WR gold...

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by Idgit

I agree. Romo threw to Crayton over the middle. But Crayton was a former QB himself, and a pretty smart player. Nobody like that on the current team until this past weekend. Let's hope that changed.

Harris was a former QB too and a team captain. That's why it surprised me that he suppossedly didn't pick up some of the nuances of the slot (which requires far more reads than an outside WR) at the NFL level.
I think all of these guys are going to greatly benefit from full OTAs and offseason work with NFL coaching.

I am optimistic about Coale and have seen him play a lot at VT.
I'm looking forward to seeing that battle between him and Harris for the slot.

Coale
6'0
201 lbs
4.5 40 (4.35 low)
60 catches for 904 yards senior year

Harris
6'0
205 lbs
4.53 40 (4.43 low)
101 catches for 1123 yards senior year.

[silverbear]

Let's not ignore the other WRs the Cowboys signed, they might well factor into the equation...

You've got Tim Benford, who had 216 catches for 3097 yards and 27 TDs in 44 college games played... physically, he's similar to Dwayne Harris...

You've got Saalim Hakim, younger brother of former NFL WR Az Hakim... this kid's a real burner, having been clocked at under 4.3 seconds in the 40 on some occasions... he's tall and slender (6'2, 196 pounds), and man, is it tough to find info on him (stats)... from what I've been to piece together, he played for Palomar Junior College in Las Vegas before transferring to Tarleton State... sorry, can't find any stats, just the odd claim that he was dominating for Palomar JC...

Then he caught just 18 passes for 358 yards in 2009, with 2 TDs, and a long of 52... clearly, he was stretching the field when he got the chance, but he didn't rack up awesome numbers (I do like the 19.9 yards per catch average)...

Then it appears that he left school and played in the UFL, for the Las Vegas Locomotives... I've tried accessing his numbers at the UFL website, but keep getting error messages telling me to try back later... again, though, he reportedly performed at a high level, and one thing I found interesting, he was reportedly an outstanding gunner on kick and punt cover teams... FWIW, the Locomotives lost the league's championship game, which of course means they got to the championship game...

[Future]

After Dez and Miles, we could have whole new look at WR next year. I think Coale will replace Harris, Holmes will make the roster, and Radway gets a serious look.

I hate the idea of keeping 6 WR, but maybe with Beuhler's spot available they keep OTree as well.

[fifaguy]

I don't understand the reasoning to keeping Ogletree after training camp. Yes he has experience and the other receivers don't. But it's not like he is a good locker room guy and has a positive attitude. He has the demeanor of some of those other players, locker room cancers, that were let go the past few years.

[The30YardSlant]

First of all, I see no way O-Tree makes the roster again. With Holmes, Radway and Coale all expected to have roster spots in addition to Miles and Dez that leaves at most 1 open spot IF we decide to keep six at the position. Unless he plays much better I assume we'll dump him for younger talent.

Second, Beasley will have to play very well to slide in a sixth receiver.

[fifaguy]

Do you think Ogletree would have made the team if Radway didn't get injured and if we had Laurent Robinson at the start of preseason?

Ogletree is seriouslly the luckiest guy to still be on this team. He showed a few signs of life his first year when he caught a few screens. Since than absolutely nothing. He was gifted the 3rd receiver position after we cut Roy Williams, didn't resign Sam Hurd, and had cut Crayton the year before. I hate the idea of gifting a position to a guy simply because we have no one else.

This season will be different hopefully. A lot of young quick receivers that WANT to learn and progress. Compare that to the disinterested effort Ogletree has put out so far. No way he makes the roster this year or ever again for that matter. It's not like he was a 1st round pick or anything. Let him go!