Rob Ninkovich, congrats. A blue collar lunch pale man seized the moment.

[MilwaukeeBoilerFan]

I can not stand the New England Patriots, but have always hoped Rob would do well. He now has two Super Bowl Rings to go along with a career that in all likelihood would have never happened if Big Play Ray (Edwards) would never have had an attitude and got benched for the final 8 games of the season in 2005. Opposite of Big Play Ray on the other D.E. was another NFL talent in Cliff Avril.
2005 was Joe Tiller's last year and it had a considerable amount of defensive talent. In the locker room was another story that GBI covered and suffice to say that "Team Chemistry" was a problem. I'm sure there were several variables, yet 1 was Big Play Ray who got benched and Rob Ninkovich went from playing admirably as a reserve in '04-'05 to playing well enough to get 2nd Team all Big Ten honors and invited to play in the East-West Shrine game and got drafted by none other than N.O. Saints the same year Drew Brees joined New Orleans Saints. Injury and circumstances had Rob waived by N.O. in '07, picked up by Miami in '07 saw some action yet put on practice squad and claimed again by N.O. in '08 and waived in July '09.
That is when Bill Belichick saw enough to sign Rob to a contract in '09 and Rob has been there the last 8 years. Looks like Rob has 1 more year to that contract and from what little I have read, he will likely fulfill the contract unless he decides to retire which there has been no mention of anywhere at this point.

 

[nat100]

I can not stand the New England Patriots, but have always hoped Rob would do well. He now has two Super Bowl Rings to go along with a career that in all likelihood would have never happened if Big Play Ray (Edwards) would never have had an attitude and got benched for the final 8 games of the season in 2005. Opposite of Big Play Ray on the other D.E. was another NFL talent in Cliff Avril.

Avril played Linebacker that year. Spencer was the other DE.

 

[rwenger]

I can not stand the New England Patriots, but have always hoped Rob would do well. He now has two Super Bowl Rings to go along with a career that in all likelihood would have never happened if Big Play Ray (Edwards) would never have had an attitude and got benched for the final 8 games of the season in 2005. Opposite of Big Play Ray on the other D.E. was another NFL talent in Cliff Avril.
2005 was Joe Tiller's last year and it had a considerable amount of defensive talent. In the locker room was another story that GBI covered and suffice to say that "Team Chemistry" was a problem. I'm sure there were several variables, yet 1 was Big Play Ray who got benched and Rob Ninkovich went from playing admirably as a reserve in '04-'05 to playing well enough to get 2nd Team all Big Ten honors and invited to play in the East-West Shrine game and got drafted by none other than N.O. Saints the same year Drew Brees joined New Orleans Saints. Injury and circumstances had Rob waived by N.O. in '07, picked up by Miami in '07 saw some action yet put on practice squad and claimed again by N.O. in '08 and waived in July '09.
That is when Bill Belichick saw enough to sign Rob to a contract in '09 and Rob has been there the last 8 years. Looks like Rob has 1 more year to that contract and from what little I have read, he will likely fulfill the contract unless he decides to retire which there has been no mention of anywhere at this point.

I can not stand the New England Patriots You and about 85% of the nation's population! Personally, I cannot understand the hate for NE. Number 1: They have always been good to Boilers. You pointed out a prime example. GBI did another recent column about the number of Boilers getting rings through them. Second, the QB is a Big 10 guy. The elephant in the room is that in the 80's, no one complained about the Niners (Let's get somebody new!") Of course not: Their QB was a Domer, and no one DARE say anything negative against them.

And here's a newsflash: All champions are arrogant...and everyone cheats. Some more, some less. My opinion, free to have yours...

 

[Lobtfu]

Boiler up . Beard up.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

I can not stand the New England Patriots, but have always hoped Rob would do well. He now has two Super Bowl Rings to go along with a career that in all likelihood would have never happened if Big Play Ray (Edwards) would never have had an attitude and got benched for the final 8 games of the season in 2005. Opposite of Big Play Ray on the other D.E. was another NFL talent in Cliff Avril.
2005 was Joe Tiller's last year and it had a considerable amount of defensive talent. In the locker room was another story that GBI covered and suffice to say that "Team Chemistry" was a problem. I'm sure there were several variables, yet 1 was Big Play Ray who got benched and Rob Ninkovich went from playing admirably as a reserve in '04-'05 to playing well enough to get 2nd Team all Big Ten honors and invited to play in the East-West Shrine game and got drafted by none other than N.O. Saints the same year Drew Brees joined New Orleans Saints. Injury and circumstances had Rob waived by N.O. in '07, picked up by Miami in '07 saw some action yet put on practice squad and claimed again by N.O. in '08 and waived in July '09.
That is when Bill Belichick saw enough to sign Rob to a contract in '09 and Rob has been there the last 8 years. Looks like Rob has 1 more year to that contract and from what little I have read, he will likely fulfill the contract unless he decides to retire which there has been no mention of anywhere at this point.

That 2005 defense had a lot of talent both offensively and defensively. That was one of Tiller's most underperforming teams. We were preseason #1 from the Orlando Sentinal that year.
However , we had a lot of internal problems that year. It started with the Pollard/Tiller blowup in training camp. Kirsch was not ready to lead this team. He looked nothing like he had his freshman year. The defense did not perform to expectations either. Their best game was the last game against our rivals to the South. We had like 8 sacks in that game. Rob and Ray were unstoppable for their OL.

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

That 2005 defense had a lot of talent both offensively and defensively. That was one of Tiller's most underperforming teams. We were preseason #1 from the Orlando Sentinal that year.
However , we had a lot of internal problems that year. It started with the Pollard/Tiller blowup in training camp. Kirsch was not ready to lead this team. He looked nothing like he had his freshman year. The defense did not perform to expectations either. Their best game was the last game against our rivals to the South. We had like 8 sacks in that game. Rob and Ray were unstoppable for their OL.

Tiller stated he regretted changing his offense to suit Kirschs running ability. Said he wished he had run his same offense and let Kirsch scramble instead of read option stuff. That and the struggles at CB submarined the season

 

[nat100]

Tiller stated he regretted changing his offense to suit Kirschs running ability. Said he wished he had run his same offense and let Kirsch scramble instead of read option stuff. That and the struggles at CB submarined the season

Yeah, that utah spread was a massive mistake. Kirsch was a QB who could run, not a running QB. Having Curtis Painter run the triple option at year end was laughable.

 

[BoilerBiker]

true boiler
true patriot
congrats ninko!