Booger on TV tonight?

NT80 · August 29, 2005

7:00 pm, ABC, Monday Night Football:

St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions

August 29, 2005

Today was a 69 person roster cut day. I checked the Lion's website and BK hasn't been released (as of 11:00 am). I hope we see him tonight..

MeanGreenBuzz · August 29, 2005

I have a feeling he will be put on the practice squad (out of respect for Kenoy) until he returns to playing strength and weight. He is about 35 pounds over weight and doesn't seem to be able to move and leverage as well as when he was healthy here his junior year.

MeanGreenBuzz · August 30, 2005

Anyone seen him in yet or see if he is on the sidelines?

Ibleedgreen · August 30, 2005

I saw him on the sidelines.

keith · August 30, 2005

He's in there now.

Keith

MeanGreenBuzz · August 30, 2005

They just did a Kennedy Brother box on the screen, though even Madden noted that he is closer to 350 than 340.

BIG DAWG · August 30, 2005

He just got some face time! John called hima fire hydrant.

Showed his picture alongside his bro Kennoy

MeanGreenBuzz · August 30, 2005

Can anyone tell if he was playing with the 2nd or 3rd string D? It looked to me like 3rd...

eeally · August 30, 2005

He will play in the NFL. But is getting pushed a little tonite. The Lions are slim on the D line. Maybe....

MeanGreenBuzz · August 30, 2005

If you have been watching the 4th quarter Booger has gotten alot of reps. He hasn't gotten much penetration, but he has also been matched up against a 6'8" 14 year vet for part of the time. His patented spin move also hasn't been working as well, it looks like he is running about 70% of the speed he was at here.

DeepGreen · August 30, 2005

The first three plays that I was watching, Booger made a stop and held his own on the other two plays. He's not penetrating, but he is holding his own. The only time I saw him get man handled was due to a double team.

ipEAGLE · August 30, 2005

He has defintely gained some weight... some doubted he was in the 340 - 350 range, but he sure does look like it.

FirefightnRick · August 30, 2005

He played the entire 4th quarter. He definately isn't as quick as he once was but he certainly held his own and chased from sideline to sideline. I might have missed some plays but I didn't see the Rams run at him? I would love to see what he could do with the first D around him.

Rick

August 30, 2005

He played all but 2 minutes of the second half. I think he is running with 2-3rd teams. He would be with the 3rd, but the starter went down with injury and the backup started.

He isn't the same with all the weight.

NT80 · August 30, 2005

If nothing else comes of his time there, it was nice to see Booger get some National prime time with the photo and Madden comments.

MeanGreenBuzz · August 30, 2005

Well, with the starter out and with as much time as BK got tonight I expect we will see more of him, atleast until the #1 guy gets back. Remember he was running with 2nd and 3rd teams after not playing for over a year and recovering from ankle surgery. Image what he will do when he gets fully recovered and returns to his optimum weight.

I just looked on the site and the Lions have BK at RT. The starter that was injured was at LT. Is BK playing on both sides? If so that bodes well for him as it looks like there are 4 healthy players at the 2 tackle spots (and 1 other rookie that has been a nonfactor all preseason). The 2 injured RTs are Shaun Rogers (starter) and Marcus Jasmine (UDFA Rookie aTm). You would figure Coach M wouldn't cut himself down to 3 healthy tackles... so I would look for BK to be on the gameday roster next week.

Edited August 30, 2005 by MeanGreenBuzz