This article was brought to my attention by my brother. As the local university as to where I live, that being East Stroudsburg University, that would mean a local kid going to the BIRDS? Heres the article pretty interesting topic here as I myself do not like Sav Rocca and feel he has always done a bad job. Read away my fellow fans.
The Eagles released punter Durant Brooks yesterday. Brooks was signed early in the offseason and was touted as viable competition to OK-but-not-overwhelming Sav Rocca. His demise leaves Ken Parrish as Rocca’s only competition, which is interesting, because Parrish, signed and cut last year, spent his downtime productively – not only trying to refine his punting but also continuing his experiment in learning to kick off.
New special-teams coordinator Bobby April mentioned this recently; April seemed intrigued by the idea of having a punter who could take kickoff duties off the 35-year-old shoulders of David Akers.
You might recall Parrish from last year as the Monroe County police officer, son of a captain, who quit the force to take another shot at the NFL, 2 years after a preseason fling with the 49ers. Parrish, who played at East Stroudsburg, was cut during training camp at Lehigh; he later got a look with the Jets. The Eagles signed him again this spring.
“I guess I did good enough last year that they wanted to bring me back and see it again,” Parrish said after yesterday’s rookie-camp workout. “Last year was my first real year of going at it live [with kicking], so I’m just fine-tuning every day.
“Punting and kickoff is two different swings, all different muscles and everything like that. I think that’s why a lot of people get confused on it . . .
“I want to be good at both of them, not just be like, ‘Oh, he’s good because he’s a combo guy.’ I want to perfect what I can do at both those positions . . . Sav is a great guy and he’s got a great leg. I’m just going to go toe-to-toe with my game plan,” Parrish said.
