Twitter: Isaac Alarcon shifting over to defense

[conner01]

Yeah I'm sure they actually knew he was on an exemption but theyre miserable so they just cant help it. I think this was the first yr he'd take up a roster spot. Or it might have been last yr.

He was exempt last year
I’d have a guy all the time if I could find one. Odds are slim they workout but you only need one to workout lol

 

[xwalker]

Quinn sucks. He got rid of John Ridgeway, and look at how Ridgeway tore it up as a rookie rotational piece at DT for the Commanders last season. Ugh.

Ridgeway is so great that the Commodes are now paying over 40M per for their other 2 DTs...

 

[America's Cowboy]

Ridgeway is so great that the Commodes are now paying over 40M per for their other 2 DTs...

They are set with their 2 starters and up-and-coming rotating piece at DT. Yet, you're happy with the crap we've got. Nice.

 

[JayFord]

7 pages fussing over our needs at DT and A player who was bought over from the international program and being shifted from Offense to defense to give the man a shot to see what he can do?

yall should be ashamed of yourselves

 

[conner01]

Hell, many LBs now are bigger that what Cassillas was!

Even cheerleaders are bigger now lol
It’s amazing how the guys today are bigger and faster. Every combine you get more 4.3 guys
There’s a 270 lb TE coming out that runs 4.6
270 was once a big offensive tackle and they ran the 40 in 6 min lol

 

[starfan1]

Even cheerleaders are bigger now lol
It’s amazing how the guys today are bigger and faster. Every combine you get more 4.3 guys
There’s a 270 lb TE coming out that runs 4.6
270 was once a big offensive tackle and they ran the 40 in 6 min lol

It’s amazing the quickness and size nowadays . I remember 7 years ago during my officiating sessions getting on the field and having a hard time keeping up with 12 year olds

I was pushing retirement age but in decent shape . These kids are just different nowadays . It starts early!

I’ve done pee wee to Friday night lights now I’m done

 

[Davidlee1973]

Poona Ford is still out there.

 

[Vanilla2]

What if he turns into a Mexican version of Leon Lett?

El gato grande

 

[Risen Star]

Our starting DL next year.

Micah Bohanna Alarcon Lawrence

 

[ShortRound]

We did this with out front desk girl. Moved her to sales, it didn’t go well.

 

[Vanilla2]

Watch what Quinn does with this guy.

This will. Be truly Amazing.

El gato grande right up the 2 hole

 

[Kingofholland]

WOW only the cowboys!

I see nothing wrong with giving a player a look at another position to see if that's a better spot to make an impact. He has size, but was very raw when he got here and probably hasn't developed at OL as they thought. However, because of the roster exemptions for him they kept him around. There's a low probability of making the team anyway, but

 

[exciter]

Even cheerleaders are bigger now lol
It’s amazing how the guys today are bigger and faster. Every combine you get more 4.3 guys
There’s a 270 lb TE coming out that runs 4.6
270 was once a big offensive tackle and they ran the 40 in 6 min lol

Yup! But he was a bit undersized even then at around 270. Then Atlanta took him #2 and tried to make a nose tackle out of him! Oh, and I believe there was a thread the other day what Tony Dorsett would be like playing now. He was 192!

 

[JustChip]

What if he turns into a Mexican version of Leon Lett?

Or Mark Tuinei in reverse.

 

[gimmesix]

Our starting DL next year.

Micah Bohanna Alarcon Lawrence

I'm not sure if Alarcon doesn't make Micah expendable.

 

[JustChip]

Has there ever been a moment where Dallas changed a player's position (not even talking about switching from offense to defense) that worked out for the player?

Charlie Waters, Mark Tuinei & Darren Woodson come to mind. There are others, but the memory tain’t what it once was.

 

[Joe Realist]

I think he will be in the mix by mid-season

 

[gimmesix]

I see nothing wrong with giving a player a look at another position to see if that's a better spot to make an impact. He has size, but was very raw when he got here and probably hasn't developed at OL as they thought. However, because of the roster exemptions for him they kept him around. There's a low probability of making the team anyway, but

I think an important aspect of the original tweet is that the team already has seen him at DT some in practice and liked what it saw enough to give him a shot. Doesn't mean he'll succeed with the transition, but it isn't like they went, "He's not going to make it as an offensive lineman, so let's give him a shot on defense." A lot of the time, practice squad players and bottom-of-the-roster players have to play multiple positions on scout team to simulate the other team. Apparently, Alarcon showed a little something.

Of course, a few years back that project TE we drafted (the name escapes me) apparently looked like a world-beater catching passes from Romo on scout team and then just disappeared. So I won't be surprised if this experiment fails. However, how many exempt years do these international players get? If he stays exempt, then might as well keep him for scout team purposes.

 

[JustChip]

Randy White, Darren Woodson

Randy was a dlineman in college. The Cowboys first had him at linebacker, in part because he was undersized, and that wasn’t successful. They moved him to his natural position after that.

 

[gimmesix]

I think he will be in the mix by mid-season

That's a stereotype!