Showing posts with label Darren Sproles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darren Sproles. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2014

McCoy, get some rest





The Eagle and better reduce LeSean McCoy and defender DeMeco Ryans in real workload than playing time. Ryan, he played the most of any defensive player in the NFL, 2013, 71, 73 on the court defense against Jacksonville on Sunday. This is 97%. My leadership and 314 NFL season, and he took the ball 31 opening in Washington. Jacksonville, I run the ball 21 times of 74 yards. He also had six capture 41 yards. I played 58, in general, the eagle of the 87 campaign, or 67%. Darren Sproles 33 on the pitch for offensive play eight special team. Sproles 11 times with the ball 71 yards, four size 14. Last year, with the Saints Sproles never more than 8 times the ball game. In march when the eagle acquisition Sproles trade, coach Chip Kelly stressed that he thinks Sproles is running back, rather than through the catcher.
"I think he is an outstanding running back," said Kelly. "He proved it (Sunday), what he doesn't prove that from the first two or three days we saw him in the offseason program. He's really talented. You must find ways to make a football in his hands. Kelly made Sproles and less real together on the pitch, but that's because the jaguar defense reaction. If the jaguar playing man-to-man defense, the eagle might have used two often back together.
"They don't play a lot of men," kelly said. "This is when you get some games. They don't have a big man since gus operation. It is not a game, you will get a lot of crazy game." As for Ryan, the eagle wants to reduce his workload is a bit this season. They are not in nickel defense, because jaguar didn't use a lot of three or four wide receiver. And Najee Goode, Ryan's primary backup, chest injury left the game. Eidur didn't play as a defender. He plays a special team nine.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Saints Cooks back on the field



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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saints' rookie Brandin Cooks is trying to make up for lost time on fresh legs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers After missing the first two weeks of OTAs and minicamp, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cooks caught a short pass Thursday at New Orleans' last offseason practice and sprinted 50 yards to the end zone - with no one is chasing him. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cooks missed earlier workouts while taking classes at Oregon State. Tampa Bay Buccaneers He is back with the team for the first time since rookie minicamp. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cooks is still getting up to speed in the offense, but the first-round pick has no problem showing skills that earned him the Biletnikoff Award as the best receiver in college football. ''The thing that jumps out about him is clearly the speed,'' linebacker Curtis Lofton said. ''Every time he runs a route, it looks like he's been shot out of a rocket.'' The hardest part for Cooks, who ran a 4.33 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine, was slowing down after a month away from the team. Of course I was anxious to get back out here,'' he said. ''During walkthrough they had to stop me a little bit from sprinting.'' Getting up to speed with the Saints' offensive scheme has come more easily. While at Oregon State this past month, he spent about an hour each day reviewing the playbook on an IPad. He also watched the video of each practice from the OTAs and the minicamp. Although the routine was no substitute for live practices in New Orleans, it beat doing nothing. About 15 credits away from a degree in human development and family sciences, he chose to balance football and academics a little longer because he promised his mother he would become the first person in their family to graduate from college. Cooks said he wanted to be able ''to get some one-on-ones done and go against the vet,'' but he had his academic obligation. Still, he feels good where is at when it comes to football. ''I don't think I'm behind at all,'' Cooks said. ''I just have to keep studying. I have to get used to the new terminology.'' Cooks is coming off a phenomenal junior year when his 128 catches were tied for the 12th most in NCAA history and his 1,730 receiving yards ranked 15th all time, earning him the Biletnikoff Award as the best receiver in college football. Believing he played larger than his diminutive size (5-feet-10, 189 pounds) the Saints traded up seven spots to grab Cooks, giving up their second-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals. The Saints had to wait a little while for the first return on their investment, but coach Sean Payton liked what he saw this week. ''Like any young player, you are quickly giving them as much information as you can and he is handling it well,'' Payton said. ''Overall he has really picked things up really quickly.'' Before training camp begins in late July, Cooks plans to work out with Saints quarterback Drew Brees at his offseason home in San Diego to replace the practice time he lost. Tampa Bay Buccaneers With the Saints trading running back Darren Sproles to Philadelphia in March, he drew instant comparisons to him due to their similar size and quickness. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Payton has no intention of lining up Cooks in the backfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers though. Cooks modeled his game after wide receiver Steve Smith, who spent the last 13 years with Carolina before signing with Baltimore in the offseason. Smith's 836 career catches rank 25th in NFL history. Tampa Bay Buccaneers ''I love the way he's physical, how diverse he is, Tampa Bay Buccaneers the way he is able to run routes and he plays with that chip on his shoulder,'' Cooks said. ''I feel like that's what I'm trying to do,'' Tampa Bay Buccaneers.