Initial post-draft Roster Evaluation

[jterrell]

Good job JT. The final cuts this year really look to be difficult choices. It's nice to see competition for roster spots between good football players again.

Injuries may take many of the tougher choices out of play.
Guys that miss camp are going to be gone unless they were front-liners with skins on the wall and thats not counting any season-ending guys.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

You could be right but I am not leaning that way yet.

Coleman is a former player of Bill's and will be counted on to start or he wouldn't be here in all honesty. He wasn't signed for depth or he could have been signed post draft. Word around here is that he was not even taking calls from other teams because he had already committed to coming here long before he signed. Thats just barber shop gossip mind you, but it was around before he signed and makes some sense. When a player is from Dallas almost everyone knows some family member who loves to talk about their football playing relative as a Cowboy.

I played with Coleman in college(ok basically watched him play lol) and may be slightly biased.

1 thing that is certain is that no safety on this team will match his man coverage skills. He can still cover. With the Texans his issue was tackling not coverage. Odd considering he was a linebacker/rover at Tech in the 4-4 of Spike Dykes.

I would never consider a former player Bill brought in being cut. It just happens so rarely(see Ryan Young).

I think the OL will be able to go a bit light because of all the depth guys playing multiple positions with the possible exception of Petitti being a true RT.

Another consideration is that RW is in a contract year. Keith Davis just signed a 2 year deal and Coleman is a short term guy as well. Not sure we would give up on Beriault with all those guys on shorter term deals. Especially not if he can play both safeties and help on special teams. I guess it would be hard for me to assume Ireland missed on the guy if he hit on everyone else.

Didn't Rob Petitti say that he still considers himself as being more comfortable as a LT?

 

[hendog]

10 DBs isn't out of the question, but I would sooner take 6 Corners than 5 Safeties, unless Coleman proves that he could slide back in at safety.

I don't think we have 6 CB's on this team worthy of making the roster.

 

[NorTex]

Didn't Rob Petitti say that he still considers himself as being more comfortable as a LT?

Yes, Petitti is a LT converted to RT.

 

[jterrell]

Didn't Rob Petitti say that he still considers himself as being more comfortable as a LT?

Rob is a little too slow imho to play LT which is why he fell in the draft. I don't think he has LT potential but could be a dominant big RT for years.

I really do think of Erik Williams when I see Petitti play.

 

[VACowboy]

I hope Berry-O sticks. I think he has starter talent, if healthy.

 

[Crown Royal]

I don't think we have 6 CB's on this team worthy of making the roster.

I don't either. I think we'll probably see 9 DBs and one of those spots will go to LB or OL.

 

[gimmesix]

Running Back
CONTENDERS - Julius Jones, Marion Barber, Tyson Thompson, Keylon Kincaide, Demetris Summers
ANALYSIS – Julius Jones has a lot of Fred Taylor to his game. He is capable of being the top rusher any given week but also can be a complete no show with injuries holding him out or severely limiting his production. Marion Barber III is a tough versatile back but lacks that star potential Julius possesses. Tyson Thompson has the best speed of the group but has few moves and lacks vision. If he hits a hole he can take it all the way but he leaves a lot of yards there missing holes. Kincaide and Summers are just depth guys with Summers having a chance to slide into Thompson’s role as potential-laden back with a history of character concerns that gets a second football life after college issues.

Depth Chart Prediction: Jones, Barber, Summers
GRADE: 8.25

Summers over Thompson is an interesting pick. I thought about going that direction myself but decided to stick with Thompson because his size/speed is intriguing for Dallas to develop and he did a better job returning kicks than a lot of people give him credit for.

Green might take that role from him, but it's likely we'll put both of them back on kick returns. Plus, I just don't know how far along Summers will be right now (if Dallas decides to keep him). We've got two backs here that didn't play a lot in college, but Thompson's got the advantage of a year's worth of pro practice experience.