Good stuff about Bergen

This was pilfered from the Arizona Cardinals message board, but this seems to be extremely good news for every Lehigh fan's favorite NFL TE:

8-9-05 Practice

For the most part the offense consisted of the 5 OL(including Nick Leckey), Fitz and BJ at WR, Adam Bergen and Aaron Goliday at TE and alternating running backs with J.J. Arrington getting the lion's share. The word is that Kurt Warner and the coaching staff are very impressed with Bergen in the early going. He seems to catch everything thrown his way. There was a lot of red zone work this morning. This appears to be a point of emphasis with Denny this camp.

Had to spread the love! This is clearly the first-team offense that Bergen is working with. It's still real early, but Bergen looks like he has a real shot to be the starting TE for the Cards this year. Here on the east coast, we won't be able to watch the Cardinals/Cowboys preseason game this coming Saturday, but you can bet I'll be checking the boxscore and writeups come Sunday.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Does anyone know why Bergen was not a captain last season?

1:08 AM

Anonymous said…

Because his teammates did not feel that he deserved. The captain are decided through the voting of the entire team and coaching staff during the spring.

1:34 AM

Anonymous said…

Let me get this straight...each player and each coach vote for three captains, and the three players with the most votes become captains?

2:40 AM

Anonymous said…

"The captain are decided through the voting of the entire team and coaching staff during the spring."

At least that is how it is supposed to work. I know of two different occasions in the past two years that, let's just say, the head coach had more of a say than the players. Anyone care to guess?

10:07 PM

Anonymous said…

OTHER BATTLE FRONTS:— TE Adam Bergen, an undrafted rookie, grabbed an 18-yard pass from Kurt Warner in a scoring drive and has solidified his spot on the first team. ... TE Eric Edwards, who was on the first team, has a pectoral tear that will sideline him at least two weeks. ... Bobby Blizzard, an All-NFL Europe pick, has dropped off the radar.

3:16 PM

Anonymous said…

What does it matter whether Bergen was captain or not. Maybe the rest of the Lehigh Football team should of followed his example and worked as hard as he did and they might of won the Villanova game, Lafaytte and James Madison Game. Hard work makes a player not being captain.

5:51 PM

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