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Training camp day 0
As the Riders get set to go into training camp this year with lots of questions. They do however return all 11 starters on defense last years draft picks Cris Lowe and "Mighty" Mo Lyon stepped in and started right away and did well.
on defense they did add in what was sidely considered a pretty big coup DE/DT Allen Rose. Rose give Phoenix size upfront that havent had since Donnie Creekmour was traded a few years ago. they have him penciled in to start in DT but they will move him around.
"He gives us so much felixibilty and will take a lot of heat off of me, im happy hes here" said DE Isaac Andrews who is just 6 sacks away from the 100 sack club.
on offesne the story is different, with 4 different Qb's starting last year the offense was abysmial, along with the injuries along the front line this offseason is crucial.
the big question is up fron where Ethan fox suffered a season ending knee injury and has been working to rehab, made tougher by the lockout and not being able to use team faclities.
to address teh qb issue Phoenix has 5 qb's on teh roster picking up some journymen and former starter Tom Skeen. Skeen is there to keep the seat warm for Lamont Emmerson. Skeen was very happy to have a chance to start be it only for a year or 2 as he eyes retirement, "its a great situation with Alfred (morrison), Kris (burke) and HB (Harvey Bettie), we are really gonna open things up this year to take some of teh pressure off of Will (sumway)"
The probowl RB will be 30 this year so him carrying the ball 300 times may not be practical, especially behind the aging line they have. Skeen also pointed out "last year they only allowed 17 points a game so, were +10 in takeaways. so they have built a good defense here my job is to get some points on the board".
that in itself could be a tough job ans the riders were very inefective suffing thier first shoutout in over 5 years at teh hands of division rival Utah. Morrision was injured for that game and had only 1 catch, but doesnt make any excuses "it was a crucial point in our season I mean if we win that game were at .500 going into a bye week, but we just didnt show up. sure ethan was out i wasnt 100% but we just werent in that game, at least our hearts werent"
this year they look for a good traning camp for skeen to get in sync with not only morrison et all but also shumway who posted his highest catch total in 5 years. Head coach Roger Kenny said "we got a 30 year old Rb we got to get him touches in more creative ways, out of the backfield in the slot. hell he may even return kicks!"
Training camp day 0
As the Riders get set to go into training camp this year with lots of questions. They do however return all 11 starters on defense last years draft picks Cris Lowe and "Mighty" Mo Lyon stepped in and started right away and did well.
on defense they did add in what was sidely considered a pretty big coup DE/DT Allen Rose. Rose give Phoenix size upfront that havent had since Donnie Creekmour was traded a few years ago. they have him penciled in to start in DT but they will move him around.
"He gives us so much felixibilty and will take a lot of heat off of me, im happy hes here" said DE Isaac Andrews who is just 6 sacks away from the 100 sack club.
on offesne the story is different, with 4 different Qb's starting last year the offense was abysmial, along with the injuries along the front line this offseason is crucial.
the big question is up fron where Ethan fox suffered a season ending knee injury and has been working to rehab, made tougher by the lockout and not being able to use team faclities.
to address teh qb issue Phoenix has 5 qb's on teh roster picking up some journymen and former starter Tom Skeen. Skeen is there to keep the seat warm for Lamont Emmerson. Skeen was very happy to have a chance to start be it only for a year or 2 as he eyes retirement, "its a great situation with Alfred (morrison), Kris (burke) and HB (Harvey Bettie), we are really gonna open things up this year to take some of teh pressure off of Will (sumway)"
The probowl RB will be 30 this year so him carrying the ball 300 times may not be practical, especially behind the aging line they have. Skeen also pointed out "last year they only allowed 17 points a game so, were +10 in takeaways. so they have built a good defense here my job is to get some points on the board".
that in itself could be a tough job ans the riders were very inefective suffing thier first shoutout in over 5 years at teh hands of division rival Utah. Morrision was injured for that game and had only 1 catch, but doesnt make any excuses "it was a crucial point in our season I mean if we win that game were at .500 going into a bye week, but we just didnt show up. sure ethan was out i wasnt 100% but we just werent in that game, at least our hearts werent"
this year they look for a good traning camp for skeen to get in sync with not only morrison et all but also shumway who posted his highest catch total in 5 years. Head coach Roger Kenny said "we got a 30 year old Rb we got to get him touches in more creative ways, out of the backfield in the slot. hell he may even return kicks!"
you are just trying to lower expectations for yourslef buddy not gonna work, your team is young Boone is improving you had a good draft i see 10 wins in your future and sadly another division crown with LA 2nd with an 8-8 season and myself at 6-10 
and i average at least 20 points a game i think i can challenge for the division title.
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