We have had a couple tough losses," [Cory Redding] acknowledged, "but I still believe in this team. We still have hope. Look at the Super Bowl champions New York Giants), they started 0-2 and everyone counted them out. But you saw what they did; it isn't over. I know people are disappointed, but we really believe we can turn this thing around. In the 2006 campaign, Redding recorded career highs in sacks (8.0) and tackles (70), including 41 solo stops. His eight sacks in 2006 were the second-most sacks among all defensive tackles in the NFL behind the Raiders' Warren Sapp (10.0), and they were the most by a Lions defensive tackle since Luther Elliss (8.5) in 1997. "I feel there is more that I can do and I'm going to try to make sure that I give it 100 percent every game," said Redding,...
... Redding, the Lions' third-round pick of the 2003 NFL Draft "Still, this is a team sport and we need...
Eric Steinbach came to Cincinnati at a time when things were more Boo Dem than Who Dey. But he was warned. "People would say to me, 'If you guys start winning, just wait and see how this city will be behind you,' " said Steinbach, an offensive lineman whom the Bengals chose in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. "I started noticing that last year, and this year it has really picked up. Indeed, the people of Cincinnati and its surrounding communities have held up their end of the bargain. As the Bengals have stormed to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1988 -- the last time they appeared in the Super Bowl -- support for the once-moribund franchise has peaked to new levels.
ENGLEWOOD - The Denver Broncos have signed free-agent running back Justin Fargas, it was announced. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fargas (6-foot-1, 220 pounds) spent his first seven NFL seasons with Oakland, where he played 92 games (32 starts) and rushed for 3,369 yards on 827 carries (4.1 avg.) with 10 touchdowns. He also compiled 77 receptions for 523 yards (6.8 avg.). He was drafted by the Raiders in the third round (96th overall) of the 2003 NFL draft from the University of Southern California.
Indianapolis linebacker Gary Brackett might be the NFL's poster boy for overcoming adversity. Brackett was raised in a rough neighborhood in Glassboro, N.J. Always undersized, the 5-foot-11, 235-pound Brackett walked on at Rutgers. With his money for school almost gone and his Vietnam veteran father quite ill, Brackett was on the verge of dropping out when he was put on scholarship before his junior year. He started the next two seasons and made 212 tackles but still wasn't chosen in the 2003 NFL Draft.
CINCINNATI -- There is no statute of limitations on bulletin- board material in the NFL, but the Bengals have decided to let bygones be bygones with Byron Leftwich. In the fall of 2002, Leftwich, then the Marshall University quarterback, told talk-show host Kirk Herbstreit on a Columbus radio station that, given a choice, he'd rather win the national title over the Heisman Trophy and being the first overall pick of the 2003 NFL draft.
Depending on whom you believe, Corey Dillon came to the New England Patriots from the Cincinnati Bengals with a reputation as a) a malcontent, or b) someone who simply wanted to win. Bill Belichick, the head coach of the Patriots, believed it was the latter and took a chance on Dillon in the week before the 2003 NFL draft. And because of that, both the Patriots and Dillon have prospered. The Patriots head into today's regular-season finale against the woebegone San Francisco 49ers with a 13-2 record. Dillon enters the game with career highs in both yards rushing (1,519) and touchdowns (11).
NFL DRAFT SEPTEMBER 2003 FILE PHOTO/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
Palmer, Kitna shine before 8,500 fans in annual scrimmage GEORGETOWN, Ky.- Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer showed why he was the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. As for the defense, well, fans can go ahead and pinch their noses.
The Jets finally traded nose tackle Dewayne Robertson, a five- year veteran and the No. 4 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. They sent him to Denver and will receive a conditional 2009 pick. The pick could be as high as a second-rounder, according to a source close to the situation, depending upon the 26-year-old Robertson's playing time in the Broncos' 4-3 scheme. Robertson, who has had his contract restructured with Denver, was due to earn $9.8 million this season, including a $3 million roster bonus on June 1. With this trade, the Jets will save about $8.4 million in cap room this season.
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