Post by CrimsonPhantom on Aug 3, 2012 15:42:04 GMT -7
2011 2nd Round Pick playing with no. 1 defense
Author: By Jason Wilde
Published On: Aug 02 2012 12:43:58 PM CDT Updated On: Aug 03 2012 07:40:52 AM CDT
GREEN BAY, Wis. -
In his head, beneath those flowing dreadlocks and behind those deep brown eyes, it all makes sense to Davon House. To him, football is about playing with confidence, and playing in fear. Believing in himself, and knowing that at any second, he could be summoned to Ted Thompson’s office to be pink-slipped.
“For me, I use both. I use more of (the fear of) me getting cut more than me being confident,” the Green Bay Packers second-year cornerback said Tuesday, after spending the entirety of the team’s fifth training-camp practice with the starters – in the base defense and nickel and dime sub packages.
“I don’t want to be too confident and not making any plays. I’d rather be thinking, ‘Every day, I’m out here fighting for my job. Tomorrow, I could have a note in my locker saying, Come to the office.’ I don’t want that at all. Especially leaving Green Bay. I don’t want to go to any other team. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I love it.”
And right now, the Packers love what they’re seeing from him. After a rookie season he calls “a waste,” House has made the strongest impression among a group of cornerbacks who’ve all gotten off to strong starts. The same 32nd-ranked defense that had to choose between a regressing player (Sam Shields) and a player better suited for special teams (Jarrett Bush) last year as its No. 3 cornerback now finds itself with a host of choices a week into training camp. From a resurgent Bush to impressive rookie second-round pick Casey Hayward to House, the competition is heating up.
Continue reading here- www.channel3000.com/sports/packers/Packers-House-builds-on-strong-start/-/4058/15942366/-/i12dyr/-/index.html
Author: By Jason Wilde
Published On: Aug 02 2012 12:43:58 PM CDT Updated On: Aug 03 2012 07:40:52 AM CDT
GREEN BAY, Wis. -
In his head, beneath those flowing dreadlocks and behind those deep brown eyes, it all makes sense to Davon House. To him, football is about playing with confidence, and playing in fear. Believing in himself, and knowing that at any second, he could be summoned to Ted Thompson’s office to be pink-slipped.
“For me, I use both. I use more of (the fear of) me getting cut more than me being confident,” the Green Bay Packers second-year cornerback said Tuesday, after spending the entirety of the team’s fifth training-camp practice with the starters – in the base defense and nickel and dime sub packages.
“I don’t want to be too confident and not making any plays. I’d rather be thinking, ‘Every day, I’m out here fighting for my job. Tomorrow, I could have a note in my locker saying, Come to the office.’ I don’t want that at all. Especially leaving Green Bay. I don’t want to go to any other team. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I love it.”
And right now, the Packers love what they’re seeing from him. After a rookie season he calls “a waste,” House has made the strongest impression among a group of cornerbacks who’ve all gotten off to strong starts. The same 32nd-ranked defense that had to choose between a regressing player (Sam Shields) and a player better suited for special teams (Jarrett Bush) last year as its No. 3 cornerback now finds itself with a host of choices a week into training camp. From a resurgent Bush to impressive rookie second-round pick Casey Hayward to House, the competition is heating up.
Continue reading here- www.channel3000.com/sports/packers/Packers-House-builds-on-strong-start/-/4058/15942366/-/i12dyr/-/index.html