Colonel_Reb
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I have no idea, TwentyTwo. Nice to see it though. I wonder about that screen name, whether its a man or woman.
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DixieDestroyer
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Colonel_Reb said:
Whether it be feller or a gal...they know the scoop!
Colonel_Reb
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DixieDestroyer said:Colonel_Reb said:
Whether it be feller or a gal...they know the scoop!
That is for sure, Dixie. Whoever it was at least knows what we've been talking about here, even if they haven't yet checked out the site.
Thrashen
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Kevin Faulk's knee injury against the Jets means that his season (and his career) may be over.
With Lawrence Maroney traded to the Broncos, the Patriots' remaining running backs are Sammy Morris, BenJarvis Green-Ellis, Fred Talyor, and Danny Woodhead. The Patriots have always utilized several running backs"¦but hopefully another injury will force Woodhead into action. Julian Edelman lined up in the backfield at times against the Jets, so he could also receive some carries in Faulk's absence (he was practicing with the running backs during training camp).
With Lawrence Maroney traded to the Broncos, the Patriots' remaining running backs are Sammy Morris, BenJarvis Green-Ellis, Fred Talyor, and Danny Woodhead. The Patriots have always utilized several running backs"¦but hopefully another injury will force Woodhead into action. Julian Edelman lined up in the backfield at times against the Jets, so he could also receive some carries in Faulk's absence (he was practicing with the running backs during training camp).
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whiteathlete33
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forty-four said:
With the rate that affletes are getting injured these days Woodhead should get an opportunity sometime this season.
Faulk getting injured really helps Danny's chances to play and establish himself this year. Hopefully by the time the Jets and Patriots play again this season, Woodhead will help the Patriots exact revenge.
forty-four
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Don Wassall said:
A little poetic justice indeed! Let's hope so.
The Hock
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I was very impressed with Danny when they interviewed him on Hard Knocks. Along with with his playmaking ability, he a class act, and as such much better off with the Pats than with the no class Jets and their fat ass big mouth coach.
Thrashen
Hall of Famer
Here is an extraordinarily Anti-Caste article concerning Kevin Faulk's injury in which the writer essentially mocks and degrades every remaining (black) running back on the Patriots roster"¦accept for the newly acquired Danny Woodhead.
1) He refers to Fred Taylor as a "senior citizen."Â
2) He says that BenJarvis Green-Ellis "works hard,"Â is "high energy,"Â and that his "unstoppable motor will help him play above his talent level."Â He also says that "he's just not that good"Â and "he simply isn't good enough to be the primary running back on a good offensive team."Â
3) He says of Sammy Morris that "as soon as you start to rely on him to carry a larger load, he gets hurt."Â
4) However, he calls Danny Woodhead "ridiculously fast,"Â a "dynamic college player"Â and "the best option to replace Faulk as the third down back."Â
This writer uses the "special terminology" exclusively reserved for belittling the athleticism of white athletes and uses it to describe black athletes. I've never read anything of the sort (accept at castefootball)"¦how incredibly bizarre. Then again, I've read numerous articles from Sean Crowe"¦many of which exclusively centered around his understandable adoration for Wes Welker. I believe Crowe once suggested that Welker was not only a top 3 wide receiver, but also one of the best overall football players in the NFL.
Link:
Patriots Suddenly Lack Depth at Running BackEdited by: Thrashen
1) He refers to Fred Taylor as a "senior citizen."Â
2) He says that BenJarvis Green-Ellis "works hard,"Â is "high energy,"Â and that his "unstoppable motor will help him play above his talent level."Â He also says that "he's just not that good"Â and "he simply isn't good enough to be the primary running back on a good offensive team."Â
3) He says of Sammy Morris that "as soon as you start to rely on him to carry a larger load, he gets hurt."Â
4) However, he calls Danny Woodhead "ridiculously fast,"Â a "dynamic college player"Â and "the best option to replace Faulk as the third down back."Â
This writer uses the "special terminology" exclusively reserved for belittling the athleticism of white athletes and uses it to describe black athletes. I've never read anything of the sort (accept at castefootball)"¦how incredibly bizarre. Then again, I've read numerous articles from Sean Crowe"¦many of which exclusively centered around his understandable adoration for Wes Welker. I believe Crowe once suggested that Welker was not only a top 3 wide receiver, but also one of the best overall football players in the NFL.
Link:
Patriots Suddenly Lack Depth at Running BackEdited by: Thrashen
whiteathlete33
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Thrashen said:
So in other words he told the truth.
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The Patriots placed Kevin Faulk on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday with a torn ACL in his right knee.
So
now the question is, who will replace their all-purpose back, who has
played more snaps than any other Patriot running back in each of the
2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons?
Woodhead an option
Another player that the Patriots could use as a third-down back is the recently signed Danny Woodhead, who has taken over Laurence Maroney's old locker and now wears Maroney's old number (39).
Woodhead
played both as a receiver and a running back for the Jets in 2009. He
is undersized, listed at 5-foot-9 and 195 pounds, to be relied on to
block on third downs, but he is capable of using his quickness to get by
defenders and catch passes out of the backfield.
Even so, Woodhead said he was not in town to take Faulk's position. He's just trying to find a place with his new team.
"I've
done some stuff like that in the past, and if that is something that
would present itself then maybe that's something I would do [here],
great, but I'm not trying to find out what I can do,"Â said Woodhead.
"That's not for me to make that decision. My decision is that I can come
to work every single day and do my best at game planning for the
Buffalo Bills and work as hard as I can in practice."Â
Woodhead was released by the Jets last week and signed by the Patriots on Saturday.
"God
has a plan for my life and I'm just going to go with what he gives me,"Â
said Woodhead. "This is what he gave me and I'm going to use the best
of my abilities here."Â
While Woodhead only rushed the ball 15
times for 64 yards and caught eight passes for 87 yards in 2009, the
Patriots do see some potential in him
"He's good with the ball in
his hands,"Â Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio said on
Tuesday. "He's got good quickness. So there are some things that he did
as a player that we liked. That's why we signed him, and we'll see what
he looks like once he's here. We'll start working with him here this
week, and see what sort of progress that we make."Â
Woodhead is hoping that he will be with the Patriots for years to come.
"Not a lot of people get to play in the NFL so it's a great opportunity,"Â said Woodhead. </span></span></span>
http://www.projo.com/patriots/content/patriots_notes_morris_woodhead_09-23-10_6QK16_v2.1d0aa01.html
The Patriots placed Kevin Faulk on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday with a torn ACL in his right knee.
So
now the question is, who will replace their all-purpose back, who has
played more snaps than any other Patriot running back in each of the
2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons?
Woodhead an option
Another player that the Patriots could use as a third-down back is the recently signed Danny Woodhead, who has taken over Laurence Maroney's old locker and now wears Maroney's old number (39).
Woodhead
played both as a receiver and a running back for the Jets in 2009. He
is undersized, listed at 5-foot-9 and 195 pounds, to be relied on to
block on third downs, but he is capable of using his quickness to get by
defenders and catch passes out of the backfield.
Even so, Woodhead said he was not in town to take Faulk's position. He's just trying to find a place with his new team.
"I've
done some stuff like that in the past, and if that is something that
would present itself then maybe that's something I would do [here],
great, but I'm not trying to find out what I can do,"Â said Woodhead.
"That's not for me to make that decision. My decision is that I can come
to work every single day and do my best at game planning for the
Buffalo Bills and work as hard as I can in practice."Â
Woodhead was released by the Jets last week and signed by the Patriots on Saturday.
"God
has a plan for my life and I'm just going to go with what he gives me,"Â
said Woodhead. "This is what he gave me and I'm going to use the best
of my abilities here."Â
While Woodhead only rushed the ball 15
times for 64 yards and caught eight passes for 87 yards in 2009, the
Patriots do see some potential in him
"He's good with the ball in
his hands,"Â Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio said on
Tuesday. "He's got good quickness. So there are some things that he did
as a player that we liked. That's why we signed him, and we'll see what
he looks like once he's here. We'll start working with him here this
week, and see what sort of progress that we make."Â
Woodhead is hoping that he will be with the Patriots for years to come.
"Not a lot of people get to play in the NFL so it's a great opportunity,"Â said Woodhead. </span></span></span>
http://www.projo.com/patriots/content/patriots_notes_morris_woodhead_09-23-10_6QK16_v2.1d0aa01.html
As far as I know this hasn't been posted anywhere on this site. Found at a Pats message board. Check out his Pro Day stats at the end of article. Awesome.
Danny Woodhead | #1 | WR/RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 200 Age: 26
In 2004, Woodhead attended Chadron State in Chadron, Nebraska. He rushed for 1,840 rushing yards in his true freshman year. But those weren't freshman-like stats; Those were more like senior season stats.
In Woodhead's sophomore year, he had 278 carries for 1,769 yards including a 6.4 yards per carry average. He also pounded out 21 touchdowns. While the rushing game was good, he pounded in some expectational stats in receiving: 30 catches for 367 yards including 12.2 yards per reception average.
Woodhead had a brilliant season. Some have even said it was Hall of Fame caliber. Through twelve games he had 2,740 rushing yards, passing the record set by Kavin Gaillaird for most single-season division rushing yards. At the end of the seson Woodhead had amassed 2,756 yards. He led his team to the NCAA Division II playoffs, too, but they lost to Northwest Missouri State.
39 games into Woodhead's career he had accounted for 606 points (that meant he averaged an incredible 15.5 points per game by himself), the highest ever in Division II. Only Dan Pugh of Mount Union College (in Ohio), who had 248 points in 2002, and Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State, who had 234 in 1988, had more points in a season than Woodhead in 2006.
But in 2007, Abilene Christian University's Bernard Scott broke Woodhead's record by scoring 39 touchdowns (234 points).
Woodhead got to show his stuff in front of the Atlanta Falcons' scouts. They wanted to see his 40 yard dash time, and he raced to an impressive 4.41 seconds. That's pretty fast. He also wont the 55-meter dash at the RMAC Indoor Meet in 2006 as well.
At the start of his senior year Woodhead already had 7,441 rushing yards in his career, an average of 190.8 rushing yards per game. He rushed for 200 or more yards in 19 of his 39 games and scored at least one touchdown in 37 consecutive games. Both of those are NCAA all-division records.
After a 208-yard performance against Western New Mexico that year, he became college football's all-time leading rusher (though you probably never heard about it). He broke former Grove City College (PA) fullback R.J. Bowers record (Bowers played from 1997-2000) for the all-time rushing record. Woodhead was also the sixth player in history to rush for over 1,000 yards in all four of his seasons.
Woodhead ended his career with 9,259 all purpose yards, second all-time behind former Villanova and now Philadelphia Eagles' runnning back, Brian Westbrook, who played for Villanova from 1997-2000 with his 9,512 all purpose yards.
Woodhead also tied Germaine Race's (Pittsburg State, 2003-2006) record for Division II career scoring with 654 points on 109 touchdowns. Race is also the all-time leader in two-point conversions with 658 points. Woodhead is also the second player in college football history to rush for over 100 touchdowns.
Barry Sanders is the only player to have more all-purpose yards in a season than the 3,159 all purpose yards Woodhead had gained in 2006. Sanders had 3,250 in 1988, where he won the Heisman Trophy in his junior season. Woodhead was ranked tenth all-time in all purpose Division II yards with 7,349 yards just after his junior season. The Division II leader is Brian Shay of Emporia State as he had 9,301 yards, including 1,207 on kick returns from 1995-1998.
Woodhead was also a candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy from 2004-2007. He won the trophy in 2006 and 2007. After his career, some people complained that Woodhead could have played for the University of Nebraska. Woodhead later said in an interview that Nebraska didn't show much interest in him while Chadron State showed 100 percent of it.
At Chadron State he majored in Math education.
Amazingly, Woodhead did not receive an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, so he had to use his Pro Day to show what he's got.
According to a report at NFLDraftWatch.net, Woodhead ran the 40-yard-dash at times between 4.33-to-4.38 in three tries. That would have been the fastest among all running backs attending the Combine for the 2008 NFL Draft. He posted the best pro-agility time (4.03 seconds), second best vertical jump (38½ inches), and the best 60-yard shuttle time (11.2 seconds).
Danny Woodhead | #1 | WR/RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 200 Age: 26
In 2004, Woodhead attended Chadron State in Chadron, Nebraska. He rushed for 1,840 rushing yards in his true freshman year. But those weren't freshman-like stats; Those were more like senior season stats.
In Woodhead's sophomore year, he had 278 carries for 1,769 yards including a 6.4 yards per carry average. He also pounded out 21 touchdowns. While the rushing game was good, he pounded in some expectational stats in receiving: 30 catches for 367 yards including 12.2 yards per reception average.
Woodhead had a brilliant season. Some have even said it was Hall of Fame caliber. Through twelve games he had 2,740 rushing yards, passing the record set by Kavin Gaillaird for most single-season division rushing yards. At the end of the seson Woodhead had amassed 2,756 yards. He led his team to the NCAA Division II playoffs, too, but they lost to Northwest Missouri State.
39 games into Woodhead's career he had accounted for 606 points (that meant he averaged an incredible 15.5 points per game by himself), the highest ever in Division II. Only Dan Pugh of Mount Union College (in Ohio), who had 248 points in 2002, and Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State, who had 234 in 1988, had more points in a season than Woodhead in 2006.
But in 2007, Abilene Christian University's Bernard Scott broke Woodhead's record by scoring 39 touchdowns (234 points).
Woodhead got to show his stuff in front of the Atlanta Falcons' scouts. They wanted to see his 40 yard dash time, and he raced to an impressive 4.41 seconds. That's pretty fast. He also wont the 55-meter dash at the RMAC Indoor Meet in 2006 as well.
At the start of his senior year Woodhead already had 7,441 rushing yards in his career, an average of 190.8 rushing yards per game. He rushed for 200 or more yards in 19 of his 39 games and scored at least one touchdown in 37 consecutive games. Both of those are NCAA all-division records.
After a 208-yard performance against Western New Mexico that year, he became college football's all-time leading rusher (though you probably never heard about it). He broke former Grove City College (PA) fullback R.J. Bowers record (Bowers played from 1997-2000) for the all-time rushing record. Woodhead was also the sixth player in history to rush for over 1,000 yards in all four of his seasons.
Woodhead ended his career with 9,259 all purpose yards, second all-time behind former Villanova and now Philadelphia Eagles' runnning back, Brian Westbrook, who played for Villanova from 1997-2000 with his 9,512 all purpose yards.
Woodhead also tied Germaine Race's (Pittsburg State, 2003-2006) record for Division II career scoring with 654 points on 109 touchdowns. Race is also the all-time leader in two-point conversions with 658 points. Woodhead is also the second player in college football history to rush for over 100 touchdowns.
Barry Sanders is the only player to have more all-purpose yards in a season than the 3,159 all purpose yards Woodhead had gained in 2006. Sanders had 3,250 in 1988, where he won the Heisman Trophy in his junior season. Woodhead was ranked tenth all-time in all purpose Division II yards with 7,349 yards just after his junior season. The Division II leader is Brian Shay of Emporia State as he had 9,301 yards, including 1,207 on kick returns from 1995-1998.
Woodhead was also a candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy from 2004-2007. He won the trophy in 2006 and 2007. After his career, some people complained that Woodhead could have played for the University of Nebraska. Woodhead later said in an interview that Nebraska didn't show much interest in him while Chadron State showed 100 percent of it.
At Chadron State he majored in Math education.
Amazingly, Woodhead did not receive an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, so he had to use his Pro Day to show what he's got.
According to a report at NFLDraftWatch.net, Woodhead ran the 40-yard-dash at times between 4.33-to-4.38 in three tries. That would have been the fastest among all running backs attending the Combine for the 2008 NFL Draft. He posted the best pro-agility time (4.03 seconds), second best vertical jump (38½ inches), and the best 60-yard shuttle time (11.2 seconds).
johnnyboy
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Woodhead versus Bills....no contest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU01jkKOYikEdited by: johnnyboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU01jkKOYikEdited by: johnnyboy
FootballDad
Hall of Famer
Here's an article on Woodhead from today's Boston Herald. I pasted the article below, and posted the link in case y'all want to take a look at some of the article comments. I'm cautiously optimistic that Danny has finally found his football home. It's about time that folks saw what a great back he is.
No knocks on Danny Woodhead
RB gets last laugh on skeptics
<DIV id=bylineArea>By Ron Borges| Monday, September 27, 2010|
<DIV id=story>
<DIV id=storyInner>Photo by Matt Stone
FOXBORO - Some guys are studs. Others are stubs. Danny Woodhead? Maybe he's both.
"I like Woody,"Â wide receiver Randy Moss said after Woodhead's 22-yard touchdown run yesterday helped the Patriots [team stats] secure a 38-30 victory against the winless Buffalo Bills. "He's a little stub guy, a little short guy (who) runs hard and has some nice cuts.
"I'm not disrespecting him, and I know it's hard to replace Kevin Faulk [stats] (the longtime third-down fixture who was lost for the season last weekend against the Jets), but hopefully he can come in and be Woodhead and not try to be Kevin."Â
To "be Woodhead"Â has required being hardheaded because at 5-foot-9 (yeah sure) he looks like he belongs in the jockey room at Suffolk Downs rather than the huddle at Gillette Stadium. To say folks back in his home state of Nebraska were skeptical of his chances of long-term football success is like saying Americans are skeptical when a politician opens his mouth.
Woodhead is, to be exceedingly kind, small for the job. He is a stub to be sure, but during his days at Division 2 Chadron State he was a stud who stood tall, rushing for an NCAA-record 2,756 yards and twice winning the Harlon Hill Trophy as Div. 2 Player of the Year. He was a stud among stubs.
Then he signed with the New York Jets [team stats] as a rookie free agent, and for the past two years he's gone unnoticed, which for him isn't that difficult.
"If you can see him back there,"Â Tom Brady [stats] joked when asked what he saw in Woodhead, who signed with the Pats nine days ago after he was released by New York. "He crouches down. He's tucked in there behind the center, and there's not many linebackers who can see him. He did a great job. What an impressive performance for a guy who's just been here for 10 minutes."Â
That's about how long Woodhead played yesterday, but when he had the ball in his hands he did more with it than anyone wearing No. 39 (hello Laurence Maroney [stats]) had for the Pats in quite some time. Woodhead only had rushes of 22, 15 and 5 yards, but on each, he ran with not only the kind of steely determination a man of his size needs to survive for long in pro football but also with an unusual patience, sitting behind his blockers until an opening came and then cutting through it like a water bug flitting between tall reeds.
"He's a lot like having a (Wes) Welker in the backfield,"Â Bills linebacker Andra Davis said. "We didn't know a lot about him coming into the game, but we saw him warming up before the game."Â
The implication was they thought someone from the Foxboro Pop Warner team had snuck into the Patriots warmups. Then Woodhead got the ball and made a second impression far more impactful than his first.
"After that first run you could tell he was a quick, short little guy,"Â Davis said with admiration. "It doesn't matter who they put back there, they're all capable."Â
What Woodhead is capable of, it seems, is slyly hiding behind the linemen in front of him and then bolting through small openings with unusual quickness and an urge to cut back through the teeth of a defense akin to a dentist searching for openings in need of fillings.
"I don't know if I hide behind the (offensive) linemen, but I'm probably hiding behind you guys,"Â Woodhead deadpanned after being pinned in his locker by a circle of reporters.
"Woody's in there somewhere,"Â one of his teammates hollered, but nobody could know for sure because Woodhead was well hidden, just as he seemed to be when he ran behind the Patriots bulky offensive line for 42 of the 200 yards they gained on the ground in his first game with the team.
Woodhead had been a particular favorite of Jets coach Rex Ryan but was released in favor of larger but not necessarily more productive players. Woodhead declined to talk about the decision, although his disgust at being overlooked and underestimated was evident in his voice.
"I don't want to get into that,"Â Woodhead said. "I was released by the Jets and now I'm here. That's all that matters."Â
It was all that mattered yesterday. That and the fact a stub played like a stud. If he can keep doing it for a while he'll become more than that, though. He'll become the Dustin Pedroia [stats] of the Pats. The Nate Robinson of the Pats. The P.J. Stock of the Pats. He'll become more than a stud and bigger than a stub. He'll become what New England loves best - a pint-sized folk hero.
He's not quite there yet, but in his first day in a Patriot uniform, it was enough for Danny Woodhead just to be as teammate BenJarvus Green-Ellis described him.
"Ya'll seen Danny,"Â Green-Ellis said. "You know, it's self-explanatory."Â
No knocks on Danny Woodhead
RB gets last laugh on skeptics
<DIV id=bylineArea>By Ron Borges| Monday, September 27, 2010|
<DIV id=story>
<DIV id=storyInner>Photo by Matt Stone
FOXBORO - Some guys are studs. Others are stubs. Danny Woodhead? Maybe he's both.
"I like Woody,"Â wide receiver Randy Moss said after Woodhead's 22-yard touchdown run yesterday helped the Patriots [team stats] secure a 38-30 victory against the winless Buffalo Bills. "He's a little stub guy, a little short guy (who) runs hard and has some nice cuts.
"I'm not disrespecting him, and I know it's hard to replace Kevin Faulk [stats] (the longtime third-down fixture who was lost for the season last weekend against the Jets), but hopefully he can come in and be Woodhead and not try to be Kevin."Â
To "be Woodhead"Â has required being hardheaded because at 5-foot-9 (yeah sure) he looks like he belongs in the jockey room at Suffolk Downs rather than the huddle at Gillette Stadium. To say folks back in his home state of Nebraska were skeptical of his chances of long-term football success is like saying Americans are skeptical when a politician opens his mouth.
Woodhead is, to be exceedingly kind, small for the job. He is a stub to be sure, but during his days at Division 2 Chadron State he was a stud who stood tall, rushing for an NCAA-record 2,756 yards and twice winning the Harlon Hill Trophy as Div. 2 Player of the Year. He was a stud among stubs.
Then he signed with the New York Jets [team stats] as a rookie free agent, and for the past two years he's gone unnoticed, which for him isn't that difficult.
"If you can see him back there,"Â Tom Brady [stats] joked when asked what he saw in Woodhead, who signed with the Pats nine days ago after he was released by New York. "He crouches down. He's tucked in there behind the center, and there's not many linebackers who can see him. He did a great job. What an impressive performance for a guy who's just been here for 10 minutes."Â
That's about how long Woodhead played yesterday, but when he had the ball in his hands he did more with it than anyone wearing No. 39 (hello Laurence Maroney [stats]) had for the Pats in quite some time. Woodhead only had rushes of 22, 15 and 5 yards, but on each, he ran with not only the kind of steely determination a man of his size needs to survive for long in pro football but also with an unusual patience, sitting behind his blockers until an opening came and then cutting through it like a water bug flitting between tall reeds.
"He's a lot like having a (Wes) Welker in the backfield,"Â Bills linebacker Andra Davis said. "We didn't know a lot about him coming into the game, but we saw him warming up before the game."Â
The implication was they thought someone from the Foxboro Pop Warner team had snuck into the Patriots warmups. Then Woodhead got the ball and made a second impression far more impactful than his first.
"After that first run you could tell he was a quick, short little guy,"Â Davis said with admiration. "It doesn't matter who they put back there, they're all capable."Â
What Woodhead is capable of, it seems, is slyly hiding behind the linemen in front of him and then bolting through small openings with unusual quickness and an urge to cut back through the teeth of a defense akin to a dentist searching for openings in need of fillings.
"I don't know if I hide behind the (offensive) linemen, but I'm probably hiding behind you guys,"Â Woodhead deadpanned after being pinned in his locker by a circle of reporters.
"Woody's in there somewhere,"Â one of his teammates hollered, but nobody could know for sure because Woodhead was well hidden, just as he seemed to be when he ran behind the Patriots bulky offensive line for 42 of the 200 yards they gained on the ground in his first game with the team.
Woodhead had been a particular favorite of Jets coach Rex Ryan but was released in favor of larger but not necessarily more productive players. Woodhead declined to talk about the decision, although his disgust at being overlooked and underestimated was evident in his voice.
"I don't want to get into that,"Â Woodhead said. "I was released by the Jets and now I'm here. That's all that matters."Â
It was all that mattered yesterday. That and the fact a stub played like a stud. If he can keep doing it for a while he'll become more than that, though. He'll become the Dustin Pedroia [stats] of the Pats. The Nate Robinson of the Pats. The P.J. Stock of the Pats. He'll become more than a stud and bigger than a stub. He'll become what New England loves best - a pint-sized folk hero.
He's not quite there yet, but in his first day in a Patriot uniform, it was enough for Danny Woodhead just to be as teammate BenJarvus Green-Ellis described him.
"Ya'll seen Danny,"Â Green-Ellis said. "You know, it's self-explanatory."Â
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Thanks for the vid and article FootballDad. Danny looked electric on that run! So happy for him, seems like he's finally found a home! Now if only the Pats could get a few more white defensive players...
ToughJ.Riggins
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Well the good news, is even though some talented small white backs like Jake Sharp and Tre Smith have been screwed in recent years, is that Woodhead is the best of the bunch. He has the moves of small black RBs like Kevin Faulk or a Brian Westbrook, but is faster with more burst. I think he's a bit more powerful than Faulk too! I expect Woodhead to have a larger role as the season progresses- and get even slightly more carries than Faulk would have gotten this year at 34 y.o- if he can keep making some big plays.
BTW, did someone think of leaving a comment under the article listing all the RBs in the NFL that are around the same size as Woodhead? It seems most "reporters" are afraid to even mention race as a possibility for Woodhead being snubbed and only mention his height.Edited by: ToughJ.Riggins
BTW, did someone think of leaving a comment under the article listing all the RBs in the NFL that are around the same size as Woodhead? It seems most "reporters" are afraid to even mention race as a possibility for Woodhead being snubbed and only mention his height.Edited by: ToughJ.Riggins
Thrashen
Hall of Famer
After the game, Bill Bellichick kept referring to Danny as "Woody."Â This nickname, coupled with the fact that Woodhead was given carries a mere 8 days after being signed by New England is an indication that Bellichick likes his play.
Danny averaged 14 yards per carry, had an electrifying touchdown, and looked lightning fast. I've read numerous articles on Woodhead since yesterday's game (written by the Jewsual suspects in the NE sports scene), all of which were filled with glowing praise for this talented "underdog."Â
Edelman was even given a carry in the third down scat-back role.
Danny averaged 14 yards per carry, had an electrifying touchdown, and looked lightning fast. I've read numerous articles on Woodhead since yesterday's game (written by the Jewsual suspects in the NE sports scene), all of which were filled with glowing praise for this talented "underdog."Â
Edelman was even given a carry in the third down scat-back role.
itsme
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FootballDad said:
great TD, he showed his agility there.
Man, I hope Rex Ryan cutting of Danny becomes an nightmare for him as the season progresses, to the point where he is constantly asked about it. Due to the success of the Pats and Danny and his team's(Jets)struggles in the coming weeks.
Thrashen said:
I heard one announcer inadvertently refer to him as "Moorehead."
I also listened to the racist clowns on the NFL Network during some of their game highlights. When Woodhead's TD run was shown, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin andtheir step 'n fetch it sidekick "Mooch" all cackled with laughter as one of them yelled out "Who???". The next highlight was a catch by Welker, at which point Sanders said, "I wonder if Welker and Woodhead drove to the game together,"followed by more laughter.
Tom Iron
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Good post Don,
I don't think they'll be laughing for long.
Tom Iron...
I don't think they'll be laughing for long.
Tom Iron...