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With training camps underway, seemed like a good time to start a thread like this. We already heard about Greco's new contract, but here are some tidbits on some other Rocket alumni:

Barry Church is getting a lot of press in Dallas, including:
100% Back: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/p...rcent-back
Church hit is play of the day: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/p...hurchs-hit
Note the reference to the $13M contract.

Lance Moore ranked six best player on Saints: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/201...ts_19.html

And, 10 Weird Questions with Andrew Hawkins: http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2013/07/03/t...w-hawkins/
Hawk is hilarious. It includes this tidbit:
1. So what did you do during the offseason?
Watched The Golden Girls every single day hahaha. No joke though.

From his freshman year I knew it would be Church on Sundays

(07-25-2013 04:40 PM)indianasniff Wrote: [ -> ]From his freshman year I knew it would be Church on Sundays

True that. Coach Stutz said the very same at DCA before the first game of Barry's Freshman season. I would have loved to see him play on teams like we've had the last few years.

Great to see Lance Moore getting respect for his hard work!!! I love playing with him on Madden.

It seemed like there was usually one or two Rockets in the NFL, then BOOM, suddenly they're everywhere. My imagination? Has there ever been more?

Nice article on Lance, who is currently the second longest serving Saint. http://www.neworleanssaints.com/news-and...06929ac2b5

And another one on Barry with some nice quotes from Cowboys HC Jason Garrett. http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cow...me-on.html

Stephen William turning heads in Seattle: http://www.kffl.com/gnews.php?id=862794-...ning-heads

Bad news: Kowalski left practice with an undisclosed leg injury: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cow...uffle.html

Good news: Williams looks to be really impressing in Seattle: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdo...34062.html

And the strange: Barry has a bad run in with a Jolly Rancher ... no, really: http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id...s-practice

This tidbit in the Williams article is depressing:
"The Arizona Cardinals had a third-round grade on him in the 2010 draft, but grabbed the Toledo alum as an undrafted free agent."
just shows that the Rocket players are not getting any respect in the draft. How can a team list a player as a 3rd round talent, and yet no body takes him. Criminal.

Great news about Williams. I hadn't heard anything about him in a while and wasn't sure if he was still playing.

Tough doggon break for Kowalski. I hope it isn't too serious.

(07-30-2013 10:34 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote: [ -> ]Bad news: Kowalski left practice with an undisclosed leg injury: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/cow...uffle.html

Good news: Williams looks to be really impressing in Seattle: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdo...34062.html

And the strange: Barry has a bad run in with a Jolly Rancher ... no, really: http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id...s-practice

This tidbit in the Williams article is depressing:
"The Arizona Cardinals had a third-round grade on him in the 2010 draft, but grabbed the Toledo alum as an undrafted free agent."
just shows that the Rocket players are not getting any respect in the draft. How can a team list a player as a 3rd round talent, and yet no body takes him. Criminal.

The crazy thing about Barry Church's root canal is that it was a leading story on CBS sports last night and I just saw it here as a yahoo headline:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdo...16112.html

Interview with Lance: http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-...nce-Moore/

Not a particularly well written piece, but it's nice to see all the press Lance is getting in NO.

More Barry Church news! All the Peeps a man can eat!

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id...andy-offer

(08-01-2013 04:56 PM)T4C8 Wrote: [ -> ]More Barry Church news! All the Peeps a man can eat!

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id...andy-offer

Too funny! Someone warn him about microwaves and peeps.

Note to Church: don't crunch the Jolly Rancher!

Maybe they can name a flavor after him.

Williams was well-liked in Arizona, but suffered a bad injury (something with his back). He has a lot of skills and has stepped up big time in the auditions in Seattle to take Harvin's spot. He definitely has earned another shot at a spot in the NFL.

Hawkins' progression just continues to be a great and amazing story.

Hawk injured ankle today. No word on how bad: http://www.cincyjungle.com/2013/8/1/4580...-thursdays

Another really positive article on Lance: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/201...ebook.html

(08-01-2013 05:55 PM)Rocket Pirate Wrote: [ -> ]Williams was well-liked in Arizona, but suffered a bad injury (something with his back).

He blew out his Achilles last year. “I tore it right off the bone” he was quoted in that positive article.

Kowalski out 2-4 weeks with bruised knee: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/0...knee.html/

Hawk's injury reported to be a high ankle sprain, but I don't think the team has confirmed that yet.

I hope this year is not like last year, where so many former Rockets had unfortunate injuries.

Page is getting reps with the Bucs as the 1st team punt returner.

Unfortunately Page is 4th string at WR. Nonetheless, the Bucs will likely keep him since they want a dependable player to not drop punts and to have occasional nice returns.

(08-01-2013 06:47 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-01-2013 05:55 PM)Rocket Pirate Wrote: [ -> ]Williams was well-liked in Arizona, but suffered a bad injury (something with his back).

He blew out his Achilles last year. “I tore it right off the bone” he was quoted in that positive article.

Damn, I didn't know about this. Glad he's back in good form already. I looked it up and he suffered a "small fracture" in his back during his rookie year and it knocked him out for a good portion of the season.