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Agree completely but must admit when it first announced we drafted Folk all I could wonder was why since we had Gramatica. Well, now we all know, as if we didn't know after the Bills game, how good a pick Folk was. He's solved our FG problems so well that I early in the season stopped leaving the room or closing my eyes when our FG kicker came in cause I just know whoever the kicker was he would miss. Thank God for Folk.
Also really liked Deon Anderson and sorry he had to go on IR. Have no doubt he will really improve after participating in our offseason weight conditioning program. I expect him to be our starting FB for several years since he can block and also contribute to our passing game. Wonder if he can also run with the ball.
Cowboys Awards: Rookie of the Year
9:32 AM Wed, Jan 23, 2008 | Permalink
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The third in a seven-part awards series ...
K NICK FOLK
Here’s a third consecutive award that really wasn’t that hard to sort out. With a rookie class that included a bevy of developmental prospects, it’s Folk in a walk here. And he really may have wrapped this one up on Oct. 8, the night he went from anonymous to Pro Bowl candidate.
That was the night, in a hostile environment in Buffalo, he hit what Terrell Owens called a 106-yard game-winning field. It was actually back-to-back, 53-yarders, but they might as well have had three-figure distance the way they made Folk’s legend grow. There really wasn’t much tailing off from there, either. Three of Folk’s five misses were from 50-plus yards out, another was blocked, and none of them were in the second half of any game.
If any rookie steps in and becomes the answer at a position of tumult, they deserve to win a category like this. And that’s just what Folk did. If there’s anything to complain about, it’d have to be distance on his kickoffs, which didn’t help the questionable cover units much.
RUNNERS UP
FB Deon Anderson: When Oliver Hoyte went down, the UConn product became a starter, and was the team’s primary fullback for a 6-game stretch, proving to be more than adequate in the role. And he was a key special teamer before going on injured reserve for the final eight games of the year.
OLB Anthony Spencer: Sure, he was displaced in the starting lineup by Greg Ellis. But he was a very, very solid first-teamer for six games, and flashed the pass-rushing ability he was drafted for. That pass rush was never more dangerous than when Spencer was put out there with Ellis and DeMarcus Ware.
Also really liked Deon Anderson and sorry he had to go on IR. Have no doubt he will really improve after participating in our offseason weight conditioning program. I expect him to be our starting FB for several years since he can block and also contribute to our passing game. Wonder if he can also run with the ball.
Cowboys Awards: Rookie of the Year
9:32 AM Wed, Jan 23, 2008 | Permalink
Albert Breer http://www.***BANNED-URL***/blogs/images/email-icon.jpg E-mail http://www.***BANNED-URL***/blogs/images/email-icon.jpg News tips
The third in a seven-part awards series ...
K NICK FOLK
Here’s a third consecutive award that really wasn’t that hard to sort out. With a rookie class that included a bevy of developmental prospects, it’s Folk in a walk here. And he really may have wrapped this one up on Oct. 8, the night he went from anonymous to Pro Bowl candidate.
That was the night, in a hostile environment in Buffalo, he hit what Terrell Owens called a 106-yard game-winning field. It was actually back-to-back, 53-yarders, but they might as well have had three-figure distance the way they made Folk’s legend grow. There really wasn’t much tailing off from there, either. Three of Folk’s five misses were from 50-plus yards out, another was blocked, and none of them were in the second half of any game.
If any rookie steps in and becomes the answer at a position of tumult, they deserve to win a category like this. And that’s just what Folk did. If there’s anything to complain about, it’d have to be distance on his kickoffs, which didn’t help the questionable cover units much.
RUNNERS UP
FB Deon Anderson: When Oliver Hoyte went down, the UConn product became a starter, and was the team’s primary fullback for a 6-game stretch, proving to be more than adequate in the role. And he was a key special teamer before going on injured reserve for the final eight games of the year.
OLB Anthony Spencer: Sure, he was displaced in the starting lineup by Greg Ellis. But he was a very, very solid first-teamer for six games, and flashed the pass-rushing ability he was drafted for. That pass rush was never more dangerous than when Spencer was put out there with Ellis and DeMarcus Ware.
I agree about Anderson's contributions, and I'm looking forward to him getting back on the field, especially after he's had the opportunity to go through the off-season workouts and training.