That has helped him emerge as a viable option in the event that the regular backup, Mark Brunell, who did not throw a pass this preseason because of a pulled calf, is not ready.
BRAINS Driving back with all that beef staring at me didn't do much to stave off the hunger, so I stopped at a really la-ti-da French place to take care of one of the few things the slaughterhouse didn't have on the ready: Calf's brain.
Maybe the rough and tumble of the multiple male associations helps ready the calf for what lies ahead.
Even though we visited Hermanus in December, and whale-watching season is at its peak between August and October, an overprotective Southern right whale -- the "right" whale to catch, whalers used to say -- seemed concerned that its calf was not yet ready for the migration toward summer quarters nearer the South Pole.
The mothers sat in the bleachers taking videos and hollering advice — "Wyatt, just ride the way Daddy taught you!" The fathers straddled the chute, leaning over their sons to cinch the rope and shove the calf into position: "Are you ready?" "Yes, sir!" "You've got to take the fight to him".
I remember Jonathan oiling up his forearms like James Herriot getting ready to deliver a calf.
Hampton has a strained calf and is expected to be ready in a week to 10 days.
His right calf extended to a prepped foot ready to push off, and where his left calf would be, a metal rod picked up dew before disappearing into Gruhot's black cleat.
The manager is still none the wiser as to when Mamadou Sakho, whose wife gave birth to the couple's third child in France last week, will feel ready to test his calf in competitive action again.
Rodgers, who was readying himself for extensive calf care before a date with Seattle, took knees.
