Running NFL training camp news & notes thread

[Steak Snabler]

Doesn't look like one has been started, so I'll begin ...

The Chiefs have agreed to terms with Glenn Dorsey:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3506135

I could be wrong, but I think this guy is going to be a stud from Day 1. He was the best player on the field every time I saw him play last year.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

McCarthy makes first comments re: Favre, saying again the Rogers is the starting QB.
I'll be happy when this talk is over.

 

[dixiehack]

McCarthy makes first comments re: Favre, saying again the Rogers is the starting QB.
I'll be happy when this talk is over.

Then you might want to sign up for a 6-week Paxil prescription

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

The Steelers have Mendehall and Sweed in camp when players move in Sunday.
Baseball season is officially over Monday. ;D

One of the P-G folks, maybe Ed Bouchette?, told Stan Savran on Sportsbeat this week, Willie Parker will be out of town in two years, becasue the Steelers didn't sign Mendenhall to be a backup.

 

[outofplace]

The Steelers have Mendehall and Sweed in camp when players move in Sunday.
Baseball season is officially over Monday. ;D

One of the P-G folks, maybe Ed Bouchette?, told Stan Savran on Sportsbeat this week, Willie Parker will be out of town in two years, becasue the Steelers didn't sign Mendenhall to be a backup.

I'm sure that is what they are hoping for. Given the workload Parker has carried the last couple of seasons, I wouldn't be surprised if he is toast by then anyway.

 

[dargan]

Agree Steak Snabler on Dorsey. Undoubtedly the best defensive player in the country last season, despite the fact that he played half the season on a bad leg.

With Dorsey and Derrick Johnson, I think the Chiefs have the two best college defenders in the past five years. We'll see if that means anything in the NFL.

 

[bostonbred]

Agree Steak Snabler on Dorsey. Undoubtedly the best defensive player in the country last season, despite the fact that he played half the season on a bad leg.

With Dorsey and Derrick Johnson, I think the Chiefs have the two best college defenders in the past five years. We'll see if that means anything in the NFL.

Chiefs had one of the best drafts in the league. They snatched five or six guys who could step in and contribute from day one. It's going to be a rebuilding year, but there's definitely a promising future in place for KC. But I dunno about Croyle.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

Agree Steak Snabler on Dorsey. Undoubtedly the best defensive player in the country last season, despite the fact that he played half the season on a bad leg.

With Dorsey and Derrick Johnson, I think the Chiefs have the two best college defenders in the past five years. We'll see if that means anything in the NFL.

Chiefs had one of the best drafts in the league. They snatched five or six guys who could step in and contribute from day one. It's going to be a rebuilding year, but there's definitely a promising future in place for KC. But I dunno about Croyle.

You and everyone else w/o the last name Croyle.

 

[dixiehack]

But I dunno about Croyle.

I do. The Chiefs don't have a prayer in hell with him.

 

[slappy4428]

Sorry, but unless there's a review of each and every training camp food service, this thread is worthless...

 

[JakeandElwood]

Croyle most likely isn't the answer, but I'd like to see what he can do over an extended period of time. It's not like the Chiefs have anybody else.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

Croyle most likely isn't the answer, but I'd like to see what he can do over an extended period of time. It's not like the Chiefs have anybody else.

The I-AA "I didn't do **** until I was a senior" QB and Damon "I'm 49" Huard" disagree.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Ritalin Child returns:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3514554

(Originally dug up in AG, belongs in S&N)

 

[JakeandElwood]

Ritalin Child returns:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3514554

(Originally dug up in AG, belongs in S&N)

He's so intense because he justs want to win that badly.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Ritalin Child suspended for the first two games of the season, but will be allowed to participate in preseason games.

Ken Lucas has a broken nose - lucky considering that the team was probably concerned with orbital fractures and such after holding an ice pack around his eye. Lucas is already back with the team.

Good move by John Fox and Marty Hurney. Any lighter punishment would have lost the team.

 

[Jay Sherman]

Flacco and Boller took the bulk of the snaps yesterday. Troy Smith showed up late (reason unknown) and got the scraps. However, the Baltimore Sun wrote that Smith played better than the other two. I was there. I disagree.

 

[JakeandElwood]

Ritalin Child suspended for the first two games of the season, but will be allowed to participate in preseason games.

Ken Lucas has a broken nose - lucky considering that the team was probably concerned with orbital fractures and such after holding an ice pack around his eye. Lucas is already back with the team.

Good move by John Fox and Marty Hurney. Any lighter punishment would have lost the team.

Is it know what caused the fight yet? The ESPN story (and of course the suspension) makes it obvious it was Smith's fault, but what set him off?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Ritalin Child suspended for the first two games of the season, but will be allowed to participate in preseason games.

Ken Lucas has a broken nose - lucky considering that the team was probably concerned with orbital fractures and such after holding an ice pack around his eye. Lucas is already back with the team.

Good move by John Fox and Marty Hurney. Any lighter punishment would have lost the team.

Is it know what caused the fight yet? The ESPN story (and of course the suspension) makes it obvious it was Smith's fault, but what set him off?

The heavy implication is that Ken Lucas was jawing with Ritalin Child. But from what the stories have been telling us, it was, at worst, standard trash talk. Nothing to justify Ritalin Child's attempt to cave in Lucas' skull.

 

[JakeandElwood]

Ritalin Child suspended for the first two games of the season, but will be allowed to participate in preseason games.

Ken Lucas has a broken nose - lucky considering that the team was probably concerned with orbital fractures and such after holding an ice pack around his eye. Lucas is already back with the team.

Good move by John Fox and Marty Hurney. Any lighter punishment would have lost the team.

Is it know what caused the fight yet? The ESPN story (and of course the suspension) makes it obvious it was Smith's fault, but what set him off?

The heavy implication is that Ken Lucas was jawing with Ritalin Child. But from what the stories have been telling us, it was, at worst, standard trash talk. Nothing to justify Ritalin Child's attempt to cave in Lucas' skull.

So he just flipped from trash talk? From a teammate? What an idiot.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

To give you an idea, JandE, Lucas was not punished. And the Charlotte media - or at least the lead Panthers writer and a sports columnist for the Observer - have praised the way John Fox has handled the situation. I'd say they're correct.