It’s uh Thursday night pahhh-tay!!!!
Plenty of NFL … uh …. action the next few days as preseason finally starts.
Here’s where some Apps should be.
Tonight Hey Mr. DJ Smith and the Pack are at San Diego, which has a veteran Superman and a rookie DP on the roster. Also Sticks and the Broncos in Chicago.
Friday the Blur continues his fight for a roster spot with the J-E-T-S as they play Jacksonville. Daniel Kilgore, LeGreedy and the 49ers take on the Vikings Friday too.
AE and the Panthers host Houston Saturday at 7. The Quickness makes his Rams debut in Indianapolis Sunday at 1:30.
As far as training camp skuttlebutt …
Brian Quick looking good.
Quick made some very nice plays today. On one play, Quick got wide open on a deep in seven on seven work for a nice grab. He looked very smooth in doing so. On a second play, maybe the best of the day, the lengthy wideout got behind Bradley Fletcher and safety Rodney McLeod for a terrific catch in stride and sprinted to the end zone for a 60 yard score.
Kilgore seems to be in a fight for time at right guard or at center.
Corey Lynch has his work cut out for him, according to one report – “Lynch, 6-0, 210, is a long shot to make the team. It would probably take a significant injury to Atari Bigby or Brandon Taylor for him to stick around.”
Smith is what he’s always been …. huhn-gray!
While Bishop has been sidelined, Smith has fit in well with the No. 1 defense. The instincts that fueled his 525 tackles in college continue to define Smith. The 5-foot-11, 239-pounder closes fast and hits with a thud. He doesn’t waste time near the line of scrimmage.
Some way, he may force himself onto the field.
As for AE … well …. /sigh … please, don’t tease.
The former Appalachian State star has impressed coaches enough in training camp to play with the second team at receiver and maintain his starting spot as punt returner, all while fending off a legion of players at both positions.
“Armanti has come along very well,” coach Ron Rivera said. “And the nice thing for Armanti, this is his third full training camp as a wide receiver. So we’re starting to see what you’re looking for in terms of the progress.”
Edwards has no catches in his two seasons in the NFL, but that hasn’t stopped Anderson from zeroing in on him as one of his main targets.
DJ Smith and App State already have two mentions and I just turned on the game.
all three have been in action, but DJ got some Gruden love…
Cadet is getting a fair amount of touches! Also DP is getting in the game.
great to see AE getting some playing time and encouraging words from Panthers' coaches.
ASU football is getting some great exposure this pre-season. Lynch had 4 solo tackels. DP is showing his versatility. Cadet is getting a crazy number of reps with 1st and 2nd teams. Hunter is a starter. Things are looking up and we get mentioned at least 2-3 times per game (and not in a bad way). I'm liking where this is going. Free recruiting on the national stage!
BTW…. Cadet got game MVP for the HoF game last week by NFL on Fox. Just sayin'.
DP looked pretty good out there last night as a PR and DB, however the App that took the cake was DJ. Always in on every play, and like mentioned before, got a lot of Gruden love. Does anyone know if Hunter had limited time last night, he did not have any stats posted as of this morning.
This is not AE's 3rd camp. His first year was the year of the lock out, not much training camp the first year. So by my count this year is only his second camp and really second year in the NFL, cause of the way Fox used him the first year, I don't count it…
Look, I'm sorry guys, but DP looked bad. At one point in the 3rd quarter, he gave up a 20 yard slant. Two plays later, he got beat to the outside for a touchdown catch. Then, he received the kickoff and plowed straight into the back of his own teammate and fell to the ground.
It was not a good night for DP.
Corey looked slow and failed to come up for run support on a couple of plays.
I hate being "gloom and doom" but based on last night's performance, I don't see either of them making the team. SD has a good secondary and MAYBE DP can stay on as a KR since he can actually catch the ball.
Blur having a few struggles…
Dexter Jackson’s outstretched hands couldn’t quite hang on to a perfectly placed long ball over Antonio Cromartie in Saturday evening’s scrimmage. Tebow has yet to connect on a true deep pass in camp thus far, but it hasn’t been because the balls weren’t well-thrown. A combination of inexperienced wide receivers paired with talented defensive backs covering them has prevented the completions from happening. Jets fans should hope that had it been Stephen Hill running down the left sideline Saturday night instead of Jackson, the 50-yard pass would have been complete.
“That’s something that, when you get that opportunity, you want to take,” Tebow said, speaking of long passes. “I thought we had it. Great route, it was something that I felt we had really good timing on. We just have to be able to hit those.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/n…
R0ck0, I don't believe it was DP that got beat on the TD. DP is #39, I believe it was #29 Shareece Wright who was beat on the TD to Randall Cobb. I didn't see him beat on the slant either, but again I could've missed a play. Also on the kick return, it was a great play by the defender. He obliterated DP's lead blocker right back into him.
+1 Andy – it was not DP who got burned on the TD catch by Cobb. DP looked like he showed he has the NFL speed out there for to compete for a roster spot at either CB and/or PR/KR.
Lynch did look pretty slow, not sure if he is banged up at all or putting on too much weight. DJ looked great, especially when taking the lead on calling out the defensive plays.
No matter how things turn out for the guys….and my felling is that things will work out fine for Lynch, Smith, and Pressley….wasn't it cool to some 3 Apps getting serious playing time in the same game!
Honey badger kicked off LSU team. Must have been something really bad. He was an overrated player, in my opinion.
Yeah, I am sure that LSU has someone to replace him with just as much talent…. They don't rebuild, they re-load.
Honey Badger looking for FCS school to attend for this season. Special Teams THREAT and offensive weapon. The guy can single-handedly change the gameplan for a team.
#honeybadgertoboone2012
DP's kick returns fell victim to the same problem as Armanti his 1st season: ZERO BLOCKING. And is was #29 that got beat for the TD (I had to hit "back" on the DVR to check that when it happened).
Lynch is a special teams player who has had a few good games on defense. He will likely end up somewhere as a special teamer.
DJ Smith is a BEAST.
Sticks is still as scrappy as ever, but seems to lack the burst to get around to the QB. He fits the John Fox defensive mentality though and should do well this season.
Cadet was not used correctly in Boone and we missed seeing some really special things over the past 3 seasons.
Dexter Jackson is not very good.
Armanti has to step up BIG TIME this preseason to have a hope of making the Panthers' roster.
Best news about Mathieu dismissal from LSU is we'll not have to listen to Brent Musberger say "Honey Badger" 1,000 times during a broadcast.
I stand corrected, Andy.
It was hard to keep up between 29 and 39 with everything else going on at my house at the time.
The kickoff, though… that was most definitely 39.
Give DP credit for running towards a blocker…that is more than Dexter is willing to do. He would have run as far from any contact as possible. Don't wanna ruin the sweet throat tattoo.
I'm all for bringing the honey badger to Boone, but does this program need anymore baggage and issues? It seems like we have enough legal issues of our own to deal with.
Having said, still like to see him here in the black and gold. this team needs that pure game changer again.
Anybody think theres a shot that "The Honey Badger" ends up at App? He got kicked off the LSU team today and they say he is looking for a team he can play for this year. That means it has to be an FCS level school.
Anyone else miss Coach Dillman? This guy was awesome for our program.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/college-…
#honeybadgertoboone2012
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If honey badger is looking for an NFL career what better FCS program gives him that Oppty? Hey AppFans, which current FCS program has the most drafts and active NFL players???
Hmmmm…..
Let's not encourage talk of Honey Badger coming to App. Really, I think we've had our fair share of trouble-makers between the coaching staff and players. Let's win with a house of smart players that can proudly represent the school on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. Badger can find another school that doesn't mind bad press and probation.
I'm sure he'll be fine with a second chance…. Just keep him away from East Hall… Hahahahahhaaaaaaa…
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Screwcfa
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ScrewCFA:
Now you are trying to redefine marriage. So why do you insist it should be between two people? Why not four individuals? And why not a person and their loved pet?
If you are going to reestablish the martial relationship, then why place bounds on the definition?