I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

Know this about No. 83 — he hasn’t had one bad snap since he’s been in Denver. Not one. Even if he has one or two in the future, that still puts him ahead of just about everyone else at the position. Given his snapping accuracy — and his ability to consistently get downfield and make tackles, which defies his relatively pedestrian 40 time — I don’t think there’s a better long snapper in the game than Leach. Some who are as good, yes, but no one better. And on the practice field, he can fill in at fullback and tight end. Leach is most definitely a valuable player here.

vegasbronco:

Personally, I like Cargile. Hard-working, excellent on special teams, and willing to learn a multitude of different positions. He played at weakside linebacker during organized team activities this year; that made him more valuable on the practice field, which could be a big part of the reason why he was added Sunday to Denver’s practice squad.

USFBULL:

Hadn’t heard anything about Hall moving up to No. 2 … We’ll see what the first regular-season depth chart reveals this week. I wouldn’t be totally shocked if he was the No. 2, though, because Travis Henry is still just two weeks removed from a sprained knee, and Hall was outstanding in goal-line and short-yardage situations in the full-contact practices at camp and against Arizona on Thursday. Sometimes depth-chart placement is a matter of bringing some specific and highly-valued skill to the table — that just might be the case with Hall at the goal line.

57Yellow T-Bird and rev79:

Here are the rules on practice-squad eligibility, which comes from nflpa.org. It’s a little dense with legalese, of course:

Section 4. Eligibility:
(a) The practice squad shall consist of the following players, provided that they have not served more than two previous seasons on a Practice Squad: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience; and (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s). An otherwise eligible player may be a practice squad player for a third season only if the Club by which he is employed that season has at least 53 players on its Active/Inactive List during the entire period of his employment.
(b) A player shall be deemed to have served on a Practice Squad in a season if he has passed the club’s physical and been a member of the club’s Practice Squad for at least three regular season or postseason games during his first two Practice Squad seasons, and for at least one regular season or postseason game during his third Practice Squad season. (A bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated until after the regular season or postseason weekend in question.)
Section 5. Active List: If a player on the Practice Squad of one club (Club A) signs an NFL Player Contract with another club (Club B), (1) the player shall receive three weeks salary of his NFL Player Contract at the 53-player Active/Inactive List minimum even if he is terminated by Club B prior to earning that amount, and (2) Club B is required to count the player on its 53-player Active/Inactive List for three games (a bye week counts as a game) even if he is terminated or assigned via waivers to another club or is signed as a free agent to another club’s 53-player roster or another club’s Practice Squad prior to that time. If the player is terminated from Club B’s 53-player roster and signed to Club B’s Practice Squad, he shall continue to count on the club’s 53-player Active/Inactive List but shall not count against the eight-player Practice Squad limit until the three-game requirement has been fulfilled. If a player is terminated prior to the completion of the three-game period and is signed to Club B’s Practice Squad or is signed or assigned to another club’s 53-player roster or Practice Squad, any salary (as that term is defined in Article XXIV, Section 1(c)) that he receives from any NFL club applicable to the three-game period shall be an offset against the three weeks salary that he is entitled to receive from Club B.

Two major changes took place in regards to practice-squad eligibility in recent years:

1. The expansion from five players to eight.

2. The decision to allow players to be eligible for a third practice-squad season assuming squads kept 53 players on its primary roster for the entire length of their practice-squad stay. It is under this proviso that Steve Cargile possesses practice-squad eligibility.

myleshigh:

The Web site takes some getting used to, as with all new things. I think some bugs are being worked out on the technical side of things … but the folks in charge of such things are hard at work on those matters. I’ll admit to being a technical idiot when it comes to Web stuff, even though I write in HTML code. Some of this Flash stuff … it looks cool and dazzling, and, damn, I don’t know how the heck they do it.

If I missed any comments, I apologize; I’ve got company coming and steaks to grill. Last free Sunday night until the end of the year (because I’ll be on airplanes all day during the bye), so I’ve got to do this thing right. Talk to you Monday, if not sooner … until then, vaya con Dios.