Marc Colombo

[NewEraCowboy]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

 

[zrinkill]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

Hopefully it was just his injury that he was not fully recovered from.

 

[CF74]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

Do you realize it was a broken leg and that he came back to soon? A healthy Colombo > Free...

 

[YosemiteSam]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

Colombo didn't have a great year last year compared to other years, but he was extremely bad after his return from injury. He just wasn't ready to play. The Cowboys should not have forced him back into the lineup when Adams and Free were doing such a good job.

Am I worried about Colombo this coming year? No. Not at least unless he shows that he cannot return to form. I don't think that will be the case.

 

[Doomsday101]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

I think Marc Colombo was doing a good job before the injury and tried to rush back to soon and it showed. I think with an off season to fully recover and get his legs back he will be fine.

 

[speedkilz88]

Colombo is just now recovering from that injury. I'm not sure its even a 100% yet. He shouldn't have been on the field that day. The OTs should have been Flo and Free with McQuistan backing up.(as horrible as that sounds to some people)

And they still have a 3rd round pick at that position that we've never seen.

 

[dargonking999]

I think it had something to do with Columbo trying to come back to early from an ankle injury which limited his mobility and power. Which is why he got whipped so badly, then of course once Flo went down we couldn't just put free back in.

This year though i think he will be fine....he kinda as to be

 

[Rampage]

the thing about Free is he played right tackle last season and played very well. now he's moving to left tackle where he will face the best passrushers every week. the 1 time he did play LT although he did not give up a sack he did get whooped on pretty good by Jared Allen.

regarding Columbo whoever chose to start him in 2 straight playoff games after missing 8 weeks made a bad choice. he was crap in the Philly game too but no one noticed cause we beasted them. I'm very concerned about Columbo who just had another leg injury.

another guy I'd like to talk about on the o-line is Andre Gurode. while Physically one of the most talented centers in the league imo he is also one of the dumbest imo. that is not based off of just those terrible shotgun snaps either.

 

[iceberg]

Felt like ranting a bit...

I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

and before his injury, colombo was doing pretty darn good. now i *do think* he came back too soon and was forced back into duty perhaps before he was ready. but all you "Frustrated Colombo" fans need to chill out. ya'll look at what he did coming off an injury soley and not what he did before that.

as for "owned on all levels" - if you can't separate post injury from pre injury play, i'm pretty sure "ownage" confuses you too.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

Colombo may be the weak link on the line but he's still a pretty good player. Anyway, you can't have a Pro Bowler at every line position.

Yes, the Cowboys need to be looking to upgrade whenever possible but, in the meantime, the coaches need to do a better job of conceiling their "weak links."

 

[canters]

I agree that a healthy Colombo is a very solid RT in this league. Plus, he is a leader in the lockeroom, based on reports I have heard.

He had maybe the worst game of his career in Minny. And, for some reason, Flo was not in the mood to play that game and quit, if you ask me. Free was thrown in there and the rest is history.

And don't forget, Gurode and Bigg had bad games too. I recall multiple sources (Aikman was one ) that said thse two guys got whipped by Pat and Kevin Williams.

 

[zrinkill]

while Physically one of the most talented centers in the league imo he is also one of the dumbest imo. that is not based off of just those terrible shotgun snaps either.

Whats it based off of?

 

[canters]

Whats it based off of?

Gurode has a rep of having mental lapses that date from his days as a G under Parcells.

 

[NewEraCowboy]

and before his injury, colombo was doing pretty darn good. now i *do think* he came back too soon and was forced back into duty perhaps before he was ready. but all you "Frustrated Colombo" fans need to chill out. ya'll look at what he did coming off an injury soley and not what he did before that.

as for "owned on all levels" - if you can't separate post injury from pre injury play, i'm pretty sure "ownage" confuses you too.

This is a "what have you done for me lately" league. Fact is Colombo is in his 30s, and has had injury problems his entire career. This fact alone should atleast cause Dallas to bring in some serious competition. He isn't going to get any better and is only going to regress from here on out. I'm fairly confident in Free and don't really think he should be the main concern. The coaches are extremely confident in him, and based on their recent track record they've been pretty spot on as far as who deserves to play and who doesn't. I also agree with the poster who brought up Gurode. Really wish we had been able to draft Max Unger in the 09 draft. A versatile young guy like that could really help out our rotation at center and guard.

 

[Seven]

Felt like ranting a bit...


I just don't understand why everyone seems to be focusing in on Doug Free as the problem on the o-line. From what I remember, towards the end of the season and including the playoffs it was Marc Colombo, not Doug free who seemed like the weak link on the offensive front. Now i realize he was just coming back from injury but does this not concern anyone? The cowboys appear to be gearing up to contend for a Super Bowl this year, and I'm a bit pessimistic about the prospects of Colombo not having legit competition for that RT spot. I still believe that he was the single most significant reason for the offense's struggles in Minnesota. Ray Edwards owned him on all levels. Feel free to chime in.

While I can appreciate a good rant every now and then and I'm guilty of a couple of mindless rants or two myself however..............you just negated your entire rant with the portion in bold. The dude was injured. Period.

 

[speedkilz88]

I remember Parcells said that Gurode was "easily distracted".

 

[NewEraCowboy]

While I can appreciate a good rant every now and then and I'm guilty of a couple of mindless rants or two myself however..............you just negated your entire rant with the portion in bold. The dude was injured. Period.

If he was still hurt, there's no reason why he should have been in that game. Our O-line had been playing amazing the last few weeks of the season with Free at RT and Flo at LT, probably the best the line has played in the past two years.

 

[Seven]

If he was still hurt, there's no reason why he should have been in that game. Our O-line had been playing amazing the last few weeks of the season with Free at RT and Flo at LT, probably the best the line has played in the past two years.

I agree. He shouldn't have been playing........from what I understand. However, he was. We can't pass judgement on 3/4 of a bridge.

 

[EchoBrain22]

the thing about Free is he played right tackle last season and played very well. now he's moving to left tackle where he will face the best passrushers every week. the 1 time he did play LT although he did not give up a sack he did get whooped on pretty good by Jared Allen.

regarding Columbo whoever chose to start him in 2 straight playoff games after missing 8 weeks made a bad choice. he was crap in the Philly game too but no one noticed cause we beasted them. I'm very concerned about Columbo who just had another leg injury.

another guy I'd like to talk about on the o-line is Andre Gurode. while Physically one of the most talented centers in the league imo he is also one of the dumbest imo. that is not based off of just those terrible shotgun snaps either.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Free start the Philly playoff game at RT? Perhaps that was the reason that nobody noticed him. Colombo should not have been playing in the Minny game and i'm sure he would have been pulled for Free had Flo not got hurt.

 

[burmafrd]

There is no reason to think that his broken leg will leave any permanent impact. He should be fine. He had the one devastating injury that the Bears fourtunately for us chose not to give him enough time to recover. BP took a chance on him and we got lucky. He had played 2 1/2 seasons without injury so to call him injury prone is pretty stupid. Yes he is getting older but should still have 3-4 good years left.

Columbo played the whole game at the Philthy playoff game- he was OK but clearly not 100%. AND his stamina was not what it should have been due to his injury. Tougher competition and plain old being tired was a lot of the reason behind his bad performance at Minn.