"But he might be able to run in practice and avoid contact and stay in football shape that way."

Besides, once I came to terms with the idea of cooking the lamb mixture, my heart was set on forming it into football shapes.

A board game that featured a picture of him inside a football shape on the cover is dated from 1933.

He can't get into football shape playing baseball.

In the meantime, Brown is not able to get himself into football shape.

"Now I have to get my body back in football shape," he said.

I like to think I never got out of football shape," he said, "but that's not reality.

Phillips's big problem is the perception around the league that he doesn't work hard to stay in football shape and, subsequently, his play suffers.

"But you do have to get on the field, to get in football shape."

Physically, I don't know if Owens can still play, but emotionally, he might be in the best football shape of his life.