The Bobcat Nation

Just a quick note...EJ Cochrane is backing up David Akers on the Eagles...on Monday night they have a nationally televised game in Canton, Ohio with the Raiders....he is having a really good camp...what a great learning experience he is getting...learning from one of the best leftys in the league....hopefully we'll get to see Ej sometime during the pre season games...

On the sports nuts today , they had comments from Akers saying that E.J. was the best competition he's had in training camp ever. Akers said that EJ will be playing on Sundays. Probably not with the Eagles, but he will get picked up somewhere.

wouldn't that be great if he could hook up with a pro team...I would just love for another Montana State athlete to make it pro....forgive me if I don't name everyone, but....good luck Ej, Lulay, Bolton and whoever else is trying....we are pulling for you here in Montana

Joey Thomas is still on the roster for the Saints...

catsalltheway wrote:Just a quick note...EJ Cochrane is backing up David Akers on the Eagles...on Monday night they have a nationally televised game in Canton, Ohio with the Raiders....he is having a really good camp...what a great learning experience he is getting...learning from one of the best leftys in the league....hopefully we'll get to see Ej sometime during the pre season games...

Actually, that game is Sunday night, not Monday...hopefully we get a chance to see both EJ for the Eagles and Gatewood for Oakland.

Good on EJ, hope to heck he makes it!!

I can't help but ask the question, he was sidelined for most of his carrer in college with an short run at the end. What changed to have him in consideration with the pro's when we at best barely used him?

EJ always had a very, very strong leg...the problem as I recall was his accuracy (especially on kickoffs). I assume that after he got done playing here, he continued to work hard at improving and eventually got good enough for an invite to a NFL camp.

MSU01 wrote:EJ always had a very, very strong leg...the problem as I recall was his accuracy (especially on kickoffs). I assume that after he got done playing here, he continued to work hard at improving and eventually got good enough for an invite to a NFL camp.

Thanks, kinda what I was thinking. It just bothers me when players loose mental confidence based on a certain place/team, then go on to show thier talent somewhere else. The optomistic mentor is me is always looking to find the ticket to bring out the talent under our own roof.

To backup what MSU01 said; Kramer "fired" EJ for awhile because about 60% of his kickoff were landing out of bounds, not just by a few feet, but by a few rows. He was always a good field goal kicker. The guy was all metro in the Philly area, no small feat (pun).

I'd imagine that a kicking stroke is like a golf swing, in that one little hitch can just f* with your head for a long, long time.

EJ's gonna do great as a kicker for somebody, I've no doubt.

GavinDonos wrote:To backup what MSU01 said; Kramer "fired" EJ for awhile because about 60% of his kickoff were landing out of bounds, not just by a few feet, but by a few rows. He was always a good field goal kicker. The guy was all metro in the Philly area, no small feat (pun).

I'd imagine that a kicking stroke is like a golf swing, in that one little hitch can just f* with your head for a long, long time.

EJ's gonna do great as a kicker for somebody, I've no doubt.

Wonder if it would have been better to just let him kick it out of the end zone instead of always trying to pin somebody inside the twenty? Sometimes, I get really pissed watching special teams coaches trying to set up kick coverage inside the ten...and don't get me started on the lastest fad of pooching everything...