Re: I know its pre-season

[Ray O'Hara]

"JohnC(TX)" <johnctx...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> A TCU fan down here told me this guy was good. He also said the Pats
> guard was a bugger steal.
>
> That they paid no attemtion to Brad Smith & let Cotchery go gives me hope.
>

speaking as a Pats fan I'm glad your team ditched Cotchery go too.
he might not be one of the greats but he made those cluth receptions at big
times.

[Johnny Morongo]

On 8/15/2011 6:51 AM, JohnC(TX) wrote:
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> A TCU fan down here told me this guy was good. He also said the Pats guard
> was a bugger steal.
>

> That they paid no attemtion to Brad Smith& let Cotchery go gives me hope.
>
> http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2011/08/jets_jeremy_kerley_creating_bu.html
>
> Jets rookie Jeremy Kerley off to quick start
> Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 4:30 AM Updated: Sunday, August 14,
> 2011, 5:47 PM
> By Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger
> Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger
> Wide receiver Jeremy Kerley, a fifth-round pick by the Jets out of TCU, has
> caught on fast and is making a major impression early on in training camp.
>
> Mike Westhoff's pre-draft scouting report called Jeremy Kerley "patient,"
> "solid" and "tough."
>
> The Jets' renowned special-teams coordinator graded the TCU receiver and
> return specialist highly, making the note, "He is a guy that could do a
> number of things." But Westhoff, noticing the wide-open holes Kerley
> scampered through on an undefeated Rose Bowl team, also scribbled down a
> question: "How good will he be on his own?"
>
> So when Westhoff met Kerley, after the NFL lockout ended, he sat him down in
> his office at Jets headquarters and interrogated him.
>
> "Is your picture ever going to be up there?" Westhoff demanded, pointing at
> enlarged prints of his most dangerous special-teams aces in 10 seasons with
> the Jets. "We've had seven return guys here that finished in the top one,
> two or three in the NFL."
>
> "I can be No. 8," the rookie coolly responded.
>
> That is how a 22-year-old wins over one of the toughest coordinators in
> football. And it didn't stop with Westhoff: In two weeks of training camp,
> without the benefit of offseason practices, Kerley's new head coach decided
> he has "a chance to be something special," the franchise quarterback deemed
> him a "baller" and the offensive coordinator proudly claimed credit for
> making him a Jet.
>
> What is it about Kerley? Those who watched him grow up in tiny Hutto, Texas,
> where he was the first resident ever drafted in the NFL, simply say he has
> the elusive "it" factor. In Florham Park, the fifth-round pick has earned
> respect - and some reps with the first-team offense - because of his
> quickness, eagerness to learn and endearing self-confidence.
>
> In Monday night's preseason opener at Houston, Kerley is expected to be the
> starting kick and punt returner. He also should have plenty of chances to
> show the team what he can do on offense, with the starters playing one
> quarter and receiver Plaxico Burress staying home with a sprained ankle.
>
> "I'm glad they see a lot of potential in me, but I want them to have a
> confidence in me during game time," Kerley said. "Your play is everything."
>
> The Jets traded up eight spots in April's draft to nab Kerley, worried they
> were running out of options and might miss out on the versatile player,
> whose skill set could help dull the loss of free agent Brad Smith.
>
> It was Brian Schottenheimer, the Jets' offensive coordinator, who flew to
> Fort Worth for a private workout that ended up being less about TCU
> quarterback Andy Dalton and more about Kerley. The player ran routes as well
> as he ever had, and sensed a genuine chemistry in the film room with
> Schottenheimer while discussing coverages and route breaks.
>
> The feeling was mutual. Schottenheimer saw the "right look in his eye," and
> left campus convinced of what seems to be a unanimous sentiment when it
> comes to Kerley: There's something special about this kid.
>
> . . .When the lockout ended, Schottenheimer phoned Kerley, asking him to report
> to New Jersey as soon as he could book a flight. Kerley, who was in Fort
> Worth with his sister and his fiancée, had a rare bout of nerves.
>
> "Kerley is the jokester of them all, but his whole demeanor changed," said
> Kristal Juarez, his fiancée and an All-American sprinter at TCU. "He was
> nervous about the playbook, learning a whole different playbook than
> college. He said, 'I don't want to disappoint anybody.'?"
> More coverage:
>
> . Complete Jets coverage on NJ.com
>
> . Jets videos
>
> . Jets photos
>
> He hasn't so far. And it didn't take long for Kerley to ditch that
> nervousness for the "swag" Juarez has known since she met her future husband
> in the TCU cafeteria the first day of their freshman year. During a recent
> interview, Kerley nonchalantly mentioned that he would like to play pro
> baseball after his NFL career ends, even if he's 40 years old.
>
> Kerley has always held a firm belief that he will succeed, but his high
> school coaches never recall him being arrogant or boastful - just
> self-assured in the way elite athletes need to be. During his freshman year
> at TCU, Kerley asked his former football coach, Lee Penland, if Hutto High
> School would retire his number if he made it to the NFL.
>
> That number was 1, which Penland hadn't allowed any of his players to wear
> in the past. For Kerley, they changed the rules. He was a four-year starting
> quarterback, given the reins of Hutto's option offense as a freshman who had
> never before played the position.
>
> Kerley was also a defensive back, a returner, a punter, a kicker - and an
> idol for the coaches' kids, who called him before each game and invited him
> to their birthday parties. He possessed smarts like a coach's son and a
> competitive fire unlike any Penland has seen in 28 years of coaching
> football in Texas. When the coach tried to take him off a kickoff coverage
> unit, Kerley begged him not to until he changed his mind.
>
> He was unselfish, too, once overheard apologizing to his fullback after
> Kerley ran in a touchdown, explaining he made the wrong read and the score
> should have been his teammate's. In the state championship game his junior
> year, Kerley was double-teamed and had no problem handing off to that same
> fullback, who racked up 226 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
>
> Baseball was actually his first love, with a fastball that cracked 90 mph,
> Hutto baseball coach Peter Schmidt recalls. Kerley was a four-year letterman
> in four sports, football bleeding into basketball season, and juggling
> baseball and track and field in the spring.
>
> When he was a junior, he won a silver medal at the state track and field
> meet at the University of Texas, hopped in a car, and raced off to Waco for
> a state playoff baseball game. In extra innings, Kerley made the double play
> from right field that recorded the final out.
>
> There is no shortage of such moments on the football field: The scrawny
> freshman planting his foot along the sideline and running over an all-state
> linebacker; the wily option quarterback keeping the ball on an outside veer
> play and racing for a 65-yard touchdown against the best team in the state.
>
> "He'd make his read. If it was a give, he'd give it," said Mickey Bushong,
> his high school quarterbacks coach. "If it was a pull, he'd pull it, and
> shame on you. Because when he pulled it, he was pretty much lightning in a
> bottle."
>
> . . .
> William Perlman/The Star-Ledger
> Jeremy Kerley was TCU's leading receiver as a senior, with 56 catches for
> 575 yards and 10 touchdowns.
>
> In the town where his parents were high school sweethearts, and one road is
> named "Kerley Drive," his athletic success is town legend. He also became a
> bit of a cult hero at TCU, where the student section made a habit of
> chanting "Jer-emy Ker-ley" when he went back for punt returns.
>
> Kerley was twice named his conference's Special Teams Player of the Year and
> was the Horned Frogs' leading receiver as a senior, with 56 catches for 575
> yards and 10 touchdowns. Last year, he was one of three finalists for the
> inaugural Paul Hornung Award, given to college football's most versatile
> player.
>
> He gained a new perspective on the game as a sophomore, when he and Juarez
> welcomed their son, Dae'Shone. The young couple lived together in an
> off-campus apartment, grateful for the support of their parents and
> grandparents as they juggled parenthood, exams and Division 1 athletics.
>
> Four weeks after giving birth, Juarez resumed training and would later set a
> school record in the 400 meters. Both she and their son inspire Kerley.
>
> "My priorities were a little mixed up," Kerley said. "He definitely set
> something in my mind, that it's time to pick a different route and think
> about something other than yourself. I didn't realize the most important
> things in my life."
>
> . . .
>
> While Kerley and Juarez settled in Morris County this month, his parents
> watched Dae'Shone, who will turn 3 in November. They'll pick up their
> rambunctious "live wire" tomorrow night in Houston and bring him home to New
> Jersey, the start of a new period in all their lives.
>
> Kerley, 5-9 and 188 pounds, is intent on being for the Jets what he has
> always been in sports: a difference-maker. He ran sprints with Juarez this
> summer to work on his speed. Despite not having yet signed an NFL contract,
> he joined Mark Sanchez's Jets West camp in California in May, ignoring the
> injury risk so he could be as prepared as possible.
>
> Fifteenth-year receiver Derrick Mason - to whom Kerley surrendered No. 85,
> out of respect - sees him as a player who can be used inside, outside and in
> the backfield, an explosive threat who has been soaking up veteran
> knowledge.
>
> Coach Rex Ryan suggested Kerley as a candidate to run the Wildcat offense.
>
> And the rookie still has that promise to Westhoff. Kerley grins, ready to
> make good on growing expectations.
>
> "The type of game that I play, I know a lot will be asked of me," he said.
> "I don't take it upon my shoulders to apply any unneeded pressure. The game
> of football is supposed to be fun."
>
> For more Jets coverage, follow Jenny Vrentas on Twitter at
> twitter.com/Jennyvrentas
>
> Jenny Vrentas: jvre...@starledger.com
>
> © 2011 NJ.com. All rights reserved.
>
>

Nice work, Baldy. I'm so looking forward to seeing this kid play
tonight. It's probably been said before but I think that Mason will
replace Burress (an injury waiting to happen) as the #2 receiver, and JK
will move into permanent possession of the slot.

[JetsLife]

On Aug 15, 9:51 am, "JohnC\(TX\)" <johnctxjetss...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A TCU fan down here told me this guy was good.  He also said the Pats guard
> was a bugger steal.
>

> That they paid no attemtion to Brad Smith & let Cotchery go gives me hope.
>
> http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2011/08/jets_jeremy_kerley_creating_...

> Jenny Vrentas: jvren...@starledger.com

>
> © 2011 NJ.com. All rights reserved.

I think it's okay to give this current Jets regime the benefit of the
doubt. At the top, Woody & Tanny have been at this thing for some time
now. While they haven't delivered a Super Bowl, they've done just
about everything else. The Jets have been among a second tier of top
teams the past 11 years, obviously knocking on the door the past two
years.

And then there's Rex. We all know his family pedigree, he's a football
lifer, and was a highly successful coordinator before becoming the
Jets head coach. A lot of things he said would happen have happened:
top defense and rushing attack, be a Super Bowl contender, etc. May
another of his pronouncements come true this season: that Sanchez will
some day be viewed as the strength of the team.

In WoodTannRyan I Trust.

[eric]

On Aug 15, 9:51 am, "JohnC\(TX\)" <johnctxjetss...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A TCU fan down here told me this guy was good.  He also said the Pats guard
> was a bugger steal.

Marcus Cannon is a monster. Slipped from the first round because he
has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He will be getting treatment this year, and
probably be on IR or the PUP most of this year. Typical Patriots
steal.

[MZ]

The hope is that he becomes Stephen Neal's replacement at RG, and then
I could see them using Connolly at C if Koppen gets a big offer
somewhere. Very interesting prospect, but people said the same sorts
of things about Brandon Tate. And who was that RB they grabbed in the
4th round a few years ago who entered with an ACL?

The Solder pick still has me scratching my head, especially since they
brought Light back. You don't spend a 1st round pick on a guy you
project to be a backup, and you don't spend $12M on Light if you
project him to back up Solder. Vollmer is obviously a mainstay at RT,
so what gives? Is Belichick going to invent the 3 OT line?

[eric]

I doubt any rook is going to start at LT right out of college in a
lockout year. That's the crown jewels blindside there.

Light's contract is what, 2 years? That can be dealt with if Solder is
ready to start next year.

[MZ]

I would agree, but they guaranteed Light all kinds of money. I forget
the exact contract breakdown, but I recall it pretty much meaning
he'll be with the Pats in 2012 too, and for a hefty dollar amount.

[Johnny Morongo]

On 8/15/2011 12:08 PM, John C TX wrote:
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>
>> Nice work, Baldy. I'm so looking forward to seeing this kid play
>> tonight. It's probably been said before but I think that Mason will
>> replace Burress (an injury waiting to happen) as the #2 receiver, and JK
>> will move into permanent possession of the slot.
>

> Listen if you want to go to the game let me know I have one seat in
> the front row. We can go for a jog& try to shoot a coyote like my
> governor. Maybe that will darg that other commie into the discussion.
>
> Good to see some life in here.
>

The other commie is laying low. What did you think of Vlad, the
non-impaler? Pass the barf bag!