Here’s what sports figures should wear for Halloween

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By SCOTT McCOY

smccoy@star-telegram.com

Coming up with just the right Halloween costume can be tough. So we’ve offered some suggestions for prominent sports figures:

Alex Rodriguez

Who he should go as: Reggie Jackson. A-Rod has already been doing a pretty good impersonation of Mr. October this postseason. Why not make the transformation official?

Brett Favre

Who he should go as: Patriots LB Junior Seau. Favre would be dressed up as the only person who has had a harder time staying retired than he has.

Tim Tebow

Who he should go as: A backup NFL quarterback. He could wear a headset and carry a clipboard. It’ll be good practice for the next four or five years.

Tony Romo

Who he should go as: A fantasy sports expert. He already has the backward hat. That seems to be the main qualification to be a fantasy sports expert.

Bud Selig

Who he should go as: An umpire making the right call. Baseball fans would probably like to see at least one of those before October comes to a close. Or maybe he could go as an instant replay booth. Plenty of fans wouldn’t mind seeing one of those either.

Matt Forte

Who he should go as: Rashaan Salaam or Curtis Enis. Any fantasy football owners who spent a first-round pick on him know what we’re talking about. Talk about a sophomore slump. He’s merely looking like the latest in a line of disappointing Bears running backs.

Jeff Fisher

Who he should go as: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. We now know that Tennessee Titans coach owns the jersey, and it’s always nice when the costume is already hanging in your closet.

Josh McDaniels

Who he should go as: Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. History belongs to the victors. And the McDaniels-vs.-Cutler feud has gone to McDaniels. When McDaniels arrived as coach in Denver, he immediately took a shot at Cutler’s ego by looking to trade for another quarterback. So Cutler whined his way out of town. McDaniels could use makeup to draw little tears rolling down his cheek.

Braylon Edwards

Who he should go as: Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James getting dunked on by a basketball camp attendee. Edwards apparently doesn’t like James. He thought James stole a little too much of the Cleveland spotlight. (Does that even exist?) Well, he could get even by bringing renewed attention to LeBron’s most embarrassing moment. Edwards would just have to attach a papier mache guy jumping over his head and hanging from a rim. The downside: Door clearance would be a problem. Someone else could go as the cameraman getting his video of the event confiscated by a Nike official.

Wade Phillips

Who he should go as: A helicopter pilot. He just sort of reminds us of a generic movie extra cast as a helicopter pilot when he’s wearing his headset.

Chris Davis

Who he should go as: A picketer. You see, he’s out on strikes all the time, too. So he can relate.

Jerry Jones

Who he should go as: Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis. It really just gives us an excuse to rerun this classic photo illustration.

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