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4:38 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Wade Phillips was a few minutes late to his afternoon press conference, because Roger Goodell stopped by Valley Ranch to visit with the Cowboys.
No need to be alarmed. Sheriff Goodell didn't come down here to with a warrant for any of the Cowboys he's gotten to know so well over the last couple years. Matter of fact, Tank Johnson gave his good pal a standing ovation at the end of Goodell's talk to the team about league issues such as the collective bargaining agreement.
"He and Roger are buddies," Phillips said. "He calls him Roger. I call him Commissioner Goodell."
Goodell didn't chat with the Valley Ranch media, but Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News chatted with him in the Alamo City at a luncheon today. Follow the jump to see what the commish had to say about Adam "Pacman" Jones and other players who have been suspended.
On Pacman:
"Adam knows how much emphasis I put on making sure that he makes good choices going forward, that he avoids situations where he can reflect poorly on himself, the Cowboys or the NFL. So far he seems to have been able to do that very effectively. I am supportive of him and am hopeful that he will be able to do that for the rest of his life. I am hoping he will not only be a great NFL player but he will continue to do the right things so he can lead a productive life off the field as well."
On whether he talks regularly with players who have been reinstated:
"Yes. I am rooting for them. This whole policy is not to end careers, but to extend careers. Give people a chance to conduct themselves in a way that we think is appropriate, give them resources to make better deisions and hopefully they will have long careers."
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Wade Phillips was a few minutes late to his afternoon press conference, because Roger Goodell stopped by Valley Ranch to visit with the Cowboys.
No need to be alarmed. Sheriff Goodell didn't come down here to with a warrant for any of the Cowboys he's gotten to know so well over the last couple years. Matter of fact, Tank Johnson gave his good pal a standing ovation at the end of Goodell's talk to the team about league issues such as the collective bargaining agreement.
"He and Roger are buddies," Phillips said. "He calls him Roger. I call him Commissioner Goodell."
Goodell didn't chat with the Valley Ranch media, but Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News chatted with him in the Alamo City at a luncheon today. Follow the jump to see what the commish had to say about Adam "Pacman" Jones and other players who have been suspended.
On Pacman:
"Adam knows how much emphasis I put on making sure that he makes good choices going forward, that he avoids situations where he can reflect poorly on himself, the Cowboys or the NFL. So far he seems to have been able to do that very effectively. I am supportive of him and am hopeful that he will be able to do that for the rest of his life. I am hoping he will not only be a great NFL player but he will continue to do the right things so he can lead a productive life off the field as well."
On whether he talks regularly with players who have been reinstated:
"Yes. I am rooting for them. This whole policy is not to end careers, but to extend careers. Give people a chance to conduct themselves in a way that we think is appropriate, give them resources to make better deisions and hopefully they will have long careers."
