...him, too." The amazing TD capped a thrilling night in which Favre threw his first TD pass underhanded while blitzing linebacker Ed McDaniel had his left arm pinned against his side. And it followed a botched 33-yard field goal by the Vikings...

...money or hangers-on at a club. Their heads are spinning, and training camp is still a month away. Facing a blitzing linebacker might be more pleasant than some of the stuff they're hearing. To the image-conscious NFL, it's worth the...

...said. "I believe the tight end is one of the most athletic guys on the team. They have to be able to block a blitzing linebacker and run past the blazing speed of safeties. I have a lot of admiration for those guys." Growing up in Golden...

...Reed is physical and he's quick and he reads his keys exceptionally well. We would get questioned about our blitzing linebackers a lot, but we rarely blitzed our linebackers. They were just reading their keys so fast and knew were the ball...

...Patriots is happy these days. Last Monday night against the Jets, it was fourth-and-16 at the Patriots 26 when blitzing linebacker John Abraham sacked Bledsoe. In the season opener against the Buccaneers, it was Bledsoe throwing a futile fourth-down...

...Lemanski Hall at strong side linebacker. "We were surprised to get him," Green said. "He can be a tremendous blitzing linebacker." ------ ETC.: CB Robert Tate, who injured his shoulder in the Vikings' third preseason game against...