Pro football Weekly Post Review, took some time to type up guys

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It took me awhile to write this off of pro football weekly post draft so bear with me guys;

The Cowboys have plans for Pacman, but will be Patient. The first order of business for the Cowboys will be to hear what the commissioner?s office rules on CB-punt returner Pacman Jones and whether he will be eligible to play for the Cowboys this season. Another factor is when he might be able to join the team. DT Tank Johnson for instance was allowed ot practice with the the team before joining the Cowboys active roster coming off a suspension, a similar situation might be allowed for Jones, though there has been no word yet. But if he is cleared, the Cowboys wont just turn Pacman loose. They know he hasn?t played in a year, so they will work him into the rotation slowly. But they think he has the potential, at some point, to be an impact player on defense, either as a right corner, or as a nickel back to start, and on special teams, as a kickoff (pacman has never returned a kickoff for a touchdown, so that?s where Felix Jones and Mike Jenkins comes to mind for me) and punt returner-(this is where Pacman is deadly).

He also might be tried, as he had been occasionally in Tennessee, on offense as a trick play specialist. I bring this up to what someone said a few weeks ago. Not sure if any of you remember Frank Whcheck, not sure how to spell his name, but he was a TE and good fullback on occasions for the Titans. He said, your getting a good player, even better in his mind than Deion Sanders and Hester ever were. He also said that he wouldn?t be surprised if the Cowboys tried Pacman in the slot a few times, that he would be deadly. Do any of you remember when Deion Sanders played for the Cowboys in 95, he played WR some and in the super bowl against the Steelers that the Cowboys won, Deion Sanders caught a big deep pass. That?s where I point to what the Cowboys staff told T O after the season was over, they said something like this, when we the cowboys get finished with what we are going to do this offseason and in the draft, the cowboys offense compared to the patriots offense like you, will make you say WOW!

On to the drafted rookies,
1. Felix Jones RB Arkansas 22
1. Mike Jenkins CB South Florida 25
2. Martellus Bennett TE Texas A & M 61
3. Traded away for a future pick
4. Tashard Choice RB Georgia Tech 122
5. Orlando Scandrick CB Boise ST. 143
6. Erik Walden OLB Middle Tennessee 167

Owning the 22nd and 28th picks, you knew Jerry Jones would make something happen on Draft Day. And although he didn?t land Arkansas RB Darren McFadden.


Jones? desire to do so was perhaps the worst kept secret these past months, Jones did have what appears to be a fruitful haul. He stood pat as # 22, landing McFadden?s college teammate and backfield partner, Felix Jones RB. Marion Barber is expected to move in the starting lineup, but Jones will be counted on heavily as a complement and change of pace. He has electric skills in the open field, even if he his a big straight-linish and could factor in the return game, (this is where one guy posted about our special teams, and where we got killed in them, even the playoff game, that these drafted players will make a big difference in our special teams play. I don?t remember our new special teams coach, some of the Cowboy players were saying that they couldn?t understand some of his play calling, so maybe that?s why probably we got a new special teams coach. Now, not only did we get some good special teams players, even Wade Phillips said so, but this special teams coach, one of his strengths was improving special teams, he did that in the 2000 year, when he was special teams coach for the Giants, later he went to Oregon and improved the special teams players there. SO LOOKOUT, OUR SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE AWESOME THIS YEAR, WITH THE LIKES OF FELIX JONES, MIKE JENKINS AND PACMAN ON PUNT AND KICKOFF RETURNS AND PUNT RETURNS, SCANDRICK WILL BE THE PUNT BLOCKER ON PUNTS AND FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS, WHILE BENNETT WITH HIS HUGE SIZE AND SPEED WILL COVER KICKOFFS, ETC, ALONG WITH CHOICE WITH HIS BIG HEART. SO, TAKE IT TO THE BANK, OUR SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE AWESOME THIS YEAR.

Back to pro football weekly, The Cowboys slid up three spots, in front of Houston, to guarantee they landed South Florida CB Mike Jenkins, another apple of Jerry Jones? eye. Jenkins has shown flashes of brilliance as a cover corner and also has good return skills, but he wasn?t consistent and needs to mature. The Cowboys landed a replacement for backup TE Anthony Fasano, who was traded to Miami. Some scouts rate Texas A & M Martellus Bennett as the top talent at his position. He has the body of a basketball forward, (this I comment on what Wade Phillips said, he likes TE?s because they can find the seams on routes due to playing basketall, where regular TE?s just go to the spot, and nothing but like basketball players do like the Chargers when they got their all pro TE basketball player in Antonio Gates. Anyway, pro football weekly says Bennett could develop into a good blocker, but he is young and perhaps a few years away. I think Bennett will blossom under John Garrett, maybe have an impact on the Cowboys like when Shockey was drafted by the Giants the first year and had an impact on the Giants.

Pro Football Weekly says, the Cowboys landed a potential steal in Round Four in RB Tashard Choice, a hyper competitive winner who has no special traits other than his desire. (From what I read and heard, I think Choice will surprise us fans and even the Cowboys players and staff, due to his last year in college, he was playing hurt, so now finally healthy, he will have a little more speed, and I think with his big heart, and love for the Cowboys, he grew up being a big Cowboy fan, he will be a big player on special teams. And if Barber does tire out some, the Cowboys after Barber runs over them, and Felix Jones runs around them, Choice will bury them with his bruising style too). Pro football weekly says again what I point to, He will lead the special teams units and eventually could replace Barber, I don?t think he will replace Barber, I think Jerry Jones will sign him sometime during training camp.

CB Orlando Scandrick has character issues, although his abililty isn?t , (only thing I found on his character issues is his attitude), questioned. He will have to fight hard to earn a roster spot, but I don?t think so, where Scandrick will excel is in special teams as a gun runner with his fast speed, and he is super at blocking field goals and punts, that?s where he will come in, till he learns. Wade Phillips said that the future for Scandrick is next year, just like when the Chargers underneath Phillips as defensive coordinator, they brought along Cromatie along slowly, and the next year, we saw what he did last year, make all pro. Middle Tennesse State?s Erik Walden projects to rush linebacker(but I heard the Cowboys might be thinking of moving him inside, and mark it down, I say it here first, Walden, might be our future fullback, he has a quick first step, just like Ware, and you guys remember Hoyte, the Cowboys converted him over from linebacker to fullback, and he was pretty good the first couple of years, before Hoyte got injured.

Finally, what I could find in pro football weekly in their coverage on Cowboys, they talked about Searching for a game breaker. They mentioned 10 players, and they had Felix Jones at # 4. 4. Cowboys RB Felix Jones, with Julius Jones gone, the Cowboys needed a replacement to Marion Barber and they might have found the perfect one in Felix Jones. Splitting time with Darren McFadden at Arkansas, Jones still managed to post big numbers and averaged an astounding 8.7 yards per carry last year. Unlike Barber, who is great at picking up tough yards inside, Jones?s specialty is running the ball outside, where he can use his quickness to elude defenders in space. With Barber shouldering most of the load, Jones should be a solid change of pace back for Dallas? offensive juggernaut.
So fire away guys,
 

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Thanx for the write-up.

Did you really type it all yourself? Much appreciated. :bow:
 

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yes, i typed it all up, for some reason, i couldnt get it to copy off of pro football weekly PDF, so had to type it up, thought you guys would like it.

what interested me, was the part about pacman in the slot, used on offense some, first frank whcheck te fullback for titans, now a media reporter, said the cowboys should and pro football weekly said the same thing, then the cowboys probably will look at that,

now might be another guy in the slot, like felix jones, or mike jenkins with their speed and quickness. Just like when the patriots killed teams with randy moss, but the killer to me, was wes welker in the slot, you all remember how he killed us in the game last year. We couldnt stop welker.

to me, if you have T O on one side, patrick crayton on other side, jason witten going up the middle, maybe felix jones out of the backfield, then if you have a quick fast guy with moves like pacman, or jenkins, then boom, you can kill teams, and maybe even score more than last year.

then you throw in isiah stanback, look out, and big huge TE Bennett, boom, the cowboys in my mind are going to kill teams on offense.
 

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Great work, great read!

Thanks for the effort!
 

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i forgot to add, then you take our cornerbacks, newman, henry, pacman, jenkins, & hamlin at safety, and burnett and carpenter at linebackers in pass defense,

that should be a SHUT DOWN IN DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD, AND ALLOW OUR DEFENDERS TO GET MORE SACKS AND FUMBLES,

it kinda reminds me of 1983, best i remember, when the 49ers took 3 defensive backs in their draft that year, they had a shut down backfield mostly, which helped them get to the super bowl.

so offensively and defensively, and special teasm, i dont see how teams are going to stop us.

and im not adding in the rumors about possibliity of cowboys getting roy williams wr from detroit or wr chad johnson from bengals.
 
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Nice job, I'm excited about that defense... I just hope the Pacman saga turns out for the better.
 

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me too about pacman, espn is reporting about the guy that pacman turned in, is saying that pacman ordered the hit, but i think thats old news, that the guy that got arrested is trying to lie to get out of it, time will tell;

but if pacman keeps his head straight, he can really help us on punt returns and in defensive backfield, he is a shut down corner, and his contract the first 3 years is real cheap
 

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Thanks for typing all that up. I don't think Bennett will be a fullback unless either Anderson suffers another injury or Hoyt doesn't make it through training camp. Those two make our FB postion more than acceptable.
 

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Hoyt, isnt with the team anymore, and i didnt mean bennett as our fullback, but possibly walden the linebacker we drafted in 6th round,

bennett however will work at TE on other side of Jason Witten, and be used more as a blocker so Witten can go out for passes more,
 

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cowboyjoe;2067243 said:
Hoyt, isnt with the team anymore, and i didnt mean bennett as our fullback, but possibly walden the linebacker we drafted in 6th round,

bennett however will work at TE on other side of Jason Witten, and be used more as a blocker so Witten can go out for passes more,
Sorry I mixed them up. I also meant Walden. However, I didn't realize Hoyte was cut. How did I miss that?? Thanks for clearing that up.
 

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Bruce Reed, joined the cowboys after the season, he came from oregon college and he coached special teams with the cowboys, you can see his profile on www.dallascowboys.com

Hoyte, was released due to his injury after he got well, best i remember the Dolphins picked him up. joe
 

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cowboyjoe;2067297 said:
Bruce Reed, joined the cowboys after the season, he came from oregon college and he coached special teams with the cowboys, you can see his profile on www.dallascowboys.com

Hoyte, was released due to his injury after he got well, best i remember the Dolphins picked him up. joe
He was hired by Cowboys new head coach Wade Phillips on February of 2007.

he's the coach from last year
 

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yeah, your right, oh boy, i missed that,

now im beginning to worrry alittle some, this is the guy special teams coach then that some of the players said they didnt understand some of his play calling and coverages etc,

However, we have assembled a great group of players for him to work with this year, in punt returns, kickoffs and coverages. So, at least he should do a whole lot better.

We already have Miles Austin, Roy Williams, Anthony Spencer, Bobby Carpente, Pat Watkins, Burnett, McQuistan, L the snapper, and now we have Pacman, Felix Jones, Mike Jenkins, Martellus Bennett, T Choice, Orlando Scandrick, that should give us good nucleus for kickoff returns, punt returns, kickoff coverages and punt coverages.

Guys like Felix Jones, Jenkins, Pacman, Choice, Orlando, should give us great coverages something we liked last year after Keith Davis got hurt.
 

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I think Walden is a bit tall and lean for the fullback position. This is a position where it helps to be short and thick.
 
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