Link to Crowder's TD:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-m...easing-Crowder
Link to Thad's TD, too:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201508...982&tab=videos
-Son of Jarhead
The Duke fan formerly known as BuschDevil
Will be tough to be anything but no.3 , but be nice to see Thad as no.2 on the Brown's team.
Juwan Thompson has continued to be solid for the Broncos, and while he's been relatively certain to make their 53-man roster again this year, he may also have supplanted Montee Ball for third on the RB depth chart. Juwan got some good work in the second half last night, carrying the rock five times and catching three passes out of the backfield.
He capped the night with a powerful goal line touchdown that won the game with two minutes left, then successfully converted the 2pt conversion on another run.
Juwan may be an active presence in short-yard situations for the Broncos this year. Hopefully Kenny Anunike can get healthy again (he had his knee scoped a couple weeks ago), because he has done nothing but turn heads here in Denver during his healthy camp and preseason moments, both last year and this year.
As a Blue Devil and Broncos fan, I hope the Denver front office continues to appropriately value the talent coming out of Durham. . .
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
At my parents house with my mom and sister, who are UNC-Cheater fans, and my nephew, a loyal Duke fan thanks to his Uncle...my sister still holds a grudge over this. A rewarding outcome to my early diligent work as an Uncle. Score 1 for me on the life long sibling rivalry contest! Following the massive newphew/uncle bear hug laced with celabratory screams in the center of the livingroom, I'm pretty sure we all but broke the RWD button on the DVR remote, watching that catch over and over, and the celebration on the sidelines with the team and the bell...GREAT DAY!!!
Sadly, it appears that Ross Cockrell has been released by the Buffalo Bills. I hope he lands on his feet somewhere quickly!
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/art...0-9c25a1cf5417
No NFL suspension for Jamison Crowder regarding the domestic abuse claim. See link below.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13...ce-allegations
The ESPN transactions list says Ross is now a Steeler.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/transactions
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Duke cuts today:
Isaac Blakeny, SF
Thad Lewis, CLE
Takoby Cofield, WAS
I may have missed some. Those were the ones that stuck out.
Good news is that Sean Renfree beat out Rex Grossman and TJ Yates for the backup QB gig in ATL! 9F
Big news for Renfree, who really performed well in the pre-season. 26-36 for 237 yards with a TD and no INT. Competing 72% of your passes is a good thing.
I suspect Thad will catch on with some team, at least on the practice squad. He has shown he can be at least an ok NFL QB in the handful of games he has started over the past couple years.
-Jason "by the way, Cleveland cutting Thad means they must think Johnny Manziel can play some QB... interesting" Evans
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Congrats to Kenny Anunike, who made the Broncos' 53-man roster!
Final Duke in NFL tally (really not final, still lots of potential for players to get picked up or signed to practice squads, etc.)
Kenny Anunike - Denver Broncos
Ross Cockrell - Pittsburgh Steelers
Jamison Crowder - Washington Redskins
Cooper Helfet - Seattle Seahawks
Sean Renfree - Atlanta Falcons
Vincent Rey - Cincinnati Bengals
Juwan Thompson - Denver Broncos
Laken Tomlinson - Detroit Lions
Takoby Cofield was cut by the Redskins. No cause for alarm; he was a non-drafted invite and many teams only keep one reserve OT on the active roster. He's likely to make their practice squad.
Thad Lewis was cut by the Browns, but teams are always looking for veteran practice-squad QBs. We'll see what happens. This is two years in a row that he has struggled in preseason games, though.
Matt Daniels was waived/injured by the Jags, which is a confusing designation that I've never quite understood. Daniels has had rough luck with injuries in the NFL, but if he heals quickly then he could be a practice squad candidate. He actually had a good preseason before getting hurt.
Isaac Blakeney was cut by the 49ers. He was never targeted in the preseason. It might be a stretch for him to play anywhere this year.
But hey, we have 8 definite NFL players this year, 4 of whom went undrafted, so all in all it's not a bad success rate! I'm excited to follow our guys this year.
As a Steelers fan, I am absolutely pumped that Ross Cockrell has found his way to the Pittsburgh family. I missed that signing announcement, so thank you for the post 1999ballboy! I hope he finds longterm success in the Black & Yellow, I would absolutely buy that jersey!
Takoby Cofield was signed to Washington's practice squad.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/transactions
Sorry if I missed this being posted elsewhere, as the article was posted on August 28th, but here is a very nice write-up on Vincent Rey:
http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-b...tice-often-why