Trey Teague's season has officially come to an end. Teague, a veteran offensive lineman who signed with the New York Jets last April, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. The Jets also made two practice squad moves, signing defensive lineman Keyonta Marshall and waiving offensive lineman Norm Katnik. Teague, who injured his leg before training camp commenced, was placed on the Active/PUP list in late July. He was activated prior to the regular season but never took the field for the Jets. Teague, a veteran with 94 games of experience, played the previous four seasons with the Buffalo Bills. The 31-year old Teague, a Tennessee product, was originally a seventh-round selection by the Denver Broncos. Marshall, 6'1", 325 pounds, played in one game for the Philadelphia Eagles last season and tallied two tackles. He most recently played for the Hamburg Sea Devils in NFL Europe, posting 24 tackles and three sacks last spring. Marshall attended Grand Valley State and was a seventh round selection of the Eagles. Katnik appeared in three games for the Jets this season and made two starts. The Jets removed Katnik from the active roster on September 28 and designated the USC alum to the practice squad. www.newyorkjets.com
I don't know about Marshall and I feel bad for Teague, but I feel strongly that less Norm Katnik is a good thing.
how old is Marshall? where did he go to college? when was he drafted? what's his Social Security number? cheers
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/marshall_keyonta ANALYSIS Positives: High production tackler with a thick chest and wide hips … One-gap type who is very effective working in the short area … Solid run stuffer who flashes to the play with leverage … Uses his hands properly to engage and shed blocks … shows good quickness coming off the edge … Drops his hips and hits on the rise in run force … Keeps his feet free from blockers and delivers punishing hand swipes coming out of his stance … Collides with ball carriers with a thud, using classic wrap-up tackling techniques to secure and bring down … Has a good short burst and quick feet to push the pocket … Shows decent playing strength to gain leverage … When given a free lane, he can get some penetration and be disruptive … Short stepper who doesn't work well over the trash inside as well, but gives a good effort to pursue and has some backside production … In the pass rush, he has decent initial quickness … Gets decent production off his effort and quickness to play underneath and slip off blocks. Negatives: Has a short, compact frame and has constantly battled with weight issues … Is usually out of shape and also has shorter than ideal arms … Shows better quickness at the 315-pound range … When playing at 330+ pounds, he has only adequate quickness, agility and balance … Lacks the foot speed to be effective outside the short area … While he can push the pocket, he lacks the motor to consistently collapse it … Works better over the center's head, getting bounced around a bit when taking on double coverage … Good competitor who plays with good pursuit effort but lacks consistency, perhaps due to being overweight and a lack of conditioning as games go on … Does not play up to his potential, taking plays off for stretches, but some feel this is due to a lack of endurance … Plays a little too high coming out of his stance, spending too much time battling to keep blockers off his legs because of it … Against the run, he occupies space on the line and has enough strength to hold the point and anchor, but gets stalled out when he does not use hands to work across the blocker to the ball or when shedding … Despite his production, he isn't real explosive and is more of a pinball type working inside, as he lacks the lateral quickness to stunt without the power to bull rush. INJURY REPORT Injury report unavailable. AGILITY Campus: 5.29 in the 40-yard dash … 400-pound bench press … Bench pressed 225 pounds 25 times … 525-pound squat … 330-pound power clean … 4.71 20-yard shuttle … 8.13 three-cone drill … 21¾-inch vertical jump … 7-foot-1½" broad jump … 31-inch arm length … 9¾-inch hands … Right-handed.
Grand Valley State is a university based in Allendale, Michigan, and they are perennial Division II NCAA powers. The program has won 3 national championships. As a matter of fact, they are ranked #1 at this very moment. Seems they hold that position most years.
Maybe he was signed as depth for when we switch back to the 4-3 after the bye? OK, probably not, but one can hope
