CINCINNATI, Ohio -- On one of the first plays of training camp, cornerback Dre
Kirkpatrick found himself covering All-Pro receiver A.
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Kirkpatrick with the 17th overall pick last year, thinking he could grow into a
starting role quickly. He hurt his left knee while working out last summer,
forcing him to miss all of training camp and the first seven games. He played in
five games before a concussion and more knee problems ended his season. Finally
healthy, he has looked like a premier player in the opening days of training
camp. "He had A.J. on the ball on the sideline," coach Marvin Lewis said. "That
guy last year would have run smack into A.J., but this time he got in great
position, got A.J. cut off and turned and played the football. "It will come
back pretty quick. He understands the process, but its just time on task out
here against real guys." For Kirkpatrick, its about time. He won a national
championship with Alabama, where his unlimited confidence earned him the
nickname "Swagga." He brought that confidence to the NFL, and it quickly took a
hit. The knee injury sidelined him for training camp and eliminated him from the
teams plans for the beginning of the season. When he started practicing again,
the knee got sore, forcing him to back off. It made for a lot of tough weeks.
"It was a lot of stress and a lot of depression," Kirkpatrick said. He got
through it by talking to his father, Charles, who is a minister, and several
teammates who have been through injuries. He was finally cleared and played in
five games before a concussion and the knee sidelined him the rest of the way.
The experience has tampered the swagger. "Hes another one of those guys who when
he came in here, he thought the world revolved around him a little bit,"
defensive co-ordinator Mike Zimmer said. "I think hes finally woke up and said
if we dont do it the way they want it done, if we dont understand that this is
how its going to be, theyre not going to play. "I think hes come a long way,
too, from what I can tell. Well see what he does on the field. And he might be a
little bit rusty to start out with. But you can never have too many good
corners. Those guys are like, theyre brittle." The Bengals have Leon Hall and
Terence Newman as the starting cornerbacks, with Adam "Pacman" Jones next in
line. Jones has a trial scheduled next month on an assault charge and could face
discipline from the NFL. Kirkpatrick was visibly excited about training camp.
Newman gave him a little advice. "Dont take this as something where youve got to
come in and make sure you show that youre tough," Newman said. "Make sure youre
healed. Youve got all the physical ability in the world. Youve got to be able to
harness it and be able to go out on the field and show it." So far, hes given a
good accounting of himself, showing that hes ready to be an NFL cornerback. "Its
quite a change from college football to NFL football playing in the secondary,"
Lewis said. "And I see that transition out here." Notes: The Bengals wore
shoulder pads on Saturday after working out without pads the first two days.
Theyll wear full pads on Sunday for the first time. ... Newman was looking
forward to watching the teams version of the Oklahoma drill on Sunday, which
pits a blocker against a defender. He was especially eager to see linebacker
James Harrison get his first chance to push somebody around. "It will be fun to
watch No. 92 over here, a little pit bull," he said. "Theyre going to take his
leash off and let him go bark at a couple people, so it will be interesting to
watch." ... Green watched practice again in a T-shirt and shorts with a wrap on
his left knee, bruised as he dived for a ball on Thursday. RT Andre Smith (calf
injury) also watched for the second straight day.
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Geoffrey Boycott, 1979 In the 1970s English cricket was bemusedly looking down
upon its own creation, this new knockabout stuff, treating it rather like an
exotic pet.The national selectors assumed their best Test XI must also be their
best knockabout XI, and so Boycott played 36 one-day internationals for England.
He, of course, made sure of a healthy average (36.06), but his one-day legacy
was sealed in that staggering stand with Mike Brearley in the 1979 World Cup
final at Lords.They produced 253 runs in 103 overs in that tournament, saving
their best for last, a stand of 129 that sucked up 38 of the 60 overs England
had in which to chase 287 against West Indies. Some even say Clive Lloyd
deliberately spilled a simple catch off Boycott; which makes you realise that
when Boycott went berserk in the 1965 Gillette Cup final, with a boundary-rich
146, it really was one of the great wonders of our time.Ian Botham, 1992 When I
was a boy and the world of cricket was opening up, there was a fat man with a
moustache and a great big mullet playing for England. Theres nothing wrong with
being a fat man with a moustache and a great big mullet who plays for England -
unless you are playing hopelessly. He lumbered in off a short run and let go
some wobblers, although wobble was far more conspicuous during the run-up. His
batting was groggy. Yet time and again the selectors kept coming back to this
Beefy.The pinch-hitter was born in the 1992 World Cup, and Botham was chosen to
give it a thrash at the top. At the SCG he destroyed the Australians but overall
averaged 21.33 from ten innings. The nadir was at the MCG against South Africa.
Brian McMillans ball was straight, Bothams shot was a hopeless heave, and middle
stump was violently splintered. I felt embarrassed. Then granny dusted down a
video of the 1981 Ashes. Apparently, he could play a bit.Neil Smith, 1996 Lets
be honest, there is only one true English pinch-hitter. Smith played seven
one-day internationals, and only three as an opener, but it was enough to
acquire a legendary reputation.Smith was, in fact, a fine all-round cricketer,
part of the great Warwickshire side of the mid-90s. Yet he shall forever be the
misfiring pinch-hitter whose most memorable contribution to the 1996 World Cup
was the previous nights pizza reassembled on an outfield in Peshawar.One-day
cricket was evolving rapidly, and the England selectors, way ahead of the game,
shoved some No. 8s to the top of the order: Chris Lewis, Phil DeFreitas, Craig
White and, at the World Cup, NMK. Other countries had noticed you were better
off opening with your established strokemaker, not a tailender. Thus India
opened with Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka with Sanath Jayasuriya, New Zealand with
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But so feeble were England that poor, vomiting Smith was held up as a symbol of
failure.Mal Loye, 2007 Loye should have been Englands dynamic opener for a new
multi-dimensional era. The pinch-hitter was passé. A genuine opening batsman was
wanted, but he had to be unorthodox.England summoned 34-year-old Malachy Loye
from Northampton. For one thing, he had an unorthodox name. And he also had a
shot, a slog-sweep all his own that he used exclusively against fast bowlers.
Loye was tossed a debut at the Gabbattoir against the Australians, rampant after
what was, until recently, the worst of all Ashes drubbings. Fifth over of the
innings, Lee to Loye, down that right knee plonks outside off stump and swish...
six! Ninth over of the innings, McGrath to Loye, whoosh, there it goes again.
These shots, against these bowlers, rescued me from the inferno. The Test team,
and 2005, had been vaporised. Now I could feel the blood surging back through my
veins. Take that, Pidge! And that! God, what release. Loye never reached 50 that
series but there were two more delightful cameos at the SCG. I was still basking
in the glory of it all when the selectors, damn them, dropped him for the 2007
World Cup. Phil Mustard, 2008 Between times the England think tank made an
executive decision, that your wicketkeeper must open the batting. This was not
whimsy. The selectors had hard evidence to call upon: Adam Gilchrist. If he
could do it, why the bloody hell couldnt anyone else?Between 2004 and 2011,
England, on the front foot as ever, tried a string of Gilchrists: Matt Prior,
Geraint Jones, Mustard, Craig Kieswetter, Simon Davies. There was only one
hitch: none of them were Adam Gilchrist. Mustard didnt help himself by telling
one journalist: I could be the new Gilchrist.Here was an earnest man of the
shires, a Durham lad with round, rosy cheeks and a mischievous unfettered
character. I interviewed him once, in the back of a press hut in Dubai, but so
happy-go-lucky was Mustard that it felt more like a chat round the fireside
while clutching hot mugs.Yes, we could have had a lot of fun with the Colonel, a
nimble, grinning wicketkeeper and bold left-hand bat who would hammer it square.
But in ten attempts he played only one innings of true note and, well, thats
hardly Gilchristian, is it? Back to the shires he went
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