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For Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee, it’s put-up or shut-up time!
By George Rodriguez
Sean Patrick Lee was a multi-sport star at Upper St. Clair High School in Pennsylvania and that strength followed him to Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State) as a starting outside linebacker for late, great Joseph Vincent “Joe” Paterno who almost everyone referred to as “JoePa”. Then, Lee tears his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during spring practice in early 2008 which forced him to take a medical redshirt for that season. The following season Lee was yet again elected as team captain by his teammates because of his will to participate in their practices the prior year, regardless of his injury and during their games for the entire year.
Regardless of the serious injuries suffered to both knees during his college career, Lee had a solid enough outing when he was on the field and, in 2010, was ready for the NFL Draft where he seemed to be going early simply because of his talent upside and team leadership. Obviously the Dallas Cowboys saw enough in this guy to pick him up in the second round (55th overall) and signed him to a four year, $3,500,000 contract and gave up their fourth-round pick to move up four spots. He has since signed a six-year, $42,000,000 contract that extends into the 2019 season with the Dallas Cowboys.
So here we are in the infancy of the 2015-2016 football season of our beloved Dallas Cowboys and Sean Lee has had to endure yet again another mediocre season because of serious injuries and obvious time on the bench which could pretty much be labeled the “Bench of Oblivion”. He’s shown flashes of being one of the greatest to ever play with the star on their helmet and people have literally called him a game-changer that simply needs to be on the field for this team to have a great defense.
I’m sure we’ve all seen flashes and have been sitting on the edge of our seats when he takes the field because he obviously has that kind of talent and bring a sense of urgency when playing that linebacker spot, but you just cannot, and I will not, call him a game-changer when he just cannot stay in the game. Does this defensive unit that literally came out of nowhere in 2014 with Great Spirit need a guy like Lee in the line-up? Yes, they most certainly need number 50 to stay on the field for a majority of the season because they’ve already lost Bruce Carter, Justin Durant, Henry Melton and George Selvie during free agency, but they also need him to step up huge in 2015 because the team has just put too much time and effort into a guy with obvious talent to just have him squeeze out glimpses of what could be.
The Dallas Cowboys need Sean Lee to bring a beast-mode identity in 2015 not just for the team and this defense, but for him and for the internal fire that burns in all professional football players. From what I’ve been reading on social media the last few days, the Dallas Cowboys also feel the need to give Lee all the help he needs to stay on the field during 2015, so they’re actually possibly working on moving him to the weak-side linebacker spot so that the position works to his advantage when trying to stay healthy for the whole sixteen game stretch.
Will it be a match made in heaven? Nobody has a crystal ball and nobody really knows what goes on inside Sean Lee’s body, but one thing is for certain, the bells tolls and it tolls for thee Sean Lee! Let’s all hope he finds his niche and Rolando McClain comes back to the team to help keep bringing positive change to the current linebacker depth chart so we can maybe see the second coming of the new & improved Doomsday Defense 2.0.
Read more at http://cover32.com/cowboys/2015/03/...s-put-up-or-shut-up-time/#51WqiIP2G2VfgHF7.99
By George Rodriguez
Sean Patrick Lee was a multi-sport star at Upper St. Clair High School in Pennsylvania and that strength followed him to Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State) as a starting outside linebacker for late, great Joseph Vincent “Joe” Paterno who almost everyone referred to as “JoePa”. Then, Lee tears his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during spring practice in early 2008 which forced him to take a medical redshirt for that season. The following season Lee was yet again elected as team captain by his teammates because of his will to participate in their practices the prior year, regardless of his injury and during their games for the entire year.
Regardless of the serious injuries suffered to both knees during his college career, Lee had a solid enough outing when he was on the field and, in 2010, was ready for the NFL Draft where he seemed to be going early simply because of his talent upside and team leadership. Obviously the Dallas Cowboys saw enough in this guy to pick him up in the second round (55th overall) and signed him to a four year, $3,500,000 contract and gave up their fourth-round pick to move up four spots. He has since signed a six-year, $42,000,000 contract that extends into the 2019 season with the Dallas Cowboys.
So here we are in the infancy of the 2015-2016 football season of our beloved Dallas Cowboys and Sean Lee has had to endure yet again another mediocre season because of serious injuries and obvious time on the bench which could pretty much be labeled the “Bench of Oblivion”. He’s shown flashes of being one of the greatest to ever play with the star on their helmet and people have literally called him a game-changer that simply needs to be on the field for this team to have a great defense.
I’m sure we’ve all seen flashes and have been sitting on the edge of our seats when he takes the field because he obviously has that kind of talent and bring a sense of urgency when playing that linebacker spot, but you just cannot, and I will not, call him a game-changer when he just cannot stay in the game. Does this defensive unit that literally came out of nowhere in 2014 with Great Spirit need a guy like Lee in the line-up? Yes, they most certainly need number 50 to stay on the field for a majority of the season because they’ve already lost Bruce Carter, Justin Durant, Henry Melton and George Selvie during free agency, but they also need him to step up huge in 2015 because the team has just put too much time and effort into a guy with obvious talent to just have him squeeze out glimpses of what could be.
The Dallas Cowboys need Sean Lee to bring a beast-mode identity in 2015 not just for the team and this defense, but for him and for the internal fire that burns in all professional football players. From what I’ve been reading on social media the last few days, the Dallas Cowboys also feel the need to give Lee all the help he needs to stay on the field during 2015, so they’re actually possibly working on moving him to the weak-side linebacker spot so that the position works to his advantage when trying to stay healthy for the whole sixteen game stretch.
Will it be a match made in heaven? Nobody has a crystal ball and nobody really knows what goes on inside Sean Lee’s body, but one thing is for certain, the bells tolls and it tolls for thee Sean Lee! Let’s all hope he finds his niche and Rolando McClain comes back to the team to help keep bringing positive change to the current linebacker depth chart so we can maybe see the second coming of the new & improved Doomsday Defense 2.0.
Read more at http://cover32.com/cowboys/2015/03/...s-put-up-or-shut-up-time/#51WqiIP2G2VfgHF7.99
