Found August 05, 2009 on New York Jets.com:
PLAYERS: Marques Douglas
TEAMS: New York Jets

Corey_smith
There was some hard hitting out near the goal line Tuesday as players had their first opportunity to square off on the grass field at SUNY Cortland. “Whenever you get on grass, you can take a load off,” said defensive end Marques Douglas after Tuesday’s afternoon practice. “Obviously guys are going back to their roots because we all started on grass fields.” Doug...
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