Ideas for articles

How about an article on training camp hero’s that you never hear from again. Every preseason there are guys that we all buy the hype that we unearthed some gems... but they either don’t make the final roster or they do and just never play.

2233boys said:

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midswat said:

How about an article on training camp hero’s that you never hear from again. Every preseason there are guys that we all buy the hype that we unearthed some gems... but they either don’t make the final roster or they do and just never play.

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Good idea.

But I am going to need names.

Some off the top of my head...

Woodrow Dantzler
Justin Beriualt
Reshard Lee
Montavious Stanley - based mostly off his Jerry phone interview

I am sure there are more.

boozeman said:

Good idea.

But I am going to need names.

Some off the top of my head...

Woodrow Dantzler
Justin Beriualt
Reshard Lee
Montavious Stanley - based mostly off his Jerry phone interview

I am sure there are more.

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Junior Glymph bounced around the league a few years, but I'm pretty sure there was a preseason where he had multiple sacks and he was a message board hero. Then nothing...

Rudy Carpenter I think showed promise at QB one year.

Did the Grankowski guy play well or was he just noteworthy because of his brother?

For some reason there are a number of guys from our 2011 UDFA class that stand out to me (names).. Orie Lemon, Phillip Tanner (dude looked like a promising back), Kevin Kowalski, Mario Butler

Tim Benfield caught everything IIRC in training camp 2012. Adrian Hamilton was a LB prospect everyone said had potential. There was some story where/why he fell between the cracks I think. But was supposed to be this really good prospect.

Jakar Hamilton was the same year of Jeff Heath. I can't remember if he actually played well or if I just wanted him more because he..... looks more like a safety than heath. ALso... think the back story with him was he was a highly rated high school recruit who went to UGA but academics or something else landed him at a crap D2 school.

Oh... and Dustin Vaughn stands out because dipshit [MENTION=227]DCUDoomsday[/MENTION] would never stfu about him. Chris Whaley

midswat said:

Junior Glymph bounced around the league a few years, but I'm pretty sure there was a preseason where he had multiple sacks and he was a message board hero. Then nothing...

Rudy Carpenter I think showed promise at QB one year.

Did the Grankowski guy play well or was he just noteworthy because of his brother?

For some reason there are a number of guys from our 2011 UDFA class that stand out to me (names).. Orie Lemon, Phillip Tanner (dude looked like a promising back), Kevin Kowalski, Mario Butler

Tim Benfield caught everything IIRC in training camp 2012. Adrian Hamilton was a LB prospect everyone said had potential. There was some story where/why he fell between the cracks I think. But was supposed to be this really good prospect.

Jakar Hamilton was the same year of Jeff Heath. I can't remember if he actually played well or if I just wanted him more because he..... looks more like a safety than heath. ALso... think the back story with him was he was a highly rated high school recruit who went to UGA but academics or something else landed him at a crap D2 school.

Oh... and Dustin Vaughn stands out because dipshit @DCUDoomsday would never stfu about him. Chris Whaley

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Excellent start.

midswat said:

Oh... and Dustin Vaughn stands out because dipshit [MENTION=227]DCUDoomsday[/MENTION] would never stfu about him

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I remember that. He was guaranteeing that he would eventually beat out Romo and be the next great Cowboys QB. That was right about the time he was telling us it you could win the division with only 4 wins as long as they were division wins. Didn't matter what the other teams records were. Best division record was what mattered.

Waaaay back was Jeff Ogden, who was Beasley Phase 1, and George Selvie never came close to matching his HOF Game performance vs the Dolphins.

bbgun said:

Waaaay back was Jeff Ogden, who was Beasley Phase 1, and George Selvie never came close to matching his HOF Game performance vs the Dolphins.

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I am gonna call bullshit on Selvie. He made the roster and contributed.

This is about the kind of folk hero who fans were just certain we made a mistake in cutting and then they just disappeared.

boozeman said:

I am gonna call bullshit on Selvie. He made the roster and contributed.

This is about the kind of folk hero who fans were just certain we made a mistake in cutting and then they just disappeared.

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No Selvie in the article = no props. You've been warned.

I was pissed when we cut Darius Jackson, a solid pre-season performer, from the practice squad a few years ago to make room for McFadden.

bbgun said:

No Selvie in the article = no props. You've been warned.

I was pissed when we cut Darius Jackson, a solid pre-season performer, from the practice squad a few years ago to make room for McFadden.

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Jackson factors in there.

Selvie, sorry.

Tony Dixon
Skyler Green
Robert Brewster

Iamtdg said:

Tony Dixon
Skyler Green
Robert Brewster

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I don't remember these guys as being touted as anything special. If anything, they were thought of as shitty. Certainly not as phenoms the fans were frothing over only to fade into nothingness.

Andre Holmes

NoDak said:

I don't remember these guys as being touted as anything special. If anything, they were thought of as shitty. Certainly not as phenoms the fans were frothing over only to fade into nothingness.

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Tony Dixon and Skyler Green were absolutely frothed over.

Iamtdg said:

Tony Dixon and Skyler Green were absolutely frothed over.

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I don't recall that. At least not out of line with their draft positioning. Dixon was a second round pick.

I think we are looking for out-of-nowhere guys, late round picks and UDFAs, who got overhyped based on some preseason or practice reports.

PS, Kalen Thornton.

mschmidt64 said:

I don't recall that.

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You were 12.

NoDak said:

I don't remember these guys as being touted as anything special. If anything, they were thought of as shitty. Certainly not as phenoms the fans were frothing over only to fade into nothingness.

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You are correct.

Lookit, this is about guys who showed out in preseason that Joe Fan fell in love with.

Make more sense now?

Richmond Flowers

If you want to go real old school, Jeff Ogden.

Iamtdg said:

Tony Dixon and Skyler Green were absolutely frothed over.

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No way. People were pissed at where Tony Dixon was drafted and how badly he sucked for being a 2nd rounder. Skyler Green was touted by the front office as some remarkable return man/WR. And he sucked, too.