Irish in the NFL: Week One

by mhb on Sep 9, 2008 5:00 AM EDT in Notre Dame Football Comment 2 comments

Week one is in the books. Here's how your beloved Irish did in the NFL this week.

Player	Team	Pos.	Week 1 Stats
Victor Abiamiri	Philadelphia Eagles	DE	Injured
Arnaz Battle	San Francisco 49ers	WR	1 rec, 16 yards
Bertrand Berry	Arizona Cardinals	DE	1 tkl, 1 sack, 1 FF
Rocky Boiman	Philadelphia Eagles	LB	Cut
Darrell Campbell	Baltimore Ravens	DT	Cut
John Carlson	Seattle Seahawks	TE	4 rec, 52 yards*
Jerome Collins	New York Giants	TE	Cut
Deke Cooper	Atlanta Falcons	DB	Cut
Glenn Earl	Houston Texans	SS	Cut
Jeff Faine	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	C	Played, no stats
Anthony Fasano	Miami Dolphins	TE	8 rec, 84 yards, 1 TD*
Mike Gandy	Arizona Cardinals	OT	Played, no stats
Ryan Grant	Green Bay Packers	RB	12 car, 92 yards (long of 57)
Craig Hentrich	Tennessee Titans	P	7 punts, 31.7 avg, 56 long, 0 in20
Carlyle Holiday	Green Bay Packers	WR	Released in February
J.J. Jensen	Green Bay Packers	LS	IR (Out for season)
Julius Jones	Seattle Seahawks	RB	13 car, 45 yards, 2 rec, 17 yards
Derek Landri	Jacksonville Jaguars	DT	Did not play
Trevor Laws	Philadelphia Eagles	DT	Played, no stats
Mark LeVoir	New England Patriots	OT	Played, no stats
Sean Mahan	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	C	Played, no stats
Corey Mays	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	1 tkl
Chinedum Ndukwe	Cincinnati Bengals	DB	Injured*
John Owens	Detroit Lions	TE	Played, no stats
Brady Quinn	Cleveland Browns	QB	Did not play*
Mike Richardson	New England Patriots	DB	Practice Squad
Allen Rossum	San Francisco 49ers	KR/PR	2 KR, 29 yards
Dan Santucci	Cincinnati Bengals	C	IR (out for season)
Hunter Smith	Indianapolis Colts	P	2 punts, 36.5 avg, 51 long, 1 In20
Dan Stevenson	Houston Texans	OG	Released in July
Maurice Stovall	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WR	1 tkl (Kick coverage)*
John Sullivan	Minnesota Vikings	C	Played, no stats
Travis Thomas	Cleveland Browns	RB	Cut*
Justin Tuck	New York Giants	DE	4 tkl, 2 ast, 1 sack
Darius Walker	Houston Texans	RB	Practice Squad*
Anthony Weaver	Houston Texans	DE	2 tkl
Renaldo Wynn	New York Giants	DE	2 tkl, 1 ast
Tom Zbikowski	Baltimore Ravens	FS	1 tkl (Kick coverage)
Ryan Harris	Denver Broncos	RT	Played, no stats

More on those with *'s after the jump...

John Carlson booked a solid start for the Seahawks during their 34-10 drubbing at the hands of the TorontoBuffalo Bills. The good: 4 catches for 52 yards. The bad: TE Jeb Putzler got a bunch of looks as well (although he had several key drops). The ugly: Carlson, as well as the rest of the Seahawks, whiffed while trying to take down Roscoe Parrish on his 63-yard punt return.
Good to see Anthony Fasano flourishing with Head Coach Bill ParcellsTony Sparano and the Dolphins. Tough loss against the Jets, but great fantasy numbers for a TE.
Ndukwe should be back in action for the Bengals this week when the Titans head to the Queen City.
The oh-so-quiet murmurs for Brady Quinn have been upgraded to soft whispers following Derek Anderson's 11/24, 114 yard, one TD performance. The Browns looked lost against the Cowboys, but, for now, it's still Anderson's show.
Mo Sto started strong with a tackle on the opening kickoff and by downing a punt within ten yards of the Saints' end-zone, but then left the game with a neck sprain and is listed as questionable for the Bucs next game against Matt Ryan and the high-flyin' Falcons. A speedy recovery hopefully for one of Rakes' favorite players.
Finally, in a development nobodyeveryone saw coming, Ahman Green sprained his ankle in the first half of the Texans season-opener against the Steelers. If Green can't go this weekend against the Ravens, look for D-Walk to get the call up from the practice squad. With any luck he'll run over Jim Leonhard, Dawan Landry and Ed Reed so bad that Zibby will get a little more PT too.

That's it for this week. Players with through their names will remain as such until they get re-sigend or retire. I'll update next week with season totals! Contain your excitement.

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