Archives for January 12, 2013

‘”I had a couple bad-luck years here. I know what the expectations are,” Troup said matter-of-factly last week, as the players cleaned out their lockers. “I just had to get healthy. I’m there now. I’m ready to prove myself.”‘

‘Reed has advanced to the final 10 each of the past three years.’

‘For Hackett, he practically grew up on the sidelines. Hackett’s father Paul Hackett had a 41-year coaching career that was spent exclusively on the offensive side of the ball. In fact the elder Hackett, who had many stops in his coaching career, worked for three seasons with Marrone on Herm Edwards’ New York Jets coaching staff. Hackett served as offensive coordinator and Marrone was the offensive line coach.’