picked the hawks over the skins. Foolish!

skinsRin · Post by **skinsRin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:37 pm

poper2 wrote:
zr0hero wrote:I didnt know where to put this post, so I am putting it here.

Whatever happened to Mark Rypien? I'm looking at his stats here (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1064) and it gets a bit weird near the end. According to this, he left in 1997, and came back for one more year in 2001. Anyone know why? Maybe its a mistake on the page, but I doubt it.

Just wondering.

Saw him on ESPN2 last night, he picked the hawks over the skins. Foolish!

He's just like all the other fools. Gibbs will have all the "experts" scratching their heads after the game. :hmm:

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:27 pm

skinsRin wrote: He's just like all the other fools.

Not quite.

http://www.the-hogs.net/History/SBs/SuperBowlXVII.html

:wink:

ChiefPowhatan17 · Post by **ChiefPowhatan17** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:05 pm

I work with a woman who hates him cause she dated him in high school in washington state.

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:40 pm

You need to find coworkers with less baggage.

Buzz Dog · Post by **Buzz Dog** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:34 pm

Ran into Ryp at a charity golf tourney at Renditions this summer. He was great - signed a football for me and was very personable (of course this may have been from all of the Bud Lights he was pounding).

We talked about Joe Gibbs for a while and Ryp said that Coach was absolutely gonna get it done, which gave me a lot of confidence.

He did talk about his ex-wife, the cheerleader, in some remarks to the group. He had nothing good to say and it was actually pretty brutal but funny.

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