The Dallas Cowboys are luckily having two excellent running backs in Marion Barber and Felix Jones, and the team is glad to see a competition for starting running back job going on during the training camp. According both backs’ health condition and workout performances, it seems that Jones may take over the starting job from Barber.
If taking Adrian Peterson, the running back in No.28 Minnesota Vikings jersey, as the best running back of the league, Jones is now closer to the standard than Barber. According to the Dallas Morning News, Jones showed up in San Antonio heavier than Barber: Jones checked in at 218 pounds while Barber tipped the scales at 214, down about 10 pounds.
Actually the two running backs had been preparing for the new season in different ways. While Jones was adding weight to avoid injuries, Barber was trying to regain some of his burst and quickness that seemed to disappear and make him an easier target to tackle. Whoever is going to be the Cowboys’ starting running back, their hard working will anyway be the team’s benefits. Without a quarterback like the one wearing No.4 Brett Favre jersey, the Cowboys now have at least as many as two excellent running backs.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Chargers LB Merriman will report for training camp despite contract issue
Just like other Chargers’ veterans such as wide receiver Vincent Jackson and left tackle Marcus McNeill, the San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman is also making his efforts to get a long-term contract from the team. But unlike Jackson and McNeill, Merriman does not plan to hangout in his favorite Brett Favre jersey during the training camp. Instead, he is planning to be a full participant in the camp.
At age 26, Merriman is now almost two full years removed from reconstructive knee surgery, and working out in training camp would be helpful in improving his strength. Even if he wants to leave to play in New Orleans Saints jerseys once the contract talks breaks, Merriman still needs a good health condition to prove he can be valuable to the defending champion team.
"Because of the things he’s been through, he would benefit greatly from having a full, great training camp and getting back to doing the things he does healthy," coach Norv Turner told The San Diego Union-Tribune. I don’t care who you are, if you’re not 100 percent … there are things you can’t do that you used to do, you’re not instinctive. The way you get those things back is by going 100 mph and practicing."
At age 26, Merriman is now almost two full years removed from reconstructive knee surgery, and working out in training camp would be helpful in improving his strength. Even if he wants to leave to play in New Orleans Saints jerseys once the contract talks breaks, Merriman still needs a good health condition to prove he can be valuable to the defending champion team.
"Because of the things he’s been through, he would benefit greatly from having a full, great training camp and getting back to doing the things he does healthy," coach Norv Turner told The San Diego Union-Tribune. I don’t care who you are, if you’re not 100 percent … there are things you can’t do that you used to do, you’re not instinctive. The way you get those things back is by going 100 mph and practicing."
Monday, July 5, 2010
Steelers CB Taylor is expecting contract extension
The Pittsburgh Steelers do not seem like to offer eighth year veteran cornerback Ike Taylor in near future. Actually, there is not even any talk in progress, although Taylor is already in his final year of his current contract, which is worth $23.75 million. So the starting cornerback is hoping that a talk could be started within this year.
"Deep down in my heart, I want to retire as a Steeler," Taylor told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I've been here seven years. I'm a Steeler all the way. But it's on them if we can agree — be on the same page. If not, I've gotta move on."
It’s hard to say whether the Steelers would retain Taylor before the contract expires. The team has a tradition to let free agents go, no matter how accomplished the free agents were. But one the other side, Taylor has good relationship with team owner Dan Rooney and got supports from defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, who recently said publicly that the team would not let Taylor go. Who knows? Even the Green Bay Packers let their favorite quarterback to put on another team’s version of Brett Favre jersey after he failed to win a second Super Bowl title, and Taylor really needs to pray and offer something to keep his job with the Steelers.
"Deep down in my heart, I want to retire as a Steeler," Taylor told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I've been here seven years. I'm a Steeler all the way. But it's on them if we can agree — be on the same page. If not, I've gotta move on."
It’s hard to say whether the Steelers would retain Taylor before the contract expires. The team has a tradition to let free agents go, no matter how accomplished the free agents were. But one the other side, Taylor has good relationship with team owner Dan Rooney and got supports from defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, who recently said publicly that the team would not let Taylor go. Who knows? Even the Green Bay Packers let their favorite quarterback to put on another team’s version of Brett Favre jersey after he failed to win a second Super Bowl title, and Taylor really needs to pray and offer something to keep his job with the Steelers.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Patriots DL coach aims at job of defensive coordinator
The New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has not yet named a new defensive coordinator, and both the team’s defensive line coach Pepper Johnson and linebackers coach Matt Patricia are aiming at the void position. While Patricia has been regarded as a candidate for a long time, it was until a recent interview that Johnson made it clear he wanted to work as a defensive coordinator.
"It is getting more and more every year," Johnson said, per the Boston Globe. "You know me, I try to stay away from the sports talk shows, I try to stay away from the newspapers as much as possible, because I get my hopes up and I start salivating at the mouth and then the phone is not ringing. But I’m prepared for whatever presents itself. I have to be, I think you have to be in this world today, period. But yeah,over the last couple years, I’m getting more and more calls and text messages. ‘Are you coming to town?' Or 'Are you leaving us?’ So I get it both ways.”
Having worked for the Patriots for many years on the defensive line, Johnson indeed is qualified to do the job. But he still has to face competition. There has been report saying that Brett Favre also likes the idea of coaching with the Patriots if he decides to take off his Brett Favre jersey for final retirement.
"It is getting more and more every year," Johnson said, per the Boston Globe. "You know me, I try to stay away from the sports talk shows, I try to stay away from the newspapers as much as possible, because I get my hopes up and I start salivating at the mouth and then the phone is not ringing. But I’m prepared for whatever presents itself. I have to be, I think you have to be in this world today, period. But yeah,over the last couple years, I’m getting more and more calls and text messages. ‘Are you coming to town?' Or 'Are you leaving us?’ So I get it both ways.”
Having worked for the Patriots for many years on the defensive line, Johnson indeed is qualified to do the job. But he still has to face competition. There has been report saying that Brett Favre also likes the idea of coaching with the Patriots if he decides to take off his Brett Favre jersey for final retirement.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Eagles WR Jackson wants a new contract
The Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson is still negotiating with his team for his new contract. With two years left on his current four-year contract that was signed during his rookie season, Jackson thinks that it is time to raise his salary to match his on-field performance. He made it clear that he was unhappy with the current progress of the negotiation.
“There has been no progress so far,” Jackson told Tyler Dunne of The Philadelphia Daily News. “I’m looking forward to just working with them and hopefully making something happen.”
Jackson can earn a total salary of $3.47 million on his current contract, and he has earned $776,000 last season, including $385,000 in base salary and a $391,000 roster bonus. If he continues with current contract, he will earn $ 805,000 ($470,000 in base salary and a $335,000 roster bonus), and that’s definitely not what the receiver wants with his current fame.
Recently appearing in Brett Favre jersey in a youth football camp, Jackson said that he would still give the Eagles some time for negotiation and wanted the deal to be done before 2011 season. Otherwise he may seriously consider joining another team during next offseason.
“There has been no progress so far,” Jackson told Tyler Dunne of The Philadelphia Daily News. “I’m looking forward to just working with them and hopefully making something happen.”
Jackson can earn a total salary of $3.47 million on his current contract, and he has earned $776,000 last season, including $385,000 in base salary and a $391,000 roster bonus. If he continues with current contract, he will earn $ 805,000 ($470,000 in base salary and a $335,000 roster bonus), and that’s definitely not what the receiver wants with his current fame.
Recently appearing in Brett Favre jersey in a youth football camp, Jackson said that he would still give the Eagles some time for negotiation and wanted the deal to be done before 2011 season. Otherwise he may seriously consider joining another team during next offseason.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
WR Mitchell will try his chance with Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are not actually in need of a new wide receiver, but they just feel like trying more options before the game days. Therefore, former Washington Redskins wide receiver Marko Mitchell got his chance to see if he can receive some passes from the big-name quarterback in No.4 Brett Favre jersey.
Before he was invited to Minnesota, Mitchell was just claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions. The former seventh-round draft pick began his NFL career by joining the Redskins in 2009 during the draft. He was productive enough for the Redskins last summer and many people believed that he was talented and could develop into a great wide receiver. However, as a rookie, Mitchell could hardly compete for much playing time with a team full of veterans. After having only appearance in ten games during 2009 regular season, Mitchell was eventually released by the Redskins shortly after the team brought in younger receivers after the 2010 NFL draft.
Mitchell was firstly signed by the Lions, who waived him a few days later, and now the Vikings also want to try the second-year pro out to see what he can to for the team. With a height of 6-4 and weight of 218 pounds, Mitchell is believed to be better as a running back. But anyway, he is going to try his chance as receiver before considering turning to a back.
Before he was invited to Minnesota, Mitchell was just claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions. The former seventh-round draft pick began his NFL career by joining the Redskins in 2009 during the draft. He was productive enough for the Redskins last summer and many people believed that he was talented and could develop into a great wide receiver. However, as a rookie, Mitchell could hardly compete for much playing time with a team full of veterans. After having only appearance in ten games during 2009 regular season, Mitchell was eventually released by the Redskins shortly after the team brought in younger receivers after the 2010 NFL draft.
Mitchell was firstly signed by the Lions, who waived him a few days later, and now the Vikings also want to try the second-year pro out to see what he can to for the team. With a height of 6-4 and weight of 218 pounds, Mitchell is believed to be better as a running back. But anyway, he is going to try his chance as receiver before considering turning to a back.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Sea turtle found lost camera
An interesting video film recently spread on internet. It was about a sea turtle playing with a lost camera. What was interesting was that the video was not made by any human being but the turtle itself. The camera was lost by a Dutch sailor and was eventually found by an US Coast Guard agent.
The Coast Guard agent found the camera in a waterproof case on a beach in Key West, Florida. After he posted some of the images memorized in the chip on the Internet to look for the owner, he found the chip also recorded a video of a sea turtle playing with the camera. It seemed that the sea animal at first took the camera as some kind of food and tried to bite it. It surely found it too hard to bite and gave up efforts but somehow it coincidently made belt go around its neck and began to drag the camera while swimming from Aruba to Key West.
The Coast Guard agent also found a picture of a man wearing Brett Favre jersey and posted it on Flickr in attempts to find the camera’s owner. It worked and the owner was surprised by the return of his beloved camera, especially after knowing the story about the turtle.
The Coast Guard agent found the camera in a waterproof case on a beach in Key West, Florida. After he posted some of the images memorized in the chip on the Internet to look for the owner, he found the chip also recorded a video of a sea turtle playing with the camera. It seemed that the sea animal at first took the camera as some kind of food and tried to bite it. It surely found it too hard to bite and gave up efforts but somehow it coincidently made belt go around its neck and began to drag the camera while swimming from Aruba to Key West.
The Coast Guard agent also found a picture of a man wearing Brett Favre jersey and posted it on Flickr in attempts to find the camera’s owner. It worked and the owner was surprised by the return of his beloved camera, especially after knowing the story about the turtle.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Why do you just hate them?
During our lives in the world, most of us keep controlling ourselves not to be bad with other people. We are taught to be kind but it seems that there are always people who do not follow principles and you can’t control yourself to hate them. You have some of them so much that you cannot say a single word with them or even hear a world from them.
I know several such persons and I keep asking myself why I have to hate them. They are not actually bad people and they always do something annoying me. Everything they do sucks, every word they say is unbearable. My response to their unfavorable behavior is always to ignore anything they try to let me notice. An effective way to calm myself down is to keep telling myself that that’s nothing of my business. I live my life and they live theirs, if I allow their annoying words or behaviors to affect my own mood, it’s only myself to blame and they will just stay excited about knowing your weak points.
I have to learn smiling to the people I hate most and appear to be friendly with everyone. I even have to learn to share my beloved Brett Favre jersey with the people I hate most in the world so that I can stay invulnerable by even making friends with enemies. That’s a life lesson we have to study hard to understand the real meaning and earn as most as possible.
I know several such persons and I keep asking myself why I have to hate them. They are not actually bad people and they always do something annoying me. Everything they do sucks, every word they say is unbearable. My response to their unfavorable behavior is always to ignore anything they try to let me notice. An effective way to calm myself down is to keep telling myself that that’s nothing of my business. I live my life and they live theirs, if I allow their annoying words or behaviors to affect my own mood, it’s only myself to blame and they will just stay excited about knowing your weak points.
I have to learn smiling to the people I hate most and appear to be friendly with everyone. I even have to learn to share my beloved Brett Favre jersey with the people I hate most in the world so that I can stay invulnerable by even making friends with enemies. That’s a life lesson we have to study hard to understand the real meaning and earn as most as possible.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Should the man be charged?
We hate robbers who try to take our money away with threatening weapons and want someone to kill them and save your life and money. But if the man is extremely poor and bothering serious life-threatening diseases, are you still so sure that you are going to send them to death?
The story happened to Edward Callahan was a tragic one. When he was trying to get some money from a bank by pretending that he could evacuate a bomb if he was refused. Thanks to the smart bank manager, police came in time to find that the bomb was fake and the robber was a poor homeless man with Parkinson's disease. The “bomb” was actually a wrap of two Knights of Columbus business cards. To people’s surprise, the man did similar thing for twice previously and had one success with $1,000 being given. It seemed that he chose a wrong target this time and the bank he was trying to robber is only less than a quarter of a block away from the nearest police office.
According to Edward’s lawyer, he was suffering not only Parkinson's disease but also other mental illness and he had been homeless for more than a month. The Brett Favre jersey he was wearing was worn out and smelly, and by so far no one of his family has been reached. He was currently charged with federal bank robbery, but very likely he won’t have to serve imprisonment because of his own woes.
The story happened to Edward Callahan was a tragic one. When he was trying to get some money from a bank by pretending that he could evacuate a bomb if he was refused. Thanks to the smart bank manager, police came in time to find that the bomb was fake and the robber was a poor homeless man with Parkinson's disease. The “bomb” was actually a wrap of two Knights of Columbus business cards. To people’s surprise, the man did similar thing for twice previously and had one success with $1,000 being given. It seemed that he chose a wrong target this time and the bank he was trying to robber is only less than a quarter of a block away from the nearest police office.
According to Edward’s lawyer, he was suffering not only Parkinson's disease but also other mental illness and he had been homeless for more than a month. The Brett Favre jersey he was wearing was worn out and smelly, and by so far no one of his family has been reached. He was currently charged with federal bank robbery, but very likely he won’t have to serve imprisonment because of his own woes.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Why is Favre necessary for Vikings’ Super Bowl win?
Many people now believe that Brett Favre will return to the Minnesota Vikings to finish his NFL career with a 20th full season. I also believe that is very likely to happen in near future, but I just can’t help wondering, why is Brett Favre just so important to the Vikings and their plan for a Super Bowl winning season?
I read through a lot of articles about Favre and Vikings, and found that the belief of Favre leading Vikings to Super Bowl victory majorly came from people’s worship of the legendary quarterback. At age 40, what Favre can still do is nothing different from other 40-year-old man, but his very existence just can bring confidence back into our minds. We all believe that Favre was a greatest quarterback and the belief was solidified after Favre had his best season in 2009. The Vikings were so near to the Super Bowl with a starting quarterback in No. 4 Brett Favre jersey that their fans can’t help believing that the same quarterback could bring them the long-wanted Super Bowl championship as long as he is good health condition.
Then we came to the news of Favre’s surgery. According to reports, the surgery was had successfully and will allow Favre to move in larger range. That means Favre will be able to avoid attacks from opponent players with more smartness. What a exciting sign! Now I also believe that Favre will at least led the Vikings to a Super Bowl appearance in 2010 season.
I read through a lot of articles about Favre and Vikings, and found that the belief of Favre leading Vikings to Super Bowl victory majorly came from people’s worship of the legendary quarterback. At age 40, what Favre can still do is nothing different from other 40-year-old man, but his very existence just can bring confidence back into our minds. We all believe that Favre was a greatest quarterback and the belief was solidified after Favre had his best season in 2009. The Vikings were so near to the Super Bowl with a starting quarterback in No. 4 Brett Favre jersey that their fans can’t help believing that the same quarterback could bring them the long-wanted Super Bowl championship as long as he is good health condition.
Then we came to the news of Favre’s surgery. According to reports, the surgery was had successfully and will allow Favre to move in larger range. That means Favre will be able to avoid attacks from opponent players with more smartness. What a exciting sign! Now I also believe that Favre will at least led the Vikings to a Super Bowl appearance in 2010 season.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Favre talked with Childress but did not tell decision
For those who need to know the quarterback’s decision as soon as possible so they can decide what kind of Brett Favre jersey to produce and sell or to buy and collect, they may have to wait for some more time. Although the Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress says he has been in contact with Favre, even he still has no idea whether or when Favre could be back.
For both sides, they still have time to wait as the Vikings just signed back restricted free agent quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who fell from starting quarterback to backup last season because of Favre’s sudden change in mind to put on Vikings jersey. For this season, Jackson’s expectation is limited in the backup, but his existence within the team just help prevent the team from worrying about quarterback problems whether Favre is back or not.
According to Childress, he had a conversation with the 40-year-old grandfather on Monday, and claimed he was only told that Favre was enjoying his family life while what he told Favre included the Vikings being scheduled to open the season in New Orleans against the Saints and weather in Minnesota being sunny and warm. It’s a bit hard to believe that Favre said nothing about at least his visit back to Minnesota after being told all of such things, but for fans, they may just keep hope alive that Favre could be thinking about return soon with the new motivations.
For both sides, they still have time to wait as the Vikings just signed back restricted free agent quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who fell from starting quarterback to backup last season because of Favre’s sudden change in mind to put on Vikings jersey. For this season, Jackson’s expectation is limited in the backup, but his existence within the team just help prevent the team from worrying about quarterback problems whether Favre is back or not.
According to Childress, he had a conversation with the 40-year-old grandfather on Monday, and claimed he was only told that Favre was enjoying his family life while what he told Favre included the Vikings being scheduled to open the season in New Orleans against the Saints and weather in Minnesota being sunny and warm. It’s a bit hard to believe that Favre said nothing about at least his visit back to Minnesota after being told all of such things, but for fans, they may just keep hope alive that Favre could be thinking about return soon with the new motivations.
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