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[Mr Cowboy]

Lenny Williams and Harrel cut

[WoodysGirl]

Man that's early. Thanks for the notice.

[Mr Cowboy]

No kicker coming in right now, may have to go with Cortez, has no choice

[ABQCOWBOY]

No kicker coming in right now, may have to go with Cortez, has no choice


LOL....

Nothing like a vote of confidence you know?

:lmao2:

[Mr Cowboy]

Thought Romo did some good things out there, Rivera could have played, Ferguson will be tested this afternoon, and will be available for the season opener.

[devman90]

Let's see what he's got. It will be good to see Fergy out there

[Portland Fanatic]

Thought Romo did some good things out there, Rivera could have played, Ferguson will be tested this afternoon, and will be available for the season opener.

With how well Glover is playing right now...Fergi in rotation is fine.....

We need to get Rivera and Spears on the field!

[ABQCOWBOY]

With how well Glover is playing right now...Fergi in rotation is fine.....

We need to get Rivera and Spears on the field!

I thought that the comments the broadcast team made, about Glover, were interesting. They raved over him but in that first quarter of play, I watched Glover very closely. He was not holding down the middle. He was getting pushed off the ball or re-directed pretty regularly, while playing NT.

I am just not as confident as some or I'm seeing something that is not there. If anybody has it Tivo'd, maybe they can re-watch and comment on what they see.

a NT should not be getting pushed back or to one side in a 34.

[Mr Cowboy]

Not talking highly of Crowder, needs to learn how to tackle......

[morasp]

I thought that the comments the broadcast team made, about Glover, were interesting. They raved over him but in that first quarter of play, I watched Glover very closely. He was not holding down the middle. He was getting pushed off the ball or re-directed pretty regularly, while playing NT.

I am just not as confident as some or I'm seeing something that is not there. If anybody has it Tivo'd, maybe they can re-watch and comment on what they see.

a NT should not be getting pushed back or to one side in a 34.

That's pretty much what I saw. They got some pretty nice runs against us.

[Hollywood Henderson]

Yes, too many people are on the Glover "hype machine" He needs to come off the bench in Nickle/dime downs to be effective...

Seems alot of people think he is this big dominating NG...

Wrong, he would be most effective during passing downs...

We need Fergy bad for this D to be Doomsday like!

[Wimbo]

Was that it for the press conference?

[Cowboy from New York]

Did he say anything about Ware's injury or Pettiti's?

[WoodysGirl]

Was that it for the press conference?Doesn't look like it according to dc.com, but most are prolly waiting on InmanRoshi to do his thing.

:clap:

[cowboyjoe]

parcells said, petti and ware, played through pain, thats what he wants to see, and get the running backs to do same, and also for running backs to play on special teams, thats a must if they make the team, with barber, he concluded that if he doesnt play thursday night, he has a tough decision to make on him. He talked today to all running backs, about they must play on special teams to make the team, and he had 2 offensive players that were going to work with crowder on their fundamental flaw about tackling empty space, not to lunge at a player when your not there.

[cowboyjoe]

he also said, after reporters asked him about 3rd string qb, maybe the answer is already there, something lilke that, but if he could, doesnt know if he can, but hopes to play henson at qb thursday night. At center, greounde and al johnson are dead even, so far.

[Dallas]

:rolleyes: greounde and al johnson are dead even, so far.

I think Gurode should be starting over Al at this time. He might not be as athletic but he can damn sure hold his own. He is alot more powerful at the point of contact. When I see Al over center it just looks like his guy gets through more times than none (pushing him back into the QB-getting past him). The O just seemed to do more when Gurode came in at the start of the 2nd 1/4 against the Texans.

Just my teake on center...

[baj1dallas]

I wonder what that means for Crowder.

[JonJon]

I sure hope Barber sucks it up and performs Thursday. Like bill said, a cut shouldn't take this long to heal, and if all it takes is a cut to keep Barber out, then Parcells has reason for concearn, because those types of injuries are very common in the NFL.

[InmanRoshi]

The kicker we traded for fialed a physical. Waived Leny Williams and Reggie Harrell. That’s 3 positions cleared up. We’ll make additonal cuts tommorrow.

How did Romo do?
I thoguth he did alright there. There’s a couple of things that weren’t so good, but by and large he was okay.

More kickers coming?
Not right now.

Okay with Cortez in San Diego?
Might not have a choice, so I guess I’ll have to be. We’re certainly looking.

Cortez or Romo to blame for the botched field goal before the half?
Everything mechanically okay. It was hurried, but okay.

Rivera and Fergy in the game Thursday?
I don’t want to jeopardize them , but I want them to play if I can. I could have played Rivera. Fergy will be worked out in pads before practice today to evaluate him. He’s doing better, but I don’t want ot set him back. He’s played in the league before, so its not like he doesn’t know how to play the game, but I want to play him Thursday if I get the chance.

Spears play on Thursday?
He’ll get more than a chance.

Tyson Thompson – testing his heart with the workload?
I wasn’t looking at it that way, but there is a mental thing with being a RB in this league. Certain things that I believe in at that position. So I do it the same way with eveyrone, and the ones that can deal with it turn out to be pretty good. He was kind of looking like he might want to come out, but he didn’t. Julius was over there laughing at him.

Defense impressions of the game.
The corners covered well. We still got some problems in a couple of spots that concern me a great deal. We’re improving as we go. I haven’t got all the pieces exactly set in my mind. I got moving pieces where if I do one thing it effects something else or two other things.

Do you think you have defensive firepower on this roster?
We’ll have to see how it is when we’re really under durress. I see some of these young players ,and they do what young players do and act how young players act. They don’t know what it takes to play in this game. They’re learning, but they don’t know what it takes. It’s a process, it really is. You see characteristics in them that they’ll have to get rid of to be successful.

Are you more optimistic that you can get turnovers when you see a young player like Burnett naturally strip the ball from the QB rather than just go for the sack.

That was a good play, but for everyone one of those he had about 5 bad plays. On that bootleg on 3rd and two, sucked down on the run and let the QB get outside of him for about 15 yards. Those things can cost you the game.

Do you think the defense will be improved from last year? Secondary should be, just the coverage ability of the CB position alone. I don’t know if Anthony, Terrence or Aaron or Jaque Reeves will be injured or what, but just off the top they look better.

Does the 3-4 scheme produce more turnovers?
No. I wouldn’t say that. If you got good players in the scheme, that’s what produces turnovers

Have a set role for Anthony Thomas?
I’m trying to figure that out exactly. We have a few moving parts there, especially with Tyson being a surprise. Then you have the FB position in how it relates to the TE position. I have a set cumulative number there. I don’t really know what is going to happen yet. I’m not sure. The main question I have to answer is who goes in if Julius can’t play. I don’t have an answer to that yet.

Tyson surprised you enough to get 6-10 carries a game in the regular season?
If it was just about running the ball, that might be the case. But unless he can do some other things in addition to 6-10 carries, he wont go to the games. That long punt return they ran against us the other night … that was a little of his work. I thought he did a little better kick returning the other night, but its got to be more than that. If you’re a back up RB, you can’t just be over there as an insurance back. The past couple of years I’ve had backs who don’t participate in special teams, and I don’t like that. I want to change it. When you look at a lot of the teams we play, their backup RB’s are their key special teams players.

Barber’s foot?
Its basically a cut or wound. Its not a structural injury. I don’t know what is going to happen on Thursday, I don’t have any answers for you right now.

Antony Thomas contribute on special teams?
He’ll be on kickoff returns, but he needs to be on something else. I think he’ll do whatever it takes to play. That’s one advantage Anthony has over these young kids, he knows he’s got to be something else. He knows he can’t just stand over there on the sidelines as an insurance policy.

Young players show you some ability to play with pain?
Pettiti turned his ankle, but would not come out of the game. Ware got hit in the back, but he stayed in. TT got hit in the ribs, and we just kept getting him the ball.

Keith Davis at FS?
He’s improving every week. Every week. That’s a good sign. But we put him in a couple of punt teams, and he didn’t do so well. We got a couple of key contributors to our special teams in the past who now are playing more on defense who don’t seem to feel like its necessary to put the same amount of effort into special teams anymore. We had a little meeting about that this morning.

5 or 6 crunching hits in the game? Are you glad to see that?
There’s a lot in every game. I’m happy to see our safeties are good hitters. Its apparent on film to teams we’re playing against.

Centers?
Both did alright. Andre did a good job. Its still neck and neck. I want to use every player I can that can play and I have confidence in. If a guy is working hard and deserves to play, I’ll get him in the game. I’m not saying I’ll rotate them or how I’ll rotate them, but I’m just saying both guys are doing well. Andre is doing very well, and he’s earned my trust at center and its my mistake that I didn’t put him over there last year.

Pettiti won the RT job?
No. I’m not ready to tell you that yet, and I don’t even know if its true.

You said you wanted the backup QB settled by the 3rd game the other night.
Well, maybe it is. Not saying it is, but maybe it is. Just hypothetical.

Would you like to get Henson some playing time on Thursday?
I want to get Henson some playing time on Thursday, but I might not be able to.

Why are you so reluctant to talk about the backup QB sitaution?
Because that’s all you guys have wanted to talk about since last spring. I’m not ready to decide yet. I don’t need to decide.

5 things you said you wanted to improve on, and one of them was 3rd down conversion. It was bad against the Texans.

When we didn’t have a penaltiy or a minus play, we scored. Our 3rd down conversion rate will not be improved when its 3rd and 20, 3rd and 14. One three of those long 3rd downs situation we ran the ball because it was prohibitied yardage and we picked up 8 or 9 yards and it helps the field position. It forces them to get another first down to score. Until we keep from getting the minus plays, our 3rd down conversions will not be good. As far as other keys …. We’re not turning the ball over much ,and we’re creating turnovers. That’s good. That alone will win you games. The 3rd downs will only improve when the negative play stop. Against AZ we had 6 negative plays. Against Seattle we had 1 negative play. Texans we had 2. 2 too many. We had one run thrown for a 7 yard loss.

Is that the best thing you’ve seen from Bledsoe this preseason is that he doesn’t have a INT?
You can’t judge that in preseason. The time you got to cut down interceptions is when you’re behind and pressing to catch up. That’s when bad things happen. If you don’t have to press to catch up or close in the score, you can play and manage the game. When you’re down by 3 scores, its very difficult.

You said you wanted to see more from Bledsoe last week.
I wasn’t being critical, but I just wanted to see him loosen up a little bit and get a better feel. His head is in the game, very much. He’s got ideas and lobbying, but just run your team. And he did a pretty good job once he got started the other night.

Seems you had problems picking up the blitz?
We had 2 mental errors and had a couple of hot WR’s. We’ll block the blitz. They blitzed on the pass Terry Glenn caught for a substantial gain. One of Crayton’s big catches was a blitz, so its not like they weren’t paying for it. But what we’re seeing more and more in this league is the blitzing on running downs. I’ll have to start practicing more against that. You don’t really simulate it much in pratice, because its disruptive to practice and it creates a lot of trainwrecks.

You said the key to getting more turnovers is to get better players. Do you see more of those type players?
Potentially. Yes. But, you just got to find out where their heart is and can they suck it up. It’s a grind in the 4th quarter. You see a lot of things in those situations. That was really our first hot game. It effects you. That’s one reason I left those guys in there for a while.

Beriault knee?
He’s had the most extended rest of this summer. He’ll practice today. I would say how his knee reacts this week will determine whether we think we can get ahead of that or not. Carson’s knee we know he’s ahead of that now. We got Thornton is that mix too.

If Quincy Morgan is not a 3rd guy, can he play enough special teams to earn a roster spot?
That’s a good question. You have to decide what you want from your 4th or 5th guy. What do you want primarily to accomplish with that spot? What roles do I need filled. There’s jobs to fill, who can fill them? The puzzle is bigger than just that one spot. If nobody from that position can do it, you have to keep another player at another spot who can do it.

Crowder make the team with special teams?
Crowder has to improve his tackling on special teams. He’s fast and visible, but he got killed the other night. He drew a couple of penalties. He lunges and dives indescriminately into space. That’s a fundamental flaw. He’ll dive at the ball carrier from way on out. He needs to close on the ball carrier before he dives. I got several offensive players who do that. He made a play as a WR, that’s good, but he’s not a finished product there. He needs to do better mentally too. He gets mixed up sometime. Anybody would like his speed and coverage ability, but what good does it do you when you can’t make any plays? I’m not being overly critical of him. Its what I told him in the meeting.

Would you only take 4 WR’s
I could take 5 if they ‘re both giving him 20 plays on special teams. One of the good things we have is some candidates at the WR who can do that.

Do you have someone who can fill in for Julius at RB?
I think we should be better at that position with depth. I don’t know how much. I think we have a chance. I have more candidates to run the ball as an option than we did last year. Its only a strenght if these young kids grow up very very quickly. Barber is hurt now, that’s not good. I was wanting to put him into the sawmill Seattle, and hopefully I can do it again on Thursday. I put Tyson through the sawmill against the Texans.

Does the length of Barber’s injury impact your decision?
Yeah. The point is not how long it will take. It doesn’t take a cut forever to heal. Its having confidence in a rookie that he can play when he has done nothing to demonstrate that he can.

You said you kneel the ball at halftime if you’re getting the ball back in the 3rd quarter. You didn’t this week.

Not the same situation, it was 24 yard diference in field position. We had the ball on the 26 last week. We had the ball on the 44 this week. That’s a substantial difference in field positon. We only had to go 25 or 30 yards to get in field goal range. If we would have had Henson in that situation, I wouldn’t have kneeled the ball on our own 44.

Antony Lynn back?
He’s here, and seems to be doing better. All of my interns have gone home now, but they all did a good job for me this summer. I got a couple of guys there who are capable of coaching in this league.

Walter and Noll?
Walther didn’t play much. I wanted to see Walter a little bit as a left tackle, but didn’t because Kurt was doing a good job. Noll played better than the week before.

[RCowboyFan]

he also said, after reporters asked him about 3rd string qb, maybe the answer is already there, something lilke that, but if he could, doesnt know if he can, but hopes to play henson at qb thursday night. At center, greounde and al johnson are dead even, so far.

I think playing Henson for significant time was thing he wasn't sure about, not whether he will play him or not. At least thats what I heard him say.

He does seem coy about the whole Backup QB thing though, he might be just enjoying the media hoopla about the whole situation.

[Woods]

I sure hope Barber sucks it up and performs Thursday. Like bill said, a cut shouldn't take this long to heal, and if all it takes is a cut to keep Barber out, then Parcells has reason for concearn, because those types of injuries are very common in the NFL.

I have this feeling that Barber is now definitely going to be playing vs. Jacksonville . . . . let's hope he hangs on to the ball.

[LaTunaNostra]

parcells said, petti and ware, played through pain, thats what he wants to see, and get the running backs to do same, and also for running backs to play on special teams, thats a must if they make the team, with barber, he concluded that if he doesnt play thursday night, he has a tough decision to make on him. He talked today to all running backs, about they must play on special teams to make the team, and he had 2 offensive players that were going to work with crowder on their fundamental flaw about tackling empty space, not to lunge at a player when your not there.
Crowder teaching team-mates is a good sign he's gonna make it!

DUH..read the other posts....he ain't teaching, he's learning

[cml750]

Thanks Roshi. Man you must type about 150 words per minute. It is all greatly appreciated!! :bow:

[RCowboyFan]

Crowder teaching team-mates is a good sign he's gonna make it!

DUH..read the other posts....he ain't teaching, he's learning

Oh, you already corrected it I see. Never mind :)

[BrAinPaiNt]

I love this part...


Tyson Thompson – testing his heart with the workload?
I wasn’t looking at it that way, but there is a mental thing with being a RB in this league. Certain things that I believe in at that position. So I do it the same way with eveyrone, and the ones that can deal with it turn out to be pretty good. He was kind of looking like he might want to come out, but he didn’t. Julius was over there laughing at him.

:laugh2:

[slick325]

Thanks for the rundown IR.

[Cowboy from New York]

Rivera and Fergy in the game Thursday?
I don’t want to jeopardize them , but I want them to play if I can. I could have played Rivera. Fergy will be worked out in pads before practice today to evaluate him. He’s doing better, but I don’t want ot set him back. He’s played in the league before, so its not like he doesn’t know how to play the game, but I want to play him Thursday if I get the chance.

Spears play on Thursday?
He’ll get more than a chance.

Centers?
Both did alright. Andre did a good job. Its still neck and neck. I want to use every player I can that can play and I have confidence in. If a guy is working hard and deserves to play, I’ll get him in the game. I’m not saying I’ll rotate them or how I’ll rotate them, but I’m just saying both guys are doing well. Andre is doing very well, and he’s earned my trust at center and its my mistake that I didn’t put him over there last year.



1.They seem hell bent on running the screen pass and having Rivera playing, with all his years with the Packers running screens, should really help. As we can painfully see it takes a lot of practice to get the screen executed correctly so I hope Rivera get in against the Jags to help work out the giant sized kinks we have in that play.

2. Gonna be nice to finally see the guy play.

3. I could be remembering wrong but when Gurode was playing center with us before wasnt the big criticism of him was that he was missing the line calls?

[Prancer]

IR you are the best.
Thanks

[ABQCOWBOY]

Everybody asks why we can't run the screen. I think it's because we can't throw down field. When a defense is affraid of the QB hurthing them downfield, they become obssesed with getting to the guy. If your not affraid, you stay disciplened to your keys. You read rather then react and you diagonose much better.

That's my half arsed excuse anyway.

[Fla Cowpoke]

If anyone doesn't know who our # 2 QB, they are flipping idiots.

[sacase]

I think Bill is having fun with the Media about this whole back up QB thing. I am sure has has had his mind made up for a while now.

[Gent]

"We had the ball on the 26 last week. We had the ball on the 44 this week. That’s a substantial difference in field positon. We only had to go 25 or 30 yards to get in field goal range. If we would have had Henson in that situation, I wouldn’t have kneeled the ball on our own 44."

That last sentence must be a mis-statement. Anyone understand what BP is trying to say about Henson here?

-Gent

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think Bill is having fun with the Media about this whole back up QB thing. I am sure has has had his mind made up for a while now.

I don't think he made his mind up till Saturday. Honestly, there right when they say that Romo makes the occasional bonehead mistake. It's like you watch him and then you ask, why?

He played good football, other then the snap, IMO. I think that's what Bill was looking for.

[Rack Bauer]

Everybody asks why we can't run the screen. I think it's because we can't throw down field. When a defense is affraid of the QB hurthing them downfield, they become obssesed with getting to the guy. If your not affraid, you stay disciplened to your keys. You read rather then react and you diagonose much better.

That's my half arsed excuse anyway.


You know, I never thought of it that way. That could be a big part of it.

I think another part of it is our OL just isn't good at doing it. They either leave too early, too late, or tip off the defense that it's a screen. Larry Allen had a major screwup on one of the screens on Saturday. Two guys came right at him and he hit none of them. You need to at least slow them down. A QB still needs time, even for screen passes (if he's rushed too fast it throws off the timing).

All they can do is keep practicing and hope they get better. Personally, I think there's some "minor" things they can do to improve. Like when the OL is blocking, make it appear you're trying to block him, but w/o actually blocking him When it's time to get out for the screen, push the DL in the back. That will do two things: 1) Give the OLman a bit of a burst to get out on the screen and 2) push the DL further away from the screen. Nothing big, but it's the accumulation (sp?) of the little things that makes screens work.

[Rack Bauer]

"We had the ball on the 26 last week. We had the ball on the 44 this week. That’s a substantial difference in field positon. We only had to go 25 or 30 yards to get in field goal range. If we would have had Henson in that situation, I wouldn’t have kneeled the ball on our own 44."

That last sentence must be a mis-statement. Anyone understand what BP is trying to say about Henson here?

-Gent



People were complaining that we kneeled the ball with Henson at the end of the half vs the Seahawks (myself included). But we didn't do that at the end of the half vs the Texans.

There was a difference though. 1) We had better field position vs the Texans at the end of the half. and 2) we had more time.


Personally, I didn't think we had time to score at the end of the half vs the Seahawks. My problem with Henson kneeling wasn't that we didn't try to score. My problem was it was a preseason game and that was an extra snap or two or three that Henson could of had. We didn't have to try and score, we could of just gone and ran regular pass plays. Treat like it was the first quarter, not the end of the half. Isn't that what preseason games are for?

[Mr Cowboy]

I don't think he made his mind up till Saturday. Honestly, there right when they say that Romo makes the occasional bonehead mistake. It's like you watch him and then you ask, why?

He played good football, other then the snap, IMO. I think that's what Bill was looking for.

Mickey is on the Ticket right now, and even he concedes that Henson showed little to show he was ready for the NFL much less the 2nd QB. They are even joking about Henson going to the Desperados.


So yeah the decision has been made.........and I hope it's the right one.

[gbrittain]

:rolleyes:

I think Gurode should be starting over Al at this time. He might not be as athletic but he can damn sure hold his own. He is alot more powerful at the point of contact. When I see Al over center it just looks like his guy gets through more times than none (pushing him back into the QB-getting past him). The O just seemed to do more when Gurode came in at the start of the 2nd 1/4 against the Texans.

Just my teake on center...

I agree. Love Al Johnson, but at center Andre Gurode might be starting to live up to his pre draft potential.

[Cbz40]

You know, I never thought of it that way. That could be a big part of it.

I think another part of it is our OL just isn't good at doing it. They either leave too early, too late, or tip off the defense that it's a screen. Larry Allen had a major screwup on one of the screens on Saturday. Two guys came right at him and he hit none of them. You need to at least slow them down. A QB still needs time, even for screen passes (if he's rushed too fast it throws off the timing).

All they can do is keep practicing and hope they get better. Personally, I think there's some "minor" things they can do to improve. Like when the OL is blocking, make it appear you're trying to block him, but w/o actually blocking him When it's time to get out for the screen, push the DL in the back. That will do two things: 1) Give the OLman a bit of a burst to get out on the screen and 2) push the DL further away from the screen. Nothing big, but it's the accumulation (sp?) of the little things that makes screens work.


I agree w/ both statements......But I'll say it again..the offensive linemen are not holding their blocks......Walters the other night did not even get in position to make his block.

[luvtheboys]

Everybody asks why we can't run the screen. I think it's because we can't throw down field. When a defense is affraid of the QB hurthing them downfield, they become obssesed with getting to the guy. If your not affraid, you stay disciplened to your keys. You read rather then react and you diagonose much better.

That's my half arsed excuse anyway.

Daryl Johnston was the guest color commentator on the radio broadcast and Brad Sham asked him why the Boys haven't been able to run the screen well since the Landry days. As I recall, Moose cited two reasons. First, they don't spend enough time on it in practice. The good screen teams spend 5-10 minutes per day. It doesn't sound like much, but it is (per Moose). Second, he thinks the O-linemen are not holding their blocks long enough. They have to slow the pass rush long enough to give the QB time to throw and they need to sell the play. By giving up on their blocks early, they are tipping the play.

[ABQCOWBOY]

Mickey is on the Ticket right now, and even he concedes that Henson showed little to show he was ready for the NFL much less the 2nd QB. They are even joking about Henson going to the Desperados.


So yeah the decision has been made.........and I hope it's the right one.

I don't dispute the decision has been made. I am saying that Parcells didn't have it in his head that he would go with Romo. Has very little to do with Romo and Henson. That's the biggest problem on this board IMO. One naturally has to do with the other and that's not the case. I think Bill wanted to see Romo come out and not jeapordize the ball. He hadn't seen that up to this point. I think he saw that on Saturday. Up to that point, any number of things could have happened, including looking outside the team. I just think Bill has to get comfortable with things and if he doesn't, he will change them. JMO.

[Ashwynn]

Tyson Thompson – testing his heart with the workload?
I wasn’t looking at it that way, but there is a mental thing with being a RB in this league. Certain things that I believe in at that position. So I do it the same way with eveyrone, and the ones that can deal with it turn out to be pretty good. He was kind of looking like he might want to come out, but he didn’t. Julius was over there laughing at him.



OMG, I seriously bursted out laughing when I read that last line. I could see JJ doing that. I know when I was watching that series, I was like, man, hes gunna kill the dude, get him out. I thought about JJ last year. This was just too funny. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

[smashmouth]

Yeah I watch the recorded game every day to find something new, and I noticed that Gurode was never pushed back.

Johnson was pushed back on several plays, and when they blitzed us twice on that long drive where JJ finally scored, they blitzed twice up the middle and twice Gurode stopped them cold.

[WilmingtonHeel]

Inman you do be typing, Do you work at the courthouse? Great PC We will get another kicker in here you can bet that.

[Sportsbabe]

I also liked the way BP made it plain that he's not gonna have guys just sitting around as insurance policies. They've got to be able to do something else. I love that kind of predictable, boring, old school philosophy.

Did you guys catch the replay of "In Their Own Words" with BP last night? I never get tired of hearing this guy talk. I don't see how anyone can misconstrue what he's saying. He's blunt and to the point.

Back to the PC ... back up guys need to be able to contribute in other areas. That's where Belichek (sp) learned the trade. That's why he has been able to interchange players at the drop of a hat. People are praising BB for being able to keep his boat afloat with his guys, but yet, our "fans" want to crucify/villify BP for trying to create the same atmosphere.

I applaud BP for wanting guys to "earn their money". It's also nice to be able to look over your shoulder in a time of need and tell somebody, for example, like Leo Carson, who is a defensive player, to go in on offense when needed. Versatility is a key ingredient to success. I just hope BP sticks around long enough to see this project through to completion.

[Martice]

I wasn’t being critical, but I just wanted to see him loosen up a little bit and get a better feel. His head is in the game, very much. He’s got ideas and lobbying, but just run your team. And he did a pretty good job once he got started the other night.


This is probably the best news I've heard all day.

[dallasfaniac]

Does the 3-4 scheme produce more turnovers?
No. I wouldn’t say that. If you got good players in the scheme, that’s what produces turnovers.

Hmmm, you don't say.

[Next_years_Champs]

Does the 3-4 scheme produce more turnovers?
No. I wouldn’t say that. If you got good players in the scheme, that’s what produces turnovers.

Hmmm, you don't say.


Yeah I heard Parcells say that LOL !!!!!! Makes you wonder why more people can't acknowledge that.

I've watched NFL football for about 47 or 48 years now and if it were really as simple as a scheme or a defensive alignment. Why doesn't everybody play Chicago's 46 defense?

While I will always agree most players fit one scheme or the other better. The fact is it will always come down to the players making the plays.

Hey if anything the scheme the Cowboys ran in 2003 must have been pretty good because it took a bunch of average or below average players along with a couple of good players and ended up as the #1 defense in the NFL. It wasn't a glamorus defense but it was effective.........

[adbutcher]

I also liked the way BP made it plain that he's not gonna have guys just sitting around as insurance policies. They've got to be able to do something else. I love that kind of predictable, boring, old school philosophy.

Did you guys catch the replay of "In Their Own Words" with BP last night? I never get tired of hearing this guy talk. I don't see how anyone can misconstrue what he's saying. He's blunt and to the point.

Back to the PC ... back up guys need to be able to contribute in other areas. That's where Belichek (sp) learned the trade. That's why he has been able to interchange players at the drop of a hat. People are praising BB for being able to keep his boat afloat with his guys, but yet, our "fans" want to crucify/villify BP for trying to create the same atmosphere.

I applaud BP for wanting guys to "earn their money". It's also nice to be able to look over your shoulder in a time of need and tell somebody, for example, like Leo Carson, who is a defensive player, to go in on offense when needed. Versatility is a key ingredient to success. I just hope BP sticks around long enough to see this project through to completion.
Great post, I agree 100%