Cowboys see big improvement in ex-basketball player Rico Gathers

[speedkilz88]

Regret what? That he didn't show anything special to be on the 53.

He was on the Cowboys 53 for most of the season and finished on all 16 when you count the Browns time as well.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

More like when they released Matt Moore the QB, in 2007 he was a UDFA they were hoping to slip through waivers and got picked up by the Panthers. Sometimes they get too cute. I think Jackson was one of those cute times. I agree he looked like chopped liver compared to the leading rusher in the league as rookie.

In the preseason I think he averaged around 3.5 ypc. Chopped liver is a delicacy compared to that.

 

[joseephuss]

More like when they released Matt Moore the QB, in 2007 he was a UDFA they were hoping to slip through waivers and got picked up by the Panthers. Sometimes they get too cute. I think Jackson was one of those cute times. I agree he looked like chopped liver compared to the leading rusher in the league as rookie.

What were they supposed to do with Matt Moore? Tony Romo was the starter and was still rather inexperienced at the time. They needed a veteran backup who could be prepared with little reps. They couldn't keep 3 QBs on the roster. There was nothing cute about it. It was their only move.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

He was on the Cowboys 53 for most of the season and finished on all 16 when you count the Browns time as well.

Ok, I thought he was on practice squad. Either way, didn't show enough to be kept. As in special teams, etc.

 

[joseephuss]

There are more than a few teams who have tried the basketball player to TE thing. Both KC and Indianapolis have their own versions in Demetrius Harris and Tyrone Swoopes.

This is not a new thing we are attempting. Judging by the progress by the other two, that is what you can expect with Gathers.

Tyrone Swoopes? Are you thinking of someone else? He was a QB at Texas. And isn't he in Seattle?

 

[diefree666]

https://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/...mes-better-start-year-2-transition-basketball

"Honestly, I feel like I'm a thousand times better than what I was," Gathers said. "That was like a baby walking into a business office, trying to run a business."

Before retiring in the offseason, former tight ends coach Mike Pope told Gathers that his work ethic would lead to him one day becoming a Pro Bowl tight end.

Pope was one of many who saw what Gathers is capable of during practices last season, specifically when Tony Romo was working with the scout team.

"Having a guy like Tony Romo in your corner, believing in you, seeing your potential and maximizing it during that time we had, that was a surreal moment," Gathers said. "He'd keep me after practice and have me work on certain routes and stuff like that. I couldn't ask for a better situation than having him work with me and just taking the time out to really mold me [and] just getting the basics down for me."
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"This dude here," Irvin said during the broadcast, "he looks like Zeus."

Gathers said that ever since Irvin made that comment, Zeus has been his weight room nickname among teammates.

"When you get people like Michael Irvin saying that, that's how you get things going," Gathers said. "Hopefully that's what people will be saying, whenever I make plays, 'Zeuuussssss!'

"It would be cool to hear that. Bring back that Zeus moment."

Rico better be careful- the Dak mafia will have his head for praising Romo. Remember Dak is the only QB we have had who liked the other players- supposedly.

 

[speedkilz88]

In the preseason I think he averaged around 3.5 ypc. Chopped liver is a delicacy compared to that.

Chopped liver, is that what we call the offensive linemen in the game at the time?

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Chopped liver, is that what we call the offensive linemen in the game at the time?

Goes both ways. He wasn't exactly playing against 1st team defenses in preseason either. So the OL excuse can be used for that side too.

 

[speedkilz88]

Goes both ways. He wasn't exactly playing against 1st team defenses in preseason either. So the OL excuse can be used for that side too.

Cowboys have had notoriously bad reserve OL play for years in the preseason. They routinely lose the line of scrimmage.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Cowboys have had notoriously bad reserve OL play for years in the preseason. They routinely lose the line of scrimmage.

Yet Dak played very well in preseason.

 

[Alexander]

Tyrone Swoopes? Are you thinking of someone else? He was a QB at Texas. And isn't he in Seattle?

Sorry, wrong Swoope(s), Erik Swoope was who I meant.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

And the legend of Darius Jackson lives on....if he was really that good and the FO thought so, they would have found a way to keep him on the roster.
And I never heard anyone in the FO mention his name since he was released and claimed by the Browns.

People...let it go....

That made sense in 2012 when the roster was bare but nowadays the roster is stacked deep. Keeping 5 RB is difficult particularly when only Keith Smith is providing ST help. There are going to be more good players we release this year.

I don't see too much rueage beyond acknowledging we would rather have him than Morris who is limited in several ways.

 

[Deep_Freeze]

In the preseason I think he averaged around 3.5 ypc. Chopped liver is a delicacy compared to that.

Not to mention although his measureables were good, he ran like his eyes were closed.

No vision.

 

[tyke1doe]

Yeah I visited a Browns forum and they didn't seem so excited about him. Couldn't find any mention of him on the first 8 pages of threads

What about the 9th page?

 

[BAT]

Round 1, pick No. 4: Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State
Round 2, pick No. 34: Jaylon Smith, OLB, Notre Dame
Round 3, pick No. 34: Maliek Collins, DT, Nebraska
Round 4, pick No. 101: Charles Tapper, DE, Oklahoma|
Round 4, pick No. 135: Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State
Round 6, pick No. 189: Anthony Brown, CB, Purdue
Round 6, pick No.212: Kavon Frazier, S, Central Michigan
Round 6, pick No. 216: Darius Jackson, RB, Eastern Michigan
Round 6, pick No. 217: Rico Gathers, TE, Baylor

Great haul and still waiting on Smith, Tapper and Gathers to show.

Only Jackson not on team. And still say should have cut Dunbar or some other jag to retain him.

 

[BAT]

Regret what? That he didn't show anything special to be on the 53.

For a 6th round rook with no talent, Cowboys kept him on the roster for much of the season. Wonder why, since he was nothing special?

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Only Jackson not on team. And still say should have cut Dunbar or some other jag to retain him.

We can get the next Jackson in next years draft.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

For a 6th round rook with no talent, Cowboys kept him on the roster for much of the season. Wonder why, since he was nothing special?

Guess you didn't read my post where I didn't know he was on the 53. (thought he was only on ps)) And what so called talent did he have? Didn't show it in preseason.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Cowboys keep a bunch of players mysteriously for no apparent reason. Three at the top of my head are Matt Johnson, street, and Hayden the golden cock

This is in reference to Jackson and not Rico. I'm rooting for Rico but still cautious

 

[BAT]

Guess you didn't read my post where I didn't know he was on the 53. (thought he was only on ps)) And what so called talent did he have? Didn't show it in preseason.

Why ask me, ask the Cowboys who were foolish enough to keep a jag on the 53 for almost the entire season.