'07 rumours archive

17 Oct 07

Kansas City Chiefs' QB Damon Huard (Galaxy 98) has been nominated for the FedEx Air Player of the Week Award for Week 6. Huard completed 25 of 35 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns in Week 6.
G Kili Lefotu (Centurions 07), recently released by the Washington Redskins, is due in court on charges of assault and battery and damage to public property
KFFL

15 Oct 07

The Detroit Lions recently worked out free-agent OL Ben Archibald (Admirals 05).
KFFL

11 Oct 07

A number of ex-NFL Europ(e/a) players are currently working off injuries;
Kansas City Chiefs' QB Damon Huard (Galaxy 98) {shoulder} practiced Wednesday, Oct.10, and will probably start Week 6.
Atlanta Falcons' TE Dwayne Blakley (Fire 03-04) {pectoral} was limited during practice Wednesday, Oct. 10. He is unlikely to play Week 6.
Baltimore Ravens' LB Gary Stills (Galaxy 01) {knee} was limited during practice Wednesday, Oct. 10, but is expected to start Week 6.
Baltimore Ravens' TE Daniel Wilcox (Fire 04) {toe} did not participate in practice Wednesday, Oct. 10, and is considered questionable for Week 6.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers' DL Greg White (Centurions 05) {neck, shoulder} was limited in practice Wednesday, Oct. 10. White is considered questionable for Week 6.
St. Louis Rams' WR Dante' Hall (Claymores 01) {ankle} was all but ruled out for Week 6.
Dallas Cowboys' SS Keith Davis (Thunder 04) {pectoral} fully participated in practice Wednesday, Oct. 10.
KFFL

The Arizona Cardinals worked out free-agent QB Tim Hasselbeck (Thunder 02) Wednesday, Oct. 10.
The Baltimore Ravens brought in OL Brandon Torrey (Centurions 06) for a workout Tuesday, Oct. 9.
The Baltimore Ravens brought in OL Emmanuel Akah (Fire 06, Galaxy 07) for a workout Tuesday, Oct. 9.
KFFL

1 Oct 07

QB Clint Stoerner (Claymores 01) has recently been arrested on a drunk driving charge
KFFL

6 Sep 07

Houston Texans DT Cedric Killings (vertebrae) suffered a fractured vertebrae during the team's Week 3 game. He will walk again, but his future in football is in question.
KFFL
Best wishes to Cedric for a full recovery.

6 Sep 07

G Brian Waters (Thunder 00) has been voted as a team captain for the Kansas City Chiefs
DT La'Roi Glover (Dragons 97) has been voted as a team captain for the St.Louis Rams
KFFL

17 Aug 07

The Oakland Raiders have brought OG Corey Hulsey (Admirals 01) and another OL in for a tryout, one of the two is expected to be signed.
KFFL

14 Aug 07

Cincinnati Bengals TE Sean Mulcahy (Thunder 06, Fire 07) has been advised to retire by doctors because of his recent neck injury.
KFFL

10 Aug 07

Chicago Bears' FB Obafemi Ayanbadejo (Monarchs 98) has received a four match ban from the NFL for failing a drug test.
KFFL

8 Aug 07

WR Noriaki Kinoshita (Admirals 05-07) is expected to get some reps for the Atlanta Falcons, Friday Aug. 10, against the New York Jets, in their pre-season warmup match.
KFFL

20 Jul 07

I am off on another vacation for two weeks and given my recent record I'm hoping the NFL don't close themselves down before I get back :^)
Dallas Cowboys' G Marcus Spears (Admirals 96) has been slimming down during the offseason, he has currently lost 20 pounds.
WR C.J. Jones (Centurions 05, Thunder 06) is reportedly a long shot to make the New England Patriots' roster
KFFL

19 Jul 07

QB Shaun Hill (Admirals 03) is a candidate for the third quarterback spot on the San Francisco 49ers roster.
S Steve Gleason (Fire 01) {knee} will not be ready for the start of the New Orleans Saints training camp.
KFFL

18 Jul 07

NFL roster cut-downs
75 players, Tuesday 8 Aug.
53 players, Saturday, 1 Sep.
KFFL

9 Jul 07

Typical! I go on a week's vacation and NFL Europa gets wound up.
Commiserations to all European football fans and thanks to everyone who fought to keep the dream alive, not least the players and coaching staff who travelled prodigious distances in their quest for success and made a lot of converts on the way.

Seek not to know for whom the bell tolls

Best of luck to WR/KR Noriaki Kinoshita who has just been signed by the Falcons

26 Jun 07

NFL Europa World Bowl MVP
QB Casey Bramlett, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com
I wonder what happened to the Player of the Week awards for week 10 ? I can't find any mention of them on the NFLE website (not that it has been too reliable for a while now, with the Headlines section of the page stuck back in Week 7).
(eventually) Found them on Sports Network

NFL Europa Players of the Week (10)
Offense - WR Skyler Fulton, Amsterdam Admirals
Defense - CB Chris Thompson, Berlin Thunder
Special Teams - P Glenn Pakulak, Amsterdam Admirals
National - DE Ben Ishola, Hamburg Sea Devils
Sports Network

16 Jun 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (9)
Offense - QB Erik Mayer, Cologne Centurions
Defense - LB Jamar Enzor, Rhein Fire
Special Teams - WR/FR Noriaka Kinoshita, Amsterdam Admirals
National - DT Patrice Mwamba, Amsterdam Admirals
NFLEuropa.com

6 Jun 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (8)
Offense - QB J.T. O'Sullivan, Frankfurt Galaxy
Defense - CB Carlos Hendricks, Rhein Fire
Special Teams - K Jaret Johnson, Amsterdam Admirals
National - DE Ben Ishola, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com

4 Jun 07

The Centurions did themselves no favours this weekend, losing out on a certain WB slot, losing their head to head advantage over the Sea Devils and making the WB race a three way dogfight. they have to win their next two matches and overturn a Galaxy advantage of 5 points when the two teams meet in two weeks time.

31 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (7)
Offense - RB A.J. Harris, Cologne Centurions
Defense - LB Nick Reid, Frankfurt Galaxy
Special Teams - P Adam Anderson, Hamburg Sea Devils
National - DT Patrice Majondo-Mwamba, Amsterdam Admirals
NFLEuropa.com

24 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (6)
Offense - RB Jonathan Smith, Amsterdam Admirals
Defense - LB Derek Rehage, Rhein Fire
Special Teams - PR Brandon Middleton, Frankfurt Galaxy
National - LB Philippe Gardent, Cologne Centurions
NFLEuropa.com

17 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (5)
Offense - WR P.K. Sam, Rhein Fire
Defense - LB Byron Hardmon, Hamburg Sea Devils
Special Teams - P Danny Baugher, Rhein Fire
National - LB Philippe Gardent, Cologne Centurions
NFLEuropa.com

9 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (4)
Offense - QB Casey Bramlet, Hamburg Sea Devils
Defense - DT Gary Gibson, Hamburg Sea Devils
Special Teams - KR/RB Chris Barclay, Berlin Thunder
National - WR Scott McCready, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com

2 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (3)
Offense - WR Justin Jenkins, Hamburg Sea Devils
Defense - S Chris Reis, Cologne Centurions
Special Teams - KR Rich Parson, Hamburg Sea Devils
National - LB Akwasi Mensah, Amsterdam Admirals
NFLEuropa.com

18 Apr 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (1)
Offense - RB Derrick Ross, Cologne Centurions
Defense - S Ron Rockett, Frankfurt Galaxy
Special Teams - K Andrew Jacas, Berlin Thunder
National - WR Scott McCready, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com

3 Apr 07

The first match of the new season is nearly upon us and the NFLE website is now carrying a number of week 1 reports. The intriguing ones for me being the injury list and depth charts.
On the depth chart front it is interesting to see some teams have nationals in first and second slots for some positions (Centurions have two nationals marked for the WLB position for instance). Japanese national Noriaki Kinoshita gets first call up on KR and PR duty for the Admirals and four teams have nationals starting on their offensive line. WR Scott McCready is no longer listed as a national (is that a mistake ?).
Week 1 Team Notes - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10122980
Week 1 Game Notes - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10123008
Week 1 Depth Charts - http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/depthchart
Week 1 Injury Report - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10123071

3 Apr 07

The first (and final) cuts have been made for the NFL Europa teams
http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10103801
Some ex-NFLE'rs who failed to make the grade this time;
G Phil Hawkins (Centurions 06)
LS/DE Jordan Hicks (Sea Devils 06)
LB Cuneyt Topcu (Thunder 99, Galaxy 01, 03-05)
DE Jeff Green (Thunder 06)
QB John Bowenkamp (Thunder 06)
RB Cal Murray (Thunder 05)
... and some who refuse to be ignored;
DE Seante Williams (Galaxy 05) - practice squad player
S DeMario Williams (Galaxy 06) - practice squad player
RB Martin Latka (Galaxy 04-06) - injured reserve
TE T.J. Cottrell (Galaxy 05) - practice squad player
QB Brian Wrobel (Thunder 06)- practice squad player
NFLEuropa.com

2 Apr 07

The last round of scrimmages is over and we are now waiting to see who is coming over to Europe this season.
http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/COL/10097906
NFLEuropa.com
Only one set of roster cutdowns this year.

29 Mar 07

Cowboy Jack retires!
NFLEuropa.com
A stalwart of the original WLAF now NFLE. Jack went on several seasons too long in my opinion but he was a great ambassador for the league in Europe and was very dignified in his approach.

27 Mar 07

NFL Europa Camp, Florida;
NFL Europa have issued a report on the second of the camp scrimmages
NFLEuropa.com

17 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (5)
Offense - WR P.K. Sam, Rhein Fire
Defense - LB Byron Hardmon, Hamburg Sea Devils
Special Teams - P Danny Baugher, Rhein Fire
National - LB Philippe Gardent, Cologne Centurions
NFLEuropa.com

9 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (4)
Offense - QB Casey Bramlet, Hamburg Sea Devils
Defense - DT Gary Gibson, Hamburg Sea Devils
Special Teams - KR/RB Chris Barclay, Berlin Thunder
National - WR Scott McCready, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com

2 May 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (3)
Offense - WR Justin Jenkins, Hamburg Sea Devils
Defense - S Chris Reis, Cologne Centurions
Special Teams - KR Rich Parson, Hamburg Sea Devils
National - LB Akwasi Mensah, Amsterdam Admirals
NFLEuropa.com

18 Apr 07

NFL Europa Players of the Week (1)
Offense - RB Derrick Ross, Cologne Centurions
Defense - S Ron Rockett, Frankfurt Galaxy
Special Teams - K Andrew Jacas, Berlin Thunder
National - WR Scott McCready, Hamburg Sea Devils
NFLEuropa.com

3 Apr 07

The first match of the new season is nearly upon us and the NFLE website is now carrying a number of week 1 reports. The intriguing ones for me being the injury list and depth charts.
On the depth chart front it is interesting to see some teams have nationals in first and second slots for some positions (Centurions have two nationals marked for the WLB position for instance). Japanese national Noriaki Kinoshita gets first call up on KR and PR duty for the Admirals and four teams have nationals starting on their offensive line. WR Scott McCready is no longer listed as a national (is that a mistake ?).
Week 1 Team Notes - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10122980
Week 1 Game Notes - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10123008
Week 1 Depth Charts - http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/depthchart
Week 1 Injury Report - http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10123071

3 Apr 07

The first (and final) cuts have been made for the NFL Europa teams
http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10103801
Some ex-NFLE'rs who failed to make the grade this time;
G Phil Hawkins (Centurions 06)
LS/DE Jordan Hicks (Sea Devils 06)
LB Cuneyt Topcu (Thunder 99, Galaxy 01, 03-05)
DE Jeff Green (Thunder 06)
QB John Bowenkamp (Thunder 06)
RB Cal Murray (Thunder 05)
... and some who refuse to be ignored;
DE Seante Williams (Galaxy 05) - practice squad player
S DeMario Williams (Galaxy 06) - practice squad player
RB Martin Latka (Galaxy 04-06) - injured reserve
TE T.J. Cottrell (Galaxy 05) - practice squad player
QB Brian Wrobel (Thunder 06)- practice squad player
NFLEuropa.com

2 Apr 07

The last round of scrimmages is over and we are now waiting to see who is coming over to Europe this season.
http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/COL/10097906
NFLEuropa.com
Only one set of roster cutdowns this year.

29 Mar 07

Cowboy Jack retires!
NFLEuropa.com
A stalwart of the original WLAF now NFLE. Jack went on several seasons too long in my opinion but he was a great ambassador for the league in Europe and was very dignified in his approach.

27 Mar 07

NFL Europa Camp, Florida;
NFL Europa have issued a report on the second of the camp scrimmages
NFLEuropa.com

23 Mar 07

NFL Europa Camp, Florida;
Just to show they are not totally asleep at the wheel NFL Europa have issued a report on the latest camp scrimmages
NFLEuropa.com

22 Mar 07

Although the output from the NFL Europa is extremely slow and not terribly informative about what is going on at camp. It did have one small section of interest for me.
I see from the list of people doing internships that they have a Mark Sander (ex NFL LB) . I am just wondering if this is the same Mark Sander who played LB for the Claymores in 1995 and 1996. Good to hear, if true. Just sorry there is no Claymores franchise left for him to come back to.

A couple of other ex-NFLE names on the list, who may or may not be ex-NFLE (but I suspect they might) are;
Mike Malano (Fire 02)
DT Brandon Noble (Dragons 98-99)
DE Corey Smith (Thunder 04)
T Melvin Tuten (Dragons 99)
Dwayne Ledford (Fire 03)
Dexter Seigler (Admirals 98)

13 Mar 07

NFL Europa Camp, Florida;
The kicking camp for NFLE hopefuls finishes on Wed. 14th, after which the top kickers and nationals will be assigned to NFLE teams.
NFLEuropa.com

26 Feb 07

NFL Europa Camp, Florida;
5 March - National players arrive for practice
8th March - Centers and offensive skill position players arrive
10th March - Remaining offensive linemen, defenders and kickers and punters arrive
14 March - Full squad practice
20 March - combined workouts/game-condition scrimmage
24 March - combined workouts/game-condition scrimmage
28 March - combined workouts/game-condition scrimmage
31 March - combined workouts/game-condition scrimmage
14 April - Season kicks off
NFLEuropa.com

26 Feb 07

NFL Europa have anounced their NFL allocated and Free Agent draft lists
NFL Assignments to NFLE
NFL Allocated Player Draft
2007 NFLE Free Agent Draft
NFLEuropa.com

23 Jan 07

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Lorne Mayers (Berlin Thunder player, TV pundit and English national), who was injured during a shooting in a London nightclub on New Years Eve.

16 Jan 07

The NFL have announced that they will hold a regular season NFL match next season in London.
NFL.com

23 Nov 06

The renamed NFL Europa is gearing up for its next season, with the announcement of the forthcoming schedule.

NFL Europ(a/e) schedule, 2007

Week 1:
Sa., 14. April 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils - Cologne Centurions 18.00
Sa., 14. April 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy - Amsterdam Admirals 19.00
Sa., 14. April 2007 Rhein Fire - Berlin Thunder 19.00

Week 2:
Fr., 20. April 2007 Amsterdam Admirals - Rhein Fire 20.00
Sa., 21. April 2007 Cologne Centurions - Frankfurt Galaxy 18.00
So., 22. April 2007 Berlin Thunder - Hamburg Sea Devils 16.00

Week 3:
Sa., 28. April 2007 Berlin Thunder - Amsterdam Admirals 18.00
Sa., 28. April 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy - Hamburg Sea Devils 19.00
Sa., 28. April 2007 Rhein Fire - Cologne Centurions 19.00

Week 4:
Sa., 5. May 2007 Cologne Centurions - Berlin Thunder 18.00
So., 6. May 2007 Amsterdam Admirals - Frankfurt Galaxy 15.00
So., 6. May 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils - Rhein Fire 16.00

Week 5:
Sa., 12. May 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils - Amsterdam Admirals 18.00
Sa., 12. May 2007 Rhein Fire - Frankfurt Galaxy 19.00
So., 13. May 2007 Berlin Thunder - Cologne Centurions 16.00

Week 6:
Fr., 18. May 2007 Amsterdam Admirals - Hamburg Sea Devils 20.00
Sa., 19. May 2007 Cologne Centurions - Rhein Fire 18.00
So., 20. May 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy - Berlin Thunder 17.00

Week 7:
Fr., 25. May 2007 Amsterdam Admirals - Cologne Centurions 20.00
Sa., 26. May 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils - Berlin Thunder 18.00
Sa., 26. May 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy - Rhein Fire 19.00

Week 8:
Sa., 2. June 2007 Berlin Thunder - Frankfurt Galaxy 18.00
Sa., 2. June 2007 Cologne Centurions - Hamburg Sea Devils 18.00
So., 3. June 2007 Rhein Fire - Amsterdam Admirals 16.00

Week 9:
Fr., 9. June 2007 Berlin Thunder - Rhein Fire 19.00
Sa., 9. June 2007 Cologne Centurions - Amsterdam Admirals 18.00
Sa., 9. June 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils - Frankfurt Galaxy 18.00

Week 10:
Fr., 15. June 2007 Amsterdam Admirals - Berlin Thunder 20.00
Sa., 16. June 2007 Rhein Fire - Hamburg Sea Devils 19.00
Sa., 16. June 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy - Cologne Centurions 19.00

Sa., 23. June 2007: YELLO STROM WORLD BOWL XV
Commerzbank-Arena; Frankfurt

Rhein Fire