We might as well turn some attention to Mario Williams tonight while we are talking about the success of some other Wolfpackers in the NFL. ESPN’s Seth Wickersham checked in on improving Mario Williams in his Insider Blog today. If you have ESPN Premium access then you will enjoy the detailed read that ends with […]
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Mario Improving
Mario Williams earned his second sack of the season this weekend in the Texans throbbing of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mario also recovered a fumble and was in on other tackles. Williams now has 2.5 sacks for the year. Hall of Famer and the greatest player in the history of the game, Reggie Bush, has one […]
Manny Lawson Wins NFL Rookie of the Week
Expect ESPN and other media outlets to criticize and perversely focus more on Mario Williams than on Manny Lawson for this achievement. Congratulations, Manny! Lawson recorded three tackles, two sacks and two quarterback pressures in the 49ers’ 20-13 win over the St. Louis Rams. He was a key factor in San Francisco’s defense holding the […]
Mario Has Better Game
Mario had a better game last night against Tory Holt’s St. Louis Rams than in his first week of games. Richard Justice’s blog at the Houston Chronicle proclaimed: He lives! He started at right defensive end, but moved up and down the line. He consistently drew double-team blocking. Despite that, we finally got a glimpse […]
Rivers TD Pass vs Packers (Updated 6:45pm)
We highlighted Philip Rivers’ performance Saturday night (along with other former Wolfpackers) in this entry over the weekend. You can download the entire first half of the Chargers game on Saturday night by following the directions from this site. Rivers actually had two gorgeous touchdown passes on Saturday night, but one was that was called […]
Rivers Impressive
We can’t follow every NC State alumnus playing football in the NFL (especially since the number of Wolfpackers in the NFL continues to grow and grow and grow). Additionally, we can’t focus an inordinate amount of attention on Philip Rivers has he gets ready to take the reigns of the San Diego Chargers. But, we […]
NFL Notes: Mario, Manny, McCargo & More
Give The News & Observer some credit for doing a good job of following the Wolfpack’s “6 Pack” of draftees. The N&O ran this summary of 2006 Wolfpack football alums as NFL training camps are opening. Mario Williams earned rave reviews in Houston during his first NFL practice. (Link) The Houston Texans’ No. 1 draft […]
Fair Thought…Wrong Reason
As we stated in one of our biggest and best entries of the summer: Over the next couple of weeks SFN will have some entries focusing on the tough summer that Chuck Amato is having in the national media. Then we went on to defend Coach Amato to TSN based on the incorrect premise and […]
D Morris Cut and Re-Acquired; Wolfpackers in the Desert
Former NC State offensive lineman, Derek Morris, has already signed free agent contracts with two different NFL clubs since going undrafted in the NFL draft last month. Morris was awarded to the Arizona Cardinals off of waivers after being cut by the Kansas City Chiefs. Morris signed with Ohio State out of high school before […]
