Sentences with phrase «year wideout»

EXPERIENCE PLUSgood health plus Derek Anderson has equaled fulfilled promise for thethird - year wideout, whose TD totals have risen from three to six to sevenalready in» 07.

Six times — almost myopically — he targeted star fifth - year wideout Calvin Johnson («Wouldn't you?»

Not exact matches

And though they saved bonus money to spend on free agents in 2000, it's likely that the best skill prospect next year might be mediocre Bear wideout Curtis Conway.

All - Big East wideout Jammi German was suspended for the year for his role in the June assault of Miami track captain Maxwell Voce.

Last week one scout, who this season has traveled from College Park to Corvallis, said, «No question, the best prospect in college this year is [Pitt wideout] Larry Fitzgerald.

The reasons were four - year starting QB Andy Dalton, future Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente at OC, three senior wideouts, and four redshirt senior OL, including future Patriots starter Marcus Cannon.

Expect teams to look past those flaws because this year's wideout crop is thin.

VandeBerg, 2015's leading receiver, is the only returning wideout who caught a single ball last year, and he broke his foot last year, then re-injured it this spring.

Wideouts Corey Bradford (Packers), Jabar Gaffney (a second - round draft pick from Florida) and Jermaine Lewis (Ravens) give Houston a better set of receivers than any of the last three expansion teams — Carolina and Jacksonville in 1995, Cleveland in 1999 — fielded in year one.

The emergence of the Hurricanes» most talented wideout corps in years will ease the transition to a new quarterback

They have tried to give him everything he needs to succeed, from new weapons like Tomlinson at running back and wideout Santonio Holmes to additional mentors like the 39 - year - old Brunell.

At the end of his freshman year, after being redshirted, Cortese was converted from quarterback to wideout, and the following year a teammate delivered a bone - rattling blow to Cortese's chin during a practice, which persuaded him to abandon the sport altogether.

In the NFL's playground game of the year — bombs on first downs, four - and five - wideout sets almost as a matter of course, endless yapping between the two teams — it was Dolphins defensive end Trace Armstrong who made the last big play of the game.

Or is our «link» to Dez the same as all the other links we've had to every Wideout in this years FA class... Aka Complete fabrications from clickbait journalists

In the opening days of free agency, they signed longtime Green Bay Packers wideout Jordy Nelson to a two - year, $ 15 million contract.

It's too early to know which players, such as fourth - year junior quarterback Matt Leinart of USC, might declare early for the draft, but here are the top five prospects who are now eligible, four seniors plus former USC wideout Mike Williams, who unsuccessfully tried to enter the 2004 draft after his sophomore season.

Pettis» four years at Washington paint him as a more consistent wideout and bigger end zone threat than the former Tennessee receiver.

Only two returning wideouts caught more than 10 passes last year — Kamathi Holsey and Jamarl Eiland — and they combined for a dreadful 40 percent catch rate while averaging just 9.8 yards per catch.

Was fined $ 10,000 for going after neck and face of Chiefs wideout Andre Rison last year on a pass that fell incomplete.

Midway through the third quarter Florida State offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden, who has been under fire since he was promoted to the position by his father 41/2 years ago to replace Richt, switched from a basic set with three wideouts to a spread look with four.

«There's no reason why we can't be the first team to make the Super Bowl [the year it's played in the team's stadium],» says Detroit Lions wideout Roy Williams, referring to Super Bowl XL at Ford Field on Feb. 5.

Second - year quarterback Mike McMahon (three starts as a rookie) will start ahead of first - round draft pick Joey Harrington, the Lions don't have a true No. 1 receiver (free - agent pickup Az Hakim, the Rams» fourth wideout in recent years, being the closest thing), and the line got banged up in the preseason.

Only one returning wideout (sophomore slot D'Wayne Eskridge) caught more than 10 passes last year.

His most productive receiver that year was Dave Kocourek, one of the first oversized wideouts.

Ridley could go unexpectedly high this year because there's such a disparity between him and the second - best wideout this year.

I remember when it was conventional wisdom that a wideout came into his own in year 3 — after two full healthy seasons of play.

The top three wideouts (Sebastian Smith, Jordan Reid, Kyle Belack) are all gone, and the only returnees targeted more than 20 times last year are utility man Papi White (47 carries, 78 targets), tight end Troy Mangen, and sophomore Elijah Ball.

To help with the transition back to that spot, Bailey has leaned on his younger brother, Boss, a former NFL linebacker who over five years with the Lions and Broncos became well - versed in the challenges of covering wideouts, tailbacks and tight ends coming across the middle.

How does an undersized, overly confrontational wideout survive 14 years in the NFL?

Most likely first round and wouldn't be surprised to see him be first wideout selected as Calvin Ridley is 24 years old already

If pro teams buy in on his red zone prowess, he won't just be the first Iowa State wideout drafted in more than 30 years — he might be one of the best Cyclones to ever play in the NFL.

Wideout Peter Warrick and tailback Travis Minor, both explosive, will take the heat off 26 - year - old QB Chris Weinke

Moon's primary target will be wideout Tim Smith, who had the quietest 83 - catch season in history last year.

Last February he asked wideout Irving Fryar, a 17 - year veteran, to help him scout rookies at the NFL combine.

Jon Gruden's Raiders have made some big personnel moves, adding 29 - year - old running back Doug Martin and signing 32 - year - old wideout Jordy Nelson while releasing 30 - year - old Michael Crabtree.

He and Moore's No. 3 target, junior Thomas Geddis, are both back, but the next leading wideout on the returnees list, junior Jerron Rollins, caught just 13 balls for 101 yards last year.

, Byron Jones's recollection of going up against the 29 - year - old wideout in practice — which «will always be my favorite memory» — as well as Alfred Morris's statement that Bryant had been «great in the locker room,» and so on.

Before coming to Marshall last year, football coach Bobby Pruett spent two years as defensive coordinator at Florida watching dominant Gators wideouts such as Ike Hilliard and Reidel Anthony, who went seventh and 16th, respectively, in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft.

In the opening week of free agency, they made moves to fill those gaps by signing former Oakland Raiders wideout Michael Crabtree to a three - year contract worth $ 21 million.

INDIANA wideout JAMES HARDY, who quitbasketball last winter to focus on football, should have a big year.