News: Cowboys Only Have Themselves To Blame For All Their Suspended Players

[Trouty]

Taco Charlton will be the next knucklehead on that list. Mark my words. I would much rather have an overachiever like T.J. Watt, than an underachiever like Charlton any day.

Wut?

 

[gimmesix]

They also take up a roster spot. At times it doesn't matter but you never know when you're going to release someone who will be a solid player.

Not too many players we've cut from this defense that we've regretted. If it's either keep an Orie Lemon or take a chance on a Rolando McClain, I lean toward taking a chance. But I do get your point.

 

[Sydla]

I think the suspensions are being overplayed. It's primarily two players we took chances on, McClain and Gregory, because the risk wasn't too steep. Other than that, we knew Hardy was going to be suspended when he signed with us, so that leaves Lawrence and Irving as "surprises." Two surprises in three years isn't really that bad.

When you have a lax atmosphere like we do, we shouldn't be surprised when guys get in trouble.

I don't want to hear about our awesome "culture" anymore. 100 games lost to suspension the last 4 years...... Likely to go up again.

 

[xwalker]

There's no excuse for the McClain one. You could tell he didn't care. Walked away with abother 3 mil for doing nothing.

It was 750K not 3M.

 

[StarBoyz83]

It was 750K not 3M.

Oh. For some reason I always thought it was 3 mil

 

[dwreck27]

Oh. For some reason I always thought it was 3 mil

He prbly would have gotten paid that has he actually played in games


I think failure to play in says games means the team dosent have to pay you as you were suspended and did not earn your check since you broke your contract rules

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I think the suspensions are being overplayed. It's primarily two players we took chances on, McClain and Gregory, because the risk wasn't too steep. Other than that, we knew Hardy was going to be suspended when he signed with us, so that leaves Lawrence and Irving as "surprises." Two surprises in three years isn't really that bad.

Yeah, I mean other than the two probable starters and expected impact players....

 

[manster4ever]

Cowboys Only Have Themselves To Blame For All Their Suspended Players
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...lves-to-blame-for-all-their-suspended-players



When news broke about a possible suspension of Cowboys defensive lineman, David Irving, you could hear the chatter of Cowboys Nation, “here we go again!” Like a broken record, Dallas is looking at having another player miss some football games. Some fans are questioning the leadership on the team, suggesting that Cowboys coach Jason Garrett is too soft and isn’t delivering the message needed to steer his players away from trouble. Others are saying that the Cowboys bring this on themselves with all the high-risk decisions they make as several of these players had huge red flags prior to coming to Dallas. And that didn’t stop the organization from signing them anyway. Then there are some that feel the blame lies with the individual player, which is true, but when you have so many different players involved, how can you not begin to think there is some other underlying root cause?...

...Jon Machota was recently asked about this and he did a little finger pointing. Is there a culture embedded in the Cowboys that makes Dallas more susceptible to violations we routinely see like Randy Gregory and now David Irving? How could their "vaunted" mentoring program continue to miss this type of conduct?

Jon Machota: I wouldn't say it's a culture thing as much as it is they take chances on players more than other organizations. Some of Jerry Jones' biggest gambles in life have provided him with his greatest rewards. I don't see that philosophy changing any time soon. Whether it's an off the field issue or an injury concern, if the Cowboys feel like the potential reward far outweighs the risk, they're going to roll the dice...

Meh, it's STILL a part of the culture IMO. JJ brings in fringe guys over and over again and sometimes he hits the lottery (Charles Haley) but most times it blows up in his face (Demetrius Underwood, Hardy, Ro McClain, Gregory, etc..) He knows that often times the risk outweighs the reward but continues to do it anyway. He's the billionaire and I'm not but at some point he needs to dial it down. (Yeah, I know...won't happen)

 

[Nova]

It's not hard to figure out.

The Cowboys have overcommitted to the offense, and in order to field a defense worthy of being on an NFL field, they took some character risks.

 

[diefree666]

Actually the only one that has no excuse is Gregory. When you fail a test at the combine, the ONE TIME EVERYONE KNOWS THEY WILL BE TESTED, that SHOULD have had him off our draft board.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Scandrick

It's about the front 7. Scandrick is a corner and not part of the front 7

 

[MileyDancer]

Actually the only one that has no excuse is Gregory. When you fail a test at the combine, the ONE TIME EVERYONE KNOWS THEY WILL BE TESTED, that SHOULD have had him off our draft board.

Exactly. Jerry literally is crazy to think things would have turned out differently.