How much stock do you put in TC reports?

ShiningStar

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I know its the pom pom time, but i love them. I love the fans interactions, their take, how they get into it. Its good to see what the teams are doing and who doesnt make it and who does. Already we ve had shake ups and this and that. Its been great so far.
 

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To be fair, we heard good things about our young DBs since they got here last off-season. Most shows I follow concede that Byron didn’t deliver during the regular season, despite being great during camp. I think most of it is objective, even though final verdicts are given once games start.
 

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None. I don't really get why people get so excited about training camp. I like the preseason games a little because it's actual football in a game setting, but I don't put stock in any of it and don't get hyped until week 1.
 

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The media reports make interesting reading but that's about it. Then, the truth becomes far more convincing during live action in preseason. Of course, the final cuts determine how the coaching staff views the players as being worthy of the respective roster spots. They always have the advantage of being exposed to the players and their performances the most. Ultimately, the regular season games offer the most convincing evidence of all. Those are the things attract my attention the most when all is said and done.
 
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My evaluation ended last game against Philly and will resume after the first game against Carolina. Of course Its nice to hear good things coming out of training camp but it really doesnt mean much!
Now some guys we cant evaluate other than pre season games because those are the back ups and 3rd string players who just dont see much time during regular season.
 

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Huge grain of salt either way. Although it's better to hear good stuff than bad stuff .

Think it's just certain things, like reading about Jaylon looking better compared to last year at this time or certain young guys at least not looking lost. But I'm not going to be thinking we have allpros just cause they look good in practice
 

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training camp and the preseason is hype time for the jones family most of the reports are from local reporters and in preseason the players that will be playing in the regular season play about three quarters of football in four games they have to have something to get the people to come watch those meaning less games to spend their money
 

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I put about as much stock into the TC reporter (s) as I do these so called NFL analysis. :rolleyes:
 

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Only injury reports are of interest to me from camp and during the preseason. It's not just the Cowboys but all of the teams are spinning out of camp. Think the owners want them anything but positive and selling the team to the ticket buying public?

When I think of this time of year, another year comes to mind when the Giants went 5-0 in preseason and their stock was rising weekly until it got real, then they opened 0-4. Nothing is real until it gets real.

I bet if you took an honest poll with all of the coaching staffs, you would find few that would want preseason games. They evolved out of what were once called exhibition games and a lot of them were played outside NFL markets to push the brand and the starters would participate more to sell the product and the coaches were also playing a lot of the players into shape. I saw the Boys in exhibitions in Memphis and Shreveport and that was more exciting than TS because most of those fans didn't go to the regular season games, it was a special night.

If pretend season games were necessary, we would not be seeing colleges open up ready to play and the first couple of weeks of the NFL pretty sloppy. But the owners are not giving up the two most lucrative home games of the season unless they make the playoffs. And they're not willing to jump the salaries by 12.5% to go to 18 when they pay a fraction of that now and the players aren't adding 2 games without compensation.

The only parts of a pretend game that is close to real are the kamikazes on ST coverage units trying to make the cut in the final 2 games. Not enough reasons to pay attention and then to top that off, we get that lame CH 11 crew with Spagnola. Bad football and bad TV. However, I think the Cowboys get 3 of the 4 games on a national basis, at least I think I read that somewhere but hell, could have been another time as well.
 

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I like to see the rookies in TC and how they are doing. Bad news doesn't necessarily matter for players going up against professionals for the first time, but if they're beating NFL vets one on one in drills and in scrimmages, that bodes pretty well for their future.
 

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It’s interesting “football” content, given the time of year.

Cool to hear what the supposed gurus/experts etc think about the fringe players, young players, rookies, etc.

But nothing to get too wound up over.
Sort of like preseason games.

Really just hope no one gets injured.
 

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I like the reports that break down the practices and what they are doing. ANd yes, I enjoy hearing when player A beats player B or vice versa.

One thing that does happen in camp is players get familiarity with each other. They know each other's best moves and techniques. Eventually they catch up to each other....the ones who excel are the ones that can mix it up and keep their opposition guessing. It is very rare that someone is so much more physically gifted than the people that match up against them.

As for the reports, Blogging the Boys is way too fan centric and positive. They seem to make a proclamation every couple days that a given person is dominating and is a can't miss All Pro. Many of the other hype reports are from people whose names most of us have never heard. I take the reports from guys like Helman and Eaton a little more seriously. There are some good independent reporters that are out there too.
 
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