In Miami on Jan. 31, the players listed below from different teams will be wearing the same version of NFL jerseys as teammates of the NFC team in the 2010 Pro Bowl game.
The three quarterbacks will be starters Drew Brees form the New Orleans Saints and backups Brett Favre from the Minnesota Vikings and Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers. And the four wide receivers include Larry Fitzgerald from the Arizona Cardinals, DeSean Jackson from the Philadelphia Eagles, Miles Austin from the Dallas Cowboys and Sidney Rice of the Vikings.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is among the three Pro Bowl running backs with Steven Jackson from the St. Louis Rams and DeAngelo Williams from the Carolina Panthers. And Eagles Leonard Weaver is the only fullback.
The other offensive players for the NFC team include: the San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Cowboys TE Jason Witten, tackles Jason Peters of the Eagles, Bryant McKinnie of the Vikings and Jon Stinchcomb of the Saints, guards Steve Hutchinson (Vikings), Leonard Davis (Cowboys) and Jahri Evans (Saints), and centers Andre Gurode (Cowboys) and Shaun O’Hara (the New York Giants).
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
OL Langston Walker returned to Raiders to help on offense line
After spending the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Buffalo Bills, offensive lineman Langston Walker re-signed with the Oakland Raiders, who picked him in second round draft of 2002. The Raiders waived injured fullback Oren O’Neal on the same day and expected Walker to help on the offensive line.
Before signing a five-year, $25 million contract with the Bills, Walker had spent his first five seasons in Raiders jersey. So it would not be difficult for him to learn the system in short time. With his weight down from 380 pounds to about 362, Walker’s frame is still very big for a zone blocking lineman who needs to be athletic enough to get upfield to make blocks, and that might be why the Raiders waited a week after trying out the lineman to decide to bring him back. The Raiders’ offensive line has been hurt by injuries to left guard Robert Gallery and right tackle Cornell Green, and Walker’s experience may help a lot in improving the offense.
O’Neal, a sixth-round pick by the Raiders in 2007, started off this season as the Raiders’ starting fullback but later lost the job to Luke Lawton. His ankle injury caused him to be waived by the Raiders and would be placed on injured reserve list if no team to claim him on waivers.
Before signing a five-year, $25 million contract with the Bills, Walker had spent his first five seasons in Raiders jersey. So it would not be difficult for him to learn the system in short time. With his weight down from 380 pounds to about 362, Walker’s frame is still very big for a zone blocking lineman who needs to be athletic enough to get upfield to make blocks, and that might be why the Raiders waited a week after trying out the lineman to decide to bring him back. The Raiders’ offensive line has been hurt by injuries to left guard Robert Gallery and right tackle Cornell Green, and Walker’s experience may help a lot in improving the offense.
O’Neal, a sixth-round pick by the Raiders in 2007, started off this season as the Raiders’ starting fullback but later lost the job to Luke Lawton. His ankle injury caused him to be waived by the Raiders and would be placed on injured reserve list if no team to claim him on waivers.
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