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DEL.ICIO.USFlashes from Shockley
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not-so-distant flickers of lightning have caused the rest of practice to be moved indoors. Patchy blue skies above, but perhaps the team’s erring on the side of being overly cautious.
With everyone inside, very few saw Brian Finneran exiting the administrative building gingerly on crutches with a massive brace on his injured knee. He smiled and waved meekly to the security staff and seemed fairly upbeat considering his season-ending circumstances.
Matt Schaub is not have the greatest of days as Michael Vick’s fill-in. Perhaps it’s a timing issue, but he’s not getting the ball to receivers in stride consistently. So they’re often having to make acrobatic catches, if they can get to the ball at all.
D.J. Shockley is getting quite a few snaps and is capitalizing on the opportunities with accurate passes and quick decisions on when to pull it down and run.
During one-on-one drills, rookie cornerback Jimmy Williams seems to be having little difficulty locking down Roddy White, who’s showing signs of frustration with how few receptions he’s making today.
There’s no telling whether he’s heard the rumors — strictly rumors — that surfaced today about his possibly being traded to Denver, but T.J. Duckett is taking quite a few handoffs today and applying some head-down brute force to a starting defensive line that’s acting like the season opener is this weekend, not six weeks away.
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By gary
August 2, 2006 5:22 PM | Link to this
DJ will outVick Mr. Vick. You heard it here. Throws the ball well, sees the field well, reads the field well, and is a TEAM player!!!!
By buff
August 2, 2006 5:40 PM | Link to this
Wow, great comment Gary! Time for a new camo UGA hat for you or what??
Scott, fill us in on these “rumors” about White to Denver for Lelie…
By JT
August 2, 2006 6:43 PM | Link to this
Also, has anyone heard about possibly trading for Jerry Porter in Oakland? Fox sports mentioned it because Porter has experience in the West Coast scheme and Duckett would be a good fit for Art Shell’s offense.
By Oh no
August 2, 2006 7:08 PM | Link to this
Roddy’s hands are possessed with the same spirit that possessed Finneran’s hands a few years ago. We need an exorcist fast!
gary, you are a fool.
Buff, the rumor was about Duckett to denver, not White.
JT, I was thinking the same thing. If our two great minds are thinking this, there must be something to it, right LOL!!
By Nikki
August 2, 2006 7:58 PM | Link to this
Forget Jerry Porter. He would never pass the falcon filter.
By savannah falcon
August 4, 2006 6:03 AM | Link to this
Trade Duckett for Randy Moss!