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NFL Europa Diary - Carlton Brewster, Part V
posted 06/20/2007
Receiver Carlton Brewster finished his NFL Europa season last week as one of the leading pass catchers in the league. In 10 regular season games, Brewster's 37 catches tied for third, and his 548 yards ranked second.
Brewster's Berlin team finished a disappointing 2-8, losing its last three games by a combined 11 points, including a 21-20 defeat at Amsterdam in the finale after leading 20-7 going into the fourth quarter.
Berlin and Green Bay teammate Tim Goodwell also wrapped up his season. Goodwell played in seven games at linebacker, with one start, recording 28 tackles, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one special teams tackle.
Brewster was back in Green Bay this week as a spectator for the final two OTA practices. Here is the final installment of his NFL Europa diary for 2007:
The end of the season was very tough, especially the last game when we played Amsterdam. Once again, we were beating them from the first to the third quarter, and then oops, something happens in the fourth quarter. We had no luck this year at all. We knew we were a better team than our record showed, but I'm just happy I got an opportunity to play in NFL-E and be able to compete.
I didn't really do too much off the field the last few weeks in Germany. I was just getting ready to come back to the U.S. Just being around the guys I had on my team, we had a whole bunch of great guys with great character. Just being around those guys was good enough for me.
I feel I'm a better player now, physically and mentally. I've got more confidence in my game now. I did some great things over there at the receiver position, and I feel I can come in and be able to compete, and hopefully be on the active roster by the end of training camp.
On Monday, I took an exit physical here and talked to a few of the players on the team and just watched practice, to see how it went. I just have to get my body some rest, probably take a week off, and then get back into it slowly to get ready for training camp at the end of July.
I feel very confident at the receiver position, but I know my role. It's going to be special teams. They've got so many receivers, and I'm going to compete and do the best I can, but I know my way to make this team is going to be on special teams. That's going to make the difference, because I can do a lot of different things other than just play receiver. |
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