George Farmer hoping his time to shine comes with Cowboys

[ShiningStar]

If there is anyone that I hope would make it this year its Farmer. Ran a 4.35 on this pro day. He can also return kicks and punts and would be perfect as a slot receiver. If Farmer isn't the perfect person to take Harris's spot than I don't know what is.

this is what i want to see too. If you are gonig to make a team, dont be what is there, find a spot and earn what you want when you can. If he can get on the team and take the number 2 after so be it, but competing right now for it wont end well. Harris is gone, look at his spots and do that.

 

[spook930]

Wow better high school prospect than OBJ..... Hope he can get back to that level, we need a fourth wide out. I don't get all the love for street but hate/disrespect for TWill.

 

[texbumthelife]

Wow better high school prospect than OBJ..... Hope he can get back to that level, we need a fourth wide out. I don't get all the love for street but hate/disrespect for TWill.

I don't see anyone loving on Street, but I agree on the hate for Williams. He did about as well as he could with the amount of looks he is going to get in this offense. With Dez, Beasley and Witten there aren't many more balls to go around, particularly with the focus on running now.

I would love to see Farmer or Goodley stick as a return guy, but I genuinely believe that is the only way either makes the roster. Unless the team takes more receivers this year.

 

[Szczepanik]

But Farmer’s career at USC did not go as planned. He suffered a concussion and even was slowed by a spider bite. He missed the 2013 season with torn anterior and medial collateral ligaments. He returned in 2014 and caught just 25 passes for 314 yards and four touchdowns.

Despite the lack of production, he declared early for the NFL draft.

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/fan-zone.59/create-thread

Really hoping Spider-Man makes the team.

 

[dogunwo]

I'm not so sure Street is guaranteed a roster spot. Between Farmer, Greenbery(sp), Whitehead and Goodley he will have some competition. Farmer and Greenbery have some serious upside. If one of them is cut, I hope we can stash them on the PS.

Apparently, the coaches love Street and according to Bryan Broaddus, he is ahead of Terrance Williams in terms of development within the same time frame.

 

[AzorAhai]

Apparently, the coaches love Street and according to Bryan Broaddus, he is ahead of Terrance Williams in terms of development within the same time frame.

Ive heard of the coaches love of Street, but from what I understand Street struggles creating seperation. If he can't develop in that area I have no use for him. I would like to see more of a veteran b/u to Dez and T. Will, but I could very easily see them keeping 2 out of those mentioned above. Farmer at minimum should be a deep threat and Greenbery could be an absolute steal 2-3 years from now. At minimum, Street will have to earn that roster spot.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

So do we George, so do we.

 

[texbumthelife]

Ive heard of the coaches love of Street, but from what I understand Street struggles creating seperation. If he can't develop in that area I have no use for him. I would like to see more of a veteran b/u to Dez and T. Will, but I could very easily see them keeping 2 out of those mentioned above. Farmer at minimum should be a deep threat and Greenbery could be an absolute steal 2-3 years from now. At minimum, Street will have to earn that roster spot.

I think the sample size for Street, in the NFL, is so limited that no one really knows what to expect. This is year two, which is usually a big show year for receivers. I don't think they'd give up on him unless he shows absolutely no growth this season. All that said, TWill is the number two and his biggest knock is his inability to get separation. At least Street has super-glue hands. I think for that reason alone, Street gets another year to show what he's got.

 

[Zordon]

Never understood those whispers because other UDFA receivers were outperforming him in preseason games, never mind him supplanting Williams.

the quote in your sig gives me hope that he will choose jerry over york to present him in the HOF. i dont want to go if he has a 49er affiliate do it.

 

[Philmonroe]

I don't see anyone loving on Street, but I agree on the hate for Williams. He did about as well as he could with the amount of looks he is going to get in this offense. With Dez, Beasley and Witten there aren't many more balls to go around, particularly with the focus on running now.

I would love to see Farmer or Goodley stick as a return guy, but I genuinely believe that is the only way either makes the roster. Unless the team takes more receivers this year.

Williams don't get hate but dude isn't beyond replaceable either. If that is considered hate well I for one am a hater of the body catcher

 

[AdamJT13]

Here's the correct link to the article --

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowb...r-hoping-his-time-to-shine-comes-with-cowboys

 

[texbumthelife]

Williams don't get hate but dude isn't beyond replaceable either. If that is considered hate well I for one am a hater of the body catcher

A lot of people around here bag on Williams constantly. He is what he is. He's done exactly what his scouting report out of college said. He is a straight line or simple, one move route runner. He is a body catcher who won't make many spectacular grabs because of it. He does, however, consistently find the end zone and that is not easy to replace.

I like Farmer and think he has a chance to be good and I think he, along with Goodley have a lot more versatility than Williams, however neither is as good a route runner or will be in the end zone as consistently. Williams is also a very very good blocker for a receiver. Neither Farmer nor Goodley will bring that.

 

[ferrispata]

I'm not so sure Street is guaranteed a roster spot. Between Farmer, Greenbery(sp), Whitehead and Goodley he will have some competition. Farmer and Greenbery have some serious upside. If one of them is cut, I hope we can stash them on the PS.

Unless Street is really stinking up the joint, he won't be in jeopardy I wouldn't think.

 

[Philmonroe]

A lot of people around here bag on Williams constantly. He is what he is. He's done exactly what his scouting report out of college said. He is a straight line or simple, one move route runner. He is a body catcher who won't make many spectacular grabs because of it. He does, however, consistently find the end zone and that is not easy to replace.

I like Farmer and think he has a chance to be good and I think he, along with Goodley have a lot more versatility than Williams, however neither is as good a route runner or will be in the end zone as consistently. Williams is also a very very good blocker for a receiver. Neither Farmer nor Goodley will bring that.

He consistently finds the end zone but if I'm not mistaking he couldn't find the ball for a few weeks and we can do better at that position than him. I'm sorry we just can we don't necessarily have to but I'm not opposed to it at all cause he's not that good where he's above it. The blocking can be taught that's not a skill that's unlearnable IMO.

 

[xwalker]

He consistently finds the end zone but if I'm not mistaking he couldn't find the ball for a few weeks and we can do better at that position than him. I'm sorry we just can we don't necessarily have to but I'm not opposed to it at all cause he's not that good where he's above it. The blocking can be taught that's not a skill that's unlearnable IMO.

Williams had a broken finger in the middle of the season. The Cowboys tried to avoid talking about it because they wanted to continue to have him play but use him to run clear out routes.

 

[texbumthelife]

He consistently finds the end zone but if I'm not mistaking he couldn't find the ball for a few weeks and we can do better at that position than him. I'm sorry we just can we don't necessarily have to but I'm not opposed to it at all cause he's not that good where he's above it. The blocking can be taught that's not a skill that's unlearnable IMO.

Dez is the only receiver we have beyond replacing. That's saying a lot.

I am just not sure what some of you expect from a #2 wide receiver who is a third or fourth option a significant amount of the time. With us running the ball as much as we do now, there really is very little hope or chance for our #2 to get more than 40 receptions in a season. If that does happen then you can bet it's because Dez isn't getting looks, which is counter intuitive. The only way our #2 wide receiver is putting up bigger numbers here, is if we go back to abandoning the run, which would be a mistake of colossal proportions.

And yes, blocking can be taught, but it's also about effort and ability. Hines Ward wasn't coached to be a fantastic blocker. Williams had significant experience blocking coming out of college because of the scheme he was in. It was widely regarded as one of his best qualities. You're never coaching Farmer or Goodley to be the blocker Williams is.

 

[BAT]

Ive heard of the coaches love of Street, but from what I understand Street struggles creating seperation. If he can't develop in that area I have no use for him. I would like to see more of a veteran b/u to Dez and T. Will, but I could very easily see them keeping 2 out of those mentioned above. Farmer at minimum should be a deep threat and Greenbery could be an absolute steal 2-3 years from now. At minimum, Street will have to earn that roster spot.

Street is also a poor run blocker for same reason he struggles to separate, lacks strength, especially for his size. He had good concentration to come down with the ball, even in crowds when he played at Pitt. Still learning to do that at pro level.

 

[texbumthelife]

Street is also a poor run blocker for same reason he struggles to separate, lacks strength, especially for his size. He had good concentration to come down with the ball, even in crowds when he played at Pitt. Still learning to do that at pro level.

Street was definitely too thin to block last season. Lets see how he looks when camp starts. I think he'll be splitting time with Williams to start the season.

 

[gmoney112]

Always good to have depth at WR. Looks like Farmer has a chip on his shoulder and can be a player. Good for him.

And for the record, Williams gets open when Tony scrambles. Street has a long way to go before he's got William's cred.

Street may be further developed at the same point in time as TW, but TW gets a lot of hate and the dude is a pretty good football player.

I can remember two huge plays where Tony actively looked for TW.

JJ Watt anyone?

And really, who can forget this catch? It was probably the catch of the year in Dallas. Not much "body catching" here.

What can I say? I like the dude. Would i like CJ opposite Dez? Sure. But as a 2nd receiver, I cannot complain about him.

TW needs more love from Cowboys Nation.

 

[Philmonroe]

Dez is the only receiver we have beyond replacing. That's saying a lot.

I am just not sure what some of you expect from a #2 wide receiver who is a third or fourth option a significant amount of the time. With us running the ball as much as we do now, there really is very little hope or chance for our #2 to get more than 40 receptions in a season. If that does happen then you can bet it's because Dez isn't getting looks, which is counter intuitive. The only way our #2 wide receiver is putting up bigger numbers here, is if we go back to abandoning the run, which would be a mistake of colossal proportions.

And yes, blocking can be taught, but it's also about effort and ability. Hines Ward wasn't coached to be a fantastic blocker. Williams had significant experience blocking coming out of college because of the scheme he was in. It was widely regarded as one of his best qualities. You're never coaching Farmer or Goodley to be the blocker Williams is.

I don't like the fact he body catches and think he can be replaced with somebody better as a number two that's all. I don't think he's terrible but I won't complain if somebody takes his job either and or they would have drafted somebody high enough where they expected that. I don't know about that regarding Farmer or Goodley because unless they don't want to I don't see why not unless its someone physical you know that I don't. I don't need him to put up big numbers I just don't like his catching style and he makes emotional plays that makes you forget about the plays outside of that.