Pats sign Angelo Craig to practice squad

[Tyler.Durden]

The Patriots just officially announced the signing of OLB Rosevelt Colvin, and at the same time, filled the final spot on their practice squad with LB Angelo Craig.

The 23-year-old Craig (6-5, 242) was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round this year. He was cut at the end of training camp and was with the Carolina Panthers' practice squad for one day in September.

Craig played at the University of Cincinnati.

Per Reiss

Craig to practice squad - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com

discuss

 

[DefenseRules]

WHO? !

 

[Tyler.Durden]

6-5 lb rookie

 

[Tyler.Durden]

NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Angelo Craig, DE/OLB, Cincinnati



by Michael Abromowitz, 2/9/08. One player who looks to be a perfect fit for the 3-4 defense in the NFL is Angelo Craig of Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, Craig actually played both defensive end and linebacker. Craig’s size and speed makes him an ideal OLB in the 3-4 defense. Craig also just happens to come from the high school football powerhouse Cleveland Glenville, where he played ball with Ted Ginn, Donte Whitner, and Troy Smith


What is your accurate height, weight and forty time?
Angelo Craig: 6’5, 245, 4.5

Describe your game in three words or less.
Angelo Craig: Hostile, Agile, Mobile.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a football player and what area do you feel you need to improve in?
Angelo Craig: Speed, Ball Awareness.

What NFL player do you do you think you compare favorably to?
Angelo Craig: Osi Umenyiora.

Who is the best player you have faced during your college football career?
Angelo Craig: Pat White of West Virginia.

What is your greatest football moment to date?
Angelo Craig: Winning the defensive MVP of the 2008 Hula Bowl.

Did you have a favorite pro team growing up? Favorite player?
Angelo Craig: Cleveland Browns, Donte Whitner of the Buffalo Bills.

How instrumental was your head coach [Brain Kelly] in your progression?
Angelo Craig: Great person always upbeat, always motivated me to go on and do great things and play above my potential.


What have former college teammates now in the NFL told you about preparing for the league?
Angelo Craig: Work hard everyday and always improve on some part of my game weather it be something big or something small.

When you get your first professional paycheck what is the first thing you will buy?
Angelo Craig: Buy my Aunt and Uncle a new house.

How will you be preparing for the NFL Draft?
Angelo Craig: Training with Coach Tom Shaw in Orlando FL at the Disney World Wide of Sports Complex.

Do you have any goals in mind when it comes to the NFL Draft?
Angelo Craig: Yes, be picked in the top two rounds of the draft.

What is the one thing you will most miss at college?
Angelo Craig: My Teammates, Coaches, and the Support Staff of the University of Cincinnati.

Where is the best place to get a bite to eat in your college town?
Angelo Craig: Goodfellas on Short Vine St.

What was your favorite college course and why?
Angelo Craig: Business Stats, because it was a course that prepared me for things that I encounter today.

What have former or current NFL players told you about preparing for the league?
Angelo Craig: Pay attention to the small details of the game and let my talent and knowledge of the game take care of the rest.

Any pregame rituals? Food? Music?
Angelo Craig: Chicken and Steak. Playaz Circle Feat. Lil Wayne Duffle Bag Boy.

What is something football fans may not know about you?
Angelo Craig: I love fresh Nike Air Force Ones.

Do you read mock drafts or listen to what draft experts have to say?
Angelo Craig: NO.

What was the last good movie you saw?
Angelo Craig: “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins”

What do you plan to do once your playing career is over?
Angelo Craig: Give back to the Community of Cleveland where I was born and raised.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions and good luck!
Angelo Craig: Thanks for having me.

NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Angelo Craig, DE,/OLB Cincinnati

 

[BelichickFan]

Same High School as Pierre Woods, for the little that is worth.

 

[Lifer]

Oh thank the Lord, our defensive problems are all solved and we are going to win the Super Bowl!

 

[BelichickFan]

Oh thank the Lord, our defensive problems are all solved and we are going to win the Super Bowl!

Heaven forbid we develop players that might help with depth in two years. Good thing you aren't the GM.

 

[JSn]

Heaven forbid we develop players that might help with depth in two years. Good thing you aren't the GM.

Honestly, it's hard to have the long view, but I think the personnel dept. has to think about next year. We have a lot of great possibilities at LB. If even ONE more of the guys turns up as a gamer or solid prospect, it helps the drafting of players we REALLY need in the secondary.

We currently seem to have a load of LB's on the roster (from the field team to IR) and that's not a bad problem to head into the off-season with.

We now have a double-level of developmental LB's and that's a very good thing, imo. The more we can spend on safeties and corners the better.

 

[tanked_as_usual]

he is preceding the cincy guy the pats will draft next year.....conner barwin

 

[Lifer]

Heaven forbid we develop players that might help with depth in two years. Good thing you aren't the GM.

Its a good thing NONE of us is the GM, we are posters on a messageboard, remember?

 

[BelichickFan]

Its a good thing NONE of us is the GM, we are posters on a messageboard, remember?

I would suck too but I'd do a lot better than people like you who, evidently, have no concept or value for the Practice Squad nor it's intent.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Craig was on my UDFA wish list in the past draft. He ran a very slow 40 at the Combine (5.07) and a slightly better 4.77 at his Pro-Day. I watched him play in a couple Cincinnati games and saw him in one of the All-Star games, he was a playmaker and always around the ball. With Craig and Robertson NE now has two of my 2008 OLB candidates on the Practice Squad.

 

[DefenseRules]

Thanks for the info guys. I honestly didn't know who he was. He sounds like an interesting addition. We've added some youth to our linebacking corp. It will be fun to watch these guys develop.

 

[DaBruinz]

Its a good thing NONE of us is the GM, we are posters on a messageboard, remember?

We may be posters on a message board, but some of us like to be intelligent and think beyond the end of our noses. Some of us like to see the positive potential of players and realize that their addition to the PRACTICE SQUAD helps this team get better by providing the team players who can develop and who can emulate opponents..

Will he help THIS year? Probably not. But next year? He very well could.

 

[Jimke]

In a typical year, the Pats re-sign most of their practice squad

players. Craig and Robertson will be in the linebacker mix on next

year's 80 man roster. They will compete with Crable, Redd, Rudd,

and Woods for 53 man roster or practice squad spots.

 

[tanked_as_usual]

it is likely that the biggest reason they added him was because they had to add somebody (well, they didnt have to, but the spot was there) so why not add a prospect at a position of a position of need that he can fill........if the next rodney harrison in the rough was out there, that would have also been an option, but he wasn't so there you have it

 

[Lifer]

We may be posters on a message board, but some of us like to be intelligent and think beyond the end of our noses. Some of us like to see the positive potential of players and realize that their addition to the PRACTICE SQUAD helps this team get better by providing the team players who can develop and who can emulate opponents..

Will he help THIS year? Probably not. But next year? He very well could.

thank you so much for being so brilliant and enlightening people with no intelligence such as myself.

take yourself too seriously much?

 

[drew4008]

Any pregame rituals? Food? Music?
Angelo Craig: Playaz Circle Feat. Lil Wayne

I think that about sums this guy up... hope he gets cut.

 

[DaBruinz]

In a typical year, the Pats re-sign most of their practice squad

players. Craig and Robertson will be in the linebacker mix on next

year's 80 man roster. They will compete with Crable, Redd, Rudd,

and Woods for 53 man roster or practice squad spots.

If Ruud isn't cut in the off season for not passing his physical, he'll be lining up at ILB, not OLB. Craig and Robertson won't be competing (directly) with Ruud for a spot. I think that Ruud, at best, will end up on the practice squad.

 

[DaBruinz]

thank you so much for being so brilliant and enlightening people with no intelligence such as myself.

take yourself too seriously much?

You really need to work on your reading comprehension. I didn't say had no intelligence. I said that "some of us like to be intelligent." Do you have a guilty conscience or something? Or did I hit too close to home and you have to get defensive?