Sportsbabe
07-31-2006, 01:28 PM
Right now.
EDIT...Recap of first part from CowboyJoe
Oh uh, how did you know about that, yeah we signed Fredickson a punter, waived Merrit, Horne, and someone Pierce will go on IR later today.
Beraiut leaving field today is serious, he got hit in head.
kickoff need to know guy, bill i wait and see what happens. Vandy, no I want to use him as a kickoff guy, then doesnt have impact on roster, how does he do that in kickoffs, writers says, kick field goals, yeah, kickoff that is what I'm hoping for.
Keith (Davis), I know what I have, he is aggressive player, he has fought his way on to this team and is a good ST player, we would like to create competition, no that didnt have anything to do with it , no I expected him to be ready to go
Rotate centers, no I'm just rotatng a lot of people, trying to put combination of guys together, you will be wasting your time to intepret what I do in rotating, no, you can't come into training camp with this morning our 4th pratice, other than someone struggling physically
Johnson has tried to increse his size, every year, this happens, so these nt give out, so when we go to 4-3 defense al can do better because he can get out to 2nd level,
julious jones, see improved player, what showed u, well not prety wise to try to make that judgement till you see that action,he has trained hard, tto do job
size of lbs. finally way u want it, well, ever not be the way i want it, but its headed that way, why not, you can never get enought guys like you want at once, 2 at a time, in other places, but to get 4 players you can do everthing that pretty hard now days
I think you would have to go and look at TE's these days like Cooley, Gates, Shockey, if you look at those guys their about 260, others are 270 to 280, so on line confrontation, a 230 lb guy has a hard time, we as a organization, we were interested in Manny Lawson, he was a little bit slender, but in 2 years he would be where we wanted but guy like Carpenter is where we want him now.
Kosier, was at where Dhaven was, and he knew the player, and then we watched him last year at Detroit, we thought he might be in economic range to get him.
How difficult to replace LA best OG, in some other good guards larry was way up there, so to say how different were going to be, its hard to say we will but hopefuly we will be ok
Rob Carpenter, Rob was good player for us, helped but I knew the kid would have to tow the line and do right thing.
FS competion, I think Watkins has a chance, a real good chance, I dont know that, but hes got a chance. It's little early, he looks very slender but hes about 211 but with good nutrition and weight program he can get up there. He is still a little green.
they lost parcells connection they will try to return
ONCE AGAIN The Ticket loses the feed... :banghead:
There is no light at the end of the tunnel. We will just continue to work hard.
Bobby is picking up things pretty well... he is smart.
I'm gonna play Tony (Romo) alot in preseason. I need to see where he is. I think he is ready to play alot. I see a guy that is pretty smart, he makes less and less mistakes. Had we just thrown him to the wolves, it probably would have ruined his career. He now has enough background and knowledge for him to move forward. He is a little bit of gunslinger, impulse thrower and he would sling it. He reminds me of a couple of players I've had before (Rutledge, Cavanaugh). You can consider this preseason a test for him.
We are always looking for a back-up QB, but we will also go with what we have. If you try to read anything into it you would be wrong, so don't.
Henson is not in that equation, he is independent of that, so we will see with what we have in him too.
Who said I don't think highly og Henson? That is a misconception on your part. I am trying to create a situation for him to get more exposure (NFLE) and we will evaluate him when the time comes.
I think very highly of T-New. I think he is one of our very, very, very best players... right now. For whatever reason he didn't make the probowl. He didn't give up a TD pass last year. Go find another in the league that did that.________________________________________
We signed Fredrickson, a punter and we waived Merritt, Horne and Parker. Our roster is at 82. Pierce will go on waived/IR today. He’s a punter. I don’t want to overkick McBriar in camp.
Was Justin Bariault leaving the field serious?
He got hit in the head.
When will you kow if you need an extra kickoff guy. Vanderjagt says he won’t practice kickoffs until next week.
I’ll just wait and see what happens.
Do you want to use him as a ko guy?
I really do want ot use him as a ko. It saves a roster spot. What would you call his job description?
Field goal specialist?
What else do they do in addition to that? Kickoff? I’m not rying to be funny.
Keith Davis
I think I know what I have with Keith. He’s an aggressive player. He’s fought his way on the team and I have respect for him. I know he’s a very very good ST player too. We want to create competition with the position, and that’s what we’ll do.
Has it surprised you how well he played after the accident?
No, I expected him to be ready to go.
How are you rotating centers? Gurode snapped with the 1st team.
That’s a waste of your time. It will be hard for you guys to keep up. Not just Gurode, I made 5 moves on the OL today. I’m just trying different combinations.
Does that mean that Al Johnson is struggling?
I don’t think you can go into 4 days of practice and surmise who is or isn’t struggling.
Are Gurode and Johnson even?
I’m open minded now.
As Al added size this offseason?
He’s tried very diligently to increase his size. Every year this happens because Gurode is bigger and we play a 3-4 in practice every day and that favors Gurode, but when we go to a 4 man line Al is able to do what he does better. Its not a matter of anyone being better, but Gurode has a little advantage against a guy like Fergie in practice, but might not have an advantage on other players.
Julius Jones shown anything to make you think he’s improved?
I don’t think its wise to make that judgement until you see game action. I know he’s trained hard and in good condition. He seems relaxed, but you can’t judge it too much right now.
Do you like the size of your LB’s finally?
I don’t think it will ever be the way I want it. Its headed that way. You just can’t put enough guys together at once. I was lucky to have a group of guys once who was just the ideal of how you want it. I’ve had 2 guys at once other places, but its hard to get 4 guys who can do everything the way you want it.
Why do you like size in LB’s.
Look at the size of TE’s you play nowadays. There are two groups .. the receivers like Gates and Cooleys. These guys are in the high 250-260’s. There is another group, Carolina has a two TE’s that weigh almost 280 lbs. So the on-line confrontation gets to be very phsyical for a 230 lbs guy. That’s not to say that some guys haven’t been able to do it. Truthfully, we were very interested in Manny Lawson this year in the draft. But he was slender. He went to SF who also plays he 3-4. We thought maybe a year or two from now he would be what we were looking for. Whereas Ware and Merriman were pretty much there right now.
Kozier?
Bruce DeHaven was coaching at SF when he was there. Im not putting it all on him, but its always good when you have someone who knows the player. Then we watched him at Detroit, and he started there all season. We watched him on tape, we thought he did well. And we thought he was in our economic range. He’s replacing probably the best guard to ever play for the Cowboys, maybe the player to ever play in the league at that position. He’s right there at the top. It would hard to be as good as that, but hopefully we’ll be good enough.
Bobby Carpenter’s dad?
Robbie was a good player for us. I liked him a lot personally, and his wife Susie. I knew Rob was coaching, but it didn’t really … I just knew the kid had been in a home where he would have to toe the line and do the right thing. That’s really all you need to know.
Create competition at FS, do you think you have that?
I think Watkins has a real good chance to be a good player, if that’s what you’re asking. He looks very slender, but he’s 211 lbs. and with some good nutrition and weight training he’ll be in the 220’s soon. I don’t know how big you want him without losing speed. He’s got a lot to learn and a little green.
(The ticket cuts out)
I don’t know, I think he as an all aroudn athlete and to go to that school and just play for a couple of years as a starter … that takes some doing. I’ve always liked players from that school myself, having coached there. I know the defensive coaches there work their players hard, and usually the transition physically is not that big.
Harry Carson in the HOF? Do you think it took too long?
We did a thing for him a few weeks ago in NY. I’ll say the same thing here I said there … This ought to be a cinch. I know I’m prejudiced because its my guy, but I’m also a LB coach by trade. I watch a lot of film of all LBs. He was a tremendous player, and as good as anyone in his era. Ask Belichick, Shotty .. we’re all former LB coaches … and I would tell media members “ask someone who really knows what this guy can do and compare him to some players who are in there”. I think enough people finally did. He was a tremendous physical specimen. 250+ lbs, ran a 4.6. Great hitter. Smart player. Tremendous instincts. I could go on forever. There have only been 2 other guys I know of who have gone from defensive tackle to LB… Matt Millen and Levon Kirkland. I’ve seen some defensive ends make the transition, but defensive tackle to LB? And play in 9 Pro Bowls. Everyone he was playing against must have knew he was good. I like that he’s going in with Taylor, so that’s two of them. I’m proud of them.
You said you thought the defense will beat up the offense for a while. When do you expect that to change?
It turned around a little bit here the last couple of practices. The defense is usually always ahead right now unless your defense is no good. The next 4-5 days is really the hardest time of the NFL season, becaue there’s no games coming down the road and not a lot to looking forward to other than more heavy practices in pads.
How is Bobby picking things up?
Well. He’s smart.
Backup QB reps?
I’m playing Tony a lot this preseason. I got to figure out where he is in this world.
Where do you think he is now?
I think he’s ready to play a lot. I’ve been around him for 3 years. He makes less and less mistakes in practice. Had we thrown him to the wolves two years ago, we would have ruined his career, but now he has enough background and training and understanding that its time to go forward. So hopefully we can do that.
Why do you think a QB can be ruined?
Its just like boxing, you put a fighter in the wrong fight early in his career and it can ruin him. Tony is a little bit of a renegade gunslinger, so he would have been error prone. He would just see something he thought looked good and just sling it before. But he reminds me of a few players I’ve had before. That’s always good.
Is this preseason a test for him?
Yeah, I would say so.
What if he fails?
He needs to go to a new school. That’s what every player on this field has to face.
Would you look else where on the roster if that happens?
We would in the meantime, but we’re always looking lesewhere. We’ll see what he can do. I think it has a chance to be positive right now, whereas I didn’t think it wold have been 2 years ago.
Where is Henson in that equation?
We’ll see what we can get out of him too.
What gives you confidence in Romo since you’ve never seen him in games?
I just told you. He reminds me of some players I used to have. Rutledge. Cavenaugh. Babe, you played with Rutledge didn’t you in Washington? He took your place? He must have been a better holder than you.
Has Henson not progressed?
No.
The percpetion is you don’t think higly of him.
That’s a misperception on your part. He hasn’t played much football, so we tried to create a situation on him where he gets some more exposure before we put him through his test.
Do yo uthink that one game against Chicago stunted his growth?
No.
Where do you think Terrence and Roy are as far as upside.
I think he’s got a big ceiling. I have a lot of admiration for Terrence. I think he’s one of our very, very, very best players right tnow.
What about Roy?
Roy can play on my team anytime too.
Was Terrence gooned out of Pro Bowl position last year?
I’m not familiar with that term.
I’m trying to avoid saying “screwed”.
Here’s what I’ll say … he didn’t give up a TD pass last year. Go find another one in the league who didn’t. There may be one, I don’t know. But he didn’t give up one.
EDIT...Recap of first part from CowboyJoe
Oh uh, how did you know about that, yeah we signed Fredickson a punter, waived Merrit, Horne, and someone Pierce will go on IR later today.
Beraiut leaving field today is serious, he got hit in head.
kickoff need to know guy, bill i wait and see what happens. Vandy, no I want to use him as a kickoff guy, then doesnt have impact on roster, how does he do that in kickoffs, writers says, kick field goals, yeah, kickoff that is what I'm hoping for.
Keith (Davis), I know what I have, he is aggressive player, he has fought his way on to this team and is a good ST player, we would like to create competition, no that didnt have anything to do with it , no I expected him to be ready to go
Rotate centers, no I'm just rotatng a lot of people, trying to put combination of guys together, you will be wasting your time to intepret what I do in rotating, no, you can't come into training camp with this morning our 4th pratice, other than someone struggling physically
Johnson has tried to increse his size, every year, this happens, so these nt give out, so when we go to 4-3 defense al can do better because he can get out to 2nd level,
julious jones, see improved player, what showed u, well not prety wise to try to make that judgement till you see that action,he has trained hard, tto do job
size of lbs. finally way u want it, well, ever not be the way i want it, but its headed that way, why not, you can never get enought guys like you want at once, 2 at a time, in other places, but to get 4 players you can do everthing that pretty hard now days
I think you would have to go and look at TE's these days like Cooley, Gates, Shockey, if you look at those guys their about 260, others are 270 to 280, so on line confrontation, a 230 lb guy has a hard time, we as a organization, we were interested in Manny Lawson, he was a little bit slender, but in 2 years he would be where we wanted but guy like Carpenter is where we want him now.
Kosier, was at where Dhaven was, and he knew the player, and then we watched him last year at Detroit, we thought he might be in economic range to get him.
How difficult to replace LA best OG, in some other good guards larry was way up there, so to say how different were going to be, its hard to say we will but hopefuly we will be ok
Rob Carpenter, Rob was good player for us, helped but I knew the kid would have to tow the line and do right thing.
FS competion, I think Watkins has a chance, a real good chance, I dont know that, but hes got a chance. It's little early, he looks very slender but hes about 211 but with good nutrition and weight program he can get up there. He is still a little green.
they lost parcells connection they will try to return
ONCE AGAIN The Ticket loses the feed... :banghead:
There is no light at the end of the tunnel. We will just continue to work hard.
Bobby is picking up things pretty well... he is smart.
I'm gonna play Tony (Romo) alot in preseason. I need to see where he is. I think he is ready to play alot. I see a guy that is pretty smart, he makes less and less mistakes. Had we just thrown him to the wolves, it probably would have ruined his career. He now has enough background and knowledge for him to move forward. He is a little bit of gunslinger, impulse thrower and he would sling it. He reminds me of a couple of players I've had before (Rutledge, Cavanaugh). You can consider this preseason a test for him.
We are always looking for a back-up QB, but we will also go with what we have. If you try to read anything into it you would be wrong, so don't.
Henson is not in that equation, he is independent of that, so we will see with what we have in him too.
Who said I don't think highly og Henson? That is a misconception on your part. I am trying to create a situation for him to get more exposure (NFLE) and we will evaluate him when the time comes.
I think very highly of T-New. I think he is one of our very, very, very best players... right now. For whatever reason he didn't make the probowl. He didn't give up a TD pass last year. Go find another in the league that did that.________________________________________
We signed Fredrickson, a punter and we waived Merritt, Horne and Parker. Our roster is at 82. Pierce will go on waived/IR today. He’s a punter. I don’t want to overkick McBriar in camp.
Was Justin Bariault leaving the field serious?
He got hit in the head.
When will you kow if you need an extra kickoff guy. Vanderjagt says he won’t practice kickoffs until next week.
I’ll just wait and see what happens.
Do you want to use him as a ko guy?
I really do want ot use him as a ko. It saves a roster spot. What would you call his job description?
Field goal specialist?
What else do they do in addition to that? Kickoff? I’m not rying to be funny.
Keith Davis
I think I know what I have with Keith. He’s an aggressive player. He’s fought his way on the team and I have respect for him. I know he’s a very very good ST player too. We want to create competition with the position, and that’s what we’ll do.
Has it surprised you how well he played after the accident?
No, I expected him to be ready to go.
How are you rotating centers? Gurode snapped with the 1st team.
That’s a waste of your time. It will be hard for you guys to keep up. Not just Gurode, I made 5 moves on the OL today. I’m just trying different combinations.
Does that mean that Al Johnson is struggling?
I don’t think you can go into 4 days of practice and surmise who is or isn’t struggling.
Are Gurode and Johnson even?
I’m open minded now.
As Al added size this offseason?
He’s tried very diligently to increase his size. Every year this happens because Gurode is bigger and we play a 3-4 in practice every day and that favors Gurode, but when we go to a 4 man line Al is able to do what he does better. Its not a matter of anyone being better, but Gurode has a little advantage against a guy like Fergie in practice, but might not have an advantage on other players.
Julius Jones shown anything to make you think he’s improved?
I don’t think its wise to make that judgement until you see game action. I know he’s trained hard and in good condition. He seems relaxed, but you can’t judge it too much right now.
Do you like the size of your LB’s finally?
I don’t think it will ever be the way I want it. Its headed that way. You just can’t put enough guys together at once. I was lucky to have a group of guys once who was just the ideal of how you want it. I’ve had 2 guys at once other places, but its hard to get 4 guys who can do everything the way you want it.
Why do you like size in LB’s.
Look at the size of TE’s you play nowadays. There are two groups .. the receivers like Gates and Cooleys. These guys are in the high 250-260’s. There is another group, Carolina has a two TE’s that weigh almost 280 lbs. So the on-line confrontation gets to be very phsyical for a 230 lbs guy. That’s not to say that some guys haven’t been able to do it. Truthfully, we were very interested in Manny Lawson this year in the draft. But he was slender. He went to SF who also plays he 3-4. We thought maybe a year or two from now he would be what we were looking for. Whereas Ware and Merriman were pretty much there right now.
Kozier?
Bruce DeHaven was coaching at SF when he was there. Im not putting it all on him, but its always good when you have someone who knows the player. Then we watched him at Detroit, and he started there all season. We watched him on tape, we thought he did well. And we thought he was in our economic range. He’s replacing probably the best guard to ever play for the Cowboys, maybe the player to ever play in the league at that position. He’s right there at the top. It would hard to be as good as that, but hopefully we’ll be good enough.
Bobby Carpenter’s dad?
Robbie was a good player for us. I liked him a lot personally, and his wife Susie. I knew Rob was coaching, but it didn’t really … I just knew the kid had been in a home where he would have to toe the line and do the right thing. That’s really all you need to know.
Create competition at FS, do you think you have that?
I think Watkins has a real good chance to be a good player, if that’s what you’re asking. He looks very slender, but he’s 211 lbs. and with some good nutrition and weight training he’ll be in the 220’s soon. I don’t know how big you want him without losing speed. He’s got a lot to learn and a little green.
(The ticket cuts out)
I don’t know, I think he as an all aroudn athlete and to go to that school and just play for a couple of years as a starter … that takes some doing. I’ve always liked players from that school myself, having coached there. I know the defensive coaches there work their players hard, and usually the transition physically is not that big.
Harry Carson in the HOF? Do you think it took too long?
We did a thing for him a few weeks ago in NY. I’ll say the same thing here I said there … This ought to be a cinch. I know I’m prejudiced because its my guy, but I’m also a LB coach by trade. I watch a lot of film of all LBs. He was a tremendous player, and as good as anyone in his era. Ask Belichick, Shotty .. we’re all former LB coaches … and I would tell media members “ask someone who really knows what this guy can do and compare him to some players who are in there”. I think enough people finally did. He was a tremendous physical specimen. 250+ lbs, ran a 4.6. Great hitter. Smart player. Tremendous instincts. I could go on forever. There have only been 2 other guys I know of who have gone from defensive tackle to LB… Matt Millen and Levon Kirkland. I’ve seen some defensive ends make the transition, but defensive tackle to LB? And play in 9 Pro Bowls. Everyone he was playing against must have knew he was good. I like that he’s going in with Taylor, so that’s two of them. I’m proud of them.
You said you thought the defense will beat up the offense for a while. When do you expect that to change?
It turned around a little bit here the last couple of practices. The defense is usually always ahead right now unless your defense is no good. The next 4-5 days is really the hardest time of the NFL season, becaue there’s no games coming down the road and not a lot to looking forward to other than more heavy practices in pads.
How is Bobby picking things up?
Well. He’s smart.
Backup QB reps?
I’m playing Tony a lot this preseason. I got to figure out where he is in this world.
Where do you think he is now?
I think he’s ready to play a lot. I’ve been around him for 3 years. He makes less and less mistakes in practice. Had we thrown him to the wolves two years ago, we would have ruined his career, but now he has enough background and training and understanding that its time to go forward. So hopefully we can do that.
Why do you think a QB can be ruined?
Its just like boxing, you put a fighter in the wrong fight early in his career and it can ruin him. Tony is a little bit of a renegade gunslinger, so he would have been error prone. He would just see something he thought looked good and just sling it before. But he reminds me of a few players I’ve had before. That’s always good.
Is this preseason a test for him?
Yeah, I would say so.
What if he fails?
He needs to go to a new school. That’s what every player on this field has to face.
Would you look else where on the roster if that happens?
We would in the meantime, but we’re always looking lesewhere. We’ll see what he can do. I think it has a chance to be positive right now, whereas I didn’t think it wold have been 2 years ago.
Where is Henson in that equation?
We’ll see what we can get out of him too.
What gives you confidence in Romo since you’ve never seen him in games?
I just told you. He reminds me of some players I used to have. Rutledge. Cavenaugh. Babe, you played with Rutledge didn’t you in Washington? He took your place? He must have been a better holder than you.
Has Henson not progressed?
No.
The percpetion is you don’t think higly of him.
That’s a misperception on your part. He hasn’t played much football, so we tried to create a situation on him where he gets some more exposure before we put him through his test.
Do yo uthink that one game against Chicago stunted his growth?
No.
Where do you think Terrence and Roy are as far as upside.
I think he’s got a big ceiling. I have a lot of admiration for Terrence. I think he’s one of our very, very, very best players right tnow.
What about Roy?
Roy can play on my team anytime too.
Was Terrence gooned out of Pro Bowl position last year?
I’m not familiar with that term.
I’m trying to avoid saying “screwed”.
Here’s what I’ll say … he didn’t give up a TD pass last year. Go find another one in the league who didn’t. There may be one, I don’t know. But he didn’t give up one.