Pro Dawg of the Week

I'm bringing back an old feature.

This week has to go to Todd Gurley. In only his second game as a pro, Gurley rushed for 146 yards on 19 carries. He also caught two passes for 15 yards. Finally, Gurley showed that not all running backs need their quarterback to tell them when to go down (I'm looking at you, New York Giants). Oh yeah, and this is all coming off of a torn ACL suffered on November 15th.

You can check out Todd's highlights from the NFL's YouTube channel here: Todd Gurley Highlights (Week 4) | Rams vs. Cardinals | NFL

You can also follow Todd Gurley on Twitter: @TG3II

Finally be sure to follow the official Georgia football account on Twitter to get weekly updates on great NFL performances from Pro Dawgs.

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ProDawg of the Week

Statistically speaking, this should go to Ben Watson. He had six catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns in the Patriots win over the Cleveland Browns this week. However, then Deaner and I have discussed, and we've decided to go with Mack Strong as the ProDawg of the week.

Strong retired this week when he was told his spinal cord is being pinched by a herniated disk in his neck.

Strong woke up Sunday in Pittsburgh feeling tingling in his left arm. He thought it was from a crick in his neck. He then left the loss to the Steelers in the first quarter after feeling burning sensations down his arms and legs to his feet following a routine block. Strong knew it was far more serious than what the Seahawks announced: a stinger, a nerve sensation from the neck that he's had more times than he cares to count in 15 years as a battering ram for Seattle's running backs and quarterbacks.

Strong leaves the NFL having played in 14 seasons. Over his NFL career, Strong amassed 909 yards rushing on 230 carries with 5 touchdowns. He also caught 218 passes for 1456 yards and 10 more touchdowns. Strong also played in the 2005 Super Bowl, and was named to two Pro Bowls (2005 and 2006). Not bad for an undrafted free agent fullback out of the University of Georgia.

ProDawg of the Week

I almost had to call this post ProDawg of the Weak. Reggie Brown continued his ineffectiveness despite his team putting up 56 points. Hines got injured and went catchless. Champ did have 8 tackles but when does a team want their corner to have to tackle that much? And Leonard Pope backed up my previous statements by not even getting targeted in Week 3.

One bright spot was Martrez Milner's first career reception for the Falcons followed by a UGA shout out by Tony Boselli (credit Jim). By the way, Boselli has been in the booth for all the Falcons games so far and I think he is a quality color guy. He was even pretty good at being impartial during the Jags game even though he still lives there and is in their "Circle of Honor" or whatever.

So, this week's ProDawg of the week? Jermaine Phillips! The former DonnanDawg wideout had 7 tackles, 1 Pass Defensed and his first Interception of the year en route to shutting down a struggling St. Louis offense. The Roswell native has really made himself into a very solid pro on a rejuvenated Tampa Bay team. Growing up nearby I remember seeing Jermaine play basketball...dude is a freak! I always wished he had given hoops a more serious run in college. Phillips overcame injuries and a position change in school and has carved out quite an impressive 6 year career, especially when you remember that he was a 5th round choice.

ProDawg of the Week

Sorry for the delay. I was busy getting trounced by The Blawger in Fantasy Football...sad. Ben Watson, who had a great week again, helped Jim's cause...ugh.

Anyway, this week's ProDawg of the week goes to Pope Leonard the First mainly because I don't want to miss the opportunity to give it to him! The pious one had a 30 yard teeder for the first Touchdown of his young, and slightly disappointing, career. I remember seeing him for the first time and immediately pointing him out to The Blawger. I mean, dude looks like a cartoon character he's so tall.

Let's hope that his big catch and the ProDawg trophy jumpstart Pope's productivity. Should we be Tight End U instead of Tailback U?

ProDawg of the Week

With all the negativity around the loss this weekend I thought I would introduce a new feature on The Blawg. Each week we'll look at former UGA players' performances in the League and choose one as our ProDawg of the Week and eventually a ProDawg of the Year!

This week there were plenty of choices! Champ is always an option of course (5 solo tackles), Hines had a Teeder in a blowout of Cleveland, and Robert Geathers had a sweet runback of a (questionable) INT to really change the game for the Bengals.

HOWever, the very first ProDawg award goes to.... Mister Benjamin Watson! I know I know, Wes Welker will take away a lot of Watson's check down yardage but Watson had a TD and he played a key role in an NFL record 108-yd kickoff return. If you didn't see it (and I'm sure the NFL won't let the video online anywhere for long) Watson laid the block that really sprung Ellis Hobbs for the record breaking return.

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