But if Billingsley continues to make steady progress, impressing Dolphins coaches and executives like he did in the eye-opening predraft workout that got him signed in early April, one day his fellow factory workers at ABB Incorporated might be able to brag they once worked beside him. "Been here two days and you're a star?" Dolphins vice president Bill Parcells said with a good-natured needle when he spotted Billingsley doing an interview after Saturday's practice, which featured him turning on the afterburners to bat away a deep pass during 7-on-7 drills. "Keep it up." link http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-flspdolphins05sbmay05,0,2697716.story
Nice to hear that a player we signed and had no clue who he was is making good impressions. Got to love stories like that, especially when they work out.
I hope he can pick up on what they want him to improve on. I believe in throwing a hungry dog a bone, they usually end up being very loyal.
Ah.. good news in the secondary. I had mixed feelings on not drafting any help. Its good to see that there might be some hidden gems.
I half expected Parcells to follow that saying "Get your *** back to work". All I know is, either this kid's really that good or our WR's really suck that badly to be beaten out by a forklift driver.
Remember when Darmarcus Ware had that great pre-season game and Parcells joked in a press conference "Lets not put the guy in the Hall of Fame yet" He never lets guys get too satisfied. You can def tell he thinks highly of the kid though.
He's sure rough on em, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Though I wish he would give his QB coach and offensive coord have more say with regards to QB's because if he had listened to Sean Payton and David Lee more, Tony Romo would've been their starting QB much earlier and they wouldn't have forked over picks for Drew Henson.
