Back on June 14, 2005 when I brought you my report from Development Camp I had pointed out a young, promising receiver named Christopher Jones. Looks like the Star Tribune is once again reading and stealing my stuff ;0 because here is what the paper had to say about Jones today:

"He isn't likely to remind anyone of Randy Moss any time soon -- probably ever -- but free agent receiver Chris Jones has made a bit of an impression already in camp. The rookie from Jackson State has nice size (6-3, 203 pounds) and catches most everything thrown at him. He had one of the more impressive catches in camp thus far on Monday morning, stretching his entire body parallel to the ground to catch a Sean Hill pass near the sideline. While the Vikings almost certainly don't have room for him in their five-man group of active receivers, Jones could be a prime candidate for the practice squad."

Looks as if Jones trook my advice from that June blog entry. Here is what I wrote then (complete with my photos):

After mini-camp, I received an e-mail from one of our servicemen stationed in Iraq, PFC Tremond Miller, who wondered how a childhood friend, Christopher Jones, was faring in practice. So, I took a lot of photos of Jones in action.

Jones reminds me a lot of Matthew Hatchette and I think shows great upside should he make the team. He, like a lot of receivers Tuesday, had the dropsy’s and just needs to hold onto the ball a bit better. His height, 6’3” plays into his hands. He was also on the kick-off team so perhaps his initial future lies with the special teams unit.

I hope Jones makes the team. I think he has a good head and great upside. I'll keep an eye out for him when I'm down on the practice field August 8.

Shameless Plug

The Wife® made it through her garden tour event last Saturday. Over 160 people attended and had the opportunity to visit her gardens. She writes about the event this week in her blog. And for those who liked my panoramic development camp photos, I posted right panoramic photos of her gardens so be sure and check those out.

The Wife® has also started posting what she call's Grahamism's...which are summaries of thoughts that come of our 5-year old's head. Very funny...and often true. Kid's just know how to 'nail it', don't they?

What Ever Happened to Robert Griffith?

It appears that hard-hitting Robert Griffith is now acting. I received this e-mail from a publicist on Monday:

All Pro Robert Griffith (who played with The Vikings, Browns and now the re-vamped Cardinals) is in talks to join the cast of next year’s much anticipated film SIN-JIN SMYTH.

SIN-JIN SMYTH (Written/Directed by Ethan Dettenmaier) is set against a Halloween legend that warns of the midnight appearance of the Devil in a quiet Kansas cemetery, as two Federal Marshals (Played by Richard Tyson and Jason Hildebrandt, both of BLACK HAWK DOWN) report to the small town of Shin Bone, Kansas for the midnight prisoner transfer of a man with no past and no identity. He is known only as…SIN-JIN SMYTH! Other than that storyline, not much has been revealed about the film except the fact that the director wants to ‘keep it dark and kick your teeth in!’

On the subject of adding Griffith to an already high-profile cast Dettenmaier hit us with a statement in which he said “Griff can knock people out better than anybody! He’s built for this kind of thing and---from an industry stand point---it’s high-time we kicked in a demonstration of what the man can do!”

Griffith (Who had logged substantial TV time along with several music videos) will be playing a rogue Federal Agent known only as…CABLE SIXX (a character also rumored to appear in the upcoming comic book) who gets locked and loaded for a series of violent fire-fights throughout the picture.

Good luck to Griffith in his new career path! He was a hell of a player for the Vikes!

Run, Ricky, Run!

For all those Fantasy Football owners out there, take note. Early word out of Miami is that running back Ricky Williams looks better than the team expected in his return to football after a one-year layoff.

He's in better shape than the team anticipated, and not as light as many feared -- especially since he was down to 190 pounds not long ago. How have they done it?

Incentive. Take a look at this photo from the Dolphin's training camp recently.

Yep, that should do it.

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