1) Last Year
In the 2006 season, Parcells took vet QB Drew Bledsoe out of the game and put in backup Tony Romo. Three years on the practice squad and the sidelines had given Romo an understanding of the game, and the physical freshness to beat the fastest linebackers around the corner. He had all the talent, but hadn't taken the years of pounding. The guy was romping around the field with constant New Sneaker energy, and he brought significant success to the team.
2) This year's NFL Draft:
Surprisingly, another way to increase your
Stored Energy Value is through injury. Many teams used their top picks this year to draft players who had been injured and had to sit out for a chunk of their college careers.
The Oakland Raiders drafted running back Michael Bush in the fourth round. He was favored to win the Heisman Trophy until he broke his leg halfway through last season.
DT Justin Harrell, Green Bay's first pick, missed most of his senior year because of a ruptured tendon in his bicep. Brandon Jackson, Green Bay's second pick, is coming off surgery in both shoulders. As a seventh round pick, how about DeShawn Wynn, whose rash of injury problems limited his playing time and effectiveness most of last year?
I'll just have to put my faith in this theory,
because with go-to RBs Ahman Green and William Henderson gone,
Jackson and Wynn are going to have to unleash a fair amount of stored energy.
I'm glad the Patriots took Randy Moss, especially since Ted Thompson said he was actually considering him for the Packers! In the sunset of his career, Bret Favre does not need a snarling showboat who has admitted to "dogging it" when he was at Oakland. He needs a snarling showboat who can give everything he's got to catch the ball.
The Panthers just let Keyshawn Johnson go. Give him a call, Green Bay.
