DMN Blog: Cowboys are counting on Bobby Carpenter

[BAT]

I know. How do I live with myself??

I'm still trying to reconcile the fact that he wears Randy White's number, which must qualify as some sort of blasphemy.

Some sort? It's the WORST sort.

 

[EPL0c0]

All the Dallas Cowboys can count on Barbie Carpenter to do with any consistency is find a video camera and/or microphone.

 

[Jon88]

Well I can see why. He's never let us down before.

 

[jobberone]

As a nickel guy covering backs/TEs he should do fine. Its in the blood and guts stopping the run that most of us have our doubts...

I don't have a lot of confidence in Carpenter taking on interior linemen.

all the scouting reports said Carpenter was the most ready to step right in and start. AT THAT time we had no idea if Greg Ellis could play OLB, so we had a rather large hole that needed to be filled. From his stats and scouting reports it APPEARED that carpenter was the safe pick. Turned out wrong but that is the way the draft goes sometimes.

Ya think.

J/K. Yep. Not a good use of a number one.

Not in a 3-4, even if it is a 1-gap scheme. In a 4-3 there are plenty of them. London Fletcher-Baker and Brian Urlacher are good examples. Great linebackers, but if the DT's are not up to snuff in holding up blockers, they become targets. But their coaching staffs are usually smart enough to get good enough DT's so they can do their thing. In a 3-4, you really can't do that because one blocker is going to get upfield a bit to some degree.



3JACK

Hammer nail thingy.

I know. How do I live with myself??

I'm still trying to reconcile the fact that he wears Randy White's number, which must qualify as some sort of blasphemy.

Must you bring it up?

 

[MWILL]

12:14 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon/Blogger Bio | E-mail | News tips

It's easy to make wisecracks about Bobby Carpenter. He's a first-round pick who hasn't panned out. He wears his blond hair in a pony tail and has been tagged with the mocking nickame of "Barbie" by his teammates. And his ESPN appearances-to-NFL production ratio is ridiculously out of whack.

Carpenter probably will never silence his sarcastic critics around these parts. But, for the first time under Wade Phillips, he has a legitimate chance to contribute to the Cowboys' defense.

With Kevin Burnett gone to San Diego, the nickel linebacker job is Carpenter's to lose. The fact that the Cowboys didn't make much effort to re-sign Burnett can be taken as a vote of confidence in Carpenter.

His primary competition is third-round pick Jason Williams, an amazing athlete who has miles to go mentally before the coaches could feel comfortable putting him on the field for third downs. Sixth-rounder Stephen Hodge is a darkhorse, but his development was slowed by an injury that kept him off the field for most of the off-season practices. Keith Brooking wants a chance to compete, but he's better suited to be a two-down player at this point of his career.

Carpenter is considered a finesee player, but that's fine for a linebacker who will spend most of his time in pass coverage. He held his own against arguably the league's best tight end tandem during OTAs and minicamp. Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett got open occasionally against Carpenter, but he at least looked like he belonged on the field against them.

"Bobby Carpenter has done really well in this camp," said Phillips, who made similar comments last summer in Oxnard. "He's done everything we've asked and more. He's looked really good when he's gone in there and done things. I think for Bobby, he's just got to do it in ballgames for us.

"We'll see what happens, but I have a good feeling about it."


Comments (1) Leave comment | E-mail entry


Don't forget, he's sexy, too
http://i5.***BLOCKED***/albums/y164/nbr1diva/Cowboys/bobbyc.gif

Hell has frozen over.:devil:

 

[Four]

I, for one, am pulling for bobby.

didn't TO give bobby the barbie nickname? almost positive he did, it's pretty amazing how our fans will latch onto negative junk about our players.

 

[Alexander]

I, for one, am pulling for bobby.

didn't TO give bobby the barbie nickname? almost positive he did, it's pretty amazing how our fans will latch onto negative junk about our players.

No, it wasn't Terrell Owens.

It was Marc Colombo.

 

[Four]

No, it wasn't Terrell Owens.

It was Marc Colombo.

not that I don't believe you but do you have a link? I woulda bet money it was TO, thought I read it on here.

If it was Marc then that's actually okay with me, he is an animal on the field.

 

[Mansta54]

not that I don't believe you but do you have a link? I woulda bet money it was TO, thought I read it on here.

If it was Marc then that's actually okay with me, he is an animal on the field.

I know it was MC who called him Barbie in HARD KNOCKS....

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I don't like having to depend on a bum like this, sorry this story makes me a bit uneasy......

 

[BAT]

No, it wasn't Terrell Owens.

It was Marc Colombo.

Yep, it was on last season's Hard Knocks. Not sure if it was Bigg or Columbo, but both were not very complimentary, at all. Bigg was practically egging on Columbo to kill the girly man.

 

[Biggems]

of course they are counting on him......somebody has to make sure the gatorade is ready when the guys who actually play, come to the sidelines.

 

[Idgit]

I think it was Colombo who called the names, but I also think the episode mentioned that they were relatively good friends.

The Barbie stuff is so overdone, anyway. If I'm playing anything and a guy with long blond hair, named Bobby, lines up across from me, the Barbie doll jokes are coming. It wouldn't matter how tough the guy was, I'm calling him Barbie.