Players who haven't lived up to expectations

[LittleBoyBlue]

2. Terrell Owens - Considering that I was expecting him to drop passes, short arm balls, pull up when he thought he might get hit, run lousy routes, and cause problems with the team, which he has done throughout his career, he STILL hasn't lived up to what I thought he would do well for us, which was take short passes and turn them into long TDs. So far he has broken ONE short pass for a long TD this year, ONE! He would be my first cut this offseason. He has put up some decent numbers but not $12M worth! And he has cost us a couple of games with his drops at inopportune times. I would rather suffer with Crayton, Hurd, and Austin opposite Glenn, at least they will improve.

While he is a major reason why we are scoring almost 10 pts more per game than last year... he is dropping too many passes that are changing the game... There is still time for all to get this corrected.. everyone is accountable on this one.... lets get him involved early... lets run the slant... something.... If babying him and getting him the ball more helps us win... THEN DO IT.. I only care about SB#6 in Dallas.

 

[ghst187]

I agree with the original list, Rivera and V-jerk being the absolute worst culprits.
And WTH happened to Burnett the second half of the season? He did some good things for a while and then I haven't noticed him on the field in a long time.

 

[Doomsday101]

HA Ha ha ha ha !!! That was funny and I don't care who you are.Hey my moniter needed cleaning anyway.Laughter gotta love it. Thanks dooms !

Could not let it pass. I just had to do it!!! :laugh2:

 

[ravidubey]

Who do YOU feel are the guys that have not lived up to your expectations this season?

On several I agree with you and would add my own...

At #1 it would have to be
Mike Zimmer - I don't personally dislike the man but Dallas needs better.

Drew Bledsoe - Wow, what a rapid decline. He's always been a sack machine but I wasn't expecting so many truly bad decisions left and right (and over the middle too). His arm strength was in question from day one.

Brady James - With Ferguson having the year he's been having in front of him, James should be fantastic, but instead he's been missing assignments and whiffing tackles. The coverage skills he displayed so well last season seemed to vanish the moment he signed his extension.

Chris Canty -

Terrible. Too tall and bad technique. I'd like to see him get a shot as a 4-3 DE, but in all likelihood it may be better to deal him to a 3-4 team looking for depth and switch ourselves to a 4-3.

Marco Rivera -

He's awful. He'll be announced as a June cut right after the draft.

Marcus Spears -

Terrible, and it's probably not his fault. He didn't ask to be thrown into a 3-4 defense. It has removed the Hallmark of his game which is his athleticism and not his physical strength. At tackle he's instead been forced to bulk up which has made him even worse.

Bobby Carpenter -

Wasted stupid pick. I felt like we reached for him at 18 and the proof is in the pudding. He hasn't been hurt, he's mostly been dense.

Julius Jones -

Can't disagree here. He's lost the explosiveness that characterized his rookie season and was terrible for several games in a row. Next season might be his last as a Cowboy.

On others I didn't agree...

Not Terrell Owens -

I think you're letting your feelings get wrapped up with this one. This guy clears zones for other players and scores touchdowns. He's way over a thousand yards and he plays with heart. The drops have been bad and the off field stuff seemingly never ends, but cutting Owens is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Not Anthony Henry

I wish he were our FS, but he's not. The worst thing you can do though, is compare him with Newman. Henry has on occasion made teams pay for throwing at him and like Newman has been soid in run support. I think Newman and Henry are the best run-stopping tandem I've seen play in Dallas.

Not Anthony Fasano -

It's not his fault he was drafted and then they dumped the 2-TE offense. He's a good player, but he's no McNeil who is the OROY IMHO. Blame the front office that got too cute and obviously envious of New England's excellent TE situation.

Not Kevin Burnett -

I was a strong member of the "cut Burnett" group, but overall think he's really come around in his second year but he really needs more playing time. Put him in for James.

a return to the 4-3.

That would rock and would probably rejuvenate our DE's, especially Spears. Problem is what do you do with Ware, who is one of our top three on defense? If you put him on the line as a DE, he will likely wear down at only 260 lbs and you lose a lot of the flexibility which a player of his athletic ability can bring. If you rotate him with Canty, you're not getting what you paid for with the 11th pick overall. You could trade him for a 1st round pick, but I'd almost rather lose a limb than Ware.

 

[AdamJT13]

1. Drew Bledsoe. More terrible games in 5.5 weeks than he had all of last season.

2. Mike Vanderjagt, obviously

3. Marco Rivera

4. Bradie James

5. Bobby Carpenter, until he started playing more (he's getting to where he should be)

6. Terry Glenn, only because I thought he'd be more of a big-play threat with Owens drawing so much attention, but he had more big plays last season.

 

[ravidubey]

6. Terry Glenn, only because I thought he'd be more of a big-play threat with Owens drawing so much attention, but he had more big plays last season.

He had a subpar game last week, but he's been getting a lot of catches otherwise.

Terry's the kind of player to make big plays after clearing the secondary while Owens has been know for YAC through traffic. For some reason, though, they're running the fly patterns to Owens and hitting Terry on interior routes in traffic. Go figure.

 

[Clove]

Who do YOU feel are the guys that have not lived up to your expectations this season? Please give your reasons why.

I don't care why you disagree with me and don't want to hear it, what I want to hear are which players have let YOU down this year.


Here's my list:

1. Marco Rivera - Last year we heard that the problem was with his back but that this season he was all better now and would be outstanding for us at RG. Well, he sucks! If anything, he is worse this year than last season. He is far and away the weakest link on the O-Line and this has been the downfall of our offense the last few weeks as we have been unable to run the ball consistently on 1st & 2nd downs. He is the 2nd player I would replace after Owens in the offseason. I might keep him for depth depending on the cap implications but I would find another starter at RG.

2. Terrell Owens - Considering that I was expecting him to drop passes, short arm balls, pull up when he thought he might get hit, run lousy routes, and cause problems with the team, which he has done throughout his career, he STILL hasn't lived up to what I thought he would do well for us, which was take short passes and turn them into long TDs. So far he has broken ONE short pass for a long TD this year, ONE! He would be my first cut this offseason. He has put up some decent numbers but not $12M worth! And he has cost us a couple of games with his drops at inopportune times. I would rather suffer with Crayton, Hurd, and Austin opposite Glenn, at least they will improve.

3. Marcus Spears - I was so excited when we drafted this kid because he was a beast at LSU but he has done very little for us since that day. I thought he would be perfect for the 3-4 and could slide inside when we went to 4 DLs but nope, he hasn't been what I was hoping for. He is pretty good against the run but is a non-entity in the pass-rush.

4. Chris Canty - Here's another guy I was thrilled to get in the draft and he showed a lot of promise as a rookie but he has done nothing this year. He isn't even as good against the run as Spears. Both of our starting DEs have been major disappointments this year. I like our backups though as Hatcher, Coleman, and Ratliff have all played well in limited time. Maybe Spears and Canty would work better in a 4-3, I don't know, but I do know they suck right now.

5. Anthony Henry - Henry has been burnt so many times this year for TDs that he has earned Elvis Patterson's nickname of "Toast". For a guy who had a reputation for playing the ball he has certainly not shown it this year. He has also missed a lot of tackles and seems reluctant to make a big hit. I see him standing around a lot instead of pursuing the receiver after a catch when it looks like he could make a play on the guy. Lackluster is the word that best describes his play this season. He looked like he was in no particular hurry on his INT the other night, just jogging along. I have no idea why we continue to start him at CB instead of moving him to FS where we really need help. I guess Aaron Glenn isn't much of an upgrade though.

6. Julius Jones - He has shown flashes at times but simply runs into the pile way too often. Barber may not have his speed but at least he usually finds a hole and is always moving forward. Jones goes down too easily lately too. Now granted he is getting the ball on running downs and there haven't been many holes for him but he isn't even looking for them anymore, just running into the pile. I expected a lot more from him this year.

7. Kevin Burnett - Here is another guy I thought would really step up this year but he doesn't have his head in the game at all. I don't know if it is because he's not starting or what but he's not into it.

8. Bobby Carpenter - For a 1st round pick he sure has taken a LONG time to start coming around and has yet to really make an impact in a game.

9. Anthony Fasano - I thought maybe Bill knew something that we didn't when he passed on OT Marcus McNeil (traded down and the Chargers took him with the next pick) to take a TE we didn't need. His reasoning was that we would be running a 2-TE set as our base offense and Fasano was the next Bavaro. Yeah, well he ain't Bavaro and we hardly run the 2-TE set. Even if McNeil wouldn't have started over Columbo, he would be a better backup option than Fabini. Thsi is probably more of a disappointment with how the coaching staff is using Fasano but if he were all that then he would be playing more.

10. Mike Vanderjagt - I know he's no longer with the team but we had high hopes of fixing our kicking woes when we brought in the all-time best kicker but he totally sucked! He sucked so badly that we cut him in mid season! Even worse, no other team has signed him! The Commanders signed the guy we cut to keep Vandy! He cost us at least one game this year and never came close to living up to our expectations.


My hope is that Parcells decides to retire after the season, we bring in a new coach who wants a whole new staff as well as a return to the 4-3. We cut Owens, Fabini, and Bledsoe and sign/draft OL, WR, CB, and FS.

This list sounds about right.

 

[THUMPER]

6. Terry Glenn, only because I thought he'd be more of a big-play threat with Owens drawing so much attention, but he had more big plays last season.

If I had 11 guys on my list Glenn would have been #11. Not that he has had a bad season but he hasn't had as good a year as I was expecting him to have, particularly in regards to big plays.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Current players on team:

1. Terrell Owens (A 25 million dollar mental case)
2. Roy Williams (Where’s the big hits? Where’s #31? Please come back!)
3. Bradie James (Slow, clumsy and lost)
4. Keith Davis (The only saftey in the league without a neck, what a waste of money)
5. Marco Rivera (I didn’t expect much from him honestly, just wish we had chosen the other Green Bay lineman)