The Cleveland Browns just signed rookie safety Larry Asante to a standard four-year contract on Wednesday night. In order to earn more than the $1.96 million contract salary, Asante will have to work hard to compete for playing time in the Browns’ secondary. It won’t be a big problem to the fifth-round draft pick, who was starters at Nebraska.
During his college football career, Asante started totally 36 games. However, he did not attract much attention from his favorite team New Orleans Saints during the three-day NFL 2010 Draft. He was finally drafted by the lowly ranked team Browns in fifth round. Instead of regretting for missing the chance to put on Saints jersey, Asante is now looking forward to his rookie season and expects to improve the Brown’s defense as much as he can.
By signing his first NFL career contract, Asante got paid $170,000 as signing bonus. Incentives for earning more than base salary have not been released. But quite a few Browns officials are optimistic that it won’t take long for Asante to grab the starting job.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Steelers have to make choice for replacing ORT Colon
With starting offensive right tackle Willie Colon still lying in hospital recovering from a surgery on his Achilles tendon, the Pittsburgh Steelers may have to start and go through the 2010 NFL season without Colon. So the most important task for them now is to figure out a qualified tackle that can replace Colon at the position.
The Steelers do have a few choices. Free agent offensive tackle Flozell Adams is visiting the team and the former Dallas Cowboys tackle has a long-time experience as starter on the left side. If he is to be signed, the Steelers will be able to move offensive left tackle Max Starks to the right side as Starks used to start at right tackle in 2005 season and 2006 season. Besides, Jonathan Scott, Ramon Foster and Trai Essex are all available for promotion. Formerly starting both at left tackle and right tackle in Saints jersey, Scott is as experienced as Starks, and Essex is also likely to compete for the starting job because he started at right guard last season. Foster is a rookie but also has experience of starting at right tackle during his college football career.
Other possible candidates include third-year offensive tackle Tony Hillis and rookie tackle Chris Scott. But Hillis is in lack of real-game experience and Scott also suffered a foot injury recently and could miss most of his rookie season to recover from surgery.
The Steelers do have a few choices. Free agent offensive tackle Flozell Adams is visiting the team and the former Dallas Cowboys tackle has a long-time experience as starter on the left side. If he is to be signed, the Steelers will be able to move offensive left tackle Max Starks to the right side as Starks used to start at right tackle in 2005 season and 2006 season. Besides, Jonathan Scott, Ramon Foster and Trai Essex are all available for promotion. Formerly starting both at left tackle and right tackle in Saints jersey, Scott is as experienced as Starks, and Essex is also likely to compete for the starting job because he started at right guard last season. Foster is a rookie but also has experience of starting at right tackle during his college football career.
Other possible candidates include third-year offensive tackle Tony Hillis and rookie tackle Chris Scott. But Hillis is in lack of real-game experience and Scott also suffered a foot injury recently and could miss most of his rookie season to recover from surgery.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Over-weight might be cause for Norman Hand’s death
According to recent reports, over-weight could be one of the major reasons for the death of Norman Hand, who used to play for the New Orleans Saints and died on Friday at age 37. The direct casue of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease, which is usually linked with overweight.
During his ten-year tenure with the National Football League, Hand played mostly as a defensive tackle. He had his best time while wearing the Saints jersey from 2000 to 2002 and contributed a lot in Saints’ first playoff win in 2000 season. His other seven seasons were split with the Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks and the New York Giants. He quitted from NFL in 2004 and played in another football league in 2008 but played no more football since 2009.
Hand had been struggling with weight issue during his pro football career and has been continuing with the struggle after the retirement. Overweight has caused Hand to have a history of high blood pressure, which led to the hypertension. It’s really pitiful for such a young man to pass away in this way, and Hand’s family wishes fans with similar weight problem could pay attention to their own health to avoid Hand’s tragedy.
During his ten-year tenure with the National Football League, Hand played mostly as a defensive tackle. He had his best time while wearing the Saints jersey from 2000 to 2002 and contributed a lot in Saints’ first playoff win in 2000 season. His other seven seasons were split with the Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks and the New York Giants. He quitted from NFL in 2004 and played in another football league in 2008 but played no more football since 2009.
Hand had been struggling with weight issue during his pro football career and has been continuing with the struggle after the retirement. Overweight has caused Hand to have a history of high blood pressure, which led to the hypertension. It’s really pitiful for such a young man to pass away in this way, and Hand’s family wishes fans with similar weight problem could pay attention to their own health to avoid Hand’s tragedy.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Saints have good chance to win season opener over Vikings
It has been scheduled that the New Orleans Saints will play the 2010 season opener against the Minnesota Vikings. The two former competitors for 2009 NFC championship will meet again on Sept. 9 this year and many people have started their betting for which team to win the first game of the regular season.
The NFC title game last year ended overtime with the Saints’ 31-28 victory over the Vikings after Brett Favre unfortunately threw an interception. With the season opener a home game of the Saints, the defending champion team will have more advantages than the visiting team. What’s more, the Saints still have their starting quarterback Drew Brees in the No.9 Saints jersey, while the Vikings are still waiting for a decision from 40-year-old Favre, who started the Vikings’ last game against the Saints. You may argue that Favre did not lead Vikings to win Saints, so without him the Vikings could have better chance to win over Saints. Well, widely recognized fact is that without Favre, the Vikings could have lost the last game much earlier.
However, there is no need for Vikings fans to feel frustrated when there is still four months away from the season opener. The Saints also have their weak points, and one of them is the defense. The Saints finished their choices in 2010 NFL draft with addition of more offensive weapons but few defensive boosters. They may be more aggressive with stronger offense than before, but they could still allow as many goals in as they did last season, or even more since the challenging team will come with more powerful offense.
The NFC title game last year ended overtime with the Saints’ 31-28 victory over the Vikings after Brett Favre unfortunately threw an interception. With the season opener a home game of the Saints, the defending champion team will have more advantages than the visiting team. What’s more, the Saints still have their starting quarterback Drew Brees in the No.9 Saints jersey, while the Vikings are still waiting for a decision from 40-year-old Favre, who started the Vikings’ last game against the Saints. You may argue that Favre did not lead Vikings to win Saints, so without him the Vikings could have better chance to win over Saints. Well, widely recognized fact is that without Favre, the Vikings could have lost the last game much earlier.
However, there is no need for Vikings fans to feel frustrated when there is still four months away from the season opener. The Saints also have their weak points, and one of them is the defense. The Saints finished their choices in 2010 NFL draft with addition of more offensive weapons but few defensive boosters. They may be more aggressive with stronger offense than before, but they could still allow as many goals in as they did last season, or even more since the challenging team will come with more powerful offense.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Real reason for TE Shockey to workout with Saints
The New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey has made it clear that he will spend most of the offseason with the team in preparation for the 2010 season. Although he did the same thing during last offseason, his first since leaving the New York Giants to put on Saints jersey, it’s still out of expectation that he would like to take part in voluntary offseason workout programs.
It is out of expectation because Shockey used to have a reputation of skipping offseason workout when he was playing with the New York Giants. Shockey playfully explained that he did not like practicing with the Giants because he hated the weather in New York, while the weather in New Orleans is good for practicing.
"You know, it's hard working out in New York when it's cold outside and you have to work indoors. It's great weather here, and I have no excuse not to be here,” Shockey told Triplett. "We work all the time. Today we worked on routes with Drew (Brees) and everything. So I'm here a lot of the time. And if I'm not here it's for a good reason."
However, weather is definitely not the real reason for Shockey to change his habit. At age of 30 and heading into his ninth NFL season, he needs to practice a lot so that he can keep in the best condition for real game. He needs to make sure that he will begin the new season in good health and tries best to avoid missing games again.
It is out of expectation because Shockey used to have a reputation of skipping offseason workout when he was playing with the New York Giants. Shockey playfully explained that he did not like practicing with the Giants because he hated the weather in New York, while the weather in New Orleans is good for practicing.
"You know, it's hard working out in New York when it's cold outside and you have to work indoors. It's great weather here, and I have no excuse not to be here,” Shockey told Triplett. "We work all the time. Today we worked on routes with Drew (Brees) and everything. So I'm here a lot of the time. And if I'm not here it's for a good reason."
However, weather is definitely not the real reason for Shockey to change his habit. At age of 30 and heading into his ninth NFL season, he needs to practice a lot so that he can keep in the best condition for real game. He needs to make sure that he will begin the new season in good health and tries best to avoid missing games again.
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