Kasmir

In contrast to all the Vereen hype, it seems that Woodhead has become an almost invisible man.

Even Reiss has rarely mentioned him up to now. For one of the huge questions for this camp is whether we see this year the electrifying Woodhead of 2010 instead of the disappointing one of 2011. For some reason he fell to earth and apparently isn't expected to rise.

But if he does return to his 2010 form, it will be fascinating to see how McD uses him, especially given the success the Saints had last year featuring the similar Sproles, who -- believe it or not -- is smaller and slower than Woodhead.

But hearing nothing coming out of camp is not a good sign with a running back, and we've heard next to nothing, except for this nugget from Curran yesterday:

Postcards from Camp: Day 3

It seems to me at least as likely that Woodhead will build off his electrifying 2010 than that Vereen will become a great NFL back. So why the near total lack of excitement about Woodhead this year?

For me at least, Woodhead's progress is one of the more interesting questions for this year's camp...

ctpatsfan77

I think it's because almost no one can ever actually find him on the field.

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BananaRepublican

I'm unaware of him falling to earth. Do you have any other comments, quotes or links about that?

I think the Allegedly Dynamic Duo is going to continue to soak up the media coverage because they are the ones on the bubble of suspicion, not Woodhead. To me Woodhead is a lock. He's not somebody I consider coulde even be on the bubble. Tom trusts him, so I trust him.

Now this is only Day Four, and you can only cover so many people in depth. I just think with all the new faces, and with Danny's steady play, there isn't a compelling need to dish a bunch of coverage on him. Once he starts making plays in games or scrimmages.

I think Vereen is going to hog a lot of attention because he seems to be the one falling to earth. Maybe that's an overreaction but he's certainly off to a slow start. No problem, but it does alert your mind about who to watch.

The other thing is that the rookie (blanking on his name) is showing a lot of promise. He's like gangbusters impressive even catching the ball. Now to me that's big news and Woodhead has to wait. We may be watching Vereen get out performed and sent to bubble land? Could happen.

shmessy

Danny is secure.

Dude had a concussion or two last season and still averaged 4.6 YPC and had over 500 all-purpose yards.

As long as he has no bats in the belfry, he'll be an integral part of the roster..

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randomk1

Like shmessy said...i think there is no talk about him because there really isn't a question mark regarding him unlike the other RBs.

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Dingleberry

Woodhead being under the radar is like not hearing much about the training camp exploits of any number of players who are locks. Woodhead is a lock.

In fact, Woodhead and Ridley are the only sure locks at the RB position. Molden over Vereen? Could happen.

I still expect 4 RB's only, one of them being a fullback.

robertweathers

In addition to the high-ankle sprain he fought with as well. I know hes a fan favorite of sorts but bottom line is that the kid has produced and has a very important role in this offense.

I would tend to agree that hes close to a lock- especially with Addai gone.

The only way Woody doesn't make the team is if they only keep 4 guys in the backfield and two of them are FBs or Bolden inches him out and they keep 2 FBs.

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shmessy

Plus, the kid is deadly in space as a pass catcher.

Couple that with the reports of McDaniels bringing back the screen pass and one may conclude that Woodhead is primed for a huge season.

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WhiZa

I think Woodhead's performance at TC is a non-issue as long as he performs to or exceeds his expectations. He seems to be the same old Woodhead so really there is nothing to report. No news is good news.

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hovis

Not that it means much, but he looked the best out of all backs in the blitz pickup drill today. Vereen looked good too, but faced lesser competition while Woody took Mayo a couple times.Bolden looked sloppy and Ridley looked awful/indifferent