oldschooler Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 “It’s like a tale of two teams right now,” said Bicknell. “Offensively, I think we’re very talented. I think we have the ability on offense. We have good quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends…Defensively, we’re struggling right now. It’s a matter of putting in a new defensive scheme and getting to know our players, so hopefully when it’s all said and done and we get to Hamburg, we’ll be a good solid team on both offense and defense.” Leading the offensive crew was quarterback Casey Bramlet, who finished 3-of-5 passing for 59 yards in his limited time. Running back Larry Croom continued his explosive play, carrying the ball 6 times for 32 yards and a 2-yard touchdown, while his counterparts Chris Douglas and Zack Abron finished with 21 and 18 yards respectively. On the receiving end, Carlos Perez averaged 24.5 yards on his two catches, finishing with 49 total yards. Scott McCready, the NFLEL receptions leader last season, also caught two passes for 23 yards. “I think we came out and looked pretty good in 7-on-7,” said Bramlet. “We did some good things. Once we got into team, we were driving the ball but we had some penalties that backed us up and hurt us, but we know in game situations we won’t do that. We just have to learn from it and move on. We’ll be fine; we just have to keep improving, keep working on the offense and making the right reads and running the right routes. It’s coming together. It takes a little while to get a team put together, but once we do we’ll be all right.” Casey Bramlet on Saturday's scrimmage - "It was good to go against new faces. In these scrimmages you get to see where you're at and what you need to work on. After a scrimmage, you can go back to practice and put together the things you need to prepare for the next week." http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/HAM/8290160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Good to see Bramlet will get PT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I really liked what little I saw of Bramlet in 2004 preseason. Have high hopes for the kid.Hopefully, we'll get well ahead in a few games this upcoming year and he can get some onfield mop up duty action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I really liked what little I saw of Bramlet in 2004 preseason. Have high hopes for the kid.Hopefully, we'll get well ahead in a few games this upcoming year and he can get some onfield mop up duty action. Yea ya know, he was just Fun to watch ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/8391790http://images.nfl.com/images/nfleurope/sta...e_ham_stats.pdfBramlet: 15/20 for 179 yds./2 sacks, 1 TD, 1 INT, 97.7 ratingSea Devils make a splash April 16, 2005NFL Europe Hamburg Sea Devils 31Rhein Fire 24AOL Arena, Hamburg The Hamburg Sea Devils introduced themselves to their new fans with 31 unanswered first-half points and then survived a nervous second half to win their home opener at the AOL Arena. It was a memorable night for the NFLEL’s newest franchise after opening the season with two narrow losses on the road. As well as their performance on the field, the crowd of 19,865 was a record for any new NFLEL team in its inaugural home game since the league relaunched in 1995. Hamburg’s victory was secured in a first half in which the Fire were forced to punt on their first five drives. Meanwhile, the Sea Devils scored four touchdowns and a field goal, racking up 270 offensive yards to the visitors’ 21. But it was different story after halftime. At first, the Fire’s points appeared to be only consolation but they ended up within striking distance of the home team, who just managed to run out the clock after Rhein had closed to within one score. Sea Devils quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie, allocated by the Chicago Bears, finished with 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Casey Bramlet, from the Cincinnati Bengals, threw for 179 yards and a touchdown. English receiver Scott McCready caught 9 passes for 101 yards. For the Fire, Green Bay Packers quarterback Scott McBrien gave a heroic second-half performance to finish with 325 yards and two touchdowns, with Jeris McIntyre, allocated by the Kansas City Chiefs, gaining 154 yards on 6 catches and New England Patriot Cedric James having 149 yards on 6 receptions, including a touchdown. Bramlet was on target on the opening drive of the game, completing passes for first downs to tight end Bobby Blizzard and fullback Ben Miller before lofting a 40-yard touchdown strike to Ricky Bryant on a play-action to give his team an early lead. McCready, the new holder of the record for most career catches by a national player, was the primary target on the Sea Devils’ next drive, eluding Fire defenders to catch four passes and set up a 37-yard field goal by Todd France. Meanwhile, Fire quarterback Andy Hall was having a tough time against the Hamburg pass rush and when Rhein punted for the third straight series, returner Allan Amundson ran the ball back 39 yards to the Fire 25. That set up Dynwiddie, in for the second quarter, to hit Blizzard for a 5-yard touchdown and a 17-0 lead. A spectacular leap by Chris Collins at the 1-yard line led to Zack Abron’s touchdown run, before Dinwiddie worked well against the clock in the final two minutes and flighted a 22-yard touchdown pass into the arms of Terrance Metcalf. The Fire made a better start to the second half, with Jonathan Cox picking off Bramlet and McBrien marching his team downfield with two big completions to Cedric James and a 37-yard hook-up with Jeris McIntyre. But they failed to score when Marcell Almond intercepted a tipped McBrien pass at the 2-yard line. McBrien soon made amends, though, talking off on the run on Rhein’s next series and galloping in for a 43-yard score. The Fire scored again early in the fourth quarter after McBrien and McIntyre had combined well again to set up a 25-yard field by Nicholas Setta. The Fire continued to make the scoreline respectable after recovering an onside kick and marching to McBrien’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Hall, reducing the deficit to 31-17. Suddenly, the Fire were thinking seriously about one of the most amazing comebacks in NFLEL history. With time against them they needed a big play – and McBrien provided it by launching a 73-yard bomb down the left sideline to Cedric James to make the score 31-24 with 5:07 remaining. The Fire had one more chance after forcing a Hamburg punt, which left them at their own 20-yard with 0:20 remaining, but it was too big a task even for McBrien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 hopefully they can make him the #2 soon, i think he could manage with our offense if he had to go in for a few games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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