From Rebounds to Touchdowns: Rico Suaveeee

[Bleu Star]

Jason King
8/24

The 6'8" tight end they call Zeus has everyone gawking again. Only this time, the highest-paid practice-squad player in the NFL isn't gliding across a football field.

He's humiliating men on a basketball court.

This is familiar territory for 272-pound Rico Gathers. Just two months before signing with the Dallas Cowboys—who selected him in the sixth round of the 2016 draft—Gathers put the cherry on top of a banner college hoops career by breaking Baylor's career rebounding record while finishing third on the Big 12's all-time list.

But there are no stat crews on this March evening nearly one year later—no cheerleaders or television cameras at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, where 27 randoms watch from the stands as Gathers sets picks for Tony Romo and takes post feeds from Jason Witten and Ezekiel Elliott. Yes, the mammoth forward who played before thousands in the NCAA tournament and once snared 28 rebounds in a single game is now the star of a church-league squad comprised of his Cowboys teammates...


More at the link


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-great-tight-end-if-he-can-learn-how-to-do-it

 

[jazzcat22]

I think Rico is being held out of the Raiders game. So does he get snaps the last game, or does Jarwin and McFarland get the snaps. Maybe Hanna gets some with Rico.
If Hanna does not play, then he most likely makes the team, if he plays, maybe to show case for a possible trade, or to see if they want to keep 4 TE's instead of 3.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I think Rico is being held out of the Raiders game. So does he get snaps the last game, or does Jarwin and McFarland get the snaps.

He might get some snaps but for the most part that last game will be nothing but a scrubfest.

 

[Setackin]

Rico needs to play in every game he is healthy for. He has to be the most inexperienced player in the NFL that will make a team. Hell, if Im Garrett, I'm making him sign up for summer flag football at his local YMCA

 

[casmith07]

He might get some snaps but for the most part that last game will be nothing but a scrubfest.

My favorite game of the preseason. Stinky football is just so good.

 

[Bleu Star]

My favorite game of the preseason. Stinky football is just so good.

That's because you know what's coming after the stinky fest... Lol

 

[casmith07]

That's because you know what's coming after the stinky fest... Lol

lol maybe, but I'm actually one of those weirdos who really likes bad football LOL.

 

[Melonfeud]

Well, "Zeus" has brought his soft,light and glue trap like hands along with him in the transition from basketball to football,,,,he's gonna be a good one to watch play.

 

[dogunwo]

My favorite game of the preseason. Stinky football is just so good.

The only thing good about that game will be the extended look at Cooper Rush.

 

[casmith07]

his soft,light and glue trap like hands.

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Keep talking, baby

 

[Melonfeud]

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Keep talking, baby

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With his towering and imposing 6'8" near god like physique Rico Gathers will quickly harken you back to that time in 5rd grade when the high school senior football star picked you up off the floor after the bully's beat you up ,his immense target range and catch radius is a yet to be unveiled Shocker the unsuspecting league is wholly unprepared for and will struggle vainly in attempts to counter this dominant T.D. generating behemoth

 

[Ranching]

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With his towering and imposing 6'8" near god like physique Rico Gathers will quickly harken you back to that time in 5rd grade when the high school senior football star picked you up off the floor after the bully's beat you up ,his immense target range and catch radius is a yet to be unveiled Shocker the unsuspecting league is wholly unprepared for and will struggle vainly in attempts to counter this dominant T.D. generating behemoth

I thought you were talking about me for a second. Lol

 

[Melonfeud]

I thought you were talking about me for a second. Lol

LoL, well you were kinda in the periphery as I formulated this : you and the beer threaders were the roving band of 5th grade bullies,,,

Man! I was just reading Waldo's "Rico the Raiders" thread,,, he used the term ' SHOCKER' also he'll prolly be calling me a plagiarist or something now,,,

 

[NeonDeion21]

I.R. is very likely.

 

[Bleu Star]

I.R. is very likely.

Huh?

 

[Melonfeud]

Huh?

Just a guess but maybe Neon21 ,,in a circular fashion might be hinting at Rico placed on I.R. status, due to ,,,and I'm only guessing here, that concussion he might have suffered last week or this week,,,IDK?,,, BRO!
but what I do know is you were SPOT ON! with that whole" J- Train" upbeat jiving about 6 months back,,,so your word is gold within my realm,,,

 

[xwalker]

Jason King
8/24

The 6'8" tight end they call Zeus has everyone gawking again. Only this time, the highest-paid practice-squad player in the NFL isn't gliding across a football field.

He's humiliating men on a basketball court.

This is familiar territory for 272-pound Rico Gathers. Just two months before signing with the Dallas Cowboys—who selected him in the sixth round of the 2016 draft—Gathers put the cherry on top of a banner college hoops career by breaking Baylor's career rebounding record while finishing third on the Big 12's all-time list.

But there are no stat crews on this March evening nearly one year later—no cheerleaders or television cameras at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, where 27 randoms watch from the stands as Gathers sets picks for Tony Romo and takes post feeds from Jason Witten and Ezekiel Elliott. Yes, the mammoth forward who played before thousands in the NCAA tournament and once snared 28 rebounds in a single game is now the star of a church-league squad comprised of his Cowboys teammates...


More at the link


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-great-tight-end-if-he-can-learn-how-to-do-it

Rico is 6'6-1/4", not 6-8.

He is 280 to 290 now, 273 when drafted. Many players come to the combine/Pro-Day well below their playing weight in order to run the best forty.

 

[xwalker]

I.R. is very likely.

Just a guess but maybe Neon21 ,,in a circular fashion might be hinting at Rico placed on I.R. status, due to ,,,and I'm only guessing here, that concussion he might have suffered last week or this week,,,IDK?,,, BRO!
but what I do know is you were SPOT ON! with that whole" J- Train" upbeat jiving about 6 months back,,,so your word is gold within my realm,,,

The injury has to be something that would keep the player out for 6 weeks in order to go on IR. If his concussion was that severe I think we would have heard more about it by now.

 

[NeonDeion21]

The injury has to be something that would keep the player out for 6 weeks in order to go on IR. If his concussion was that severe I think we would have heard more about it by now.

He hasn't been at the facility for over a week.

 

[cowboyblue22]

there is some talk in a mickey spags article about him going on I R with his concussion guess its pretty bad