DMN Blog: Cowboys only have one young tackle worth watching

[WoodysGirl]

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Hudson Houck sounds optimistic about his two young offensive tackles.
"We want to see if what we have been working on in camp translates into a game environment," Houck said in David Moore's column about the depth (or lack thereof) of the offensive line.

Doug Free has had a solid camp. There's some reason to hope that he can end (or at least interrupt) the Cowboys' trend of drafting offensive line busts, although the fact that Free has been active only four times in two seasons isn't exactly a strong voice of confidence.

If what we've seen from Pat McQuistan during camp translates into the game environment, Jon Kitna and Stephen McGee might be in trouble. McQuistan has been a turnstile for the Cowboys' edge pass rushers, including rookies Victor Butler and Brandon Williams.

McQuistan, who concentrated on guard all off-season, is only playing tackle because of the career-delaying injury to rookie Robert Brewster. McQuistan certainly hasn't done anything in camp to hint that he could be the answer at tackle, unless the question is, "Why is Tony Romo taking such a beating?"



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[bbgun]

One of the funniest sigs I've seen on the Net.

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[DallasEast]

One of the funniest sigs I've seen on the Net.

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Add a little green pigment, lose the hair and he could probably pass for Shrek.

 

[WoodysGirl]

One of the funniest sigs I've seen on the Net.

http://img132.*************/img132/9427/hhhkk.png

If you're trying to make me lose my appetite, it won't work.

 

[Dawgs0916]

Add a little green pigment, lose the hair and he could probably pass for Shrek.

You just gave the photoshop gurus some real ammo lmao.

I wish I was profficient because I would jump all over that idea hahaha

 

[viman96]

http://img132.*************/img132/9427/hhhkk.png

 

[burmafrd]

Free has been owned on several occasions by Butler. So calling it a solid camp is BS.

 

[bbgun]

If you're trying to make me lose my appetite, it won't work.

If I wanted to do that, I'd take my shirt off.

 

[Dawgs0916]

If you're trying to make me lose my appetite, it won't work.

Nice front, but your not fooling me. I know you secretly yearn for Patty Mac's rough, yet suprisingly loving touch.

 

[lcharles]

Hope Romo has good health insurance.

 

[Section446]

I hope McQuistan can step it up, we could really use another reliable backup guy.

 

[WoodysGirl]

If I wanted to do that, I'd take my shirt off.

:eekmouse:

Nice front, but your not fooling me. I know you secretly yearn for Patty Mac's rough, yet suprisingly loving touch.

Absolutely...as a bodyguard. One look and no one would dare cross him. :laugh2:

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Nice front, but your not fooling me. I know you secretly yearn for Patty Mac's rough, yet suprisingly loving touch.

WG only likes the brothers

which is why bbgun still waits:laugh2:

 

[dillinger319]

Wow he should be glad hes a Dallas Cowboy, thats the only way hes getting any play, unless he pays for it... Sorry I know but wow that dude is U G L Y

 

[Big Dakota]

McQ has been a huge waste of time at OT. He's a backup G at best and probably not even that at the end of the day Free might be able to fill in for 2-3 games but i wouldn't want to see him play 8-10 games in a row. In the end, i think we're gonna find we will need to draft a OLT somewhere between the end of the first and middle of the second.

 

[DallasEast]

McQuistan's ugly stick

 

[Dawgs0916]

WG only likes the brothers

which is why bbgun still waits:laugh2:

She needs to diversify her interests then lol. If I was a girl I'd be so all over that.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Free has been owned on several occasions by Butler. So calling it a solid camp is BS.

Exactly.

This team is so overly optimistic and rah rah with it's players that its hard to get an actual legit understanding of how good a player really has been, because they're going to feed you so much positive BS that you dont know what really happened.

Anything our coaches or owner says about a player, I take it with a grain of salt.

As sad as it is, I put more merit on scrub journalists watching the practices from the bleachers. Yes they may not know exactly what to watch for, but they're not going to feed you BS on how good a player is. If he sucks, they'll say it.

 

[ArmyCowboy]

McQ has been a huge waste of time at OT. He's a backup G at best and probably not even that at the end of the day Free might be able to fill in for 2-3 games but i wouldn't want to see him play 8-10 games in a row. In the end, i think we're gonna find we will need to draft a OLT somewhere between the end of the first and middle of the second.

McQ has been a huge waste of time period.

At tackle he's terrible and at guard he couldn't push Proctor out of the lineup.

There HAS to be somebody, somewhere that's going to be cut, who offers more than McQ.

 

[bbgun]

McQ has been a huge waste of time period.

At tackle he's terrible and at guard he couldn't push Proctor out of the lineup.

There HAS to be somebody, somewhere that's going to be cut, who offers more than McQ.

I'm trying to wrap my mind around the idea that someone could be worse than Procter, yet still make the roster. Around the league, a number of o-line candidates will be cut in the next few weeks. Certainly one or two of them are better than McQ.