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http://kffl.com/article.php/4483/271 KFFL Analysis of NFL Draft Chicago Bears Team Needs February 25, 2004 OLT Mike Gandy showed enough over the previous two seasons to determine that he is not the long-term answer as QB Rex Grossman's blind-side protector. Gandy was adequate in the run game, but his natural position is a guard where the Bears have a glut of players fighting for two starting positions. Gandy is a restricted free agent in the offseason of 2004 and will likely be back next season, but not at left tackle. The team will look to fill this spot in draft or free agency, as it is one of the team's primary needs heading into next year.

Brady scored a 34 on his Wonderlic, which is above the U.S. average of 22. A WR's average score is 17. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDr...4/Wonderlic.htm

This is just during the off-season. Once the final roster is set, all players under contract count against the cap.

Samuels is listed at 5'10, 193 which is not that small for an NFL DB.

Posted on Sat, Dec. 27, 2003 Back in action BY SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN sdegnan@herald.com Roscoe Parrish's mother, Regina Conley, offered Roscoe prudent advice for the FedEx Orange Bowl game Thursday against Florida State. ''When you get the ball in your hands,'' Conley instructed the University of Miami's tiniest receiver, ``run for your life.'' Who can blame her? The last thing Conley wants to do is spend another two nights in a hospital cardiovascular intensive-care unit while her son lies in critical condition. ''I've already begun praying,'' said Conley, a teacher's aide at Riviera Day Care and Prep School in South Miami. ``I know FSU will be ready, so I'm praying the best team wins and nobody gets hurt.'' Parrish is praying, too -- that the Hurricanes defeat the Seminoles again, and that this time he finishes the game instead of being rushed to the hospital semiconscious while spitting up blood. 'Coach Coker said to me, `Are you going to make the whole game?' '' the sophomore said. 'He was just joking around. But I said, `Yeah, Coach. I'm ready.' '' On Oct. 11 in Tallahassee, Parrish bruised his lung and suffered internal bleeding early in the second quarter when he attempted to catch a high pass thrown by Miami quarterback Brock Berlin from the FSU 14-yard line. The pass was off target, and Seminoles cornerback Stanford Samuels drilled Parrish in the chest, leaving the 5-9, 170-pound receiver on the turf in a downpour for several minutes. ''I know it's football, but I don't think he had to hit him like that,'' said Conley, who was in the rest room during the play but has seen the replay repeatedly. ``He was hit so hard that you could see the rain fly off him and he flew back like a little rag doll.'' The next night, Samuels, who went to Miami Carol City High while Parrish was at Miami Senior, told The Herald by phone, ``I pray it's not as serious as it sounds. We're from the same neighborhood.'' `A GOOD, BIG HIT' Parrish said he has no ill feelings toward Samuels. ''I know he's from the hood right around here,'' Parrish said. ``That's the only thing I know about Stanford Samuels. I don't have anything against him because this is a football game. He was trying to make the tackle. He didn't know it was going to go down like that. ``He just made a good, big hit.'' Fellow Canes can't forget. ''I was scared,'' receiver Kevin Beard said. ``When a teammate goes down, your heart goes out to him. A lot of times the smallest people in the world are the toughest because they've had to fight their whole life to prove themselves. '`Roscoe has proven himself already. He'll be on the next level, believe that.'' UM coach Larry Coker thought so the first time he saw Parrish play at a UM summer camp. ''I got the [uM] job on Saturday, and he was the first guy I called Saturday night,'' Coker said. 'I saw him in five plays and said, `That guy! That's the kind of guy [we] want.' He's explosive. He has fun playing. He's not big, but he catches touchdown passes and looks like Randy Moss to me.'' Receivers coach Curtis Johnson tried to convince former coach Butch Davis to give the agile, fleet-footed Parrish a scholarship, but Johnson said Davis ``always liked big guys. ''In high school [as a running quarterback], Roscoe was magnificent,'' Johnson said. ``You couldn't tackle him. You couldn't touch him.'' No wonder Parrish is enthralled with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. ''I love Michael Vick,'' Parrish said, his face lighting up. ``I just love watching him play. I'd like to be [Ron Mexico's] wide receiver.'' He has two more years to work on it.

The guy that speared him was Stanford Samuels. I saw a story that mentioned Samuels "returned to the game in the third quarter," so I guess he was shook up too. Here's a little news thingy on the injury: http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-f.../101403aag.html Miami Receiver Released From Hospital After Brutal Hit At Florida State Three days after collision with FSU cornerback Samuels, Parrish appears OK. Oct 13, 2003 CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Miami receiver Roscoe Parrish was released from a Tallahassee hospital Monday, two days after a brutal hit caused internal bleeding. Parrish, one of the team's top playmakers, left Saturday's game against Florida State in the second quarter after cornerback Stanford Samuels knocked him to the ground on a crossing route. He was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and placed in the intensive care unit. Coach Larry Coker said Monday that Parrish initially had blood in his urine, a sign of internal bleeding. But tests later revealed that Parrish was OK. "The prognosis is good," Coker said. "Roscoe feels a lot better. He's pretty sore. I think I would be more than pretty sore if I took a hit like that. We feel very good about his complete recovery." Coker said Parrish would be re-examined upon his return, but he doesn't expect the 5-foot-9, 157-pound receiver from Miami to practice Tuesday. Parrish's helmet was knocked off on the jarring hit. He tried to walk off the field under his own power but was wobbly and dropped to a knee. He was down for several minutes before being helped to the locker room. He complained of pains in his chest and abdomen, Coker said.

Parrish catching on Roscoe Parrish has rebounded from an early-season demotion to become Brock Berlin's go-to receiver. BY GEORGE RICHARDS grichards@herald.com Butch Davis didn't think Roscoe Parrish was big enough to play wide receiver at the University of Miami. As a senior at Miami High in 2000, Parrish wasn't offered a scholarship by the then-Hurricanes coach and was set to sign with North Carolina State. But when Davis resigned in January 2001 to coach the Cleveland Browns, Parrish found he had big fans in offensive coordinator Larry Coker and receivers coach Curtis Johnson. When Coker was promoted to replace Davis, the first recruit he called was Parrish. Coker offered a scholarship, and an ecstatic Parrish couldn't wait to sign the papers. ''I couldn't stop smiling,'' Parrish said Wednesday, ``I always wanted to be a Hurricane.'' Coker's intuition paid off, especially this year. Parrish, a fourth-year junior listed at 5-9, is Miami's leading receiver with 21 catches for 331 yards and six touchdowns. Not bad for a player benched after Miami's victory over Florida State as coaches made a statement about Parrish's practice work ethic. Parrish responded to the demotion by becoming Brock Berlin's favorite target, with all six touchdowns coming in the past four games. ''Roscoe has definitely stepped up his game,'' Coker said. ``He's exciting to watch.'' TURNING POINT After Berlin and UM's receivers were criticized by Coker and the media after a lackluster performance at Houston, the improvement has been remarkable. Berlin had a career game the next week at Georgia Tech, and UM's once-maligned passing game draws nothing but raves these days. Miami's offense wasn't blamed for Saturday's loss to North Carolina -- the defense gave up more than 500 yards -- but still Parrish thinks his unit could have won it. ''We are capable of scoring 50 points,'' he said, ``and if we would have done that, we wouldn't be sitting right here where we're at right now.'' Against the Tar Heels, Berlin had his third straight game with more than 250 passing yards, and both he and Parrish credit that to their new post-practice workout sessions that sometimes last into the darkness. ''We're running those routes over and over,'' Parrish said. ``We're tired and your body doesn't want to go anymore, but we keep pushing ourselves to do it once more. It really helps to be on the same page with the quarterback, and we're getting the eye contact down. That's something we never had before. We're running routes until we get it right.'' This year is one Parrish will remember, especially after last year. Undergoing knee surgery was just the start of a frustrating season in which Parrish spent two nights in a Tallahassee hospital after getting crushed on a play and suffering a bruised lung. He would later have a fumble returned for touchdown in a loss to Virginia Tech, and then his grandmother died before the Hurricanes played at Pittsburgh. EARLY DEMOTION So when things didn't start well this season, Parrish decided he wasn't giving up. His early demotion only opened his eyes. ''I had big goals, and then things went down for me,'' he said, ``but I couldn't sit there and feel sorry for myself. What it did was make me more humble and make me want to work hard. I look at every practice and every game as if it's my last. I felt like the first two games I didn't play to my potential. Some people feel sorry for themselves and keep going down the same path. You reap what you sow.'' And the benefit is going to Parrish, Berlin and the Hurricanes. ''He just keeps making big plays for us,'' Berlin said. ``We always knew he was a big-time player. We talk during the week about certain plays we want to hit, and there have been plenty of times we're in the huddle and I tell him to get open and it'll be a touchdown. You can see his eyes get big because he knows it.''

John Clayton's reporting that the Bills might look to add a veteran like Marcellus Rivers or Fred Baxter before camp. (somewhat good news on KE, too). http://espn.go.com/nfl/clayton/qhits.html

You know, it's just these kind of "stories" that cause people to become cynical. I long for the good ol' days, when most sports stories dealt with what happened on the field instead of being given the Disney treatment...

"Whew, look at that boy run," says Bills strong safety Lawyer Milloy. LOL! But seriously, is this "reporting?" It reads like a PR piece...

Bills | Agent Speaks About Everett - from www.KFFL.com Mon, 2 May 2005 15:18:57 -0700 ESPN.com's John Clayton reports agent Brian Overstreet said Buffalo Bills rookie TE Kevin Everett (knee) is hopeful of playing again this season, but Everett will be out at least until September or October. "The good news is that it's a perfectly clean tear and it involved only one ligament," Overstreet said. "He could be back this year. Right now, we have to get him the surgery and get him back." ESPN Linky: http://espn.go.com/nfl/clayton/qhits.html "The Bills can put Everett on the physically-unable-to-perform list at the start of training camp, giving them the option of bringing him back by October without eating up a roster spot in the cutdown to 53 players. Everett hurt the knee when he jammed it into the turf on a non-contact play. The Bills might look to add a veteran such as Marcellus Rivers or Fred Baxter before camp. "

TB: "Pop, can I take the car out tonight?" DF: "Now listen here Junior, you'll get the keys when I say you're good and ready...now go take out the garbage."

Good one, PTR

I'm guessing you haven't met many "real" politicians...Brady's got to be light years more intellegent than what passes for most elected officials today.

That's about the most blatant spear I've ever seen....the DB never brought his arms up to even simulate a tackle.

Hey, if they suck this year, they can always say "we signed Doug Flutie...cut us some slack." (I can't decide which is funnier: this thread or the one about the kid with the giant burrito!!)

Mighty Taco, Mighty Taco.....

I've got it and no, I don't consider it worth $5 per month. On the other hand, I'm just too damn lazy to cancel it, so I continue to access the site, especially at draft time. I throw the magazine away as soon as it comes...it's a piece of crap, IMO.

I give New England fans enough credit to know the difference between REAL accomplishment (3 SB trophies, 2 SB MVP) and media driven feel good stories ("the Pass"). LMAO.

Why would the Bills just cut him? It's not like he's a race horse that has to be put down! He'll get signed to a contract and probably be placed on IR. I don't see this as being much different than WM's "rehab year" after he was drafted.

I believe you are correct. I found the following over at Billszone: http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/faq.asp Who falls under the Salary Cap? Answer: The "Team Salary" falls under the Salary Cap. Team salary includes the amount a team must pay its current or former players under their player contracts. Notice emphasis on the word PLAYERS. The salary cap does not apply to coaches, assistants, trainers, and other personnel. Only the top 51 player salaries for a team count against the salary cap in the offseason (start of League Year March 2nd until final 53 man roster). During the season, all player salaries count toward the salary cap. ----- I take this to mean that if KE is given a contract (probably very incentive-laden), he will indeed count against the cap this year. We need to hear from Clumping Platelets for the definitive answer....

I think the feeling would be mutual. Can you see a guy like Shockey being happy in a place like Buffalo!! I'd love to see the expression on his face if that trade ever went down. LMAO!

I agree with (B) and suspect it's been TD's plan all along to restructure MW when the large salary cap hit kicks in in 2005. Still, I was looking at the other top 8 guys from that draft class and MW's contract appears to still be structured somewhat differently than the norm. On another front, I was surprised to see MW give a short interview last night on the Channel 4 sports roundup of the minicamp. I can't recall seeing him in front of the camera too much in the past, and especially last year. I wonder if he is going to raise his profile a bit more this year...

So is MW different than any other player? How many guys can you name that have given their team a "discount" on their services when it comes to FA? I guess Spikes, Fletcher, Adams, etc. should be viewed negatively as well....

He's trying hard not to be perceived as another RJ....as the lazy ass media and some casual Bills fans seem to want to paint him, since he's from southern California.