Blake Costanzo

Does he play for the Rhein Fire??

If so, I saw him play last week and he made some nice one -on - one tackles.

His teammate a DE (Strong) on Rhein that was also property of the Jets, had 2 sacks and good pressure in the half I watched....

 

Yeah, he?s doing pretty well over here, but the only way i can see him walk on the field in Green and White is as a special team specialist (he?s a great special teamer). He?s even smaler than Vilma. I can?t see him play LB with 6-0 227lbs. He?s just way to small for every LB postion in the 3-4.

Here?s a nice read about him:

I didn?t realise the jets have a DE over here!?! I thought the only players are:

Frankfurt Galaxy

Nr. 60 Matt McChesney , G,6-3, 325
Nr. 97 Zarnell Fitch, DT, 6-2, 325

Amsterdam Admirals

Nr. 27 Jamie Thompson, S, 5-11, 190

D?sseldorf Rhein Fire:

Nr. 45 Costanzo Blake, LB, 6-0, 227



You can watch the NFLE games here: http://admirals.sbs6.nl/default.asp...=22&clip=2795&live=1&videoFilename=admiralstv
Blake is wearing #45 at Rhein Fire, he?s playing OLB.

 

I was going to make a thread on this also , hes doing very well. I do think that he is more of a 4-3 LB as well though , I can't see where he would fit in though.
Zarnell Fitch is another name to watch out for.
Jamie Thompson is doing a fine job too ....


Blake Costanzo
#45
Height: 6-0/1.83
Weight: 227/103
Date of Birth: 4/14/84
Position: LB
College: Lafayette
How Acquired: NFLDraft-5/Jets


? Originally signed by the New York Jets as a rookie free agent on May 12, 2006
? Allocated to NFL Europa by the Jets and drafted in the 5th round of the NFL Allocated Player Draft by the Rhein Fire


COLLEGE
? Completed career with 307 tackles and 18 sacks
? As a senior in 2005 tallied 86 tackles, including 6.5 sacks and 9 tackles for losses
? Earned second team All-Patriot League honors after starting every game in 2004
? Earned recognition as the team?s most outstanding linebacker
? Started all 11 games as a sophomore in 2003
? Tied for seventh in the Patriot League with 94 total tackles and blocked a team-high 3 kicks
? Played in each of the Leopards? 12 games in 2002 and made 34 tackles
? Recorded 2 sacks and 5 pass defended


PERSONAL
? Majored in anthropology and sociology
? Worked with the Easton Boys and Girls Club in Pennsylvania as a volunteer in college
? A three-time letter winner at Ramapo High School
? Led the two-time state championship team as a captain in 2001 while playing at linebacker and tight end

 

What's the point of sponsoring players in the Europe league if they don't have the size/frame/weight to ever play for the Jets? Apparantly someone in the Jet's org feels he may wear green and white some day.

 

I think by league rules all teams have to supply players to the WFL

 

Each NFL team has to allocate 6 players...however it does not guarantee they make a team. There is a allocated player draft.

And BTW, The WFL folded in 1975

 

Think hes referring to the WL , New York Knights etc...

 

i actually went to high school with Costanzo. he was a year below me, graduated in 2002.

to be honest, i never liked him. he was one of the biggest assholes in Ramapo. i distinctly remember this one time during lunch: i waited on a long line for food and he comes in and starts cutting people in the line, just moving bodies out of the way, and he's like, "watch out, State Champion, lemme in, State Champion." just your typical meathead douchebag extraordinare. he always reminded me of the bully from A Christmas Story -- "he had yellow eyes."

having said that, all the kid knows is football, and that's exactly what Mangini wants. i can definitely see him fitting in here from the mental aspect. and if he helps us win, then he's okay by me.


cheers

 

Man, just based upon what you've said above I don't want the guy to make the team.

 

He has had more then plenty of time to grow up since high school

 

yeah, i agree. he may a completely different person now. as i mentioned, all he cared/s about is football, so in that regard, he'd fit well on this team playing for Mangini. and in those quotations, he said the right things.

i was just alluding to an anecdote i remember vividly.



cheers