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64 days ago
Every year on their birthdays, Dane Randolph and his mother, Angela, pick a goal they hope to accomplish in the ensuing months. It is a kind of New Year's resolution with the twist that unlike most New Year's resolutions, these promises are actually kept. And so on Sept. 4, 2008, right around the start of his senior football season at the University of Maryland, Randolph made his new birthday vow: to make the roster of an NFL team. This was a somewhat unlikely proposition, given his status as a fringe professional prospect. But nonetheless it became one he met after surviving a May tryout with the Green Bay Packers and lingering on the team's roster through training camp. Right up until 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2009, his 23rd birthday, when the phone rang in his Green Bay hotel room. Reggie McKenzie, the team's director of football operations, was on
82 days ago
Now that training camp is over, as well as the preseason games, NFL teams are preparing for their first in-season game. They have to make drastic cuts to the roster so that they remain at 53 players. To put things in perspective, most teams started with 80 entering into training camp, then reduced the roster to 75 by Sept. 1 and now to 53 on Sept. 5. This means 22 players will be cut by each team, but there is a slight silver lining -- eight of those 22 players could be invited back for a spot on the practice squad. Practice squad is exactly what it entails. As a player you are there for the team for practices but not active during games. Being on the practice squad does provide some upper movement within the league. If injuries happen to plague a team in your position or you play
138 days ago
I've been working a lot recently. Doing a little bit of everything. Personal training, nutrition seminars both private and public, one-on-one and family nutritional counseling, vitamin recomendations, reviews and sales. I'm even going to be working for a friend at a local frozen yogurt place here in town part time. I haven't heard anything on the football front. We'll see, I could still get a call later this month or early next month. I'm still in decent shape and keeping my weight up. It's a little difficult at times juggling everything, and it's definately a learning experience. If anyone is in the Roanoke area, feel free to come out to my seminar this Saturday July 18th at 10 a.m. at New Life Christian Ministries off Airport Road. My Web site, www.JonCopper.com, has more info, or you can e-mail me at HealthSolutionsPromo@gmail.com Persevering with a flicker .
159 days ago
Posted by Dane Randolph: We have been putting in a lot of hard work while we have been here in Green Bay during OTAs. OTAs officially ended on Thursday, and a three-day minicamp will start today. As an offensive line, we have progressed with our playbook installs, the understanding of the play, and schemes have gotten easier. It is very noticeable on the field from watching film for most of us as rookies. A few other teams that my teammates from Maryland are on have been finished with their OTAs for over a week now, and others finished this week like us. Only exception is that we have a minicamp, which is going to be a review of everything we installed during OTAs at a faster pace and with two practices each day. On Saturday some teammates and I were able to go skeet shooting with some great Green Bay
170 days ago
I spoke with my agent the other day. I still have a shot with at least one team should a need come up. There are a couple others that we think would give me some attention if they have a need at linebacker also, so that's encouraging. With that, I was thinking the other day of whether I play again. A lot of people have specific dreams of accomplishments or vocations that are their most ideal. Like everyone else, I think along those lines some. However, I try to concentrate on being and not doing. To me, it is irrelevant whether I am a top 2 percent income earner or not, whether I am giving talks on nutrition, or running down a field, or laying pipe. I believe all those things can be done and done well. What is relevant is who I am becoming through whatever I am currently
