Christine Michael if F. Jackson signs with Seattle?

[sideon]

Why would we want a RB that was displaced by a 34 year old RB?

Why do some want a CB that lost his spot to Alan Ball?

 

[lwehlers]

I would like micheal but who do you release. also I do not think that gus Johnson is a nfl running back. he does nothing special to me I see him play of course what do I know.

 

[jazzcat22]

Why do some want a CB that lost his spot to Alan Ball?

doesnt take much to improve from Ball
Must have been a coaching mistake on their part....lol
J/k
Who is this you are referring too anyway, I must have missed something.

 

[JBell]

Why would we want a RB that was displaced by a 34 year old RB?

Why do we want some ILB that was a bust and let go by the Raiders out of all organizations?

Oh wait, he turned out pretty good last year.

 

[Floatyworm]

Agreed. I've have loved what the front office has done to date. But I simply don't understand their love affair with Dunbar. Nor do I understand their seemingly reluctance to touch anyone over the age of 30. I get that you don't want to end up in a situation with aging players locked into long term deals.

But a guy like Jackson or any other vet that might be on the wrong side of 30 wouldn't be a long term commitment nor a cap crusher. And on a team that you think has a 2-3 year window around Romo's being able to stay effective, I don't see why they don't see a guy like Jackson (or any older vet) as a good solid option.

See Eddie George*

 

[conner01]

Why do we want some ILB that was a bust and let go by the Raiders out of all organizations?

Oh wait, he turned out pretty good last year.

He also played pretty well for the raiders early on
He was never a bust for his play but for not being able to play
He's a head case no doubt, but he is a good player and was with the raiders for most of his 3 yrs there

 

[CT Dal Fan]

He also played pretty well for the raiders early on
He was never a bust for his play but for not being able to play
He's a head case no doubt, but he is a good player and was with the raiders for most of his 3 yrs there

Right you are. McClain was "retired", and from the Ravens, not the Raiders, when the Cowboys traded for him. And he was a pretty good player in Oakland and just as hard a hitter (Jason Witten and his spleen concur).

 

[Hardline]

Rawls and Michael would be subject to waivers and the Cowboys are 26th in line.

So. If the Cowboys wanted him would the league have to grant the Cowboys permission to pursue Rawls? How long would the other 25 teams have to make a decision if they wanted him or not? I am not familiar with this process.

 

[Knotamus]

Randle (23yo) has speed, vision, good feet, averaged 6.7ypc last year, and has looked great.. minus his pass blocking: he sucks and cant get the job done.
McFadden (28yo) has speed, is a big RB, a perfect fit for this OL, and has looked good in limited action: Yet he's washed up and is injury prone like Murray
Dunbar (25yo) has Speed, great in open space, shifty, limited blocking skills: yet unproven and sucks

I know what will make us great...

Lets go sign 34yo injury prone Fred Jackson that another team just cut because he has to be better than what we have on the roster. No wait...

We should get Christine Michaels when he eventually is cut in place of the player noted above.. yeah! then we'll be awesome because I know better than all the coaches than run my favorite team. They cant possibly know what they're doing because they cant draft or evaluate talent.

Better yet, Lets go get into my time machine and sign an injury prone 27yo RB that had great season behind the #1 OL in football to a absurd contract that we will be on the hook for till he's 32yo. Because that always works out for Dallas. God, I'm glad I have all the answers.. and I don't even have to leave my couch.

 

[Sydla]

I'd gladly take Jonas Gray off the Pats hands.

 

[Knotamus]

I'd gladly take Jonas Gray off the Pats hands.

I'd take Jonas Gray too, but I cant see him going anywhere..

 

[Sydla]

Probably right but part of me hopes that he finds his way into Belicheck's doghouse in the next few days, they sign Jackson and send Gray packing. LOL.

 

[jterrell]

Not totally true. He had issues with Sumlin at A&M and clashed with him often. Sumlin suspended him for the SMU game. He also pissed off Sumlin when during the SMU game, Michael tweeted A&M needed to run the ball more. He also pissed some teams off at the combine with how he interviewed and he even totally skipped two scheduled interviews (maybe Dallas was one?).

Now certainly not serious legal stuff but the kid has been considered a knucklehead dating back to his time at A&M.

This is from a Seahawks report:
It starts talking about his injury history that included a broken leg (versus Texas Tech) and a torn ACL.

"Michael faced accusations of laziness and a bad attitude, resulting in him spending a lot of time on the bench. His blocking remained a concern, as well as his ability as a receiver. He seemed unwilling to work on these issues, and as a result, he had little momentum going into this year's combine."

We know the Cowboys had him "in the box" but that could be medical/attitude or both.

 

[waving monkey]

due

Just don't get it, why sign another RB so they can be cut on Friday. The RB on the 53 will be Randle, McFadden, and Dunbar with Clutts as the FB. It isn't going to change no matter what any of us believe. We aren't going to carry 5 guys so getting Jackson or Christine or anyone else. It is a non-issue right

due diligence is sound business practice

 

[jterrell]

Unfortunately that seems to be the case. Were going to be stuck with what we have till the end of the season for better or worse. The FO does have ego issues. This problem could still be fixed by getting someone here thats reliable and dependable. Its silly to go into the season where your only back that can block worth a damn is Macfadden and if he goes down both Randle and Dunbar can't block and carry the load.

It's rather goofy to talk about the front office's ego while assuming you know better as an amateur than they do about what they get paid to do.

Randle and Dunbar have been in plenty of plays with Tony and thus he trusts them to block or run the proper routes.
DMC is one of the better blocking backs in the league by metrics.

Gus was a draftable RB you get to the P.S. if you can and he comes up in case if injury IF he is the best option available.

Armchair GMs are calling for them to replace someone (DMC/Randle/Dunbar are the options) who has done nothing to be replaced with guys who absolutely are terrible in most cases(Trent Richardson) or are long past their prime CJ2K.

Like at any other position they'll move on a guy they value if he becomes available. Not exactly a newsflash that if it happened by the cut to 75 he probably wasn't very good or he was injured.

 

[Nightman]

Randle (23yo) has speed, vision, good feet, averaged 6.7ypc last year, and has looked great.. minus his pass blocking: he sucks and cant get the job done.
McFadden (28yo) has speed, is a big RB, a perfect fit for this OL, and has looked good in limited action: Yet he's washed up and is injury prone like Murray
Dunbar (25yo) has Speed, great in open space, shifty, limited blocking skills: yet unproven and sucks

I know what will make us great...

Lets go sign 34yo injury prone Fred Jackson that another team just cut because he has to be better than what we have on the roster. No wait...

We should get Christine Michaels when he eventually is cut in place of the player noted above.. yeah! then we'll be awesome because I know better than all the coaches than run my favorite team. They cant possibly know what they're doing because they cant draft or evaluate talent.

Better yet, Lets go get into my time machine and sign an injury prone 27yo RB that had great season behind the #1 OL in football to a absurd contract that we will be on the hook for till he's 32yo. Because that always works out for Dallas. God, I'm glad I have all the answers.. and I don't even have to leave my couch.

Randle is so good he got 60 touches last year and Murray got 500
DMC is so good they let him walk for Latavius Murray and Trent Richardson
Dunbar is so good that his 0 career TDs have gone unnoticed

But keep telling how ridiculous we are to be nervous about our vaunted RBC

 

[xwalker]

So. If the Cowboys wanted him would the league have to grant the Cowboys permission to pursue Rawls? How long would the other 25 teams have to make a decision if they wanted him or not? I am not familiar with this process.

All teams that are interested submit a claim. The 1st team in line gets the player. It is either 24 or 48 hours.

 

[ConstantReboot]

It's rather goofy to talk about the front office's ego while assuming you know better as an amateur than they do about what they get paid to do.

Randle and Dunbar have been in plenty of plays with Tony and thus he trusts them to block or run the proper routes.
DMC is one of the better blocking backs in the league by metrics.

Gus was a draftable RB you get to the P.S. if you can and he comes up in case if injury IF he is the best option available.

Armchair GMs are calling for them to replace someone (DMC/Randle/Dunbar are the options) who has done nothing to be replaced with guys who absolutely are terrible in most cases(Trent Richardson) or are long past their prime CJ2K.

Like at any other position they'll move on a guy they value if he becomes available. Not exactly a newsflash that if it happened by the cut to 75 he probably wasn't very good or he was injured.

Not goofy at all to bring up FO's ego since there are so much folks here who blindly believe that the FO can do no wrong. If you think that whatever they say is the best course of action than good for you. I just think differently that the Cowboys can do better than what we have now and I'm just stating the obvious.

There is no secret that MacFadden has a propensity to get injured. Even Jerry knows that. If he does get injured what then? Whats your solution? We all know that Randle and Dunbar can't block worth anything. If Romo is injured because of Randle or Dunbar not being able to block we are in deep, deep trouble. I also watched Gus Johnson. He is raw and really not worthy of having a role in running the ball this year. He belongs in PS and nothing more. To seriously think he can run the ball effectively this year really kinda naive. Like I said we can do better than that.

I don't know what is but there is a lot of folks here thats in denial about our running back situation. If your happy with it than fine. I'm not and I'm just expressing my views on what I think should be done. We all want to get to the Superbowl with the best team possible. If MacFadden goes down with an injury and Randle is having to carry this team. Were gonna have problems indeed.

 

[jterrell]

Not goofy at all to bring up FO's ego since there are so much folks here who blindly believe that the FO can do no wrong. If you think that whatever they say is the best course of action than good for you. I just think differently that the Cowboys can do better than what we have now and I'm just stating the obvious.

There is no secret that MacFadden has a propensity to get injured. Even Jerry knows that. If he does get injured what then? Whats your solution? We all know that Randle and Dunbar can't block worth anything. If Romo is injured because of Randle or Dunbar not being able to block we are in deep, deep trouble. I also watched Gus Johnson. He is raw and really not worthy of having a role in running the ball this year. He belongs in PS and nothing more. To seriously think he can run the ball effectively this year really kinda naive. Like I said we can do better than that.

I don't know what is but there is a lot of folks here thats in denial about our running back situation. If your happy with it than fine. I'm not and I'm just expressing my views on what I think should be done. We all want to get to the Superbowl with the best team possible. If MacFadden goes down with an injury and Randle is having to carry this team. Were gonna have problems indeed.

considering they've arguably been the best front office in football the past 24 months, i'd say it is pretty goofy, but only because saying what it really is violates site guidelines.

 

[Nightman]

Not goofy at all to bring up FO's ego since there are so much folks here who blindly believe that the FO can do no wrong. If you think that whatever they say is the best course of action than good for you. I just think differently that the Cowboys can do better than what we have now and I'm just stating the obvious.

There is no secret that MacFadden has a propensity to get injured. Even Jerry knows that. If he does get injured what then? Whats your solution? We all know that Randle and Dunbar can't block worth anything. If Romo is injured because of Randle or Dunbar not being able to block we are in deep, deep trouble. I also watched Gus Johnson. He is raw and really not worthy of having a role in running the ball this year. He belongs in PS and nothing more. To seriously think he can run the ball effectively this year really kinda naive. Like I said we can do better than that.

I don't know what is but there is a lot of folks here thats in denial about our running back situation. If your happy with it than fine. I'm not and I'm just expressing my views on what I think should be done. We all want to get to the Superbowl with the best team possible. If MacFadden goes down with an injury and Randle is having to carry this team. Were gonna have problems indeed.

You are 100% right.

"Good enough" shouldn't be the goal for this team. We are a legitimate SB contender and we should act like it.

I would've kept Murray, signed Vereen over Dunbar, drafted a RB and still even signed DMC.