Audio Blowout: Ware, Ellis, James, Irvin on Ticket/ESPN

[dcfanatic]

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Audio Blowout: Ware, Bradie, Ellis, Irvin and Me on ESPN Radio!

By dcfanatic, July 9, 2009 7:05 pm

Where do we even begin with this post? First let me say ESPN Radio 103.3 and The Ticket were awesome today.

I still love Fan 105.3 too, but today The Ticket and ESPN 103.3 were just awesome.

Let’s begin with Bradie James on ESPN talking about Greg Ellis’ comments about leadership…

James on Ellis talking leadership

Well he played 34 plays against the Giants, read here. That’s 46% of the plays in that game. So Ellis can take his BS and go to Oakland with it.

I love Bradie basically coming out and saying that he thinks Ellis is disgruntled. It’s obvious that he is and he has himself to blame for it.

Mosley was right, Ellis became a whiner. We all heard and saw it over the last few years.

Now let’s go to the big story. Here’s audio of James listening to Ellis’ insane comments from yesterday and then also Ware’s comments from Sirius Radio today in response to Ellis…

James listening to Ellis/Ware

Is it me or are both Ware and James basically laughing at Ellis in here. As if to say that Ellis is just crying like a little girl and there is now way in hell that Ware would be looking to stay off the field so that Ellis could get some time in the game.

Bravo to James for being real here.

Ware was politically correct which I understand, but I also wish he would have just came out and said that Ellis was out of his F’ing mind on this one.

Here’s an interview Ware also did with Norm Hitzges on The Ticket this morning…

Ware on The Ticket with Norm

The man is a great role model. He will not do what Greg Ellis did to Anthony Spencer yesterday which was cast him in a negative light in a public radio interview.

Just line him up and let him do his thing this season Wade. And Jerry, give the man the contract he deserves already.

We are not even close to being done.

Here’s Michael Irvin talking about the Ellis/Ware thing on his radio show earlier today…

Irvin talks veterans on calls

So there is the scenario in which we would see guys telling other guys to change up what the coaches want. But he is making the point that the scenario that Ellis was talking about is just silly.

Of course Ware is denying this because it’s not true. The facts are that Ware played 97% of the plays last season just like James said in the audio from above. He’s the best in the game and there is no where to hide, lol.

Let’s move on to James talking about Wade and how he has noticed changes in ‘Mr. Softy’…

Bradie talks Wade Phillips

We already know Jacobs is a moron. Now I hope James gives him a pop or two when they play the Giants. Here's that audio as well...

Jacobs on ESPN 1050 in NY

Can you say tension when they brought up Kitna’s name? lol. Gadzooks, I hope these two can work it out ASAP. Right now it does not seem like it’s worked out yet.

Encouraging when James talks about Wade being more hands on. I am not yet convinced that Wade can be who I want him to be, but let’s just hope he’s not being the pushover that he’s been in the past.

We now go to James talking about Romo and Brooking…

Bradie on Brooking and Romo

I have said all along that I think Brooking and Thomas were interchangable. If anything I think Brooking will be better against the run.

Romo is the mack. Period, point blank.

And I lost track of all that was going on in the clips, but somewhere in all that goodness James talked about how he was not a fan of ‘Hard Knocks’.

This is why James is a one of my favorite players.

Now for the finally. Let me first preface this by saying I think if the Cowboys just throw out a bunch of rookie and young players on special teams again this season they will once again be a less than average unit.

I also want to say that this season I only want one captain for each unit (offense, defense, special teams).

Here’s me talking to Bradie James…

DCFanatic on ESPN Radio

You like my intro right, lol.

 

[xWraithx]

tl;dr

 

[Doomsday]

It was obvious Ellis was lying, but if he wasnt I just want to say any player who thought it was a good idea for Ware to miss some plays for any reason should be cut immediately, they are too stupid to be a good player.

Thanks for posting the audio, good stuff.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Great job man, thanks. I know it hurt you to post Bradie saying good things about Wade.

Haven't started listening to the parts I missed today, but wasn't it kind of surprising how he sounds like he's still seriously pissed at Kitna?

 

[xWraithx]

edit.

 

[dcfanatic]

It was obvious Ellis was lying, but if he wasnt I just want to say any player who thought it was a good idea for Ware to miss some plays for any reason should be cut immediately, they are too stupid to be a good player.

Thanks for posting the audio, good stuff.

The 'James listening to Ellis/Ware' is classic.

He just sounds like he feels pity for Ellis, lol.

 

[dcfanatic]

Great job man, thanks. I know it hurt you to post Bradie saying good things about Wade.

Haven't started listening to the parts I missed today, but wasn't it kind of surprising how he sounds like he's still seriously pissed at Kitna?

It did hurt, lol. I just want to win some playoff games.

If Wade helps this team do that then I will apologize for calling him a doofus a million times over.

And I have to admit I felt kind of bad for calling Wade all those names when I was watching that My Wish thing with Ian and seeing how nice of a guy Wade is.

But make no mistake.

We come out and the team looks crap against the Bucs Wade will get his share of bashing from me, lol.

 

[speedkilz88]

I wish you could have told them that Ellis really had 34 plays in the wk 9 Giants game.

 

[Hostile]

Thanks DC. Loved every one of them.

Greg Ellis sucks.

 

[dcfanatic]

I wish you could have told them that Ellis really had 34 plays in the wk 9 Giants game.

I sent that to Mosley while they were talking, lol.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Great sound clips DC.

What did Kitna say/do to Bradie James by the way? Must have missed that..

 

[fannypack]

Great sound clips DC.

What did Kitna say/do to Bradie James by the way? Must have missed that..

I only faintly remember it, but before our game, I think it was in 07, Kitna had made comments about our secondary being bad and/or soft. I can't remember if it was both of those things or only the bad part.

EDIT: Okay I found a piece on it. I was a little off, but I remember a big to-do about it prior to the 07 Lions game:

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James, upset at comments made by Detroit quarterback Jon Kitna following last season's game, said he may take a teammate out for a meal if they make a clean hit on the quarterback Sunday.
"Everybody knows that a guy on the opposing team has been talking a little too much," James, an inside linebacker and team leader, said before practice Wednesday. "So, we'll see. I might have to take someone out to lunch after the game."
Dallas visits Detroit on Sunday.
The venom directed toward Kitna stems from when he threw for 306 yards and four touchdowns in the Lions' 39-31 win at Texas Stadium to close the 2006 regular season.
Days later, Kitna took shots at the Cowboys' defense on a Seattle radio talk show.
"There were some times that we were watching on film before we played Dallas," Kitna said, "that we really felt like [James], sometimes, I don't know that he knew where he was at."
In the same interview, Kitna took a perceived shot at cornerback Terence Newman.
"We definitely felt like Terence Newman was the best corner that they had, so we knew we needed to be careful with him," Kitna said. "But even with him, I mean, he's not [Seattle cornerback] Marcus Trufant, in my opinion. He doesn't have that kind of ability. It wasn't like you were scared to throw at him, I guess."
Newman, who wasn't available for comment in the locker room Wednesday, responded on a satellite radio interview.
"Basically what it boils down to is you've got to watch what you say," Newman said Monday. "He better just hope I don't blitz off the edge because I've got 15, 25, 30 [thousand dollars], however much it would be for a fine. ... Revenge will be sweet definitely."
Kitna backed out of a conference call with Dallas-Fort Worth media Wednesday, but he did speak to Detroit reporters and said his comments were taken out of context.
"That was something that unfortunately has been taken as something that was serious," Kitna said Wednesday. "It was something that I said to my hometown radio station after our season was over, and we were having a good time back there. It was really nothing that was a personal thing."
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Lions quarterback Jon Kitna is tackled by linebacker Bradie James during Detroit's win in 2006. Kitna later said Dallas' inside LBs weren't effective.



There is a printed copy of Kitna's comments on a bulletin board outside the Cowboys' locker room.
James, who found out about the comments during the off-season, said he felt disrespected by Kitna's comments. When the captains come to midfield Sunday for the coin toss, James said he won't have much to say to Kitna.
"No, I don't know him, and I don't want to know him," James said. "He's going to get to know me. I'm going to talk it before the game and back it up, not after the game. That's how I feel about it."
With the NFC East title and home-field advantage within reach, most Cowboys said they will remain focused.
"It's the nature of the business," Marcus Spears said. "We know our mission, and we just have to beat those guys on the football field."

SMACK TALK
"We didn't feel like their interior linebackers were very effective. We hit backs out of the backfield, checking the ball down. Usually, you'll check the ball down for five, six yards, and it was going for 10, 15, 20 yards sometimes on check downs."
Jon Kitna, days after the Lions beat the Cowboys, on a Seattle radio station
"He better just hope, I don't blitz off the edge because, I've got 15, 25, 30 however much it would be for a fine. I've got that much for one fine. Revenge will be sweet definitely."
Terence Newman on SIRIUS' NFL show about Jon Kitna
"You know what's about to happen. I don't have to say too much about it. Of course, it [upsets] me. So where did that come from?"
Bradie James on whether he's upset with Jon Kitna

 

[dcfanatic]

I actually got to interview James after we beat the Packers and then asked him about facing Kitna the next week.

James on Kitna - 2007

Sadly Kitna had a nice game against us even though Romo brought us back to win and give us the NFC East title.

http://areyouwatchingthis.com/nfl/games/49135

DETROIT (Ticker) - The Dallas Cowboys' magical season continued.

Tony Romo tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten with 18 seconds remaining Sunday as the Cowboys rallied for a 28-27 victory over the Detroit Lions, clinching the NFC East Division title.

"Ninth time that we've come from behind this year, and it shows you the character and the heart of this team," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. "It wasn't the prettiest game for us overall, but it was the best in that we came out the Eastern Division champs and that was our goal going into the game."

Detroit, which stunned Dallas, 39-31, in last season's regular-season finale, appeared on the verge of beating the Cowboys for the second time in as many seasons.

But Romo drove Dallas (12-1) 83 yards on 11 plays in the final two minutes without any timeouts for the winning score as the Cowboys clinched their first division title since 1998.

"I enjoy being in those situations," Romo said. "It gets your juices flowing a little bit. It makes the game a lot of fun every once in a while. I probably wouldn't want it every game."

The Lions had a chance to get back the ball on the Cowboys' winning drive when Romo fumbled but guard Kyle Kosier - a former Lion - recovered for Dallas at the Cowboys' 40-yard line.

"It's about the details and winning the game and we had two or three opportunities and we just need to make those plays and we didn't do that," Lions coach Rod Marinelli said. "We've got no excuse. You just need to make them."

Witten, who had a huge day with career highs of 15 receptions for 138 yards, made amends for a fumble on the Lions' 1-yard line earlier in the fourth quarter with the Cowboys trailing, 27-21.

"Obviously, I was excited to have the ball back after thinking I lost the game for us," Witten said.

The dramatic victory gave Dallas its seventh straight win and kept the Cowboys one game ahead of Green Bay (11-2) in the battle for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens had just three catches for 21 yards but was delighted with the outcome.

"We won and nothing else matters," Owens said. "It was a team effort and we did what we had to do to win."

The crushing defeat continued a second-half collapse this season for the Lions (6-7), who have dropped five in a row following a 6-2 start.

"Yeah, this is a tough loss," Lions offensive lineman Damien Woody said. "We had them and we let them off the hook. I tip my hat off to those guys because they finished the game.

"Good teams finish the ballgame. We're not there yet. We're not at that point where we're finishing ballgames. We just have to keep working to finish them."

Detroit appeared to be in control, taking a 27-14 lead on Kevin Jones' 3-yard TD run with 4:24 remaining in the third quarter.

But the Cowboys began their comeback on Marion Barber's 1-yard TD run 44 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Romo finished 35-of-44 for 302 yards and two touchdowns - his seventh 300-yard game of the season.

"You have to give the Lions credit," Romo said. "They had a chance to win. The way they fought and played they deserved to probably get one. We were fortunate."

Jones' 2-yard TD run gave the Lions a 20-7 lead with 1:41 left in the first half.

Dallas quickly answered, closing to 20-14 on Romo's 8-yard TD strike to Barber with 29 seconds left in the half.
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Magical season...

 

[fannypack]

There is one simple play that could have lost that game for us on our game winning drive in 07, Romo was running forward and fumbled the ball. Fortunately we recovered it, but had we not, that was the ballgame.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-...Lions-Defense-Highlight-WK-14-vs-Cowboys-2007

 

[cowboyjoe]

There is one simple play that could have lost that game for us on our game winning drive in 07, Romo was running forward and fumbled the ball. Fortunately we recovered it, but had we not, that was the ballgame.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-...Lions-Defense-Highlight-WK-14-vs-Cowboys-2007

thanks DC great stuff as always

 

[WoodysGirl]

Bradie James about Jon Kitna: 'I've definitely had visions of emasculating him'
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Jon Kitna dissed Bradie James on a Seattle radio station in January 2007, offering this scouting report while the Cowboys were licking their wounds from a loss to the Lions and preparing for a playoff game against the Seahawks:

"There were some times that we were watching on film before we played Dallas that we really felt like No. 56, some times I don't know that he knew where he was at."

It's still a sore subject for James, as Matt Mosley learned when he asked on ESPN 103.3 yesterday whether Kitna and James occasionally share a laugh about the situation now that they're teammates.

"Nah, we don't laugh about that," James said. "Not at all."

Kitna, who apologized for "breaking the code," claimed that he was just kidding around and taken out of context before the Cowboys visited Detroit the next season. He stuck with that story after getting traded to the Cowboys, but James hasn't exactly embraced the new backup QB.

"I mean, to be honest with you and I know this is a little inside, but after I got married and said I do, my perspective changed on a couple of things," said James, who got hitched this spring. "So I talked to him. That's pretty much it."

So they buried the hatchet?

"Not really," James said. "Just, we talked about it, move on. Hopefully, if he starts mouthing off ... hopefully he doesn't do that again, because as a quarterback, I don't know how you could do that. He just raked me over the coals. I've definitely had visions of emasculating him."

Whoa, that sounds painful, especially if you go by the second definition of "emasculate" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

But James promised that he wouldn't inflict any pain on Kitna, even if he gets a clean shot on the practice field.

"I can't really do nothing," he said. "I'm just going to let it go."

(P.S. If you're wondering whether I'm going to milk James' guest hosting appearance on Galloway and Co. for blog fodder all day, the answer is yes. You can listen to a lot of the audio here.)

Bradie James calls bull on Greg Ellis
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DeMarcus Ware was too nice to shoot down Greg Ellis' out-of-the-blue claim that Ware would play hide-and-go-seek on the sideline during defensive series to force the coaches to play Ellis.

Bradie James, who was a guest host on ESPN 103.3's Galloway and Co. yesterday, didn't have any problem calling it like he sees it.

James saw Ware on the field darn near every defensive snap last season. And James has certainly never seen crawling under the bench or any other potential hiding spot.

"Never seen anything like that," James said with a bemused chuckle. "I don't know where that came from. Greg ... (sighs) ... we've just gotta move on.

"We're talking about probably the best defensive player in the league. There's no way he can hide. Even the birds, they know where No. 94 is, so there's no hide-and-go-seek."

If for some bizarre reason, you don't believe James, my man DC Fanatic pointed me toward a site that tracks the snaps played for every NFL player.

Here are Ware's game-by-game totals:

Opponent -- Ware snaps/defensive snaps

Cleveland - 50/50
Philadelphia - 67/68
Packers - 66/71
Washington - 73/74
Cincinnati - 68/69
Arizona - 59/59
St. Louis - 64/64
Tampa Bay - 68/68
New York - 71/74
Washington - 57/57
San Francisco - 53/55
Seattle -- 60/70 (sat out final 10 snaps after injuring knee)
Pittsburgh - 70/70
New York - 65/67
Baltimore - 71/71
Philadelphia - 59/59

So Ware played 1,021 of 1,046 snaps last season, missing 10 due to injury. He played 97.6 percent of the total defensive snaps.

James is right. Time to move on.

 

[rathalarge]

Thanks for the fantastic post!

 

[theogt]

Undeniably great post, DCF.

 

[LandryFan]

It did hurt, lol. I just want to win some playoff games.

If Wade helps this team do that then I will apologize for calling him a doofus a million times over.

And I have to admit I felt kind of bad for calling Wade all those names when I was watching that My Wish thing with Ian and seeing how nice of a guy Wade is.

But make no mistake.

We come out and the team looks crap against the Bucs Wade will get his share of bashing from me, lol.

You will apologize a million times over, or you called him a doofus a million times over???

 

[Chocolate Lab]

If anyone is interested, Drew Pearson is doing the two hour shift on 103.3 today.

Got to love hearing the original 88... I still miss him on the postgame shows.