Sunday, December 19, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Hello,
I would really appreciate your support. I have written a book, "Prepared." It is to be released December 15th, so you can go to my website reggiekelly82.com and pre-order. Please pass this info on to your friends. God Bless!
Insert from my book....
If God wants us all to be with him in Heaven, why did he put us on earth first?
This question has puzzled humans for centuries. I believe we were born into this world first for the same reason every player in the NFL starts his career tossing a pigskin in his own backyard: Whether it's the gates of Heaven or the goalposts of the Super Bowl, we are not worthy, nor ready to stand before either until we are first prepared.
Reggie Kelly
I would really appreciate your support. I have written a book, "Prepared." It is to be released December 15th, so you can go to my website reggiekelly82.com and pre-order. Please pass this info on to your friends. God Bless!
Insert from my book....
If God wants us all to be with him in Heaven, why did he put us on earth first?
This question has puzzled humans for centuries. I believe we were born into this world first for the same reason every player in the NFL starts his career tossing a pigskin in his own backyard: Whether it's the gates of Heaven or the goalposts of the Super Bowl, we are not worthy, nor ready to stand before either until we are first prepared.
Reggie Kelly
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Listen to Cincinnati Bengals Reggie Kelly on Change Your Attitude Change Your Life this Sunday @ 9 am estwww.am970theapple.com
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Listen to "In The Growl Zone Episode 1 2010" hosted by Growlzone Media on #BlogTalkRadio http://tobtr.com/s/133942
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Reggie Kelly
Reggie Kelly is a valued member of the Insightful Player™ team. To be named to this team, one must be a person of integrity, such as a current or former NFL player, who shares their personal message of hope for the sole purpose of lifting the spirits of all, especially children.
Photo, courtesy of the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals’ Reggie “Reverend” Kelly
Modern Day Prophet
Calls Forth the Best in Others and Himself
Reggie Kelly embraces every setback with boundless determination, grace and grit. He is a man of God who calls forth the best in everyone he meets.
Reggie, an eleven-year veteran, was on injured reserve for the 2009 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. But even on the sidelines, he made a significant contribution to his team by mentoring younger players and setting himself up as a role model.
Reggie, called “Reverend” by his teammates, grew up in Aberdeen, Mississippi, population 6,000. He was raised by loving yet strict Christian parents. When he gave his life to Christ as a young boy he was concerned what other kids would think. Reggie said, “I decided to put Christ on the back burner, all for the sake of popularity. By the time I got to high school I did whatever I could to fit in and this included partying and drinking. I wanted to be the ‘big dog.’ I actually believed I was really cool.”
What he didn’t realize was that he wasn’t being true to who he really was. This created an emptiness inside. He wasn’t ready to face that so he partied even harder instead.
When he got to college at Mississippi State, he felt like a fish out of water. No one knew who he was and he decided he was going to get back on top fast. His partying intensified and soon he was once again known as the “big dog.” But the emptiness didn’t go away.
By the time Reggie was a sophomore, he was exhausted from trying to please everyone and trying to prove how cool he was. He decided to give Jesus a try.
Reggie remembers the day he began to talk to Jesus. “I was sitting in my college dorm room . . . alone with the Lord. As soon as I spoke to Him, He answered me with words that still send chills down my spine. He said, ‘You can have all the fortune, you can have all the fame, you can be the most popular kid in the world if you so desire. But if you don’t have me in your heart, then there is always going to be an emptiness.’
When he rededicated his life to Jesus, it changed him spiritually, mentally and physically. He said, “I do everything for the Lord and because of that I have success in everything I am involved in. I stopped playing football so the crowd would cheer for me. I began to play football to please the Lord and this enhanced my ability.”
His grades went up and he made the SEC honor roll for three straight years. He was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons.
“In my rookie year in Atlanta, the great fullback Bob Christian took me under his wing. He was a man of God and was well respected by everyone. He decided that he was going to teach me how to be a pro. He also was going to teach me how to be a man of God and apply it to football.
“Bob’s example helped me realize that God placed me on earth to encourage everyone to be the best they can be.”
A good example came when Reggie was injured in training camp. In 10 seasons, he had suffered only one other injury and missed just four games. He was sure he’d bounce back this time, too, and was “heartbroken” when he learned he would be out for the season. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he decided to figure out how he could still help the team. So he concentrated on helping the younger players by becoming a role model for how to handle adversity.
Reggie believes that God gave him the NFL platform to have a positive impact on kids. He helps them realize that they can achieve anything they desire regardless of their situation. He says, “Life isn’t always fair, but whatever hand you’re dealt, just play it.”
Reggie is married to his high school sweetheart, Sheila. They have two children – daughter Kyla, five, and son Kavan, three.
Reggie is an Insightful Player ™ team member who is spiritually rich and inspires the same in others. He casts a warm and lasting glow inside the hearts of everyone he meets. He is the exact kind of role model our world yearns for. We could all learn a lot from Reggie.
Instant replay of Reggie’s guiding principles:
1. Look for opportunities with every setback rather than in spite of them.
2. Let go of trying to impress others.
3. Be unique by honoring your talents and gifts.
4. Be a leader by always setting an example.
5. Believe you can achieve your dreams regardless of your situation.
6. Always treat everyone with respect.
7. Turn your life over to God.
8. Commit to learning as a life-long process.
9. Offer your support and share lessons learned with others.
The Insightful Player™ series is brought to you by Coach Chrissy Carew, Master Certified Personal and Business Coach. Chrissy has been deeply inspired by her father, the late Coach Walter Carew, Sr. Her father is in several Halls of Fame as a high school football coach and baseball coach (as well as high school and college athlete). He used sports as a way to help kids build strong character and teach them valuable life skills. The Insightful Player™ campaign was created to help make our world a much better place. To contact Chrissy Carew visithttp://www.insightfulplayer.com or call 603-897-0610.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Thought for the 2010 Season
2010 Season is here! Our 1st game is against the Patriots. We have a special team this year. We have been working very hard. "All hard work brings a profit..." Proverbs 14:23
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Mr. Obvious
INDIANAPOLIS - The Bengals preseason grind of five games in 25 days ends Thursday in the 7 p.m. finale here at Lucas Oil Stadium (Cincinnati’s Channel 12) and maybe the best thing about it besides it being nearly almost over is that No. 1 pick Jermaine Gresham has shown up.
Again and again. And, as advertised.
Big at 6-5, 260. Athletic with 10 catches for 11.6 yards per ball, a number that Bengals tight ends have come up with in just three seasons in the previous decade. Willing blocker as evidenced by his appearance in all kinds of formations.
“Let’s state the obvious,” said Bengals tight ends coach Jon Hayes, which he loves to do loudly to his players. “We know he’s talented. We know he can catch. The thing that he brings is his presence. His body presence. Things like that. It’s just going to make him a better player.”
What better guy to monitor Gresham’s progress than Hayes with his 12 NFL seasons and 153 catches in 184 games?
Unless it is current Bengals tight end
“He’s obviously learned the system,” said Kelly, who has been struck by one major part of Gresham’s game.
“The way he plays at such a fast rate, a fast pace,” he said. “A lot of times when rookies play in the preseason, they’re so shell-shocked because of the speed of the game that in turn it slows them down. Instead he’s playing as fast as veterans on the other side of him. He’s been doing a tremendous job of playing fast, making big plays, making big-time blocks. Very impressive. Very encouraging.”
The alluring aspect of Gresham’s game is his availability over the middle and down the field for a big-play starved, big-arm quarterback named
Gresham reminds Kelly of two of his peers at the position over the past decade. Daniel Graham and the man the Falcons took in the second round in 2001 two years after they drafted Kelly in the second round, Alge Crumpler. Since the Pats took Graham in the first round in 2002, Graham has 204 catches for 24 touchdowns and 11.4 yards per catch while Crumpler has 367 catches at 12.8 for 37 touchdowns.
The closest the Bengals have come to numbers like that at tight end in the 21stcentury are the 24 catches for 13.8 and two TDs that Matt Schobel had in 2003, but he was seen purely as a receiver.
“Crump is a guy that could run, good feet, great hands,” Kelly said. “He blocked tenaciously, he could catch, he could do it all. Gresh reminds me of that type of guy. He can hold down the corner with strength, but he can also get out and stretch the field. He’s the total package.”
Hayes, known primarily as a blocker as is Kelly, wasn’t all that upset about the holding call Gresham picked up Saturday night in Buffalo.
“Giminney,” he said. “If that was the case there should have been a couple more over there on them. But because they called it, we have to keep working on our hand placement and getting our hands inside.”
The motion penalty on the Bills 1 got Hayes a little more heated.
“Can’t have them,” he said. “Unfortunately we had a bunch of stuff going on. He just got antsy. His kid stage is over. We can’t have that. He’s still getting used to what we have in our formations and getting out of his habits he had in college.”
Gresham may be fretting about his blocking, but the one thing Hayes wants to see improve is his route running.
“More discipline in his routes, but he’s progressing,” he said.
Both Hayes and Kelly were and are great veteran leaders. Solid locker-room pros and they like what they see so far.
“He’s kind of a quiet guy; stays to himself a little bit,” Kelly said. “That’s fine. We all have our own personality. He’s a good kid. He’s willing to listen. He’s a kid that’s willing to learn. ... Right now, he’s like a sponge soaking up all the information from Coach Hayes, Carson, all of us. He’s tenacious in his approach to the game. He wants to be a great tight end.”
Hayes was known for carrying a lunch box to the plants in Kansas City and Pittsburgh, where he blocked for some of the league’s most powerful running games. This kid has a little more spice for lunch, but he brings the same lunch box.
“I like his finish,” said Hayes with a big smile. “He’s going to wear your butt out. I love that about him. Blue collar. Hard worker. Even though he’s got all that talent, you’d think he was fighting for that roster spot and that’s what I love about him.”
Making the roster?
Hayes has done it again and stated the obvious. It looks like Gresham will become the first rookie to head into Opening Day No. 1 on the depth chart since fullback Jeremi Johnson in 2003.
“We’re very fortunate to have him on the team. He can do both; block and catch,” Kelly said. “He can play on all three downs. That’s what you want, to have weapons on the outside and inside and on the offensive line, that’s rare and I think we’re going to use them.”
For a first-round pick when sometimes things aren’t so clear, obvious is good.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
THE DRIVE OF BENGALS TIGHT ENDS. The beauty of having quality tight ends on this roster is highly beneficial to any offense. And it was more so on theBengals opening drive of the game, starting with Reggie Kelly's great blocking that freed up two of Benson's runs, picking up 15 yards rushing that was capped by Jermaine Gresham's first preseason touchdown.
On 2nd-and-9 at Buffalo's 46-yard line with 14:09 left in the first quarter, Reggie Kelly lined up as the fullback in a three-wide I-formation. At the snap, Reggie Kelly bolted through the right side of the line, colliding into Buffalo's outside linebacker Bryan Scott. The block enabled Benson to run off Kelly's block, picking up an additional five yards on the 11-yard run. First down. A few plays later, after Buffalo was called for a defensive holding, the Bengals called off-tackle to the right with single-back formation and Kelly lined up as the tight end on the right side of the line. With Scott on the line of scrimmage aiming to rush upfield, Kelly locked into the linebacker and kept him on the outside while Benson rushed into the natural lane to Kelly's left picking up another four yards.
After that, it was all Jermaine Gresham. Chad's 17-yard reception brought Cincinnati to the Bills' nine-yard line with 12:15 left in the first quarter. Jermaine Gresham lined up as the left Tight End. Nothing glittery. Nothing special. Gresham simply ran vertically into the endzone, thanks to busted coverage, turned around and caught Carson Palmer's touchdown pass.
Impressions of the drive. Great blocking by Reggie Kelly with a drive capped by Jermaine Gresham catching his first preseason touchdown.
Monday, August 16, 2010
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
2010 Training Camp
Training Camp is right around the corner(July 29th). I want to share this experience with all of you. So check out my daily blogs to stay informed on the happenings at Georgetown for my 12th NFL camp....PEACE
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