What could have been

[Biggems]

Had we just drafted McNeil instead of Fasano last year....

2006 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Kyle Kosier
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Marco Rivera
RT: Marcus McNeil

2007 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Justin Blalock
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Leonard Davis
RT: Marcus McNeil

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by Biggems

Had we just drafted McNeil instead of Fasano last year....

2006 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Kyle Kosier
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Marco Rivera
RT: Marcus McNeil

2007 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Justin Blalock
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Leonard Davis
RT: Marcus McNeil

Why for you trying to replace Marc Colombo? He's not our weakest link.

[Biggems]

Colombo isnt a weak link at all...but he is old already....McNeil is a young, imposing figure....a mountain of a man.

I just like the idea of seeing Davis and McNeil on the same side, totally blocking out the sun with their big behinds.....is that a solar eclipse? NO it is the right side of the Dallas OL

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by Biggems

Colombo isnt a weak link at all...but he is old already....McNeil is a young, imposing figure....a mountain of a man.

As far as playing the game as a pro goes, Colombo is young. He also is 6-8, 320, so he's not exactly small.

[peplaw06]

Originally Posted by Biggems

Colombo isnt a weak link at all...but he is old already....McNeil is a young, imposing figure....a mountain of a man.

I just like the idea of seeing Davis and McNeil on the same side, totally blocking out the sun with their big behinds.....is that a solar eclipse? NO it is the right side of the Dallas OL

OLD??

He's 28, was drafted 5 years ago, and didn't play for 3 years. It's not like he's got a lot of wear and tear on him.

Now is he older than Mcneill? Yes by 5 years, but I wouldn't say he's "old."

[Biggems]

When I see McNeil.....I see a poor man's Erik Williams....that is why I brought this thread up.

BTW, i didnt list my reserves.......but Colombo would be a reserve...and Heck...the way Rivera was playing last year...Colombo might have saw time at RG next to McNeil....

I like having Colombo and Kosier on the team.

[Aikbach]

28 is not old for an o-lineman, 31 which is Adams' age is not old for an o-lineman.

O-lineman can be productive deep into their 30s.

Mark Tuinei was 32 a month after Dallas won their first Super Bowl of the 90s, Nate Newton was 30, later Ray Donaldson managed a pro bowl birth at the tender age of 38 and John Gesesk, Kevin Gogan and Derek Kennard all started for Dallas while in their mid-thirties.

Mark Stepnoski came back to Dallas for a second tour in his mid-30s and still was very good.

Larry Allen is still a good o-line man and he's 35, Jackie Slater played until 40, Ray Brown is 41 and was on a roster in 2005.

Tom Rafferty played until he was 38.

In reality Colombo is hitting his prime and not his decline.

[Aikbach]

Originally Posted by peplaw06

OLD??

He's 28, was drafted 5 years ago, and didn't play for 3 years. It's not like he's got a lot of wear and tear on him.

Now is he older than Mcneill? Yes by 5 years, but I wouldn't say he's "old."

Someone just realized they were turning 28 this year didn't they

[peplaw06]

Originally Posted by Aikbach

Someone just realized they were turning 28 this year didn't they

Hell yeah, you gotta throw the ice cold water on me at this hour? Completely unnecessary

[DragonCowboy]

Originally Posted by Aikbach

Tom Rafferty played until he was 38.

Just a random thought, his wife was my world history teacher last year.

And about McNeill, I believe he was the one with back problems. If so, there's plenty reason not to take the chance.

I'd take Colombo any day over McNeill and his back problems.

I see you have Blalock at OG. I don't think he'll be a Cowboy next season either.

[ThreeSportStar80]

Dallas dropped the ball by not drafting McNeil, he's going to be very good for a long time, he could have been the eventual replacement for Flozell Adams.

[5mics]

Originally Posted by DragonCowboy

Just a random thought, his wife was my world history teacher last year.

And about McNeill, I believe he was the one with back problems. If so, there's plenty reason not to take the chance.

I'd take Colombo any day over McNeill and his back problems.
I see you have Blalock at OG. I don't think he'll be a Cowboy next season either.

Take Colombo's "knee" over McNeil's "back"? Colombo's knee is more of a ticking time-bomb than McNeil's back. Has McNeil's back EVER been operated on? I've never heard that; I've just heard/read about his potential back problems. Colombo's knee injury was devastating & has been well documented. It's a wonder he can walk, let alone play again. I'd choose the lesser of two evils - McNeil's back.....

[Billy Bullocks]

Originally Posted by Biggems

Had we just drafted McNeil instead of Fasano last year....

2006 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Kyle Kosier
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Marco Rivera
RT: Marcus McNeil

2007 OL
LT: Flozell Adams
LG: Justin Blalock
C: Andre Gurode
RG: Leonard Davis
RT: Marcus McNeil

Um, Columbo was fine. McNeil would have made sense if he would have replaced Flo. Um, let by gones be by gones.

[superpunk]

QB: Tom Brady
WR: Randy Moss
WR: Steve Smith
RB: Frank Gore
LT: Al Iafrate
LG: Homer Simpson
C: LeCharles Bentley
RG: Princess Diana
RT: Marcu McNeil
TE: Shannon Sharpe
FB: Gimli the Dwarf

Mem'ries.....

[Yeagermeister]

Originally Posted by superpunk

QB: Tom Brady
WR: Randy Moss
WR: Steve Smith
RB: Frank Gore
LT: Al Iafrate
LG: Homer Simpson
C: LeCharles Bentley
RG: Princess Diana
RT: Marcu McNeil
TE: Shannon Sharpe
FB: Gimli the Dwarf

Mem'ries.....