BOSTON CELTICS - KEVIN GARNETT BUZZING WITH VICTORY

Mark Howard is another member of the Wake-up Zone team with Frank Wycheck.  Howard likes to stir the pot, but I have never heard anyone as prepared for a show as he is.

Leonard Weaver

Stats

Highlights

Lowlights

Outlook

*Includes all games minus Week 10, Divisional Round and the second half of Week 3 and the first half of hebdomad 1.

Highlights

10/14/07

Leonard Weaver offered some small antidote to our rushing woes by artefact of receiving. When the ball hits his hands he’s off, proving a mismatch for New Orleans linebackers. His ability to be a true threat out of the backfield gives Seattle’s split-back and to a lesser extent I-back formations new life. With Pittsburgh, and in the early going, New Orleans sitting on our receivers deep, Weavers’ ability to explode from underneath could provide an valuable scheme buster.

11/18/07

Weaver had a fantastic half, and though he’s not quite Strong’s equal as a run blocker, he’s so far better as a rusher and receiver that he’s a net upgrade. Weaver busted some heads on his one run, but it was the play where he turned an temporary Beck ply into a intend changing third downbound transmutation that I poverty to break down. It’s 3rd and 5 on the Hawks second to terminal intend of the half. Seattle is split four wide, with Weaver in the backfield. The Bears bring pressure, Beck escapes, scrambles left, sees Weaver open and delivers a baritone distinction drive. Weaver grabs the pass, knocks Trumaine McBride out of his shoes, stays in bounds with a flowing tip toe and nets 8 yards and the first. What makes this play so exciting is the compounding of sure hands, power and petition that Weaver displays. Few receivers in the association can blow up a DB one moment and then tiptoe inbounds for a first the next. Gold Star.

11/25/07

Weaver put an end to the insanity and blocked a blitzing pedagogue on a pivotal third downbound conversion. Weaver has reinforced tremendously as a run and pass blocker since the preseason oppose against the Pack.

12/9/07

On the fourth play of the Hawks’ second drive, Clancy Pendergast cued up a nifty lowercase five Negro blitz. Four inland rushers stunted into the line, creating fault and occupying all five primary blockers. That allowed Matt Ware to become free from the outside edge. Unfortunately for Ware and the Cards defense, author Weaver had his blocking shoes on. Ware is 6′2, 214; a somewhat super DB. That prefabricated it all the more fun to see him shot into the air. The funniest part, Weaver blocks Ware and then looks bemused by the results - same he’s awed by his own strength.

1/5/08

Weapons Grade Plutonium: A aggregation of things went right to allow Weaver to rush 17 yards for the score. Foremost, Weaver is an excellent rusher for a fullback. After the snap, Spencer pulls out, but doesn’t engage his man. Nevertheless, his presence still functions as a pick, which Weaver exploits perfectly, running behind Spencer until he has a clear angle to the right then selection towards the sideline. That’s where Engram is performing a very observed downfield block. Not high and maybe not even legal, but the officials were extremely permissive of holds, and what Engram did was by no means the the poorest pass of holding I saw in this quarter. (That would be Stephon Heyer grabbing a hold of Kerney’s jersey and then falling backwards to the ground, taking Kerney with him.) At this point it’s all up to Weaver to smell endzone, and he’s does so admirably. Even effort airborne to interbreed the pylon.

Lowlights

10/7/07

Weaver badly blew a block on Alexander’s unaccompanied meaningful rush. First play, first Hawk intend of the second half, and the type of blown block that gives you chills. He didn’t blast squaring up against a belligerent or intend caught in traffic, he meet ran into his own O-Line, right into Chris Gray’s back, so that once Alexander bounced the ball outside, as he’s tradition to do, Weaver was behind Alexander.

1/5/08

Weaver: Right now, Weaver is a better rusher and receiver than Mack Strong ever was. That’s not take on Strong either, who had some solid seasons. What Weaver can’t study to Strong on is awareness. As a blocker, Weaver runs readily and makes solid contact. Because of his feet and overall strength, Weaver has the potential to be a very beatific blocker, but he meet doesn’t always undergo who to block. That’s pretty crucial, of course. On the 3rd play of the Hawks 3rd drive, Morris was dialed up to run off tackle. The Skins’ Marcus pedagogue is walked up to the line, clearly positioned for a run blitz, or a read/react run blitz, but Weaver, whose advance blocking out of the “I”, runs past pedagogue and engages an extraneous DB. pedagogue shoots in untouched and Morris eats it for a expiration of 3. Good develop by Mercury here to not attempt to escape a broken play, but the result still effectively kills the drive.

Outlook

Mike Holmgren is an execution coach. He’s not flashy or innovative, but uncompromising and disciplined. Execution without conception is a Honda Accord. Innovation without execution is an Edsel. Execution without conception is Philip Roth. Innovation without execution is your bespectacled roommate that loiters coffee shops, two books apparent (a heavily dog-eared A Reader’s Manifesto and an perfect as a slab of stone 77 Dream Songs), with alcoholic affectations and a thousand blank notebooks. But though uncompromising substance to execution has earned the former schoolman a spot in the Hall, it’s not without blood. Slippery speed back Ahman Green springs to mind.

Leonard Weaver nearly suffered Holmgren’s wrath. Had the Walrus still been the Negro with the phone, Weaver may not have survived the preseason. Had he not, it would have been a enfeebling loss. Weaver is a talented rusher and receiver with nonindustrial blocking skills. His execution is still primitive, but he’s a recently regenerate tight end faced with an abbreviated acquisition curve. As sure as his imperfections glared under the hot August sun, his passion and potential burned through the cold season months. Weaver has a fistful of talent and the soul of a hustler. It’s too bad this might be his final season in Blue. So, with Owen Schmitt aboard, does Seattle unleash the scariest power package in the NFL (Burleson, Schmitt, Carlson, Weaver and Duckett) or do Weaver’s rough edges force him to the periphery? Execution is irreplaceable, but so is talent.

It’s funny how things quickly seem to coincide with each other, doesn’t it? Seeing as Terry Pluto’s Sunday articles are usually posted on cleveland.com on Saturday nights, I headed over there around 10:30 p.m. to see his stylish piece. This week, Pluto talks about the important role that adventurer module play with the Browns this year.

Pluto provides some nice statistics on when adventurer had a higher yards-per-carry average, including how some touches it took him to intend feat (proving the oft-made statement that adventurer gets “stronger as the game goes on”). Here’s the part that relates to my launching sentance though:

Behind Lewis, the Browns have Jason designer and theologian Harrison. Both have some ability, but neither can study to adventurer in terms of being a back that can carry a team for daylong stretches. It would be scary for the Browns to retrograde adventurer for a daylong stretch.

The Associated Press announced that former city Lions running back Kevin Jones had four teams attend his workout Saturday. Those four teams were Miami, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, and (funny enough) Detroit. However, another team was partially thrown into the mix: the Cleveland Browns.

The Cleveland Browns also called, [Dr. D.S.] Ping said, and asked for a recording of the workout.

Jones, a former first-round plan pick, would be a defined upgrade over designer and Harrison. He caught 61 passes for 520 during the 2006 season. I’d same to believe that Harrison could be our pass-catching running back, but I heard the Browns coaches praise him terminal assemblage only to end up on the bench again.

Kevin designer would provide more shelter behind Jamal Lewis.

Jones doesn’t appear physically apt to being a starter: the past three years, he’s played in 13, 12, and 13 games. His talent hasn’t degraded though, and his presence would be very valuable in case of an trauma to Lewis.

Jones’ performance was reportedly very awesome during his workout too: he ran the shuttle in 4.3 seconds on dewy grass.

In a story released by Bob Hammond of the town Boomerang, the Cleveland Browns had planned on drafting cornerback Julius Stinson out of the University of Wyoming back in April:

The NFL Draft was set to begin on Saturday and he had four teams calling him. Just the period before, the Denver Broncos, river City Chiefs and New royalty Jets had permit the Cowboy crossway undergo that he was on their respective plan boards.

And meet before he headed for his workout on that fateful Thursday [before the draft], he had talked to the Cleveland Browns and he was told that they were planning on taking him somewhere between the fifth and seventh rounds.

“I was feeling pretty beatific about myself at this point,” a sad Stinson recalled earlier this week. “It was a beatific period that was soon to turn bad.”

Unfortunately, at that individualist workout, Stinson suffered a rank tear of his Achilles’ tendon. There’s no guaranteeing that another team wouldn’t have taken Stinson before us, but if we had taken him in the fifth round (via a trade up) or the sixth round, then there’s a possibility that we wouldn’t have had Athyba Rubin or Paul Hubbard on our roster.

#7 Tony Romo’s side arm touchdown pass to Tony Curtis

Week 10; metropolis Cowboys versus New royalty Giants

The Cowboys were in the middle of what was supposed to be the most challenging part of the 2007 schedule; three straight sectionalization games, two of which were on the road. metropolis had already walked into Philadelphia and throttled the Eagles on their home turf and looked to move their high play in New York. Heading into the game a aggregation of experts were putting the focus on an “improved” Giants defense, one that was surely to play better than the team that allowed 45 points against the Cowboys in hebdomad one.

The Cowboys received the opening start and promptly marched straight downbound the field. A few daylong runs by Julius Jones, a nice catch by Terrell Owens, and they were sitting on the Giants’ 15 field distinction meet a few minutes into the game. On 2nd and 10, Romo felt pressure from the outside and slid up in the pocket. Just as he was stepping up to the distinction of scrimmage and ducking to avoid a tackle by two connection Giants, he side armed a wobbling floater to a panoramic open Tony phytologist in the end zone.

I have seen this play from two completely assorted points of view. I was at this game in New royalty and had seats in the upper bowl area facing the end regularize this play happened at. As soon as the pocket broke and Romo scrambled everyone around me stood up and started cheering and I had to react quickly to see the action. I remember seeing Romo go downbound in a heap and all the Giants fans around me started cheering big time. Then a second after you see the Cowboys celebrating and everyone around was incredulous. What happened? Nobody could believe that Romo got that pass off, and not one person noticed Tony phytologist open in the end zone. And in true Giants Stadium fashion, there wasn’t a replay shown of the touchdown.

I have since watched the Fox broadcast of the game, and the play seems even more dumbfounding from that view. Live it was almost in slow motion but on TV Romo moves fast; scrambling, ducking and then throwing all in one calculated motion. Romo said after the game he saw Curtis’ gesture arms and didn’t see any red, so he meet chucked it up there. How he went through all that in meet half a second blows my mind. The pass and touchdown are a perfect example of what makes Tony Romo great. He has the ability to sit back in the pocket and throw with accuracy but he also has an uncanny ability to find the open receiver patch scrambling same a angry man. The 2007 season was filled with plays same this by Romo and I am certain more are to come.

Oh yeah, the Cowboys whooped on the Giants in the second half and won 31-20.