Additional Camp Notes

Additional camp notes.

In training camp, everybody wants to hear about how the new guys look. Our biggest new guy, Antwone Odom, is sidelined with a foot sprain. Number one pick Keith Rivers still hasn’t shown up for camp and new tight end Ben Utecht has barely been mentioned in any press coverage.

More concerning than the lack of excitement generated by those guys however, are the conspicuously quiet Jerome Simpson and Daryl Blackstock. There’s a battle for the third receiver spot, and all the names I keep hearing that are involved in this contest are Marcus Maxwell (who is getting a lot of press from ESPN writer James Walker), Antonio Chatman, and third round pick Andre Caldwell. Many thought Simpson was taken too high and he can’t even compete for a third receiver spot, than we may have reason to worry.

Daryl Blackstock is being edged (at least on paper) by fellow Arizona Cardinal castaway Branden Johnson. I had high hopes for Blackstock when we signed him, and he still may produce. Hopefully competition can raise both players’ performance.

Keep an eye on the defensive end spot left open from Odom. The ethereal Frostee Rucker seems to be slotted for that space, but we did sign Fanene to an off-season deal and I’m sure management would like to see him on the field as much as possible. Henderson is another name to keep an eye on in that spot.

Mojokong - pouring it out.