Columbo Is An Animal!

[PoetTree]

I knew he was a player the first year he started for us; specifically, Romo's first ever start... against Carolina. The pressure of that game was huge! Bill had just pulled Bledsoe and inserted Romo at half-time of the Giants game before, and it turned into a disaster. Our entire season was on the line; and in that game....

Marc Columbo, in his first season as a starter, having not even fully recovered from a nasty knee injury, faced one of the most athletic, powerful pass-rushers in the league today, Julius Peppers. In a match-up of that magnitude, under that pressure, to stand up to an elite talent like Julius Peppers would be an awesome, awesome performance.

What did Columbo do?

He held Peppers to something like, oh, zero tackles & zero sacks.

I remember one play in particular; Columbo was actually beaten. Marc hesitated inside for a moment, and Peppers tore around the end. He was closing hard on Romo; looked like a sure sack. Then, from outta nowhere, Marc Columbo hurls his whole body through the air and crashes into Peppers just as he's making his dive..... and knocks him out of the play in brutal fashion!

I was fist-pumping with enthusiasm at the replay.

Right then, I knew we had a right tackle.

In my opinion, unless you are seriously certain about the talent of Martin, Mcquistan or Free, you'd be foolish to let a PLAYER like Marc Columbo go. He's a gem in so many fashions. He gets it done; and sometimes, it's so ugly it's pretty.


I love him. I hope he's on the team for a long time.

I bet Romo, Barber and the rest of their teammates do, too.



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Peace and Love

- PoetTree -

 

[dargonking999]

It would be foolish to pay him an exorbitant amount of money, when there's no guarantee that he can stay healthy. Not to mention if you know you have talent sitting behind him.

 

[Woods]

Well, I hope we keep him as well.

But let's see how we look after we hopefully re-sign Canty, plus there's Ware, and possibly Tank if he plays well. And add Colombo to that list, so we have 4 top players we potentially would like to extend.

Clearly Ware gets his money, and I think Canty gets his as well.

 

[Ken]

I was having a great conversation at TC yesterday with a fan about his very thing.

I just don't think they are going to keep him, no matter how good he is.

I think either they put one of the young guys our there, or they move BIG out there and find a G at a decent price or draft.

They have so much money tied into the OL that they can't possibly pay Columbo, imo. I predict he will be in Miami next year....

 

[bbgun]

I clicked on this thinking he drilled somebody in camp or something.

 

[Alexander]

He held Peppers to something like, oh, zero tackles & zero sacks.

Peppers didn't light things up last year and appears to be on a fast track to becoming the next Javon Kearse.

I like Colombo and I was the first to call out his signing. But let's be realistic here. He is solid but not worth breaking the bank for. We have better players who we need to sign up.

 

[dargonking999]

Peppers didn't light things up last year and appears to be on a fast track to becoming the next Javon Kearse.

I like Colombo and I was the first to call out his signing. But let's be realistic here. He is solid but not worth breaking the bank for. We have better players who we need to sign up.

He was talking about two years ago in Romo's first start not last year. But i get your point

 

[Alexander]

He was talking about two years ago in Romo's first start not last year. But i get your point

Since Week 10 of the 2006 season, he has recorded exactly 4.5 sacks.

I'd say he is in a rut.

 

[5Countem5]

It would be foolish to pay him an exorbitant amount of money, when there's no guarantee that he can stay healthy. Not to mention if you know you have talent sitting behind him.

Yeah, we should get a "Health Guarantee" on him like we get on other players.

Oh wait, that doesn't exist -----nevermind....

 

[cowboyjoe]

PoetTree, hold everything;

First lets look at the cap for next year and this year
WE have about 10 million in cap money this year, thats enough to resign possibly Chris Canty and Tank Johnson;

that leaves how much money do the Cowboys have for next years cap,
the cowboys already have 8 million for next year with redoing tony romo and leonard davis contract,
Adam our cap specialist said the Cowboys have 106 million set for next years cap of cowboys roster, now that may have changed with the resignings this year, but lets say, it jumps up to 110 million for cowboys next year,

Then next years cap is suppose to be about 123 million, so that leaves 13 million, add in the extra 8 million saved, thats 21 million, then each year the cowboy save about 2-3 million by putting incentives in someones contract thats due to the player not reaching the incentives, they add about 2-3 milion, that will save the cowboys about 23 million to 24 or so.

Now, lets look at whom else left to sign, demarcus ware whom isnt due till 2 years, but you want to lock him up before his contract reaches roof, burnett the linebacker, hurd and austin, maybe spears not sure, i think there will be enough to resign Columbo right there.

Now, lets look at what has been happening in training camp with the OT's.
First, several reporters have said that James Marten seems to be in trouble. McQuistan I heard keeps making the same mistakes in practice over and over. By that I mean, say the defensive end beats him with a speed rush, the defensive end beats him the same way the 2nd and 3rd time. YOU cant do that as a pro.

Now McQuistan may have gotten better, but I keep hearing, that McQuistan was a Parcells/Sparano favoriite and not so much a Hudson Houck favorte. Houck likes guys that brutalize you, bury you, hit you etc. Marten was drafted as a OT, but seems like he couldnt cut it there, so the Cowboys put him at OG and I am hearing from mac engel that he isnt cutting it there either.

So, that means the Cowboys might have to draft another offensive linemen pretty high and keep Columbo, I dont think he will break the bank, most right offensive tackles dont do that, best i remember.

Now I am hearing and you got to think about this, Joe Berger they say is coming on, and possibly the OG OT that came from the Chargers and played last year under Houck at Miami. So, I dont think Jerry will gamble if Marten and McQuistan isnt cutting it, at least thats what I have heard and read.

 

[tyke1doe]

Since Week 10 of the 2006 season, he has recorded exactly 4.5 sacks.

I'd say he is in a rut.

Thanks. You beat me too the observation on Peppers. There was even some talk the Panthers could let him walk or trade him. Or maybe those were rumors floated by PFT. Still, you don't offer those rumors about a player at the top of his game. Julius Peppers hasn't been at the top of his game since the 2005 season.

 

[jobberone]

I don't know how you let Colombo go either. I think the talk about his health is probably just talk. Unless he's having trouble now I suspect he's ok. No way to know about his cartilage but I suspect he had mostly ligament and nerve damage only. He should hold up physically.

He can play and there is no one to replace him.

I say unless he can be replaced at a cheaper cost then he's not going anywhere. The thought of having a PB frachise QB back there with a questionable RT makes me nervous. Probably gives JJ heartburn and insomnia.

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

It would be foolish to pay him an exorbitant amount of money, when there's no guarantee that he can stay healthy. Not to mention if you know you have talent sitting behind him.

But we did with TO.

I hope that he is a Cowboy until we know his replacement is up to the challenge.

 

[ZeroClub]

Poet Tree, that post is in mid-season form. You don't need no stinking preseason.

 

[pgreptom]

But we did with TO.

I hope that he is a Cowboy until we know his replacement is up to the challenge.

We didn't have jack squat at WR when we grabbed T.O. Also, T.O has never experienced an injury close to what Columbo went through. We have depth behind Marc, too.

Just sayin' - there's two sides to every story.

 

[dargonking999]

But we did with TO.

I hope that he is a Cowboy until we know his replacement is up to the challenge.

T.O did not have two separate surgeries done on his right knee. T.O did not have to sit out of football for almost two years because of injuries. Columbo while a great a blocker for us, is not a dynamic playmaker T.O is

Would i like to resign him? Yes Of course

But am i gonna hand him top RT money? No

we have a LT makin top money, a RG making top money, and a C making top money. and thats just OL. We can't sign everybody, and at some point we have to know when to go with the younger cheaper people. If columbo is asking the wrong price, then this would just have to be one of those times

 

[MONT17]

I like Columbo n I think keepin an oline together is key and the cap hasn't been an issue in the leauge for some yrs. If the pack can pay 25mil to a player to avoid headaches we can afford to stock talent on the oline.

 

[Doomsdayblitz]

Lindy's has Columbo rated as the 7th best RT in the NFL. I'd say that's just about right. I know we have a lot of money tied up in the OL, but Columbo is worth keeping. There's all kinds of ways to get creative with a contract. Give him a big signing bonus, but make none of the rest guaranteed. That would avoid paying big bucks to a dude who ends up in a Barkalounger the first yr. of the signing.

Everyone wants to put all the money on LTs, & in many ways, it's justified. He's the guy who keeps your franchise player out of the hospital. However, the running game follows mostly behind the RT, and if you don't have a running game, you are sunk. If we have the money, I say pay up. We don't want to get back to being cheap with the OL & paying the price.

 

[jobberone]

Generally, a knee injury is either cartilaginous and/or ligamentous. Sometimes you can get bone, nerve and even arterial damage. Colombo did have a bad injury and actually had some nerve damage as well. Generally that means the three ligaments are disrupted and the knee often dislocates so far the nerve gets damaged. If bad enough the popliteal artery can also be damaged as it runs with the nerve.

It's a bad injury. But once fixed and you get a stable knee out of it and a return of nerve function adequately then the player can go on with their career and life. That's the case with Colombo. He should have a regularly normal career pattern unless there was cartilaginous damage either prior to that injury or during it. An unstable knee can cause premature arthritis but I suspect his repair was a good one.

 

[jrumann59]

Prove that he can stay healthy, the injury he suffered way back when was a fluke type injury which he fully rehabbed this time and he has been more or less without incidence with the knee since we let him rehab it for a seasn and he has started 32 games plus 2 playoff games since winning the job 2 seasons ago. As far as I am concerned his health has been proven.