Group of Jets, Dolphins players plan to join for lockout training in South Florida

A-11 Jets · May 20, 2011

Read this and forwarded for discussion. (Thanks new phone app. *Plug due*)

http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2011/05/group_of_jets_dolphins_players.html

Group of Jets, Dolphins players plan to join for lockout training in South Florida
By Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger

There have been plenty of bizarre developments this offseason, as the NFL and players endure the longest work stoppage in football history. Here's another: next week in South Florida, a group of Jets and Dolphins players -- and a handful of others -- will join together for a week of training mimicking organized team activities.

Facilitated by TEST Football Academy, which has outposts in Martinsville and in Boca Raton, Fla., the players will gather at the campus of Florida Atlantic University on Monday and dive into the football drills and position-specific work they would normally be starting this time of year in OTAs at team facilities.

TEST founder Brian Martin said Jets linebacker Bart Scott and offensive lineman Vlad Ducasse, and Dolphins Channing Crowder, Randy Starks and Benny Sapp, plus rookie running back Daniel Thomas, are expected to participate. Bills receiver Donald Jones is also slated to attend, as well as free-agent cornerback Al Harris and former defensive end Jevon Kearse.

The "lockout camp" has its own Facebook page and a working name of "AFC East Blitz," a nod to the division rivals.

"This is the one time these guys will be working together toward something," Martin said. "They'll be battling against each other in a couple months, so it’s a perfect set-up."

Well, they hope they'll be playing against each other in a couple months, provided the labor dispute is settled by then. Negotiations broke down in March, followed by the players union decertifying and the owners locking the players out. A district court judge ruled to lift the lockout last month, but the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the ruling through the NFL's appeal, for which oral arguments begin June 3.

Until then, players are trying to keep up with their preparations for the season, despite the fact that facilities have been closed for the offseason workout program, and now OTAs. Next week's camp aims to be a substitute for the latter.

Players will train Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, mixing an hour in the weight room with a longer workout on the outdoor fields, in the Florida heat and humidity. They'll run one-on-one drills between receivers and defensive backs, and linemen, along with bag drills and change-of-direction and agility exercises.

Sprinter Ato Boldon, a four-time Olympic medalist for Trinidad and Tobago, will be on hand for speed work. Pat Peterson, Sr., the father of Arizona's No. 5 overall pick and a speed and position coach, and quarterback Chad Pennington, a coach for TEST, are also expected to stop by. Thursday's workout will be supplemented with boxing and mixed martial arts, and Friday's will be held in the sand at Deerfield Beach.

"The goal is really to get guys together," Martin said. "We’re trying to follow the annual football calendar, being mindful of when these guys' bodies are used to transitioning."

Players are paying their own way down to Florida, and the fee for the sessions is the half-price lockout rate. On Wednesday, Martin has arranged to take the players on a fishing trip in chartered boats along the Atlantic coast.

He also plans to keep the players motivated with a week-long competition between two teams of players. The designated leaders? Scott, the Jets' most notorious talker, and Crowder, who infamously took on coach Rex Ryan in a war of words in 2009.

"We haven't gotten shirts made up yet," Martin said, referencing Scott's "Can't Wait" branding campaign that now includes T-shirts.
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A-11 Jets · May 20, 2011

Glad that TEST and the players are putting in some work. Good news even if it is a multiple joint venture. :finssuck:

p.s. Anyone else think, "Coach Pennington" has a nice ring to it?

fozzi58 · May 20, 2011

A-11 Jets said: ↑

p.s. Anyone else think, "Coach Pennington" has a nice ring to it?
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Abso-fucking-lutely

A-11 Jets · May 20, 2011

Not trying to get side tracked, but before someone hands out the captain obvious award:

http://www.wate.com/story/8643130/chad-pennington-eyes-future-in-coaching?clienttype=printable&redirected=true

Chad Pennington eyes future in coaching
Posted: Jul 08, 2008 3:44 PM MDT
By MARK NAGI
6 Sports Anchor/Reporter

...blah blah....

"Coaching is in my blood," says Pennington. "My dad (Elwood) coached for 30 years, and I've been around it my whole life. I have a passion for it. Not just for football, but to help young kids. I think through sports and athletics, a lot of education can be learned, both for them and us and coaches... if we handle it the right way."

...blah blah...THE END
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So that part was old news. Yes, I'm learning.

Rockefella · May 20, 2011

With all these people in sports coming out as homosexual this month I hope this isn't some secret scheme by the Dolphins to buttfuck other NFL players

Johnny English · May 20, 2011

I hope that Bart takes this rare opportunity to beat the living shit out of Channing Crowder away from NFL officials and cameras.

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