Chris Carter Slams Cowboys

[Boyzmamacita]

Carter goes to town on Cowboys

5:27 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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All day long, the Worldwide Leader has been flexing its considerable muscle -- through television, radio and the internet -- to promote its first set of power rankings for the 2008 season.

In doing so, the network had its analysts break down the list. One of the questions posed to them was "who is overrated?" You're not going to like former Buckeye great Cris Carter's answer.

"I think the Cowboys have a huge problem, and that is with character in the locker room," Carter said. "If the Cowboys season goes well, it's not going to be because of Pacman (Jones) transaction. It going to be because of another transaction that got little headlines, that's in Zach Thomas, because you need character to go with these characters on the field.

"He's gonna be some glue to keep some of those guys steady and focused towards the end of the season, when we have known the Dallas Cowboys to lose their foucs."

Just as that was said, someone chimed in with ... "13 wins, 13 Pro Bowl players, zero playoffs." Although just who it was escapes me right know.
Carter just reiterated his point on Sportscenter.

When asked the same question, he quickly said, "The Dallas Cowboys. The 'Boys. Thirteen Pro Bowls, 13 wins during the regular season. But also in the last two years, zero playoff wins. And my thing is people talk about Pacman joining this team, this circus, the most popular team, America's Team. But I concerned about the characters.

"And I believe the biggest transaction that was made this offseason was Zach Thomas because you need a character with some glue around these other characters down in Dallas."

So he feels pretty strongly about Pacman, Zach and glue.

Also, I'd like to applaud Mark Schlereth, who in a short explanation of why he ranks the Chargers No. 1 found a way to shoehorn the term "football team" in four times. Very impressive.

Countdown to those who say he's just speaking the truth...10....9....8...7...

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I heard his little rant. I think we have every right to be ranked as a pre-season top 5 and I disagree with his assessment that we have "character" issues? Perhaps one can predict possible issues but character is not why we lost to the Giants. I have no problem whatsoever with the thought that we must prove ourselves in the postseason. I did also take issue with him questioning whether Romo is focused or not. What we know about Romo is that he likes to have fun, he knows how to handle the spotlight and he's a damn good QB in this league.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Funny, this team if full of great character. That is one of the reasons we are able to take a risk on a player like PacMan. Romo, Witten, Barber, Ware, Newman, Bradie James, etc. This team is filled with high character guys, its just the haters think that having PacMan is going to tear us apart.

 

[theebs]

lol.

Pay no attention to carter. He is about as bright as the chair he is sitting in.

I said it when he came aboard, he is a tool. I dont think he watches half the games each week but he has these strong opinions on everything.

During the draft he said we have no character players. One of the dumber comments you will ever here about this group. Its espn though, they can say anything they want.

Chris carter and Dan Marino are the reasons inside the nfl was cancelled. The two of them when they talked each week on the show appeared to have watched New england, Pittsburgh and indianapolis and that is it. When they would talk about most games collinsworth would look at the two of them like they were crazy.

He fits right in at espn. He has all these holier than though opinions yet he was thrown off his team at ohio state and buddy ryan kicked him off the eagles cause he was a drug abuser, on top of that he was never on a team that won anything, a couple division titles in the pretty average central and north division.

He fits right in at espn. He screams when he talks, he makes no point or very little point and he can never remember players names except for the stars on each team. He fits right in.

I find a lot of comedy in him. This summer with his yapper on the radio and giant head on espn tv he should be right in the running with bayless on this board.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Well at least Carter knows how to endear himself to the idiots he works with/for. When in doubt, bash the Cowboys and they will all love you.

 

[JonJon]

I'm still waiting on this "sideline implosion" from T.O. Two years and counting....

 

[bootsy]

Come on guys, Chris carter knows a lot about character. The Eagles dumped because of his substance abuse problem, he led his team to one of the all time choke jobs in 98, he led his team to 0 Super Bowl appearances and then he tried to make a comeback to chase that almighty ring with the Dolphins. How much more character do you need.

Carter needs to shutup, he looks bad making comments like this. I always thought he got way too much credit for being a great receiver. Yeah he raked up a bunch of numbers but what did it lead to, how did it help his team. I saw him last night and he was terrible, stumbling his words, he didn't make any sense at all.

 

[juck]

Chris Carter always hated on dallas when he was a yahoo analyst as well.He is a NE homer.He is a loser as well.He hates T.O.,probably jealous.The idiots on Sirius NFL radio also hate on Dallas,Solomon Wilcotts,Jim Miller(I believe he was a backup QB in Chicago,lol).I think they all hate Jerry Jones for not drafting them.lol.Just like most of espn hates on the Mavs as well cause they have a white German as a leader.Stephen A hates hates anytghing Dallas.I believe Stephen A is the worst ever tho.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I saw Chris Carter's little rant and pretty much thought he must still be trying to impress people over at ESPN.

It's only May so any kind of preseason ranking that early is pretty much worthless.

 

[Redball Express]

..he's right on a few points.

While last year, we were sort of the Darlings of the league and we had mostly positive press all season..

..we all know that the media will turn on this team if they don't duplicate and then exceed last season.

Expectations are going to double this season and the pressure is going to be on this team to win a SB.

Especially because the Giants did what we were supposed to do.

All of that definitely makes any issue a much bigger issue to coup with.

I was listening to the interview with Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin from 103.5 and Aikman was asked how he thought the Cowboy would do this upcoming season amd he sort of hemmed and hawed about it and said 11-5 with a lot of qualifiers.

Some it was that the Cowboys really had alot of things happen last year that made their season up until the Giants playoff loss.

One of the things he mentioned before finally saying they would go 11-5 was that Dallas had like 20+ offensive fumbles last year and recovered a bunch of them, like 15 or 18 of them, which was lucky.

And that those winning games in Buffalo and against the Lions should have been loses in any other year. Another words, luck played a big part.

He indicated luck usually doesn't keep rolling for you like that over a long period of time.

He also directly pointed a finger at Romo for Cabogate as a distraction and something that Romo can't allow to happen again because some team mates will have a problem with behavior like that.

Meaning he's not convivnced that Romo has learned from the experience yet and not showing enough maturity as the QB and team leader.

It was all interesting.

I think Dallas fans do need to throttle back their expectations until this team shows it can actually handle all the spotlights it's going to have this season.

So guys like Carter and Aikman, who know football and team chemistry, have to be given some slack in their comments.

They see things that many are ignoring and fans generally assume the positive things that occured last year, will automatically translate into 2008 and being that humans are typically deletion creatures, that the negatives will be overlooked and won't re-appear.

Not sure that's realistic. Aikman and Carter know that.

So we'll see.

:starspin ReDBaLL ExPreSS:starspin

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

lol.

Pay no attention to carter. He is about as bright as the chair he is sitting in.

Actually, I hope a lot of folks, including the Cowboys, pay attention and I hope Carter and crew remind them of it all season. More incentive for PacMan to stay in line and more reminders for those players that their regular season record didn't mean squat last year when they got sent home early in the postseason. This team needs a chip on their collective shoulders so they stop underperforming in December.

 

[juck]

..he's right on a few points.

While last year, we were sort of the Darlings of the league and we had mostly positive press all season..

..we all know that the media will turn on this team if they don't duplicate and then exceed last season.

Expectations are going to double this season and the pressure is going to be on this team to win a SB.

Especially because the Giants did what we were supposed to do.

All of that definitely makes any issue a much bigger issue to coup with.

I was listening to the interview with Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin from 103.5 and Aikman was asked how he thought the Cowboy would do this upcoming season amd he sort of hemmed and hawed about it and said 11-5 with a lot of qualifiers.

Some it was that the Cowboys really had alot of things happen last year that made their season up until the Giants playoff loss.

One of the things he mentioned before finally saying they would go 11-5 was that Dallas had like 20+ offensive fumbles last year and recovered a bunch of them, like 15 or 18 of them, which was lucky.

And that those winning games in Buffalo and against the Lions should have been loses in any other year. Another words, luck played a big part.

He indicated luck usually doesn't keep rolling for you like that over a long period of time.

He also directly pointed a finger at Romo for Cabogate as a distraction and something that Romo can't allow to happen again because some team mates will have a problem with behavior like that.

Meaning he's not convivnced that Romo has learned from the experience yet and not showing enough maturity as the QB and team leader.

It was all interesting.

I think Dallas fans do need to throttle back their expectations until this team shows it can actually handle all the spotlights it's going to have this season.

So guys like Carter and Aikman, who know football and team chemistry, have to be given some slack in their comments.

They see things that many are ignoring and fans generally assume the positive things that occured last year, will automatically translate into 2008 and being that humans are typically deletion creatures, that the negatives will be overlooked and won't re-appear.

Not sure that's realistic. Aikman and Carter know that.

So we'll see.

:starspin ReDBaLL ExPreSS:starspin

Nah-Aikman plays the concerned Dad part with this team and Carter is an idiot.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I have absolutely no problem with what Chris Carter said.

The reality is that Chris Carter in May 2008 sounds like a myriad of fans on this very board in December 2007 when we were experiencing yet another collapse in December.

This is especially true if you replace Zach Thomas with Ray Lewis in his comments as there were a whole lot of people that thought this guy's intangibles were an absolute must on this team.

 

[juck]

Cabo had nothing to do with the loss,Crayton dropping 2 major passes along with Miles Austin who sucks DID.lets be real here.

 

[bootsy]

..he's right on a few points.

While last year, we were sort of the Darlings of the league and we had mostly positive press all season..

..we all know that the media will turn on this team if they don't duplicate and then exceed last season.

Expectations are going to double this season and the pressure is going to be on this team to win a SB.

Especially because the Giants did what we were supposed to do.

All of that definitely makes any issue a much bigger issue to coup with.

I was listening to the interview with Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin from 103.5 and Aikman was asked how he thought the Cowboy would do this upcoming season amd he sort of hemmed and hawed about it and said 11-5 with a lot of qualifiers.

Some it was that the Cowboys really had alot of things happen last year that made their season up until the Giants playoff loss.

One of the things he mentioned before finally saying they would go 11-5 was that Dallas had like 20+ offensive fumbles last year and recovered a bunch of them, like 15 or 18 of them, which was lucky.

And that those winning games in Buffalo and against the Lions should have been loses in any other year. Another words, luck played a big part.

He indicated luck usually doesn't keep rolling for you like that over a long period of time.

He also directly pointed a finger at Romo for Cabogate as a distraction and something that Romo can't allow to happen again because some team mates will have a problem with behavior like that.

Meaning he's not convivnced that Romo has learned from the experience yet and not showing enough maturity as the QB and team leader.

It was all interesting.

I think Dallas fans do need to throttle back their expectations until this team shows it can actually handle all the spotlights it's going to have this season.

So guys like Carter and Aikman, who know football and team chemistry, have to be given some slack in their comments.

They see things that many are ignoring and fans generally assume the positive things that occured last year, will automatically translate into 2008 and being that humans are typically deletion creatures, that the negatives will be overlooked and won't re-appear.

Not sure that's realistic. Aikman and Carter know that.

So we'll see.

:starspin ReDBaLL ExPreSS:starspin

Please, so 11-5 is supposed to be bad and we will lose a couple of games because we don't recover a couple of fumbles this year as opposed to last year. Even if we do finish 11-5 that may be good enough to win the division. At this stage, we are a lot like the Colts were before they won. It's not about doing great in the regular season anymore. Aikman knows team chemistry, Carter definitely doesn't. Just as you say positive things won't occur as much this year, the negatives may go away too. Like dropped passes in critical situations, our db's being able to cover, our offensive line not wearing down late in a game, etc. Why should we throttle back our expectations. Look I am a longtime Cowboy fan and always will be. I don't have to throttle back my expectations for anyone. This team is very talented and have a chance to win big so NO 'I will not throttle back my expectations'

 

[rlgiv]

Carter has been a Dallas hater but he is right to a certain degree. Thomas is somebody with the focus that this team seems to lose late in the year. IT just wasn't the Giants. This team has seemed to lose games they should be winning going back to the days of Dave Campo. Romo can say going to Cabo was not a distraction. He just wanted to get away from football because that is what Wade wanted them tom do. Thats BS, He should have been at home studying film of the Giants, Bucs,or the Skins. Do you think Aikman, or Staubach would have been in Cabo?

We can make excuses for our late season collapse all we want and so can the players for that matter. At the end of the season this team was not playing well and we should have beat the Giants but came into that game flat. Except for Barber who just ran out of gas.

I don't expect a 13 win regular season but I do expect a playoff win or two and it doesn't count if we get to the second round because we just won our division. I want to see some toughness and attitude from this team.

 

[zrinkill]

"I think the Cowboys have a huge problem, and that is with character in the locker room," Carter said.

Shortly after, Carter had a falling out with coach Buddy Ryan and was a surprise cut following the pre-season. Carter later admitted that Ryan released him because of alcohol and drug abuse, massive amounts of cocaine being his drug of choice.

If you get released by freaking Buddy Ryan for character issues .... you need to keep your mouth shut.

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[Hostile]

Sooner or later someone would call us over rated. Might as well be Cris Carter. By mid season he could very well be calling us the best team in the NFL. By mid season people might be telling him he was right. Ya never know until they hit the field.

Pretty sure he's going to eat his words.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Romo can say going to Cabo was not a distraction. He just wanted to get away from football because that is what Wade wanted them tom do. Thats BS, He should have been at home studying film of the Giants, Bucs,or the Skins. Do you think Aikman, or Staubach would have been in Cabo?

To be honest, the only negative about Tony Romo going to Cabo is that it was going to bring unwanted criticism at his doorstep.

Cabo had nothing to do with the Cowboys losing as they were already in the mist of a December collapse and a certain poster offerered a very detailed account of how December Implosions have been going on long before Romo arrived at Valley Ranch.

I do agree with you about Carter's comments, it has some truth in it.

And judging from the amounto f vitriol being thrown Carter's way in this thread, the old saying, "The truth hurts" still seems to be true.

 

[visionary]

..he's right on a few points.

While last year, we were sort of the Darlings of the league and we had mostly positive press all season..

..we all know that the media will turn on this team if they don't duplicate and then exceed last season.

Expectations are going to double this season and the pressure is going to be on this team to win a SB.

Especially because the Giants did what we were supposed to do.

All of that definitely makes any issue a much bigger issue to coup with.

I was listening to the interview with Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin from 103.5 and Aikman was asked how he thought the Cowboy would do this upcoming season amd he sort of hemmed and hawed about it and said 11-5 with a lot of qualifiers.

Some it was that the Cowboys really had alot of things happen last year that made their season up until the Giants playoff loss.

One of the things he mentioned before finally saying they would go 11-5 was that Dallas had like 20+ offensive fumbles last year and recovered a bunch of them, like 15 or 18 of them, which was lucky.

And that those winning games in Buffalo and against the Lions should have been loses in any other year. Another words, luck played a big part.

He indicated luck usually doesn't keep rolling for you like that over a long period of time.

He also directly pointed a finger at Romo for Cabogate as a distraction and something that Romo can't allow to happen again because some team mates will have a problem with behavior like that.

Meaning he's not convivnced that Romo has learned from the experience yet and not showing enough maturity as the QB and team leader.

It was all interesting.

I think Dallas fans do need to throttle back their expectations until this team shows it can actually handle all the spotlights it's going to have this season.

So guys like Carter and Aikman, who know football and team chemistry, have to be given some slack in their comments.

They see things that many are ignoring and fans generally assume the positive things that occured last year, will automatically translate into 2008 and being that humans are typically deletion creatures, that the negatives will be overlooked and won't re-appear.

Not sure that's realistic. Aikman and Carter know that.

So we'll see.

:starspin ReDBaLL ExPreSS:starspin

though he was always one of my favorite cowboys when he was playing, this is why i like aikman as an analyst esp when he is talking about the 'boys. he knows what he is talking about and tells it like it is.

PS... even though he is a "hater" lol