Kevin Joseph, playing opposite of Diggs

[CATCH17]

Wasn't Jenkins only 5'9???

Yeah hes taller than Jenkins.

He’s like 6’0 or 6’1.

 

[grgnfg420]

Newman and Edwards and Newman and Henry were good combos

Also Jenkins and scandrick were good too

 

[Beaker42]

Anthony Brown has been solid the whole year.

Minus a couple bad games/penalties.

 

[BAT]

Yeah hes taller than Jenkins.

He’s like 6’0 or 6’1.

Yep, should be more physical than Janoris.

And if Joseph can play to his 4.3 40 in coverage as well as vs run, I'd be ecstatic.

 

[MichaelValentino]

I've been a fan of this team since 1994 and we've never had two shutdown corners at once.

The Cowboys came close. But Kevin Smith tore his Achilles opening game vs NYG in 1995. Sanders paired with Larry Brown. Before his injury Pup was a 4.4 corner who played Jerry Rice as tightly as anyone.

A healthy Pup at LCB opposite Deion and the Cowboys would have eclipsed the Raiders duo of Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes from the 80s.

I really like when astute fans acknowledge just how good Kevin Smith was pre-injury.

 

[Them]

...I hope Joseph can stay on the field, and play opposite Diggs...Brown has always been fairly solid in the slot!

 

[BAT]

 

[DB_Cooper]

The 1995 team took Deion Sanders and Larry Brown to the Super Bowl. Brown even won the MVP for two picks that changed the game.

However, Brown was a back-up to Kevin Smith that year. But the first game of the season Smith ruptured his Achilles tendon during the Giant's game.

Musing over the team and seasons, I have oft wondered what that team would have been like with Kevin Smith across from Deion. Smith was a real stud corner. Deion was playing baseball at the time, and only started nine games for Dallas that year.

The dream corners never manifested with a healthy Smith and the GOAT. Smith was never really back to his old form after that injury in my opinion.

http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/teams.nsf/histories/cowboys

I believe the injury to smith is what pushed them over edge to sign Deion.

 

[TwoDeep3]

I believe the injury to smith is what pushed them over edge to sign Deion.

That may well have been the case. Compounded with the loss to the 9ers in the NFCCG the year before.

I just can't recall when Deion signed with Dallas.

But looking up Deion on Wiki suggests you are exactly correct. Good call.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deion_Sanders

 

[DB_Cooper]

That may well have been the case. Compounded with the loss to the 9ers in the NFCCG the year before.

I just can't recall when Deion signed with Dallas.

But looking up Deion on Wiki suggests you are exactly correct. Good call.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deion_Sanders

To be fair they probably would have signed him anyway. I remember Barry saying something in a press conference about how they needed Deion after the injury to Pup.

 

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

Deion was signed to play opposite Kevin Smith. Smith just got injured in the first game of Deion's tenure with the team.

Deion wasn't signed because of Kevin Smith's injury. I remember salivating at the prospect of those two starting in the secondary. That injury ruined what promised to be a legendary pairing.

 

[Mr_437]

Interesting, Talib works with Diggs and they lead the chart. A lot of very good CBS on that list getting smoked by Diggs output.

 

[BAT]

Deion was signed to play opposite Kevin Smith. Smith just got injured in the first game of Deion's tenure with the team.

Deion wasn't signed because of Kevin Smith's injury. I remember salivating at the prospect of those two starting in the secondary. That injury ruined what promised to be a legendary pairing.

You are misremembering.

Deion was signed AFTER Pup blew out his Achilles.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/memories/1995/95nfl6.htm

 

[BAT]

Interesting, Talib works with Diggs and they lead the chart. A lot of very good CBS on that list getting smoked by Diggs output.

I was screaming in this very forum to trade up for Talib or DRC over Jenkins in 2008 draft.

Then wanted to trade for him when TB was selling him for pennies on the dollar, then again when he was a FA (signed by Denver).

Talib is not only Diggs mentor but he also stood on the table for Denver to draft Parsons at #9.

Would love to add Talib to Cowboys scouting team or coaching staff.

 

[SlammedZero]

Newman and Edwards and Newman and Henry were good combos

Also Jenkins and scandrick were good too

I always forget about Anthony Henry, but I thought he was a good player. I remember when he snagged (for the Browns of course) 10 interceptions in his rookie year.

 

[TwoDeep3]

To be fair they probably would have signed him anyway. I remember Barry saying something in a press conference about how they needed Deion after the injury to Pup.

Fish was on the Dallas radio during that time. I know a great deal of people don't care for him, but he was talking about Deion coming to Dallas around May of that year. Long before training camp or Pup's injury. He gave a guarantee it would come to pass.

I'm not a huge fan of his YouTube stuff now. But my opinion was he was just below Galloway in talking about the Boy's. I also used to like Spags a great deal. I guess times change.

 

[plymkr]

Anthony Brown has been solid the whole year.

Yes, I completely agree. He's been solid. In these last 2 games I'd like to see KJ take a few of his reps and maybe a few of Jourdan Lewis' reps. If we can enter the playoffs with a confident KJ to go along with our other playmakers on defense then we're looking good. If not I feel we can still be a dominant defense with Brown. I feel like Brown has reached his ceiling, he's solid but not a gamechanger. KJ might be another gamechanger. We've just scratched the surface with him. If he's a gamechanger I'd like to see that happen prior or during the playoffs. He looked really good last week considering that was his first real action.

On the deep pass that Diggs picked, my first response was why throw it Diggs way when you got a rookie in there playing his first game. Maybe Heiniki saw KJ and crew covering their guys and threw a 50/50 ball to Diggs. That tells me KJ and all the other DBs had their guys on lockdown to try and test Diggs.

Ok I know that post was long but I'm excited about KJ's play and the overall solid play of the rest of secondary.

 

[plymkr]

Its a concern of mine because as well as the defense has played, I don’t feel that they’ve faced the concerted rushing attacks that they will see over the next two weeks.

And teams see what we’ve done against the passing game so they will now test us with the run. And the teams that have stayed with us or beaten us have run the ball the best against us.

It's a concern of mine too. I'm hoping this Sunday we'll stop the run with Odiggy and Gallimore. That would go along way for my comfort level going into the playoffs.

 

[glimmerman]

Brown got jobbed by the refs on Thanksgiving Day game. They just kept throwing deep on his side and the refs just threw the flag. The last one the receiver pulled him into him. The refs seemed to take forever to throw the flag. A few were really ticky tack.

Funny the next week he played the same and no flag.

 

[BAT]

Brown got jobbed by the refs on Thanksgiving Day game. They just kept throwing deep on his side and the refs just threw the flag. The last one the receiver pulled him into him. The refs seemed to take forever to throw the flag. A few were really ticky tack.

Funny the next week he played the same and no flag.

Called Hochuli effect.