Grass not Greener on the other Side

Many players sometimes choose to leave teams that I coach, stating reasons that I take this level of football to serious, And they are right I do! because to me this is a business, and in order for a business to be successful you must take the business serious. Players leave to go play elsewhere and realize that yes I am meaner, they feel that maybe I am on a power trip are that just I am a a-- hole, but the first to statements are not true but the third reason is true I am sometimes an a-- hole but thing about it is that I always want my teams to be competitive and I am not just in this so I can brag and say I have a minor league football team. Yes I originally said I would not allow players that have left me to go and play for other teams to come back, and yes I let my Ego sometimes get the best of me, but as I stated before that this is a business and I want to run my teams as close as possible to a NFL Franchise as possible and in the NFL players leave and go play elsewhere and then come back after a year, and the team and the staff welcomes them back with open arms. That is the same thing I have done. Players make mistakes in leaving organizations just like organizations make mistakes when they let players leave, I have always said that if I sign a new player are re-sign a old player is never personal towards a player that is on my team, its just a business decision to make my team better, stronger are faster, so if their are any players that may be upset because I myself and my staff have just upgraded the team to make us better, THEN GET OVER IT! because its not about you its about the team. And for those of you that have left and made the wise decision to come back and finding out that the grass is not greener on the other side WELCOME HOME and hopefully you now know why I act like an a-- hole, its just to make you and our organization stronger, Just keep in mind that we will be one of the top 3 best spring Franchise in 2009 in the state. But the goal is to be THE Best Period.

The Xpress make another re-signing

The Xpress make another re-signing. The Xpress re-sign wide receiver Bryson Clark to a 2 year deal, after Clark asked the Dallas Bengals for his un-conditional release. Clark who was the 2007 Xpress MVP with over 1000 yards receiving, and lead the team in yards per catch in the 2008 season decided to test the free agent pool and sign with the Bengals. After going to camp with the team and playing in a unfamiliar system and seeing his numbers drop drastically Clark asked for his release, and his release was granted. At that point Clark contacted The Xpress organization and wanted to re-sign with his former team. When Clark talked to the Xpress organization and with coach Vernon, coach Vernon let him know that the organization was very interested in re-signing him but he would be slated as a 4Th wide-out. When the press contacted coach Vernon about the organization re-signing Clark, coach Vernon's response was "it is a great signing and Clark just helped the team to get deep vertical from both sides of the hash.

Xpress 4-1

The DFW Xpress moved to 4-1 after defeating the Texas Mavericks this past weekend. The Xpress started off slow which was expected after coach Vernon gave the team off during the teams bye-week, and only 1 day of practice because of bad weather. The Xpress started off slow going 3 and out on their first 3 possessions before QB Tre Fields hooked up with Rashard Manning on a 62 yard T.D. pass, after the extra point was no good, the Xpress Kick- off to the Mavericks the Xpress Defense went to work! Players like Dameon Collins, Jeremy Rutherford, Derrick Blount and Sam Crawford with several sacks and holding one of the premier running backs in the NMLF to less then 30yards rushing, the Xpress Defense gave the ball back to the Xpress offense where Fields hooked up again with Manning this time for a 50 yard T.D. pass and the Xpress went in to the half leading 13-0. In the 3rd quarter both teams didn't do much but the Xpress defense continued to put pressure on the Mavericks Q.B. to the tune of 7 sacks, and the defense forced 3 int and 3 fumbles. When the 4Th quarter was played the Xpress got on the board again this time newly signed running back Richard Mack scored on bruising 9 yard run to sealed the victory. Late in the game mavericks scored a meaningless T.D. to take their zero of the board. Newly signed DB Anthony Stevenson had a excellent game with 2int, 1 forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass defense. WR Chris Choice led the Xpress with his best game so far this season with 5 catches, and rookie sesation Rocky Frank had over 80 yards rushing. The final score Xpress 19 the Mavericks 6.The Xpress look to push their record to 5-1 next week against the Texas Seminoles who lost to the West Texas Drillers 32-13.

Xpress Lose First Game

The Xpress lost their first game against a powerful San Antonio Warriors 24-22. The game was a hard fought game for both teams. The Xpress started off slow which is always a problem for them, but just like all trains, they start off slow pick up speed then start moving at a great speed which is what the Xpress did this past Saturday against the Warriors. The Warriors opened the game with 75 yard kick off return for a T.D. The Xpress could not move the ball on their opening possession then had a 4Th down mishap and the ball went out of the back of the end zone to give the Warriors 2 pts and before the Xpress could blink the team was down 16-0 at half time, and like I said the Train was moving at a slow speed. The team went in at halftime made some adjustments, In the middle of the 3rd quarter the train started to roll QB Tre Fields hit wide out John Pope with a 50 yd strike for a T.D. after the 2pt conversion was good that made the score 16-8. The Xpress defense started turning up the heat and stop the Warriors, the Xpress offense was back in business. Coach Vernon called a toss play to Frank who scored on a 30yard run and what was a 16-0 deficit was now a 16-14 two point lead for the Warriors at the end of the 3rd quarter. After the Xpress Defense stuffed the Warriors again, the Xpress offense was back in business, This time Frank broke a run off the right side for a 75 yard run and the Xpress took the first lead of the 22-16 with less then 6 mins to go in the game. But after that T.D. Warriors made some great plays down the stretch and scored a T.D. with under 2 mins to go and was able to convert their 2 pt conversion and win the game 24-22. The Xpress had many standout players RB Rocky Frank had 177 yards on 13 carries and 2 scores, MLB Sam Crawford 9 tackles 1 int. and a fumble recovery, WR John Pope 2ND straight game with a T.D. and the whole offensive line with their superb run blocking, and lets not forget Ernest Jones who does all the grunt work at FB to spring Frank.