Signed by Cowboys Cowboys sign WR Thompson

FuzzyLumpkins said:
I get that you are trying to be funny but Socrates last words according to Plato and willingly taking the hemlock were about how and why he was not afraid to die. Kinda the opposite of what your joke is trying to get at.

It's an interesting story juxtaposed to the fear and those trying hard to be malcontent that you see carrying on in this thread.
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I think you are overthinking this. It's a line from a movie called Real Genius, circa 1985. That's really all it is...

:laugh:
 
OmerV said:
Maybe because it's not so easy to draft 4.3 speed. Who knows, the change in teams might show him to have more ability than he had the chance to show in Buffalo and Chicago. Those have been terrible passing teams.
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I think there is something to this. I mean, if you look at this, just on his numbers, he compares very favorably to DJ Chark. Obviously, Chark is bigger so that, by itself, is more impressive but look at the numbers.

40 time: DJ 4.34 - DT 4.31
20 time: DJ 2.54 - DT 2.51
10 time: DJ 1.51 - DT 1.50
Bench: DJ 16 Reps - DT 20 Reps
Vert: DJ 40 - DT 36.5
Broad: DJ 10'09 - DT 10'05
Shuttle: DJ DNP - DT 4.40
3-Cone: DJ DNP - DT 6.96


Now, this doesn't mean that he is guaranteed but, I do think that it shows that he compares very favorably to one of the fastest WRs in this draft, if not the fastest WR in coming out of this draft.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
I think there is something to this. I mean, if you look at this, just on his numbers, he compares very favorably to DJ Chark. Obviously, Chark is bigger so that, by itself, is more impressive but look at the numbers.

40 time: DJ 4.34 - DT 4.31
20 time: DJ 2.54 - DT 2.51
10 time: DJ 1.51 - DT 1.50
Bench: DJ 16 Reps - DT 20 Reps
Vert: DJ 40 - DT 36.5
Broad: DJ 10'09 - DT 10'05
Shuttle: DJ DNP - DT 4.40
3-Cone: DJ DNP - DT 6.96


Now, this doesn't mean that he is guaranteed but, I do think that it shows that he compares very favorably to one of the fastest WRs in this draft, if not the fastest WR in coming out of this draft.
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VERY interesting....can't wait to see what we got.
 
cowboyec said:
VERY interesting....can't wait to see what we got.
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I will also be interested to see how he fits. If he can catch the long ball and if Dak can find him deep, he can really help us. If not, then it's back to the drawing board but you have to try and help your Offense by putting some speed on the field and working it into the Offense. If you don't do that, then you just see more of what we got last year. Defenses playing us for only half the field, blitzing us in obvious run pass situations and limiting our ability to sustain Offensively.

That is not a winning strategy IMO.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
I think there is something to this. I mean, if you look at this, just on his numbers, he compares very favorably to DJ Chark. Obviously, Chark is bigger so that, by itself, is more impressive but look at the numbers.

40 time: DJ 4.34 - DT 4.31
20 time: DJ 2.54 - DT 2.51
10 time: DJ 1.51 - DT 1.50
Bench: DJ 16 Reps - DT 20 Reps
Vert: DJ 40 - DT 36.5
Broad: DJ 10'09 - DT 10'05
Shuttle: DJ DNP - DT 4.40
3-Cone: DJ DNP - DT 6.96


Now, this doesn't mean that he is guaranteed but, I do think that it shows that he compares very favorably to one of the fastest WRs in this draft, if not the fastest WR in coming out of this draft.
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right, and the issue with Chark is apparently route running and catching the ball. thompson had those issues coming out of school and worked on it for years. apparently both the route running and the catching are acceptable now. i read somewhere he had some issue releasing from some releases.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
I will also be interested to see how he fits. If he can catch the long ball and if Dak can find him deep, he can really help us. If not, then it's back to the drawing board but you have to try and help your Offense by putting some speed on the field and working it into the Offense. If you don't do that, then you just see more of what we got last year. Defenses playing us for only half the field, blitzing us in obvious run pass situations and limiting our ability to sustain Offensively.

That is not a winning strategy IMO.
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agreed.
you signed him......now use him.
 
Thompson has the type of speed that we can draft any of the top WRs...big, little, fast, shifty, toolsy

Ridley, Sutton, Kirk, Chark, Moore, Washington

Come on Down
 
waldoputty said:
right, and the issue with Chark is apparently route running and catching the ball. thompson had those issues coming out of school and worked on it for years. apparently both the route running and the catching are acceptable now. i read somewhere he had some issue releasing from some releases.
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Honestly, if you just run him on the 9 every snap and he can make the D play honest, that by itself would be huge. I don't know if you watched the interview somebody posted with Rod Woodson, here recently, but that tells you all you need to understand about what's wrong with our Offense. Teams are rolling coverage to Dez and that's making it even harder to get any production out of the passing game. We need WRs who can make those safeties play honest. I know I sound like a broken record but seriously, it's as clear as day break and every year, we see the same thing.
 
Nightman said:
Thompson has the type of speed that we can draft any of the top WRs...big, little, fast, shifty, toolsy

Ridley, Sutton, Kirk, Chark, Moore, Washington

Come on Down
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Actually, only Chark has that same kind of speed. Not sure if you meant to say that Thompson has the kind of speed that we can NOT draft. If so, I agree.
 
I’m ok with this guy, he has speed and runs good routes. Never really had a chance anywhere, either because of crappy qb play or opportunity.
 
i posted this before but it may have been missed - thompson was picked up by bills after dropped by bears and their rookie qb in 2017
in 11 games, caught 27 passes for 430 yards
in many games, bills starting qb was benched or injured and replaced with rookie
in 2 of the games, he was somewhat injured
i bolded the 6 games where he seemed healthy and starting qb played the whole game.

7 Oct 22 TB 4 107 26.8
8 Oct 29 OAK 1 5 5.0
9 Nov 2 @NYJ 7 81 11.6
10 Nov 12 NO 1 10 10.0 - qb taylor benched during game for rookie qb peterman
11 Nov 19 @LAC 3 36 12.0 - rookie qb started in first half. thompson injured during game.
12 Nov 26 @KC 1 6 6.0
13 Dec 3 NE 2 21 10.5 - qb taylor injured in game in 1st play and not effective. was replaced
14 Dec 10 IND 1 34 34.0 - rookie qb started, qb taylor injured. played during blizzard.
15 Dec 17 MIA 1 16 16.0
16 Dec 24 @NE 4 91 22.8
17 Dec 31 @MIA 2 23 11.5 - thompson shoulder injury
 
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