Archives for April 2002

‘A unanimous All-Mountain West Conference selection, Denney recorded 68 tackles and led the Cougars with seven sacks in his final collegiate season. He finished his career with 156 tackles and 16 sacks and helped his draft stock with a strong showing at the Senior Bowl.’

Bills trade #69 (3rd) and #102 (4th) via trade with SF for #61 (2nd)

DE, 6’7″, 276 lbs from Brigham Young

Tall, rangy athlete with long arms and a thick chest ? Gets off the snap in an instant and has impressive upfield acceleration ? Very quick to diagnose the plays and is rarely caught out of position ? Has the balance and leg drive to hold firmly at the point of attack ? Uses his rip and swim moves to split combo blocks and delivers vicious arm swipes to stack ? Stays low to jam the tight ends at the line and has a jarring hand punch to rock the blockers back.

Galaxy running back Curtis Alexander, allocated by the Buffalo Bills, rushed for 192 yards and 3 TDs. Previously, the Galaxy had not had a running back break the 100-yard rushing barrier since Week 7 in 1997, a streak of 44 games.

QB Joe Hamilton found Alexander with a short pass and he weaved his way 68 yards before being forced out at the Dragons’ three-yard line.

One of the things (Coach) Williams mentioned was Reed’s willingness to run-block. That might be a clue that the coach was dissatisfied with the down-the-field blocking of his wide receivers last year.

It feels great to be selected by such a good team. It’s been a long day, an anxious day. I’m really happy that it finally came in and the way it came in.

If I don’t get picked in the first round, it wouldn’t be really disappointing. Everyone hopes to go in the first round, but regardless, you try to make the most of it when you do get in the program and just try to build on that.

‘One of the most decorated players in school history…Has virtually re-written the LSU and SEC record books for receiving…’.’

‘Josh Reed of Louisiana State won the Biletnikoff Award as the best college receiver in the nation, but four other players at his position went before him in Saturday’s NFL draft.’

‘Reed, LSU’s All-America and record-setting receiver last season, has been projected as the third-best receiver in the draft, according to NFL analyst Joel Buchsbaum…Reed’s wait Saturday isn’t expected to be long either. Reed is projected to be called late in the first or early in the second round.’

Curtis Alexander (# 22): “I try to always play hard and give everything.”

He had three TDs vs the Dragons. Galaxy are tied with Admirals with 2-0 lead in NFL Europe.

What we liked is that we felt going into the off-season our biggest priority was the offensive line. We have to get better there and we have to upgrade, we feel we’ve made a couple of moves in free agency to add to the mix and with our first round pick we’ve really improved the competition and the quality of our offensive line. We like Mike’s attitude, toughness, tenacity and he was a defensive lineman so he plays offensive lineman like a defensive guy.

I had no idea what to expect. I just said look, if they draft me I’m going to be happy, if they don’t I’m going to be happy. Then I get down here to NY and everyone is like you are going to Buffalo, you are going to Buffalo. I just said well if that’s true then I’m going to be so happy! If not, then I’m going to be kind of disappointed. I had set a goal that I wanted to be the first offensive tackle taken and I wanted to go as high as I can and be the best that I can.

@ Quinn is being considered for backup for Colts; he has not been contacted recently by the team, at least a week.

‘Williams can play both right and left tackle, and is expected to compete for the starting job to replace veteran John Fina. Such a move would allow the Bills to move newly-acquired free agent lineman Trey Teague to center.’

@ I think I still think Bryant McKinnie will be a better NFL player than Mike Williams, though the Bills got themselves a heck of a player.

I think the reason there haven’t been trades in the top five is simple: The teams got married to the players they wanted.

Take the Bills. Tom Donahoe said on ESPN that he never got a call during his time on the clock at No.4 and that’s because everyone in the league knew he was sold on Mike Williams and because he couldn’t work out the impossible deal with the Raiders that surfaced late in the week. Same with San Diego and Quentin Jammer.