Signed by Cowboys Cowboys sign CB Deante Burton off Colts' practice squad

[Alexander]

 

[jazzcat22]

Why assume he will play over Olumba, they need to fill a roster spot for depth at CB. Doesn't mean he will play over Olumba any time soon.

 

[OmerV]

Chance to get a guy they like off of another team’s Practice squad. Had they moved Olumba up, they couldn’t have signed Burton off of Indy’s PS to be on the Dallas PS. This way they have both Burton and Olumba.

I suspect that McClay had flagged Burton as a guy they liked on another team’s PS and this was a chance to steal him from Indy. They probably view Olumba and Burton as about the same player, and since neither would play a lot, decided to take the chance to get a guy they liked.

This explanation is so much more boring than an emotional knee jerk reaction

 

[Hook'em#11]

Superbowl. Book it.

 

[Carson]

Why assume he will play over Olumba, they need to fill a roster spot for depth at CB. Doesn't mean he will play over Olumba any time soon.

Well my money is on the guy on the 53 over the practice squad

 

[xwalker]

Ugh not happy about him wearing #33.

Yes, he'll never live up to the great CB Nate Jones wearing #33...

 

[OmerV]

Why assume he will play over Olumba, they need to fill a roster spot for depth at CB. Doesn't mean he will play over Olumba any time soon.

He’s on the 53 and Olumba isn’t.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Why assume he will play over Olumba, they need to fill a roster spot for depth at CB. Doesn't mean he will play over Olumba any time soon.

Well, one will have shoulder pads and a helmet on, and the other won't, so I think it's a pretty decent assumption.

 

[Melonfeud]

He’s on the 53 and Olumba isn’t.

Ya,if you poach another franchise p.s. he's gotta' be placed on that signed 53 man roster( iirc)

 

[Ranched]

Yey

 

[xwalker]

Well, one will have shoulder pads and a helmet on, and the other won't, so I think it's a pretty decent assumption.

If Mike Bennett can play without shoulder pads, why not a DB...

 

[xwalker]

Same book stash. Olumba will end being a contributor on someone else's roster some day and we'll keep signing PS fodder. Not saying Olumda is Darren Woodson but it seems we never get to find out about any of these guys until we see them in a different uniform...

I don't know where these narratives originate. Olumba looked OK in the preseason but his speed is limited which really limits his upside at CB. He looks more like a Strong Safety than a CB and probably tackles better than Thompson did last week...

Maybe he can be the next Tony Lippett pre Achilles tear.

At least Tony Lippett was better than Lippy Lipshitz...

 

[Melonfeud]

* the fecals rapidly facilitated our witnessing of the #89's on-field exploits, ya know, come to think about it,,,

 

[jazzcat22]

He’s on the 53 and Olumba isn’t.

Well, one will have shoulder pads and a helmet on, and the other won't, so I think it's a pretty decent assumption.

yes I realized after I posted. I was thinking at first Olumba was on the roster.

 

[Melonfeud]

yes I realized after I posted. I was thinking at first Olumba was on the roster.

I recall seeing him in a couple of preseason games& he was putting it all out there on the playing field, my final limited observation tally graded out: I liked the dude,as he could occasionally lay the "thump"
( when not juked outta' position)

 

[OmerV]

I recall seeing him in a couple of preseason games& he was putting it all out there on the playing field, my final limited observation tally graded out: I liked the dude,as he could occasionally lay the "thump"
( when not juked outta' position)

He did some really good things in preseason, but it was mostly against bottom level players. Seems I recall he really is very slow for the position - maybe like a 4.7 40 time.