Gunzlingr
08-07-2003, 09:03 AM
FLAGSTAFF - Levar Fisher hears James Hodgins’ name and laughs.
It didn’t take long for Hodgins to make an impression on his new Cardinals teammate, especially when Fisher — a linebacker — is getting plowed over by the team’s new fullback too many times to count.
“Dude is coming through, and through so hard,” Fisher said. “And he’s always coming at me. It’s like a train wreck.”
For all the notoriety the Cards got this offseason for signing running back Emmitt Smith, for all the sighs of relief they got for changing quarterbacks to Jeff Blake, for all the knowledge they brought in by inking Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson, it was the Hodgins signing that may have been the franchise’s best move.
If you want a running game in the NFL, you need a good offensive line. The Cards think they have that. You need a good tailback, and the Cards insist their duo of Smith and Marcel Shipp is among the league’s best
MORE (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=8087)
It didn’t take long for Hodgins to make an impression on his new Cardinals teammate, especially when Fisher — a linebacker — is getting plowed over by the team’s new fullback too many times to count.
“Dude is coming through, and through so hard,” Fisher said. “And he’s always coming at me. It’s like a train wreck.”
For all the notoriety the Cards got this offseason for signing running back Emmitt Smith, for all the sighs of relief they got for changing quarterbacks to Jeff Blake, for all the knowledge they brought in by inking Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson, it was the Hodgins signing that may have been the franchise’s best move.
If you want a running game in the NFL, you need a good offensive line. The Cards think they have that. You need a good tailback, and the Cards insist their duo of Smith and Marcel Shipp is among the league’s best
MORE (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=8087)