| "Are you getting ready to sack Peyton Manning?" | The draft was great fun and I'm sad to be writing the last of my three articles. Last week I gave you a couple of quotes but there is one more I had to share. While I was at the Draft, I had a flashback to a Monday Night Football game last year when the Indianapolis Colts played the Houston Texans. The Texans said they took Mario Williams over Reggie Bush. Jon Gruden was saying that the Texans took Williams over Bush to sack Peyton Manning. The Texans this year took J.J. Watt over Mark Ingram . So I asked: "Are you getting ready to sack Peyton Manning?" J.J. said: "That's what everybody is saying to me all day, he's a guy that we need to sack. I want to sack a quarterback every week. That's a goal for us defensive linemen." In addition to learning about the players I also learned about being a reporter from some of the other professional reporters at the press conferences. I got some good tips on asking questions and enjoyed meeting Scott Engel from RotoExperts. I want to thank the staff members at the NFL including Yang Bu, Laura Malfy, and Brad Solheim for giving me this amazing opportunity. I am looking forward to the 2011 season to see how these draft picks do this year. |
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