NFLN All Week: Hard Knocks Dallas Cowboys 2002
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I would rather go to the dentist than re-live those early 2000's teams.
Bleu Star
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Damnit I missed the first episode...
It was good!
JDSmith
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The sad part is, every year I'd look at the schedule and figure we should win 10 games. I even made the rookies 2002 highlight video following that 5 or 6 win season because I felt so good about the next season. We had such promising young players, so of course we'd be better.
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The sad part is, every year I'd look at the schedule and figure we should win 10 games. I even made the rookies 2002 highlight video following that 5 or 6 win season because I felt so good about the next season. We had such promising young players, so of course we'd be better.
lol, we're all guilty of that. I had a lot of hopes too, but I think deep down, I knew it would be an uphill battle with those players and coaches.
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Following the 2002 season, our rookies at the time:
DO NOT TURN UP THE VOLUME, THE MUSIC STARTS ABRUPTLY AS HE CATCHES THE BALL.
I really thought Derek Ross was going to be an outstanding CB... Antonio Bryant was going to be another Michael Irvin... Roy Williams looked like he'd redefine the safety position, he was Woody 2.0.
Within 2 years I'm not sure who was even in the league anymore, and anyone who was looked like a shell of the player I was expecting.
I really suck at evaluating players.
And sorry for the terrible quality, all caps came from VHS tapes that Rack sent me. There wasn't even anyplace to upload it then, youtube didn't come along for 3 more years.
DO NOT TURN UP THE VOLUME, THE MUSIC STARTS ABRUPTLY AS HE CATCHES THE BALL.
I really thought Derek Ross was going to be an outstanding CB... Antonio Bryant was going to be another Michael Irvin... Roy Williams looked like he'd redefine the safety position, he was Woody 2.0.
Within 2 years I'm not sure who was even in the league anymore, and anyone who was looked like a shell of the player I was expecting.
I really suck at evaluating players.
And sorry for the terrible quality, all caps came from VHS tapes that Rack sent me. There wasn't even anyplace to upload it then, youtube didn't come along for 3 more years.
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Bye Felicia!
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Chad Hutchinson was giddy to be in pads after a 4 year absence. (Playing baseball)
It's good to see Jeffcoat pushing that Dline.
The Avezzano parlay into the Dallas Desperados playoff push was pretty cool too.
Jerry Jones Jr and Avezzano talking about unreal travel demands and Jerry simply saying "that's why they make planes" while shuffling between commitments on a private plane.
Colston Wetherington going against Andre Gurode in pass pro iso and getting owned by Gurode..lol.
Lots of cool stuff in the 1st episode.
It's good to see Jeffcoat pushing that Dline.
The Avezzano parlay into the Dallas Desperados playoff push was pretty cool too.
Jerry Jones Jr and Avezzano talking about unreal travel demands and Jerry simply saying "that's why they make planes" while shuffling between commitments on a private plane.
Colston Wetherington going against Andre Gurode in pass pro iso and getting owned by Gurode..lol.
Lots of cool stuff in the 1st episode.
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What's it going to be then, eh?
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That sounds about as cool as undergoing hypnotic regression and recalling being violated during an alien abduction.
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Fun watch. Seems like Bryant was good at getting open but almost never picked up many YAC. Lots of those interceptions were just terrible quarterback decisions (but maybe that's true of most interceptions in the league). After all these years still love watching that Dantzler return--maybe a favorite play of that whole era.
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I believe that if it's during an alien abduction the term is 'probed.' The aliens aren't doing it for kicks, it's a medical procedure.
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OMG, I gotta get out of this thread. I'm having like really bad flashbacks to a time that I have worked diligently to forget.
At least it makes you really appreciate what we have going on now.
At least it makes you really appreciate what we have going on now.
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Sometimes I think there is more consternation now on the boards then there was back then. Well, if you ignored all of the QC vs Hutch threads back then.
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I don't remember what happened to Ross. He was talented enough to hang around the league much longer than he did. Not sure if he had off-field issues or what.
Bryant went on to have a solid NFL career. 5500+ yards and 30 TDs.
Bryant went on to have a solid NFL career. 5500+ yards and 30 TDs.
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Could have been that we were still basking in the afterglow of the greatest Dynasty in NFL history.
Alexander
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I just don't think people understood how bad the entire team was and instead focused on the obvious QB disaster.
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Parcells cut Ross, said he was basically a knucklehead and just wanted to freelance. A million dollar body and ten cent head.
Bryant was solid, I think the issues with him were immaturity and the level of expectation that comes from being the next number 88.