Burleson to train at Athletes' Performance in Arizona
by cashless on Jun 14, 2009 11:25 PM PDT
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Going through Seahawks news, I stumbled across a Burleson tidbit that interested me. He is headed out to train hardcore before the training camp.
Audio for interview here...some of the article below.
Burleson is headed for Arizona to train at Athletes' Performance. Burleson said he plans to be down there for a month, and that his agent Ken Sarnoff provided him with the opportunity to work out at the workout facility for elite athletes.
Burleson said it’s important for him to come into camp in the best shape possible because of the competition at receiver and he’s in a contract year.
“I don’t think I can afford to relax too much,” Burleson said. “There’s too much at stake for this team, this organization. We’re just trying to get our name back out there, trying to climb back to the top of the mountain.
“And for me as an individual, I want to go into this last year in the best shape of my career. And I know if I’m out here I might have some distractions. I might be tempted to travel or be tempted to vacate. But if I’m in Arizona and I’m working out five times a week, twice a day, I’m not going to be tempted to go anywhere because it’s what I have to do.”
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Matt Leinart is training in MMA with Jay Glazer.
Beat that!
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 15, 2009 3:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Get in my guard"
I’m not a hater (I watch MMA and used to live down the street from AZ Combat Sports, which has produced a couple of decent fighters) but I think this is pretty gimmicky. The one thing MMA training may do (aside from conditioning), though, is make a QB a little less afraid of getting hit in the mouff.
by ninjasocks on Jun 15, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a gimmick.
I’ve done 2 10 week sessions of the Pit workout and nothing has ever come close.
Plus this one would be fun to try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G61d0feaIg
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by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 16, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While I'm absolutely sure that an MMA workout would help Leinart's conditioning
I’m also pretty confident that conditioning is not the reason he’s holding the clipboard (or in danger of losing the second spot to St. Pierre).
Hanging out down at the MMA gym with reporters screams “Hey, look at me!” more than it does “I am seriously trying to improve my performance as a QB”.
by ninjasocks on Jun 16, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not going to help him throw (though it might make him more resilient to hits)
But when you’re considered a “slacker” it doesn’t hurt to come into camp in great shape.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 16, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Leinart seems like a clown to me.
I mean, this might help in some minute way, but overall it seems like a plea to the team that he isn’t a party boy anymore.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 16, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it'sgot more to do with a work ethic issue?
Rather than conditioning? I’m hoping it’s the former, if not both. :D
Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.
by Carl Shinyama on Jun 16, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess
If I’m not succeeding in my job as a carpenter and there are rumors that I might get fired because (a) I’m lazy, (b) I don’t show dedication to carpentry and © I’m not all that great at carpentry, then I should probably focus on carpentry rather than use my vacation time to fool around as an electrician. Or at least not try to brag about all the work I’m putting into it instead of focusing on carpentry.
by ninjasocks on Jun 16, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one who remembers when Dan McGwire took boxing lessons?
I was kind of young, but I remember him taking boxing lessons to help with his footwork one offseason. I hope this works out better for Matt than it did for Dan.
by Mind of no mind on Jun 18, 2009 1:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I really did not expect to find anything, but a quick google search did show that I was remembering correctly.
Taking boxing lessons to improve footwork this offseason are quarterback Dan McGwire and offensive linemen Ray Roberts and Bill Hitchcock.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940417&slug=1906036
by Mind of no mind on Jun 18, 2009 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. Dan McGuire AND Ray Roberts...
That’s perhaps the WORST 2 first round picks in Seahawk history.
Obviously we’re NOT talking about boxing having proven out to do any good, if those are the only 2 examples we have here…
Please, for the LOVE OF GOD, stop suggesting next year's 1st round pick (or picks) be used for Taylor Mays and or a QB of the future. Let's just let the season unfold, people, and evaluate much deeper in the process!!!
by whiskey chainsaw on Jun 22, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't think Ray Roberts was a terrible pick.
Wasn’t he a decent OT? This was before my true Seahawks obsession began, however.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 23, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great move
this should really help him. This bumps his stock in fantasy drafts in my opinion. If Hasselbeck can come back strong he will be an excellent #3 receiver in fantasy.
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by E5 on Jun 15, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Who do you like better from that standpoint:
Burleson or Branch? (Housh is obviously #1 for fantasy purposes)
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 15, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I stay away from the Seahawks in fantasy.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 15, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do too, but a late, late round flier is possible...someone like Branch
Carleson is a top-10 TE, no doubt.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 16, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did, too
But Carlson wasn’t a bad fantasy TE last year.
The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.
by Nick Andron on Jun 17, 2009 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had Carlson and Witten
So I basically held on to him for no reason other to annoy my friends.
by Built2Spill on Jun 17, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year for me:
Julius, Hasselbeck, Branch, Carlson.
The season didn’t go so well for me.
by LantermanC on Jun 22, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I played in the SA SportingNews salary cap league last year
Burleson had the single highest average points per game in the league (but he only played that one game). Also, I picked like a homer and got killed until I started making trades.
by ninjasocks on Jun 15, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Branch is clearly on his way out the door
Burleson is a very talented receiver and will be much better this year. I also like Carlson as others have mentioned. My Burleson prediction 80 Rec 990 Yards 9 TDS.
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by E5 on Jun 17, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...That would be a very, very good season for Burleson.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 17, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For any single receiver to get 80 rec in a Knapp offense
might mean a pretty bad season for the Seahawks.
by jacobstevens on Jun 18, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other than Bobby, how many 80+ rec seasons have a Seahawk had in the last 10 years?
Very few. We distribute the ball more than traditional offenses that rely on a #1 receiver.
by Built2Spill on Jun 18, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And with Knapp
we’ll be more run-heavy. Hence, in a run heavy offense, where the best receiver on the team across the board might just be the TE, for any single WR to get 80 catches, might just mean devastation comes to the backfield and the WR corps excepting that one guy.
by jacobstevens on Jun 18, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Run-Heavy?
That implys more running than passing. I know we are speculating on the future…so none of us can be 100% sure, but isn’t true balance more what we should be expecting to see…a pretty close to 50/50 split?
by cashless on Jun 18, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even with all of the talk about the ZBS and its impact ont he running game...
Because of the Seahawks’ WR personnel, I’m expecting more passing than running.
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by Carl Shinyama on Jun 18, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's more my hope
than my expectation. Knapp says balance, but the results suggest run-heavy. Even with the 9ers, it could have been more balanced. So I expect run-heavy.
Hasselbeck figures to make completions somewhere south of 300. Even with Holmgren, that wasn’t common. If he breaks 300, the run game sucks.
Give about 80 recs to the backfield and Carlson. About 200 is what the wideouts split. 25 to the 4th and lower. The remaining 175, means high 50s if the top three WRs all do decently. So if one WR gets 80, something else went wrong on the team.
by jacobstevens on Jun 19, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
RB’s tend to have career years in Knapp’s offense. I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility for Julius Jones to have a career year.
Even if the Seahawks may have a tendency to run more on first downs, I expect more passing than running due to their personnel, and who their quarterback is, especially in the red zone, given that Knapp’s offenses tend to score through the air at close to a 2 to 1 ratio over rushing. Also, because Knapp himself said in his February interview that he also believes in adapting to the personnel that he has on a particular team. The obvious examples are when he coached the 49ers and the Falcons.
I don’t think that they will pass more because the running game sucks.
Sam Bradford, future Seattle Seahawk.
by Carl Shinyama on Jun 20, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whats your prediction for Housh?
182 Catches, 1913 Yards, 27 TDs?
by vanrijn on Jun 18, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Through the first six games...
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 18, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that a little...
Conservative?
by cashless on Jun 19, 2009 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Housh is certainly a very good reciever but....
I think last year was his career year and while defenses will consider him the number one his numbers in the end will not be.
75 Catches 800 Yards 5 TD’s
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by E5 on Jun 21, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year was not his career year it was the year before my mistake
If you look through out Housh’s career he is a 10-11 yards per catch guy I don’t expect that to change. Burleson is more explosive and will have the better yards per reception. TD’s are routinely fluky so I took Burleson on the TD’s just because more explosive receivers tend to catch more TD’s but not always. Housh is also new to the offense and team so I expect him to not to be the primary target in the red zone at least not initially.
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by E5 on Jun 21, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Before that "career year" Housh's YPC was better
He averaged 10.1 in ‘07, but ’02, ’04, ’05 and ’06 it wasn’t below 12.
by thebyron on Jun 22, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Downside of his career
Receivers loss speed as they age.
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by E5 on Jun 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Housh was never fast, though.
Just a steady route-runner with very good agility and always open for the first down conversion. I’m just spitballing but I’d say his low YPC last season was due to Fitzpatrick’s weak arm and nobody respecting Ocho Cinco as a result.
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Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 22, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is possible and I will not discount it but
I just see him as a chain mover not a explosive TD scorer.
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by E5 on Jun 22, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember Jurevicious?
Housh is not that big, but he’s still pretty big and strong.
by cashless on Jun 22, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea Housh is good but
he just is not that type of receiver in my mind.
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by E5 on Jun 22, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Housh is going to be lethal in the redzone.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 22, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Time will tell but I
will not be picking him for my fantasy team. Can’t take that risk. I love him on the football team just isn’t going to be very valuable in fantasy.
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by E5 on Jun 22, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes one of us.
Guy’s got the most receptions in the NFL over the last four years, IIRC. I’ll draft him. I’m not gonna go out of my way, but he’ll be a legit WR2 in fantasy, especially in a PPR league.
by thebyron on Jun 22, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh, he hasn't been much of a redzone threat before.
Though that could be because he lined up across one of the most talented receivers in the NFL. But Housh is obviously supremely consistent, so I’ll take that.
"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."
by Fearless Frog on Jun 22, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where did all those TDs come from if he's not a red-zone producer?
He’s not a deep threat. I would think that most of his TDs came from RZ looks. 7, 9, and 12TDs the 3 years prior to Fitzpatrick throwing him passes last year (only 4 last year).
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevon Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
by Misfit74 on Jun 23, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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