Harrell/Bigby/Favre
Jury's still out on Harrell
By Tom Pelissero / greenbaypressgazette.com
Posted: 8/26/2007
By the time Justin Harrell brought down Jacksonville's D.D. Terry on Thursday night, more than 55 minutes of game time had elapsed and the Green Bay Packers had all but cleared their bench. The play encapsulated the potential the Packers saw in Harrell when they selected him 16th overall in April's NFL draft. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive tackle knocked back guard Tuten Reyes from the line of scrimmage, then kept Reyes engaged as he reached out his free arm to haul down Terry for a 1-yard loss, with assistance from safety Charlie Peprah. Yet the timing — in mop-up duty, against a third-string guard and a fifth-string running back, surrounded by reserves and players fighting to avoid the waiver wire — is the caveat that has marked each successful moment in Harrell's preseason. More>>
Bigby a huge hit in camp
By LORI NICKEL / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 25, 2007
Green Bay - They wanted him to cut his hair. And that was a deal breaker. Atari Bigby was a standout athlete for a Florida high school football powerhouse and he wanted nothing more than to stay in his hometown and play for the mighty Miami Hurricanes. But a few years ago, the Miami football program had an unofficial policy that was strictly reinforced. All incoming freshmen had to shave their heads. Bigby is a Jamaican born Rastafarian who moved to Miami as a preschooler. He began growing his dreadlocks at the age of 15. Some who share Bigby's religious faith of Rasta believe that hair is a source of strength. More>>
Favre’s ‘everyman’ popularity endures
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Oakland Raiders fans are so ill-tempered they would jeer their own mother if she wore another team’s jersey. So caustic that booing opponents isn’t simply tradition for them, it’s part of their very being. Yet when Brett Favre took the field in Oakland on a December night almost four years ago, the Raiders fans welcomed him like one of their own, embracing him with a warm ovation. On this night, he wasn’t simply the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback, one of the best in the league. He was a son grieving a father who had died unexpectedly a day earlier. But he’d gone to work anyway, a man no different from the millions of ordinary folks who put a brave face to personal sorrows every day. More>>
Here's some video I found on YouTube.
It's a 'Sunday Conversation' Brett did on the NFL Network 8-5-2007.
By Tom Pelissero / greenbaypressgazette.com
Posted: 8/26/2007
By the time Justin Harrell brought down Jacksonville's D.D. Terry on Thursday night, more than 55 minutes of game time had elapsed and the Green Bay Packers had all but cleared their bench. The play encapsulated the potential the Packers saw in Harrell when they selected him 16th overall in April's NFL draft. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive tackle knocked back guard Tuten Reyes from the line of scrimmage, then kept Reyes engaged as he reached out his free arm to haul down Terry for a 1-yard loss, with assistance from safety Charlie Peprah. Yet the timing — in mop-up duty, against a third-string guard and a fifth-string running back, surrounded by reserves and players fighting to avoid the waiver wire — is the caveat that has marked each successful moment in Harrell's preseason. More>> Bigby a huge hit in camp
By LORI NICKEL / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 25, 2007
Green Bay - They wanted him to cut his hair. And that was a deal breaker. Atari Bigby was a standout athlete for a Florida high school football powerhouse and he wanted nothing more than to stay in his hometown and play for the mighty Miami Hurricanes. But a few years ago, the Miami football program had an unofficial policy that was strictly reinforced. All incoming freshmen had to shave their heads. Bigby is a Jamaican born Rastafarian who moved to Miami as a preschooler. He began growing his dreadlocks at the age of 15. Some who share Bigby's religious faith of Rasta believe that hair is a source of strength. More>>
Favre’s ‘everyman’ popularity endures
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Oakland Raiders fans are so ill-tempered they would jeer their own mother if she wore another team’s jersey. So caustic that booing opponents isn’t simply tradition for them, it’s part of their very being. Yet when Brett Favre took the field in Oakland on a December night almost four years ago, the Raiders fans welcomed him like one of their own, embracing him with a warm ovation. On this night, he wasn’t simply the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback, one of the best in the league. He was a son grieving a father who had died unexpectedly a day earlier. But he’d gone to work anyway, a man no different from the millions of ordinary folks who put a brave face to personal sorrows every day. More>>
Here's some video I found on YouTube.
It's a 'Sunday Conversation' Brett did on the NFL Network 8-5-2007.
Published by PackerPundit On Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 6:46 AM.
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