Heels in the League 08/17/09 (NFL)
(NFL) - 08/17/09
As the pre season part of the NFL begins to take shape last night there was a game that had a couple Tar Heels that are two different stops in their careers, and you could say probably in two different mind sets. I am talking about eighth year pro Julius Peppers (Carolina Panthers) and rookie Hakeem Nicks (New York Giants), who met last night on Monday Night Football (and was visible thanks to ESPN). You are talking about the veteran who does not want to stay with the team he is on, as Peppers was tagged with the franchise tag to keep him, while the other just wants to make something of himself on his first team in his first year, as Nicks was the Giants’ first round pick. It’s experienced talent against raw talent. Basically it is two players that have their paths and must follow them. (On a side note: Thanks to The_Rob_Moore I found out that the average years in the NFL is 3.5, so being in the league 8 is a long time).
In the game, played at Giants Stadium in front of 72,768 fans, the Carolina Panthers and the New York Giants played their first pre season game of the 2009-10 season. For the visiting team we had Julius Peppers, who didn’t play much, but got a tackle in the first quarter. On the other hand, on the home team, Hakeem Nick got a catch for nine yards, coming after all of the first team was sitting for the Giants. In the end the best thing to say about this game was that New York won the game on a fumble return, on the last play of the game, beating Carolina 24 to 17. After watching this game on the world leader in sports all I can say is that if the season began next week we would see plenty of Peppers and not so much of Nicks. Hopefully, since the season doesn’t begin in seven days, the rookie wide out will be able to step it up some.
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