Jennings rank among Wrs?

[get louder at lambeau]

Dollar-wise, It's got to be tough for these rookies to run around trying to join up with their team mates. They don't have a contract/signing bonus, haven't gotten any game checks, and just got out of college. Even if they don't have any student loan debts, you wouldn't think they've got a bunch of money lying around to splurge on plane tickets, and with the current situation, I don't know where they're going to get the money - unless they go for one of those high-risk loans that were discussed in another thread.

That story says that Jennings offered to help him out if he needed somewhere to stay. I think the moral is that Cobb just needs to drive out there and Jennings will cover him.

[swede]

LOL you guys...the All-white team riff was great

[Smeefers]

I couldn't even tell you who the last white CB was. I don't think there has been one since I've been alive. 1981. Sure, plenty of safeties... but CB?

[channtheman]

What about black punters? I don't think I've ever seen one.

[Brandon494]

What about black punters? I don't think I've ever seen one.

I know the Browns have a black punter because he ran a fake punt like 80 yards last season.

[Brandon494]

I couldn't even tell you who the last white CB was. I don't think there has been one since I've been alive. 1981. Sure, plenty of safeties... but CB?

Jason Seahorn who played for the Giants

[Patler]

What about black punters? I don't think I've ever seen one.

Reggie Roby. Numerous times all-pro and pro-bowl selection. One of the best in the league from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Was with the Dolphins for most of his career. Later years with the Redskins and a couple other teams, I think. He was a very big punter at the time, although I don't know if he would be considered that today. He died a while ago as a young man.

[Zool]

Reggie Roby. Numerous times all-pro and pro-bowl selection. One of the best in the league from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Was with the Dolphins for most of his career. Later years with the Redskins and a couple other teams, I think. He was a very big punter at the time, although I don't know if he would be considered that today. He died a while ago as a young man.

And he always wore a digital watch during games

[Patler]

And he always wore a digital watch during games

He did? Seriously? Any known reasons why, or just a quirk/superstition?

[Zool]

He did? Seriously? Any known reasons why, or just a quirk/superstition?

I always assumed it was quirk/superstition but I can't find any info to verify.

[Patler]

I found this:

Roby even wore a watch during games to help time his punts. Former Miami defensive end and linebacker Kim Bokamper credited Roby with being one of the first two-step punters who changed the speed of getting a punt off.

[Ballboy]

I'm sure he has access to some resources...be it his new teammates, his agent, etc. A flight to Phoenix isn't THAT expensive. I could see your point in terms of late round picks, but not top 100 picks.

A loan would only be high risk if the kid wanted a wheelbarrow full of money. A common sense loan for $10K to last through the summer isn't all that risky, provided the kid has enough brains not to blow it in one night at the strip club. As a second round pick, he's going to be netting a couple hundred thousand in a signing bonus once he signs his first contract...so $10K is a drop in the bucket to get a head start on his NFL career.

I would hope a kid could make $10K last through 3-4 months.

I wondered as well about the money. Someone suggested to me that maybe the Agents are giving the players money from them, based on a percentage of what the signing bonus money might look like and/or first year salary from the players of years past got.

[bobblehead]

Reggie Roby was a black punter...Brando loved him.

[Guiness]

I wondered as well about the money. Someone suggested to me that maybe the Agents are giving the players money from them, based on a percentage of what the signing bonus money might look like and/or first year salary from the players of years past got.

The only risk is if the season gets cancelled - then it might take a while to get the money back, but it should eventually show up for first and second day picks. If I was doing the lending though, and had any feeling this season might not happen, I don't think I'd drop too much money on day 3 picks. If another crop of players comes along before they go through a training camp, the chance of them not getting signed at all goes way up.

$10K would get a normal student up and running, but may not go far for a jet setting pro athlete attending a training camp. Motel rooms, three meals a day in decent restaurants (their nutritional needs aren't the same as ours), rental car, massage therapists...10K dries up in a hurry. If their millionaire team mates are forking over some money, they may do ok, but I wonder how much liquid cash an agent would have at hand. Ten rookies each looking for $20K to get them through stretches most lines of credit pretty thin!

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Rodney Williams used to punt for the Gaints I remember.