Scott McCready sporting news update

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What's the deal with NFL Europe?

Posted: May 13, 2005

By Michael Bradley

For Sporting News

Now that the NFL draft is over and Mel Kiper's hair has disappeared from our TV screens, fans face the prospect of more than two months without a football fix. That is, unless they tune in to NFL Europe, which not only will satisfy their football appetite but also could introduce them to some future NFL players.

You might not be familiar with members of the Berlin Thunder or Amsterdam Admirals. That's OK. You didn't know much about Adam Vinatieri or Jake Delhomme, either, when they were playing across the pond. We're not saying the next Super Bowl hero is playing in Cologne, but if you do your homework--and this is Lesson 1--you'll be ready when the next NFL Europe standout emerges in the NFL.

And besides, watching any kind of football is better than sitting through a baseball game, isn't it?

NATIONAL PRIDE

Each NFL Europe team has on its roster eight "national" players, code for non-NFL types from countries other than the United States. Players from Japan, Russia, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, France, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom dot the lineups. None has much hope of sniffing the NFL, although the current best of the bunch already has. Hamburg receiver Scott McCready was on the Patriots' practice squad in 2001 and '02 and is the only Englishman who has won a Super Bowl ring. He led NFL Europe with 59 catches last year, becoming the first national player to top any major statistical category. McCready is at it again this season. Through six weeks, he leads the league with 37 receptions.

hope he gets another chance in the nfl

[Brad]

What keeps him out of the League?  Speed/YAC?