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9 minutes of excitement if you're feeling a little down this morning
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Vinnie2u;2869717 said:
What else are you going to get? A lowlight Youtube film? :laugh2:
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juckie;2869718 said:
He has a great ability to cut at full speed while keeping his balance and seems to be very good at taking angles that give him the best escape. He has A LOT of attributes that make him special in the open field.
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juckie;2869718 said:
very good point. How about his ability to use his body to his advantage when coming close to a defender. Case in point: that short td run just about 30 seconds into that video where he was running to the right at an angle toward the goalline when he came into a defender, he twisted his body to the right while slipping left and into the endzone. a hit by the defender would of hit him into the endzone due to that twist.
I cannot wait til season starts.
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You here in that highlight film a fews times the word "turbo" to describe Felix and I can't think of a better word to describe his burst. His top speed may not be world class, but his burst is, and that is what matters in football anyway.
Not that his top speed is anything to sneeze at being about 4.4 but the burst is what makes him special!
Not that his top speed is anything to sneeze at being about 4.4 but the burst is what makes him special!
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I was thinking the same thing while watching the video. If Felix stays healthy, this will be one fun season.juckie;2869718 said:
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Boyzmamacita;2869809 said:
Sorry, Felix is the next Stanback. :laugh2:
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Don't say that.nyc;2869812 said:
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Newman Convinced Big Things Are Ahead
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Posted By Albert Breer 10:16 AM
Cowboys CB Terence Newman isn't shy about it.
He thinks big things are coming.
The new, gotta-get Football Outsiders Almanac 2009 made a strong case in its pages that a healthy Newman makes all the difference in the world for the Cowboys defense. And Newman told me yesterday at the Alamodome that he's got every reason to believe he'll be able stay off the shelf this season, even if he turns 31 before opening day after struggling with plantar fasciitis, tendinitis in his knee and a pulled groin over the last two years.
The reason why is simple: He feels like he's pinpointed the problem. See, all three injuries came on his left side, and his feeling is they all stemmed from an injury his second year.
"I tore my MCL 50 percent and tore caps on the back of my knee against Pittsburgh my second year," Newman said. "And I didn't actually know it was torn until after the season. I kept walking, but my knee would hyperextend, so I told my agent then that something was still wrong.
"We had an MRI done to find out what was wrong. But I'd played the whole season with it, and I pretty much stunk that whole season. I found out (the tears were) why I couldn't play like I used to. It got weaker year-by-year from there."
Newman did make it through his third and fourth years without incident, running a streak of consecutive games played to start his career up to 48. But then the plantar fascia injury happen, then came the knee, and last year the groin.
He thinks all that could've been avoided if he'd properly rehabbed.
"I was told time would heal it, and I gave it time and I didn't get my body as strong on one side as I should have," said Newman. "And I think the injuries stemmed from that. All the problems I had were on my left side. They all stemmed from that one injury.
"I learned this offseason. I needed to target that and I did that and I think it's paying off. I think the injuries are over."
How'd he do it?
Well, the real problem, he believes, was that his right side became significantly stronger than the left, because he favored it so much over the years. So over the offseason, he adjusted his workouts -- making changes like going from doing conventional squats to one-legged squats -- in an effort to balance out the strength in his body.
Newman told me that he feels like his left side, strength-wise, is now just about caught up with his right side.
When Newman's been healthy, he's been among the best at his position and football. And after talking to him, it's clear that he's pretty confident that his work this offseason will put him in that group, without having to worry about the "when healthy" qualifier.
Newman Convinced Big Things Are Ahead
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Posted By Albert Breer 10:16 AM
Cowboys CB Terence Newman isn't shy about it.
He thinks big things are coming.
The new, gotta-get Football Outsiders Almanac 2009 made a strong case in its pages that a healthy Newman makes all the difference in the world for the Cowboys defense. And Newman told me yesterday at the Alamodome that he's got every reason to believe he'll be able stay off the shelf this season, even if he turns 31 before opening day after struggling with plantar fasciitis, tendinitis in his knee and a pulled groin over the last two years.
The reason why is simple: He feels like he's pinpointed the problem. See, all three injuries came on his left side, and his feeling is they all stemmed from an injury his second year.
"I tore my MCL 50 percent and tore caps on the back of my knee against Pittsburgh my second year," Newman said. "And I didn't actually know it was torn until after the season. I kept walking, but my knee would hyperextend, so I told my agent then that something was still wrong.
"We had an MRI done to find out what was wrong. But I'd played the whole season with it, and I pretty much stunk that whole season. I found out (the tears were) why I couldn't play like I used to. It got weaker year-by-year from there."
Newman did make it through his third and fourth years without incident, running a streak of consecutive games played to start his career up to 48. But then the plantar fascia injury happen, then came the knee, and last year the groin.
He thinks all that could've been avoided if he'd properly rehabbed.
"I was told time would heal it, and I gave it time and I didn't get my body as strong on one side as I should have," said Newman. "And I think the injuries stemmed from that. All the problems I had were on my left side. They all stemmed from that one injury.
"I learned this offseason. I needed to target that and I did that and I think it's paying off. I think the injuries are over."
How'd he do it?
Well, the real problem, he believes, was that his right side became significantly stronger than the left, because he favored it so much over the years. So over the offseason, he adjusted his workouts -- making changes like going from doing conventional squats to one-legged squats -- in an effort to balance out the strength in his body.
Newman told me that he feels like his left side, strength-wise, is now just about caught up with his right side.
When Newman's been healthy, he's been among the best at his position and football. And after talking to him, it's clear that he's pretty confident that his work this offseason will put him in that group, without having to worry about the "when healthy" qualifier.
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The most impressive run I've ever seen from Felix is that run at the 7:45 mark. There's another highlight that shows that run from an end zone view and the linemen look like cloulds the way he shifts, and dashes through the line of scrimmage like lightning.
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I remember watching this clip when We drafted Him...Jerry probably wanted HIm over mcfadden all along.
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The run at 7:45 is good but check out the 5:50 run...The kid is special.