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01-03-2005, 06:36 PM
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Cowboys Notes
Jones envious of Eli Manning's game experience
By Jennifer Floyd Engel and Mac Engel
Star-Telegram Staff Writers
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Watching his team lose to the New York Giants 28-24 Sunday left Cowboys owner Jerry Jones feeling frustrated about how the 2004 season has gone.
He also felt a little envious.
"I'm envious that [Eli] Manning has gotten the reps that he has gotten and the experience he has gotten this season," Jones said. "They paid a hard price for it to happen, but you can see against us he competed well. He is ahead of where he would have been but he paid a high price. We didn't want to pay that price."
The Giants decided to play their rookie quarterback with seven games remaining. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells didn't.
Rookie Drew Henson started against Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, but played less than a full game all season. Second-year quarterback Tony Romo did not play at all. This does not preclude Henson, Jones says, from being the Cowboys' starting quarterback next season.
"We know as much about him as if we had drafted him No. 1 in April," Jones said. "So you don't know any more about those guys than that. I'm not necessarily saying he is going to be the starter. We have more knowledge about him than when we traded for him. So we'll just go from there."
Henson said the Cowboys have not had any more talks with him about playing in NFL Europe this spring, but Jones said Sunday night that they are still considering having him play overseas.
"I'll talk with coach Payton and coach Parcells and map out what they want me to do," Henson said. "I'll do whatever it takes. I live in Dallas now. I'll be here all off-season. Whatever they feel I need to do to get ready to play next year, that is the position I want to put myself."
He very well might be back with quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Jones, once again, did not rule out bringing back the 41-year old quarterback. He said, as of this moment, he did not see a lot of viable options out there at quarterback. But he also said the Cowboys would not rule out drafting a quarterback with either their No. 11 or No. 18 draft picks.
Whatever they do or do not do, Jones says he does not envision this team needing to make huge changes in the off-season.
"This is not a blow it up scenario," Jones said. "I don't know if adding two new starters is considered a big change or if adding four new starters is a big change. I don't know how to quantify that but ... the thing about this is there is not one or two things that are missing. We got a lot of things. So it is going to be about numbers."
Briefly
• Cowboys receiver Keyshawn Johnson fractured his left ankle early in the second quarter after sliding awkwardly to make an 18-yard catch. He was helped off the field, then carted to the locker room for X-rays. His only catch on Sunday gave him 70 for the season, and left him 19 yards short of reaching the 1,000-yard mark.
• Jason Witten caught eight passes for 77 yards and finished the season with 87 receptions, the second most for tight ends in the league to Kansas City's Tony Gonzalez, who caught 14 passes Sunday and finished with 102 receptions.
• Linebacker Dat Nguyen's interception on Sunday gave him a career-high three this season. That's the most for a Cowboys linebacker since Dexter Coakley had four in 1999.
• Guard Tyson Walter suffered a sprained left wrist on special teams in the first half. Safety Lynn Scott was taken to the locker room in the second half for X-rays on his wrist.
• After registering six sacks in the first five games, defensive end Greg Ellis was unable to reach double digits. Including Sunday, Ellis had one sack in his final five games to finish with nine.
• Defensive end Marcellus Wiley had one sack on Sunday to push his disappointing season total to three. He maintains that he was "lied to" about what position he would play and what manner he would play it. Although he is under contract for next season, when asked, "Do you want to come back, yes or no?" Wiley said "Or."
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Michael S. Winicki
Anyone think what is in bold is kinda a shot at Parcells by Jones
Cowboys Notes
Jones envious of Eli Manning's game experience
By Jennifer Floyd Engel and Mac Engel
Star-Telegram Staff Writers
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Watching his team lose to the New York Giants 28-24 Sunday left Cowboys owner Jerry Jones feeling frustrated about how the 2004 season has gone.
He also felt a little envious.
"I'm envious that [Eli] Manning has gotten the reps that he has gotten and the experience he has gotten this season," Jones said. "They paid a hard price for it to happen, but you can see against us he competed well. He is ahead of where he would have been but he paid a high price. We didn't want to pay that price."
The Giants decided to play their rookie quarterback with seven games remaining. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells didn't.
Rookie Drew Henson started against Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, but played less than a full game all season. Second-year quarterback Tony Romo did not play at all. This does not preclude Henson, Jones says, from being the Cowboys' starting quarterback next season.
"We know as much about him as if we had drafted him No. 1 in April," Jones said. "So you don't know any more about those guys than that. I'm not necessarily saying he is going to be the starter. We have more knowledge about him than when we traded for him. So we'll just go from there."
Henson said the Cowboys have not had any more talks with him about playing in NFL Europe this spring, but Jones said Sunday night that they are still considering having him play overseas.
"I'll talk with coach Payton and coach Parcells and map out what they want me to do," Henson said. "I'll do whatever it takes. I live in Dallas now. I'll be here all off-season. Whatever they feel I need to do to get ready to play next year, that is the position I want to put myself."
He very well might be back with quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Jones, once again, did not rule out bringing back the 41-year old quarterback. He said, as of this moment, he did not see a lot of viable options out there at quarterback. But he also said the Cowboys would not rule out drafting a quarterback with either their No. 11 or No. 18 draft picks.
Whatever they do or do not do, Jones says he does not envision this team needing to make huge changes in the off-season.
"This is not a blow it up scenario," Jones said. "I don't know if adding two new starters is considered a big change or if adding four new starters is a big change. I don't know how to quantify that but ... the thing about this is there is not one or two things that are missing. We got a lot of things. So it is going to be about numbers."
Briefly
• Cowboys receiver Keyshawn Johnson fractured his left ankle early in the second quarter after sliding awkwardly to make an 18-yard catch. He was helped off the field, then carted to the locker room for X-rays. His only catch on Sunday gave him 70 for the season, and left him 19 yards short of reaching the 1,000-yard mark.
• Jason Witten caught eight passes for 77 yards and finished the season with 87 receptions, the second most for tight ends in the league to Kansas City's Tony Gonzalez, who caught 14 passes Sunday and finished with 102 receptions.
• Linebacker Dat Nguyen's interception on Sunday gave him a career-high three this season. That's the most for a Cowboys linebacker since Dexter Coakley had four in 1999.
• Guard Tyson Walter suffered a sprained left wrist on special teams in the first half. Safety Lynn Scott was taken to the locker room in the second half for X-rays on his wrist.
• After registering six sacks in the first five games, defensive end Greg Ellis was unable to reach double digits. Including Sunday, Ellis had one sack in his final five games to finish with nine.
• Defensive end Marcellus Wiley had one sack on Sunday to push his disappointing season total to three. He maintains that he was "lied to" about what position he would play and what manner he would play it. Although he is under contract for next season, when asked, "Do you want to come back, yes or no?" Wiley said "Or."
__________________
Michael S. Winicki
Anyone think what is in bold is kinda a shot at Parcells by Jones