newsandobserver.com Mon. Oct 26, 2009

Shuler takes his skills to the big game

U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is again playing in the Congress vs. Capitol Police football game, which raises money for families of three officers killed in the line of duty.

Shuler's office notes that he formerly played quarterback for the University of Tennessee.

In its release, the office declines to mention his short-lived stint with the Washington Redskins (who this year are pretty abysmal). It also fails to re-live a past Congress vs. Capitol Police game in which Shuler threw a pair of interceptions. The bipartisan congressional team lost that one.