WitP: Pisa, Bess, McBriar, Mouton, Colt, LP

Pisa Tinoisamoa is profiled on ChicagoBears.com.

Free-agent acquisition Pisa Tinoisamoa has brought a physical presence to the strongside linebacker position early in Bears training camp.

The 6-1, 230-pounder popped running back Kevin Jones in an inside run drill Saturday night and smacked Garrett Wolfe after the diminutive running back caught a swing pass Sunday.

“[Tinoisamoa] is a good player with good agility,” said coach Lovie Smith. “I saw him with a couple good hits. He’s played in the league a while. He’s played at a high level. He knows the game. He’s a smart football player. He should only get better."

Tinoisamoa is working with the No. 1 defense and is the favorite to win the starting strongside position.

Here's an interesting tweet regarding Pisa from Jeff Dickerson of ESPN Chicago.

Pisa a new hybrid blocker in return game. New rules in nfl.

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Davone Bess spoke to the Miami media yesterday. Here's some video from MiamiDolphins.com.

Edgar Thompson of the Daily Dolphin had a nice note about Bess.

Davone Bess made a one-handed stab during individuals that makes you wonder who has the best hands on the team: Camarillo or Bess? Both seem to catch everything.

Mike Berardino of the Sun-Sentinel also noted Bess' hands:

Does Bess ever drop anything? Guy looks great and Tony Sparano said as much during his midday comments.

Here are those comments from Tony Sparano, who talked about Bess working hard during the offseason.

(On if he expects WR Davone Bess to play a bigger role this season) — "Yes, I think he is much stronger. I think he had a great offseason. I'll tell you one thing, to Davone Bess' credit, many a days where nobody was around here during the course of the summer, and it was awful hot out, I seen him out here with the JUGS on and the equipment guy pumping balls to him, and see him out here catching punts with the equipment guy pumping balls to him in the JUGS, and there was nobody else around. So, this guy did a lot of work this summer to get himself prepared, I just hope it continues to show. You know he was clearly one of the surprises in training camp last year. I hope he continues to grow, but there are more steps that he needs to take. I think he knows that, and he would tell you that, and I'm saying the same thing."

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Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram thinks it's only a matter of time before Mat McBriar hits the Cowboys new gigantic video screen.

Mat McBriar is back and punting the ball better than ever after being sidelined last season with a broken foot. And make no mistake about it, the new Cowboys stadium is not McBriar proof. He will hit that massive digital video board with a punt or two this season. If he does, it will be classified as a dead ball and the play will be run over. Let's just hope its not too many times in a row.

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Via the Advertiser, Teresa M. Walker of the AP writes about some of the players auditioning to be kick returners for the Tennessee Titans. One of those players is Ryan Mouton.

Mouton, the third-round pick out of Hawaii, has been returning kicks since high school and had two returns for touchdowns in college where he ranked fifth in the nation with 29.6 yards on kickoff returns as a junior. McCourty returned kicks for Rutgers as a senior and averaged 25.8 yards. Both got to catch kicks in a team drill Sunday as Lowry tried to pare down his list a bit.

"They showed pretty good instincts, made some good cuts, showed some speed," Lowry said. "They both can catch the ball naturally. Those are big pluses for them."

Mouton is eager to do whatever is necessary.

"It'd be very nice to come in and contribute and try to keep that high level where it was. Chris Carr did a great job. Now they need somebody to step in," Mouton said. "A lot of guys back there have potential to do it. Whoever gets the job, I think they'll do a great job at it."

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Fredericksburg.com takes a look at the battle for the #2 QB position in Washington.

TODD COLLINS, INCUMBENT NO. 2 QUARTERBACK

The 14-year veteran has made important strides regarding his command of coach Jim Zorn's playbook. However, his arm strength is weaker than Jason Campbell's and Colt Brennan's. It showed yesterday when he underthrew a 10-yard out pattern during 11-on-11 drills. Still, the coaching staff is comfortable with Collins because of his experience. Brennan would have to be very special in preseason to unseat him.

COLT BRENNAN, CHALLENGER
Brennan, like all the quarterbacks, has experienced mixed results through five days of camp. He appears comfortable in his second year in Zorn's offense. He still throws with a sidearm delivery, though, and it's still uncertain whether he can get away with that against first-string defenses. He connected with tight end Robbie Agnone on a beautiful 20-yard play yesterday only to overthrow a shorter route on his next pass.

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And Leonard Peters is profiled by two rugby news sites. He must have a good publicist!

The first profile is from the International Rugby Board.

Eight weeks ago Leonard Peters was an American Football player possibly nearing the end of his NFL career. Today he is an international rugby player with a new lease of life and fresh ambitions in sport.

"I don't think I was prepared for all the running in Sevens," admitted Peters. "The conditioning was the biggest part for me coming over from (American) Football.

"In Football you run around for nine seconds and then you can rest for 45 seconds, whereas in rugby they told me 'we have to play for seven minutes', and I said 'seven minutes? I can play for seven minutes..'

"After the first minute I was looking towards the side line begging for coach to take me off, I was so tired. I wasn't prepared for that, but I've got used to it now."

The second one, from eRugbyNews, is essentially the same article with some additional info.

Peters, who was a huge star at the University of Hawaii before stints with the New York Jets and the Chicago Bears, is now playing 7s with Aspen and just returned from representing the USA at the World Games.

Meanwhile coaches have said the key to Peters isn’t just his athleticism, but his ability to pass. It’s a tough skill to learn out of the blue, the rugby pass, but Peters took to it quickly.

In fact, at the World Games, one overseas coach asked Caravelli who his football player was.

"I pointed him out and the coach said 'no, the guy who just started playing rugby a few weeks ago,'" Caravelli recalled. "I said, that's the guy. He couldn't believe it. Peters fit in so well."