Albany,n.y.

Here's the story from NFL Draft Scout: Liam is generally a good person, a very hard worker, extemely competitive and a leader by example. He is respected by players and coaches and can take to hard coaching. He is compliant, responsible and until November 2004, had no known off-field trouble. Liam was suspended for the Hofstra contest in 2004 following an incident in practice Thursday, November 11, the Athletics Department announced. The incident culminated when Ezekiel allegedly blindsided kicker Miro Kesic after practice in the locker room, causing him to hit his head on a sharp object, knocking him unconscious. According to reports, this wasn't just a spur of the moment explosion of rage. Liam had time to think about his assault before he went through with it (in a court of law that could be considered premeditated). Kesic was then taken to the hospital where he received thirteen staples to the head. An official from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center confirmed Kesic was admitted to the emergency room Thursday. Also, a Department of Public Safety report said a 22-year-old reported being attacked by Ezekiel at Parsons Field. According to reports, during practice NU head coach Rocky Hager was forced to intervene in an on-field argument between Ezekiel and Kesic after the two began to banter back and forth. Ezekiel allegedly commented on the fact that Kesic has blown two games for the team this year by missing field goals. Kesic responded with an expletive and told Ezekiel to stop missing tackles. "It was an on-field scuffle that spilled over into the locker room," Hager said. Hager began working with Ezekiel when he took the helm of the Huskies in February, and said the incident was "totally out of character" for the linebacker. Hager announced Ezekiel, who has since spoken to his teammates, had been stripped of his captaincy. The coach allowed Ezekiel to see action in the season finale against Rhode Island. ``He deserves to be part of his final day,'' Hager said. I liken taken on a kicker to beating up your kid sister. Let’s pray this kid does not ever play on a team with Martin Gramatica!

Henry (+ late pick )for Simon would be one of the greatest heists of all time. I can't imagine Philly willingly making a trade like this unless TD had some very compromising photos of Lurie or Reid. Deal is done if he has them with each other.

That doesn't mean they're $5 million over at this time. It means that they're barely below the cap right now, but that in order to give their draft choices the slotted contracts, they will have to free up money. You misinterpreted that they're currently $5million over-they're not. The paper is correct, but the original heading of "TB 5 million over cap" isn't. Thanks for the quotation, it cleared things up.

TB couldn't be $5 million over the cap, because on draft day they don't let you draft unless you have enough cap room. I could be wrong on the #, but you have to have enough room to pay each of your draft choices at least the minimum-it could be higher (Clumpy, help). Therefore, TB being $5 mil over is total BS.

Only with a year's supply of undetectable steriods.

When McNally was OL coach of the Giants, he met Gudmundsen at the Giants camp in Albany. I think Gudmundsen was working security at Giants' camp. He's known him for a while.

A GM can't let the players dictate when, to whom and what the team gets back. Darick Holmes got us a 4th when he was in the last year of his contract-but he was traded to a team that lost a RB during the season. With all the RBs available, trading Henry on the draft days would not yield the maximum return. If the GM of the team YOU HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH is taking a wait & see attitude to get the maximum value for you in a trade, if you do things like mouthing off about never playing for that team again-diminishing your trade value, you should not expect the team to give a rat's @ss about your wishes. TD will get maximum value if he trades Henry. If he doesn't feel he's getting sufficient return, then at some point having a backup the caliber of Henry for 1 more year is better than a low pick who has less than a 25% chance of making the team. If Henry doesn't want to show up, he can flip burgers for minimum wage until he realizes just how good he has it. The other team's GMs should concentrate on running their own teams instead of trying to run the Buffalo Bills. Almost every time the Cardinals get a decent player, the guy ends up a holdout, because the Bidwells are so friggin cheap. Let them run their own team & let TD run ours. I guarantee Travis Henry will never be a GM, and the Cardinals couldn't do any worse than they've done over the last few decades if he was running the show.

He won't hold out this year. He figures to have a big season & then try to really get some big $. Depending on what incentives are in the contract, he might not have to hold out, or he might have such a high 2006 cap # with incentives kicking in the Bills may be the ones renegotiating in order to bring his cap # down.

Here's his profile from SportsXchange's NFL Draft Scout, seems to be getting better each year 2/2 50+ this year, data disputes some of the things in negatives, but then again, Lindell looks good on paper too: Joe Rheem, K, Kansas State Name: Joe Rheem College: Kansas State Number: 15 Height: 6-0 Weight: 217 Position: K Pos2: Class/Draft Year: Sr/2005 40 Time: Projected Round: http://www.nfldraftscout.com/members/ratin...order=ASCStock: Rated number 6 out of 32 K's 489 / 1479 TOTAL Combine Results Pro Day Results Combine Invite: yes Height: 6002 Weight: 217 40 Yrd Dash: 20 Yrd Dash: 10 Yrd Dash: Wonderlic: 14 225 Lb. Bench Reps: Vertical Jump: Broad Jump: 20 Yrd Shuttle: 3-Cone Drill: Dates: 03/14/2005 Height: 6002 Weight: 217 40 Yrd Dash: 20 Yrd Dash: 10 Yrd Dash: 225 Lb. Bench Reps: Vertical Jump: Broad Jump: 20 Yrd Shuttle: 3-Cone Drill: DRAFT BIOGRAPHY OVERVIEW One of the most prolific scorers in Kansas State history, Rheem carried on the family tradition of kicking for the Wildcats. The team's primary placekicker for four seasons, his brother, Jamie, was a two-time All-American kicker at KSU. At Wichita Collegiate High School, Joe earned All-American honors from Parade. He was a member of Prep Star's "Dream Team" and selected to Wichita Eagle's Top 33 squad. Rheem was a three-time first team Class 3A All-State kicker and a unanimous selection as the All-MCAA kicker for three seasons. A three-time all-league punter, Rheem also played quarterback and led the Spartans to the Class 3A state championship as a senior, earning All-league and honorable mention 3A All-State accolades as QB. He made 11-of-13 field goals, including season-long 55-yarder and converted 76 of 78 extra-point kicks. Rheem threw for more than 1,700 yards and had a 48-yard average as a punter his junior year. He also lettered twice for the state-champion golf team. Rheem joined tailback Darren Sproles as the only true freshmen to contribute at Kansas State in 2001. Rheem scored 32 points on 4-of-6 field goals and 20-of-22 extra points. He added 80 points in 2002, as he was successful on 9-of-12 field goal attempts. Rheem picked up All-Big Twelve Conference third-team honors in 2003, when he totaled a career-high 103 points on 67-of-68 extra point conversions and 12-of-17 field-goal attempts. Rheem was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award (nation's top kicker) in 2004, as he converted 13-of-15 field goals and 37-of-38 PATs for 76 points. He finished his career with 291 points, the third-best overall total in school history behind Darren Sproles (294, 2001-04) and Martin Gramatica (349, 1994-95, 97-98). He connected on 38 of 50 field goals, ranking behind Gramatica (54) and Joe's brother, Jamie (39, 1996-97, 99-2000) on the KSU career-record list. He also made 177-of-187 extra points, ten short of Gramatica's Wildcat record. ANALYSIS Positives...Very accurate field goal specialist inside the 45-yard line...Has an average snap-to-toe time of 1.34 seconds...Gets a good rise out of his kicks, hitting the ball quickly (2 ½-step kicker)... Shows good leg control in placing his kickoffs...Capable of making pressure kicks and handling the ball in poor weather conditions...Has good balance on his plant foot, showing proper leg extension. Negatives...Lacks the leg strength to kick long, especially on kickoffs (averaged 55.8 yards per attempt with seven of his 61 kicks sailing out of bounds in 2004)...Gets little height behind his kickoff attempts and his average hang-time of 3.85 seconds prevents the coverage unit from getting downfield quick enough to prevent the long return...Very inconsistent on long-range field goal attempts and rarely do his kickoffs sail into the end zone...Takes a "cheater's step" half step on his delivery towards the ball, covering more than three yards before connecting with the pigskin. CAREER NOTES 2004 SEASON All-Big Twelve Conference honorable mention by the league's coaches and the Associated Press...Semi-finalist for the Lou Groza Award...Handled placements and kickoffs in all eleven games...Connected on 13-of-15 field goals (86 percent) and 37-of-38 PATs (97 percent) for 76 points...One of just five kickers in the country with at least 15 attempts and two or fewer misses on the season...Was good on 5-of-7 attempts of 40 yards or more, including both 50+ yard attempts...Owned one of the country's longest consecutive PAT streaks with 75 straight makes before having his last attempt of 2004 blocked...In fact, all three misses (2 FGs and 1 PAT) in 2004 resulted from blocks on protection break-downs... Averaged 1.2 field goals made per game to rank 36th in the NCAA in field goals despite having fewer attempts than all but one of the top 45-ranked place-kickers in the nation... Gained 3042 yards on 61 kickoffs (55.8 avg) with twenty kicks resulting in touchbacks and seven more going out of bounds. 2004 GAME ANALYSIS Western Kentucky...Booted 22 & 19-yarders in the season opener. Louisiana-Lafayette...Connected on four PATs and field goals of 41, 34, 33 & 33 yards. Kansas...Had 49 & 37-yard field goals with a pair of extra points. Nebraska...Kicked a 40-yarder through the uprights. Colorado...Added a career-long 52-yard field goal. Iowa...Followed with a 51-yarder in the season finale. 2003 SEASON Earned third-team All-Big Twelve Conference honors from the league's coaches...Handled field goal and placement duties for the Wildcats and shared kickoff chores with Jared Brite... Ranked nationally in two categories, including 61st in scoring (6.87 points/game) and 78th in field goals (.80/game)...Ranked second on the team in scoring with 103 points (67 extra points and 12 field goals)...Good on 12-of-17 field goals, including 7-of-9 on attempts of 40 yards or more...Entered the season 0-for-3 on kicks of 40 or more yards... Connected on 67-of-68 PATs...Ended the season by making his last 36 straight...His 67 PATs ranks second all time on K-State's single-season chart and were just two shy of tying the school record. 2003 SEASON California...Opened the season with 22 & 37-yard field goals. Texas...Connected on a 41 yarder. Marshall...Kicked field goals of 43 & 42 yards. McNeese State...Followed with 40 & 44-yard field goals. Massachusetts and Iowa State...Delivered a 38-yard field goal in each game. Missouri...Added a 40-yarder and three PATs. Baylor...Kicked a 44-yard field goal. Oklahoma (Big Twelve Championship)...Successful on five extra point tries. Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl)...Made four conversion tries. 2002 SEASON Played in 11 games, missing only the Colorado and Texas contests...Totaled 80 points on the year, going 9-for-12 on field goal attempts and 53-for-59 on PATs...Ranked 56th nationally and third on the team behind Darren Sproles and Ell Roberson in scoring... Ended the year ranked seventh in career field goals (13) and ninth in career field goal attempts (18)...Also ended 2002 ranked fifth in career extra-point kicks (73) and fourth in career extra-point attempts (81)...Successful on 7 of 8 field-goal attempts inside of 40 yards 2002 GAME HIGHLIGHTS Kicked a season-long 39-yarder at Baylor (10/26)...Went perfect on PATs in six games, including an 8-for-8 performance at Kansas (11/2)...Made 17 consecutive PAT attempts dating back to the second quarter of the Iowa State game (11/9)... Scored 11 points in the season opener vs. Western Kentucky (8/31), one of seven players to tally at least one point, as he connected on 38-yard and 36-yard field goal attempts vs. the Hilltoppers and went a perfect 5-for-5 on extra-point attempts...Made 6-of-8 PAT attempts vs. Louisiana-Monroe (9/7)... Went 5-for-5 PAT attempts vs. Eastern Illinois (9/14)...Tallied a season-best 14 points in back-to-back road tilts at Baylor and Kansas...Was a perfect 13-of-13 on PAT attempts in the two wins...Connected on a season-best three field goals of 39, 26 and 37 yards vs. Baylor and hit on field goal attempts of 37 and 28 yards vs. Kansas...Went 6-of-7 on PAT attempts and added a 35-yard field goal vs. Iowa State... Was a perfect 7-of-7 on PAT attempts vs. Nebraska (11/16)... Connected on 1-of-2 field goals vs. Missouri, including a 32-yarder, to go with a 5-for-5 performance in PAT attempts...Went 4-for-5 in PAT kicks for four points in Wildcats' win over Arizona State in the 2002 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. 2001 SEASON One of two true freshmen on 2001 depth chart (RB Darren Sproles)...Saw action in six games at place-kicker...Tallied 32 points on the season, 20 on extra points and 12 on field goals...Connected on 4 of 6 field goal attempts, including four in a row dating back to Louisiana Tech (11/17)...Had a season-long 38-yard field goal in the season finale vs. Missouri (11/24) to cap a 3-for-3 afternoon, as he also made field goals of 22 and 32 yards vs. the Tigers... His longest attempt of the season was a 45-yarder vs. Louisiana Tech (11/17)...Made 20-of-22 extra-point attempts, including a streak of 17 in a row dating back to Kansas (10/27)...Went a perfect 6-for-6 on extra points at Iowa State (11/3)...Good on 1-of-2 field goals in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl. INJURY REPORT No injuries reported. AGILITY TESTS CAMPUS: 5.04 in the 40-yard dash...30 5/8-inch arm length...8 3/8-inch hands...14 Wonderlic score. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Wichita (Kan.) Collegiate High School, playing football for coach Mike Gehrer... Named to Parade magazine's All-American team...Was only kicker named to 57-player squad...Listed as the top kicking prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...Member of Prep Star magazine's "Dream Team"... Selected to Wichita Eagle's Top 33 squad...Three-time first team Class 3A all-state kicker...Unanimous selection as All-MCAA kicker for three seasons...Three-time all-league punter...Also played quarterback and led the Spartans to the Class 3A state championship as senior, earning all-league and honorable mention 3A all-state accolades as QB...Made 11-of-13 field goals, including season-long 55-yarder... Converted 76 of 78 extra-point kicks...Threw for more than 1,700 yards...Had 48-yard average as punter his junior year...Also lettered twice for state-champion golf team. PERSONAL Business major...Son of Jim and Liza Rheem...Brother, Jamie, was a two-time All-America kicker at Kansas State...Born 7/01/82 in Wichita, Kansas. PLAYER STATISTICS PLACEKICKING STATISTICS STATS FGA FGM EPA EPM POINTS LONG 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 2001 6 4 22 20 32 38 1/1 4/3 1/0 0/0 2002 12 9 59 53 80 39 2/2 8/7 2/0 0/0 2003 17 12 68 67 103 44 3/2 4/3 9/7 1/0 2004 15 13 38 37 76 52 3/3 4/4 5/3 2/2 TOTAL 50 38 187 177 291 52 9/8 20/17 17/10 3/2 MINI-PROFILE, DRAFT SCOUT NEWS 04/14/2005 - One of the most prolific scorers in Kansas State history, Joe carried on the family tradition of kicking for the Wildcats. The team's primary place-kicker for four seasons, his brother, Jamie, was a two-time All-American kicker at KSU. At Wichita Collegiate High School, Joe earned All-American honors from Parade. He was a member of Prep Star's "Dream Team" and selected to Wichita Eagle's Top 33 squad.Joe was a three-time first team Class 3A All-State kicker and a unanimous selection as the All-MCAA kicker for three seasons. A three-time all-league punter, Rheem also played quarterback and led the Spartans to the Class 3A state championship as a senior, earning All-league and honorable mention 3A All-State accolades as QB. He made 11-of-13 field goals, including season-long 55-yarder and converted 76 of 78 extra-point kicks. Joe threw for more than 1,700 yards and had a 48-yard average as a punter his junior year. He also lettered twice for the state-champion golf team. Rheem joined tailback Darren Sproles as the only true freshmen to contribute at Kansas State in 2001. Joe scored 32 points on 4-of-6 field goals and 20-of-22 extra points. He added 80 points in 2002, as he was successful on 9-of-12 field goal tries. Rheem picked up All-Big Twelve Conference third-team honors in 2003, when he totaled a career-high 103 points on 67-of-68 conversions and 12-of-17 three-pointers. Joe was a semi-finalist for the Lou Groza Award (nation's top kicker) in 2004, as he converted 13-of-15 field goals and 37-of-38 PATs for 76 points. He finished his career with 291 points, the third-best overall total in school history behind Darren Sproles (294, 2001-04) and Martin Gramatica (349, 1994-95, 97-98). He connected on 38 of 50 field goals, ranking behind Gramatica (54) and Joe's brother, Jamie (39, 1996-97, 99-2000) on the KSU career-record list. He also made 177-of-187 conversions, ten short of Gramatica's Wildcat record. ANALYSIS Positives…Very accurate field goal specialist inside the 45-yard line...Has an average snap-to-toe time of 1.34 seconds...Gets a good rise out of his kicks, hitting the ball quickly (2 ½-step kicker)... Shows good leg control in placing his kickoffs...Capable of making pressure kicks and handling the ball in poor weather conditions...Has good balance on his plant foot, showing proper leg extension. Negatives…Lacks the leg strength to kick long, especially on kickoffs (averaged 55.8 yards per attempt with seven of his 61 kicks sailing out of bounds in 2004)...Gets little height behind his kickoff attempts and his average hang-time of 3.85 seconds prevents the coverage unit from getting downfield quick enough to prevent the long return...Very inconsistent on long-range field goal attempts and rarely do his kickoffs sail into the end zone...Takes a "cheater's step" half step on his delivery towards the ball, covering more than three yards before connecting with the pigskin. 02/26/2005 - (NFL Combine Note, Next Level Scouting, Inc) - Kansas State senior kicker JOE RHEEM converted 14 of 15 field goal attempts, but failed to impress on his kickoffs, as several came up short and with below average hang times. 11/16/2004 - PK Joe Rheem -- A semifinalist for the Groza Award, Rheem has made all but two of his 14 field goal attempts ... and both of those were blocked. He is 35-for-35 on PATs. A senior, Rheem finally has established the consistency Kansas State hoped for much earlier in his career.

13-3 Super Bowl Champs*** ***10-6, no Super Bowl if Lindell is the kicker

Remember the replays using the Vikings radio team that day: "He missed it again...Get the hell out of here!"

The Bears have the right idea. Their kicker blew last year & they have a guy in Europe & just signed 2 undrafted free agents.

He was on for about 2 minutes & didn't say anthing new

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I want to bring every free agent kicker into camp & boot Lindell. We must have a new kicker next year. Although I want to bring in rookies, I hope one ends up a kickoff specialist & we get Vanderjagt

They had the signing on the local sportcast on ch 23

The main thing I don't like about Kiper's Draft Report is that he pumps up each guy's profile with a rehash of his career and gives very little data on his strengths & weaknesses. It's what guys like dave Te' Thomas call a comic book.

The smartest thing I ever heard about the difference between the guys who write the draft books & the NFL teams is that the NFL teams have access to the latest & complete medical reports on these players & the writers don't. Do you think we drafted Willis without thoroughly reviewing all available medical records? Do you think Mel Kiper Jr., who listed Willis as his 4th RB, behind L.Johnson, O. Smith & M.Smith and projected him going to Houston in round 3 at pick 67 was going over the same stuff TD & his staff had access to?

Even stupider are the draft sites that will call players reaches or steals based on where THEY thought the player would be picked. Here are some of the Sporting News value board differences (from the magazine's 4/29 issue): Kay-Jay Harris 3rd, Gore& Clarett 6th, Joel Dreessen 3rd, Michael Munoz 3rd, Logan Mankins 4th, Adam Terry 5th, Michael Roos 6th, CJ Brooks 4th, Ben Wilkerson 2nd, Scott Mruczkowski 4th, Richie Incognito 6th, Bill Swancutt 3rd, Anttaj Hawthorne 2nd, Jon Babineaux 3rd. Let the GMs do their jobs-unless you're talking about the guys who were running Cleveland until this year-a three year old randomly picking could have done better than those guys.

These are the guys I drafted ( I made my picks when the Bills went on the clock) & who I'd bring in as undrafted free agents. I'd bring in as many kickers as I could, like we did in 1985 & boot Lindell 2) Adam Terry OT (Drafted by Baltimore 2nd) 3) Ronald Fields DT (Drafted by SF 5th) 4) Jason Brown C (Drafted by Baltimore 4th) 5) Eric King CB-BILLS 5th 6) Cody McCarty TE Undrafted 7) Chris Onorato K Undrafted Free Agents I'd bring in : Geir Gudmundsen OT Dan Connolly G CJ Brooks G Ben Wilkerson C Jesse Lumsden RB Will Matthews FB Jamaica Rector WR Cody McCarty TE (my 6th) Derreck Robinson DE Russ Rabe LB Derek Wake LB Roger Cooper LB Aric Williams CB Matt Grootegard S James King S/ST Chris Onorato K (my 7th) Tyler Jones K John Marino K

I'm picking Chris Onorato K Hofstra with the 7th pick & if TD wants to win us over, he'll pick a kicker too. Maybe Onorato over Tyler Jones because Onorato has more bad weather/wind experience

Interesting pick by NE. Matt Cassel backup QB to Leinart at USC

I'll even send Travis there for MVJ

I'll take their liquored up kicker over a sober Rian Lindell. Indy just took Dave Rayner K Michigan St