Blogging the boys: practice details - Page 2 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

booker · 07-31-2006

Copy this and send it to every local Journalist cause this is what their job is supposed to look like.Great read and thankyou.

CrazyCowboy · 07-31-2006

very good job....thx

THUMPER · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by booker

Copy this and send it to every local Journalist cause this is what their job is supposed to look like.Great read and thankyou.

Are you kidding me? Where was all the pertinent information like how T.O. looked in his tights? Or how T.O. mugged for the cameras? Or how T.O. ran down the field and caught a pass? Or how he chatted with Parcells? Aren't these the things REAL fans want to know? Man, you just don't get it do you?

It was so nice to read a piece that DIDN'T focus almost exclusively on Owens and had some actual observations of what the players did, who they were, how they did against each other, etc. This is the stuff REAL fans want to know about.

True fans (and true men for that matter) couldn't care less how Owens looked in his tights.

Fernando Fernandez · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by littlewebs

Henson gets attention because we traded a 3rd rounder for him and gave him a 7-year deal. Romo was undrafted and went to a D-I AA college. It's no surprise that Henson would get more attention.

What about Romo winning the Walter Payton Award, the best player in Division I-AA. So that automatically makes him a scrub in your mind, huh.

VACowboy · 07-31-2006

Man, what superb stuff! Is it the 11th yet?

Interesting about Ellis working full-time with the LBs, although it's not surprising. He's played DE for twenty or so years now. If he's gonna stand up he needs the work.

Wouldn't it be amazing if Ellis turned out to be our starter on the strong side? I don't see it happening, but...

I think he'll be better at LB than most people think, including him.

JackMagist · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by theogt

Really wanted him? He should have drafted him if he really wanted him. Romo was brought in as an undrafted free agent.

You really need to get over that UDFA stuff.

Romo came in Parcells first year when he was being told that he had 2 solid QB's on the team in Quincy and Hutch (so they lied to him). I heard Jerry in a press conference say that he and Parcells wanted to draft Romo in the 4th round and were surprised that he had fallen that far but at the time they felt they had more pressing needs. Then when he kept falling they played a hunch that he might fly under the radar and took the gamble. They both were excited to see him fall out of the draft and jumped on him as soon as the draft ended. So even though he went undrafted he was rated on our board as a 3rd round talent. We just got lucky with him falling like he did.

KingTuna · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by Fernando Fernandez

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/

Cowboys training camp practice #3
By Grizz
Posted on Sun Jul 30, 2006 at 08:07:30 PM EST

Sunday, July 30th (2-4 PM practice)

...Meanwhile, Romo has looked solid in practice and has given me a little more confidence, but I wouldn't say I'm sure he's ready to lead the team...

I'm glad to hear that Tony is doing so well! i'm not sure Bledsoes chemistry with To is all that good. i believe there was a comment in one story about this today.

How did I know that post was coming!!!

CowboyManDan · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by Angus

The second team took over and Hatcher stood up Colombo on a run by MB3. Tyson Thompson got in on the next run, a sweep to the side and avoided a hard-charging Beriault and made a nifty move up the sideline. On the next play they ran up the middle and TE Sean Ryan - from the H-back position - blew-up a LB and Thompson had a nice hole. When the 3rd string took over Bobby Carpenter made a nice stop on a sweep.

Nice to see Sean Ryan do something. I think this is a make/break year for him...especially with Pierce out.

Tio · 07-31-2006

Sounds like canty had a good day, im a lot more confident in him then spears. Still, I think him and spears will be our ends for atleast 5-7 seasons.

rcaldw · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by JackMagist

So even though he went undrafted he was rated on our board as a 3rd round talent. We just got lucky with him falling like he did.

Sorry, I don't buy this for a second. We had him rated as a 3rd round talent and then just watched him fall through the entire draft? No way, no how. If you have heard that from someone it is revisionist history.

burmafrd · 07-31-2006

Its possible. YOU DO REMEMBER how pathetic our talent level was back then?
We had a lot of needs, and they gambled that he would fall. He did. Sometimes you win those gambles, sometimes you lose.

rcaldw · 07-31-2006

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Originally Posted by burmafrd

Its possible. YOU DO REMEMBER how pathetic our talent level was back then?
We had a lot of needs, and they gambled that he would fall. He did. Sometimes you win those gambles, sometimes you lose.

You might do that with a 5th round talent, you don't do that with a 3rd round talent. If you want to say they thought about drafting Romo but passed and were glad to get him afterward, THAT I can believe, but to say you saw him going in the 3rd and then just watched him drop free, I don't buy that.

Angus · 07-31-2006

I'm glad I found this for you. Grizz, the author of the report is a member of this board. He is the one who deserves plaudits. Apparently, there is more to come.

adbutcher · 07-31-2006

Now this is what I call superior reporting. Great job! Keep up the great work!

cwalk · 07-31-2006

thanx...now thats a camp report!!!!