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Earlier today Troy Aikman was playing pitchman for Wingspot, which will be the company who will be feeding people at the new stadium, and he got in some Cowboys talk with the media.
I figured I would check into The Michael Irvin Show and see if they were discussing what Troy had to say.
Turns out they were, but they began the festivities a few minutes before I got on board.
So we begin with these quotes from Aikman which the DMN Blog posted, read here.
Here's where the Irvin Show checked in with some discussion on these comments above from Aikman. Then the rest of the audio is self explanatory...(sorry about some of the whistling in the audio)
Irvin Show talks Aikman comments
That's good stuff from Mike and Big Nate.
Nate is right. That trade was made while Jerry was in panic mode. But it doesn't mean that it can't wind up being a good trade for the Cowboys.
As long as Roy, Tony and Jason Garrett can find some chemistry and determine how Roy will be best used along side the other weapons in this offense everything should work out just fine. Roy doesn't have to be Terrell Owens, he just has to be productive and help the offense put up points on a consistent basis.
Trading for Roy didn't force Terrell Owens to be cut. And I think we should take this into account about Roy's time in Detroit. He started out pretty well and maybe after seeing how the franchise was being run the kid just lost his way a little. Would you be in the right state of mind and at your best all the time if you were playing for the Lions?
Roy can be a different guy now that he's in Dallas. It might take a full season with this offense, but I do think in time he will find his role on this team.
I like the idea of the Cowboys being 'Romo Friendly', but maybe it wasn't the best idea to tell everyone publicly that the team was trying to be 'Romo Friendly'. If the offense begins to struggle at all this season we are going to hear this term being used and abused in just about every article that states that Romo is the root of all the problems. And trust me, it's never one player on the offense or the defense who makes a unit go or not go.
It was pretty clear to me that this team was too up and down last season. When things were going good the team enjoyed each other on the field. But when the train starting sliding off the tracks then you saw some players walking around as if they weren't interested in finding a way to get the train back on the track.
That's about 'togetherness'. Some guys didn't like other players enough to want to look under every rock (which would be to talk to every player on that team in hopes of finding some answers) in hopes of making sure this team accomplished it's goals.
I say it all the time. You can't have any player become bigger than the team. If that happens, which Nate makes the great point that that's exactly what happened with #81 whether it was his fault or not, you are not going to be a good football team come Sunday.
That last statement from Michael hit the nail on the head!!!
It was never about #81 wanting to get his touches and being a big part of the offense. But when that didn't happen and he became a cry baby and a complainer then his actions were detrimental to the team.
Again, sorry the quality of the audio. Had a different set up this time around due to short notice.
I figured I would check into The Michael Irvin Show and see if they were discussing what Troy had to say.
Turns out they were, but they began the festivities a few minutes before I got on board.
So we begin with these quotes from Aikman which the DMN Blog posted, read here.
When asked Tuesday if Williams was ready for the No. 1 receiving role, Aikman said, "Well, he better [be.]
"I don't think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that a sure bet," Aikman said. "This isn't like drafting a No. 1 receiver out of the college draft and then saying, 'Well, we think he's got all the skills to be a great player for us.' He's been in the NFL. He's caught balls in the NFL. They've got a lot of tape on him, and they had the ability to talk to a lot of people who had coached him, played against him, played with him.
"If Roy Williams doesn't turn out to be the player they thought he would be when they made the trade, I think this would be one of the biggest busts in the history of the league."
So not just the biggest trade bust in the history of the Cowboys. The entire NFL? Here's where ol' No. 8 drove his point home - perhaps too close to home if you're team owner Jerry Jones.
"I just think that when you have the chance to evaluate a player to the degree the Cowboys were able to and then to give up what you gave up," Aikman said, "if he's not a No. 1 receiver and not a highly productive player for this team, that's a huge flaw within their scouting department."
More than anything those last comment tell me that Jason Garrett was not the main guy from the Cowboys who was looking to bring in Roy Williams in that trade. Aikman is very close with Garrett and I take those quotes as a way to let us know that Jerry and the scouting department were the real people who made that trade happen. "I don't think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that a sure bet," Aikman said. "This isn't like drafting a No. 1 receiver out of the college draft and then saying, 'Well, we think he's got all the skills to be a great player for us.' He's been in the NFL. He's caught balls in the NFL. They've got a lot of tape on him, and they had the ability to talk to a lot of people who had coached him, played against him, played with him.
"If Roy Williams doesn't turn out to be the player they thought he would be when they made the trade, I think this would be one of the biggest busts in the history of the league."
So not just the biggest trade bust in the history of the Cowboys. The entire NFL? Here's where ol' No. 8 drove his point home - perhaps too close to home if you're team owner Jerry Jones.
"I just think that when you have the chance to evaluate a player to the degree the Cowboys were able to and then to give up what you gave up," Aikman said, "if he's not a No. 1 receiver and not a highly productive player for this team, that's a huge flaw within their scouting department."
Here's where the Irvin Show checked in with some discussion on these comments above from Aikman. Then the rest of the audio is self explanatory...(sorry about some of the whistling in the audio)
Irvin Show talks Aikman comments
That's good stuff from Mike and Big Nate.
Nate is right. That trade was made while Jerry was in panic mode. But it doesn't mean that it can't wind up being a good trade for the Cowboys.
As long as Roy, Tony and Jason Garrett can find some chemistry and determine how Roy will be best used along side the other weapons in this offense everything should work out just fine. Roy doesn't have to be Terrell Owens, he just has to be productive and help the offense put up points on a consistent basis.
Trading for Roy didn't force Terrell Owens to be cut. And I think we should take this into account about Roy's time in Detroit. He started out pretty well and maybe after seeing how the franchise was being run the kid just lost his way a little. Would you be in the right state of mind and at your best all the time if you were playing for the Lions?
Roy can be a different guy now that he's in Dallas. It might take a full season with this offense, but I do think in time he will find his role on this team.
I like the idea of the Cowboys being 'Romo Friendly', but maybe it wasn't the best idea to tell everyone publicly that the team was trying to be 'Romo Friendly'. If the offense begins to struggle at all this season we are going to hear this term being used and abused in just about every article that states that Romo is the root of all the problems. And trust me, it's never one player on the offense or the defense who makes a unit go or not go.
It was pretty clear to me that this team was too up and down last season. When things were going good the team enjoyed each other on the field. But when the train starting sliding off the tracks then you saw some players walking around as if they weren't interested in finding a way to get the train back on the track.
That's about 'togetherness'. Some guys didn't like other players enough to want to look under every rock (which would be to talk to every player on that team in hopes of finding some answers) in hopes of making sure this team accomplished it's goals.
I say it all the time. You can't have any player become bigger than the team. If that happens, which Nate makes the great point that that's exactly what happened with #81 whether it was his fault or not, you are not going to be a good football team come Sunday.
That last statement from Michael hit the nail on the head!!!
It was never about #81 wanting to get his touches and being a big part of the offense. But when that didn't happen and he became a cry baby and a complainer then his actions were detrimental to the team.
Again, sorry the quality of the audio. Had a different set up this time around due to short notice.
