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Monday, December 10, 2012

FSUPros Week 14 Recap: Lawrence Timmons Leads The Pittsburgh Steelers In Tackles

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Week 14 of the NFL had a lot of great performances by former Florida State Seminoles, with team highs in tackles and passing career milestones.  Lawrence Timmons was the standout Seminole among others that we will recap below.

Tony Carter - Denver Broncos

This week Tony played on Thursday against the Oakland Raiders and had six total tackles, four solo and two assisted.  He was also able to deflect one pass and recover a fumble.  The fumble recovery came during a punt when a Broncos player muffed the kick and Tony was there to pick it up.  His actions helped to not turn the ball over deep in their own territory and it led to a field goal.

Monday, November 26, 2012

How The Seminoles Fared: Week 12 Of NFL

Ernie Sims of the Dallas Cowboys accounted for three solo tackles and one assisted tackle during their loss to the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day. Sims should receive the start next with an increased roll as the Cowboys lost another lineback to a season ending injury.

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets was unable to make a tackle against the New England Patriots.  This was the first time all season he was held without a tackle.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings made one solo tackle and one assisted tackle in a loss to the Chicago Bears.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

How The Seminoles Fared Week 10 Of The NFL

Mike Harris of the Jacksonville Jaguars received playing time again this week as the nickle corner.  He recorded three solo tackles filling in for the injured Rashean Mathis.

Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens had a very quite afternoon during their blowout win over the Oakland Raiders.  He caught four passes for a total of 38 yards.  Joe Flacco hit eight different wide receivers during the game.  Boldin has not caught a touchdown pass since week 1 and has only gone over 100 yards once this year and that was week 4.

Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders was a perfect 2/2 on field goal attempts with a long of 47 yards.  He was also 2/2 on extra point attempts.

Monday, November 5, 2012

How The Seminoles Fared: Week 9 Of NFL

Tony Carter of the Denver Broncos had another good day on the field with two tackles and two pass break-ups.  He had one tackle in pass coverage and the other on special teams.  This makes his third game in a row with at least 2 pass break-ups.

Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Raven had five catches for 57 yards.  Three of his catches came on the first drive of the game which led to a touchdown.  The rest of the game Boldin was only targeted three times, two catches for 27 yards and a two point conversion.  Joe Flacco and the offense sputtered much of the game as he tried and tried to hit Torrey Smith deep down the field.  Each possession Boldin caught a reception, the Ravens ended up scoring.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals looked like he finally put his early season injury behind him. Against the Packers, Dockett had two solo tackles and four assisted tackles including half of a sack.  His assisted sack came on the first play for the Packers for a loss of ten yards.

Monday, September 24, 2012

How the Seminoles Fared In Week 3 Of NFL

Nigel Bradham, linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, had three tackles and one assist against the Cleveland Browns.  Two of his tackles came on special teams.  Near the end of the 1st quarter, Cleveland QB Brandon Weeden threw a short pass to Trent Richardson, their RB, out in the left flat and Bradham was there to help with the tackle stopping him for only a gain of 6 yards.  His solo tackle was on a run behind the right guard where he was able to stop the RB for a gain of 6 yards.

Mike Harris, corner back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, made four solo tackles against the Colts.  Three of his tackles came on special teams and two stopped big plays.  The Colts had a 40 yard and a 31 yard return until Harris was there to push the player out of bounds and make the stop.  His other tackle was on a pass over the middle where he meet the receiver right when he caught the ball to make the tackle.

Greg Jones, fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, had one run for one yard and two catches for 12 yards.  His run came in the third quarter on 3rd and 1 and he was able to convert the first down straight up the middle for one yard.  On the very next play, Jones caught a ball in the right flat and was able to gain 3 yards.  His other catch was on a check down to the left flat and this time he was able to bruise his way for 9 yards.  Jones was also targeted one other time but the pass fell short.

Antonio Cromartie, corner back for the New York Jets, made two tackles and had one pass deflection in the win against the Miami Dolphins.  His first tackle was made against tightend Anthony Fasano on a short pass to the right side for a gain of 17 yards.  Cromartie made a nice tackle against a wide receiver deep in Miami's territory keeping them pinned inside the 5 yard line.  The pass deflection was on first down when he got his hand in between the ball and the receiver.

Letroy Guion, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, had two tackles and one assist in a win against the San Francisco 49ers.  His first tackle came when Frank Gore tried to run to the outside and he chased him down to push him out of bounds for only a four yard gain.  The second tackle was made on a short pass out to the left side where he chased down the receiver again.  Guion's biggest play of the game came on a field goal attempt by the 49ers where he got a great surge up the middle to block the 43 yard attempt with one minute to go in the first half.  The block setup the Vikings to get another field goal to take a 17-3 lead at halftime.

Christian Ponder, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, played like a veteran QB against one of the toughest defenses in the league.  During the opening drive of the game, Ponder leads the Vikings down the field 78 yards eating up the clock to score.  He was 6-8 for 49 yards and a 1 yard TD pass on fourth and goal.  The drive took up 7 minutes and 40 seconds.  He used his two favorite targets, Percy Harvin twice, and Kyle Rudolph four times.  The biggest play of the game came two series later when he drove the Vikings down the field again except this time he used his leg and took what the defense would give him.  Ponder rushed for 34 yards on the drive including a 23 yard TD rush when there were no receivers open and the pocket broke down he scrambled up the middle.  At the end of the third quarter he drove them down again eating up the clock for 7 minutes to throw a 2 yard TD pass to Kyle Rudolph again.  For the game, Ponder was 21/35 for 198 yards and 2 TDs also had 7 rushes for 33 yards and 1 TD.

Rodney Hudson, center for the Kansas City Chiefs, made his third start of the season against the New Orleans Saints.  Hudson did have one tackle as one of his teammates fumbled the ball and the Saints recovered it.  Hudson suffered an injury during this game.

Patrick Robinson, corner back for the New Orleans Saints, was all over the field and making a ton of plays. He ended the game with five solo tackles,three assist and three pass breakups.  Robinson had the difficult job of covering the big Dwayne Bowe and did a great job.  His three pass breakups were all against Bowe. 

Brodrick Bunkley, defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints, made one tackle and one assist in the loss to the KC Chiefs.  Both of his tackle were made on the speedy running back Jamaal Charles.

Kamerion Wimbley, defensive end for the Tennessee Titans, had just one tackle and one assist in the win against the Detroit Lions.  He made his tackles against the Lions running back M. Leshoure.

Darnell Dockett, defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals, only had one tackle against L. McCoy as he chased him down from behind to stop the first down.  McCoy had only a gain of 8 yards.  Dockett was hurt later in the fourth quarter and did not return to the game.  The injury is not that serious and he should be able to return next week.

Chris Hope, defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons, made two tackles on special teams as the Falcons blew out the San Diego Chargers.

Richard Goodman, wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers, had one return for 31 yards in a loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

Tony Carter, defensive back for the Denver Broncos, made one tackle in the loss to the Houston Texans.

Mister Alexander, linebacker for the Houston Texans, had one tackle on special teams.

Lawrence Timmons, linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, made three solo tackles in a loss to the Oakland Raiders.  Two of his tackles were made in pass coverage and the other was a run by Darren McFadden.

Sebastian Janikowski, kicker for the Oakland Raiders, was perfect again this week.  He made all four extra points and going 2-2 on field goal attempts.  His last field goal was a game winning one for 43 yards with 3 seconds left.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Ponder And Vikings Preview

Sunday will be the start of a new season for Christian Ponder and the Minnesota Vikings.  Ponder is coming off of his rookie season in which at times he showed great potential and at other times proved was a rookie.  He had to sit behind Donovon McNabb for the first six games then was given the starting position during week 7.

Ponder's best game statistically of his rookie campaign was against the Atlanta Falcons in week 12 when he was 17-25 for 68% with 186 yards and one TD.  He had a passer rating of 103.1 out of 158.3.  Then in week 13 he threw for a career high 381 yards against the Denver Broncos.  Last year the Vikings went 2-8 with Ponder as the starting quarterback.

Christian Ponder and the Vikings are still in the rebuilding process.  He will only have one wide reciever returning that caught over 50 passes last year and that will be Percy Harvin who caught 87 balls for 967 yards.  The Vikings signed receiver Jerome Simpson to help Harvin on the outside, but he is suspended for the first 3 games.  The team also signed two tightends in Kyle Rudolph and John Carlson to help over the middle and with blocking.  The team used their first round draft pick to sign offensive tackle Matt Kalil who will help an offensive line that gave up 49 sacks last season.

Then it all comes down to Adrian Peterson and how healthy he is and can stay.  Peterson is coming off of an ACL and MCL tear which required surgery to repair both.  He says that he is almost back to 100% but time will only tell.  He brings so much to the team and is a nightmare to opposing defenses.  If he can stay healthy he will take so much pressure off of Ponder that he will be able to develop into a better quarterback.  The game will be able to slow down because teams wont be able to blitz as much for the fear of a play action pass.

In all,  Ponder and the Vikings have a lot to work on to become a better football team.  With a little bit of help from different players, the Vikings should be able to improve their record from last season.  Its not unlikely for them to see 5 or 6 wins with improved stats.  

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Seminoles In The NFC

Here is a full list of Florida State Seminoles in the NFC that will be attending training camps in the weeks to come.

Arizona Cardinals
Darnell Dockett -- Defensive Tackle
Training Camp begins July 27 in Flagstaff, AZ.

Atlanta Falcons
Chris Hope -- Saftey
Antone Smith -- Running Back
Training Camp begins July 28 in Flowery Branch, GA.

Chicago Bears
Lorenzo Booker -- Running Back
Chauncey Davis -- Defensive End
Geno Hayes -- Linebacker
Training Camp begins July 29 in Bourbonnais, IL.

Detroit Lions
Everette Brown -- Defensive End
Andre Fluellen -- Defensive Tackle
Training Camp begins July 28 in Allen Park, MI

Green Bay Packers
Andrew Datko -- Offensive Tackle
Training Camp begins July 29 in De Pere, WI.

Minnesota Vikings
Christain Ponder -- Quarterback
Letroy Guion -- Defensive Tackle
Training Camp begins July 29 in Mankatu MN.

New Orleans Saints 
Brodrick Bunkley -- Defensive Tackle
Patrick Robinson -- Cornerback
Training Camp begins July 28 in Metairie, LA.

Seattle Seahawks
Alex Barron -- Offensive Tackle
Leon Washington -- Running Back
Training Camp begins July 27 in Renton, WA.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 
Dekota Watson -- Linebacker
Preston Parker -- Wide Receiver
Training Camp begins July 27 in Tampa, FL.

Washington Redskins
Graham Gano -- Kicker
Beau Reliford -- Tightend
Markus White -- Linebacker
Training Camp begins July 28 in Ashburn, VA.