Rams cut Petitti

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http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2008/7/23/577503/au-revoir-rob-petitti



The firs cut is the deepest...or something like that. Anyway, the Rams parted ways with TE/FB hybrid and former MU player Dedrick Harrington, as well as P Sean Douglas, and CB Justin McKinney. WR Eric Fowler was also let go, as predicted on Friday. OT Rob Petitti, pressed into starting duty as a street free agent during last year's rash of injuries, was cut too. Petitti's recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, so he was out of the picture this season. However, I suspect he'll be back in the league after he recovers. We mentioned him before, earlier in the summer, as a lineman, who's still under 30, and capable of being a decent backup. That was the role that got him attention in the league in the first place, filling in for injured starters with the Cowboys in his rookie season, playing next to Flozell Adams in 2005 until Adams went down leaving Petitti exposed.

Apparently operating under the belief that you can never have too many potential blocking specialists, the Rams signed former Steelers FB Dan Kreider, whom they invited to camp earlier this month. Kreider bulldozed running lanes for Willie Parker until tearing his ACL 10 games into the 2007 season.

Stay tuned for the TST camp battles run down tomorrow.
 

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wow I didn't know he had a torn achilles. I really was shocked the day we cut him. I thought he was a diamond in the rough for us and part of a near perfect draft.....
 

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AbeBeta;2182008 said:
http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2008/7/23/577503/au-revoir-rob-petitti



The firs cut is the deepest...or something like that. Anyway, the Rams parted ways with TE/FB hybrid and former MU player Dedrick Harrington, as well as P Sean Douglas, and CB Justin McKinney. WR Eric Fowler was also let go, as predicted on Friday. OT Rob Petitti, pressed into starting duty as a street free agent during last year's rash of injuries, was cut too. Petitti's recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, so he was out of the picture this season. However, I suspect he'll be back in the league after he recovers. We mentioned him before, earlier in the summer, as a lineman, who's still under 30, and capable of being a decent backup. That was the role that got him attention in the league in the first place, filling in for injured starters with the Cowboys in his rookie season, playing next to Flozell Adams in 2005 until Adams went down leaving Petitti exposed.

Apparently operating under the belief that you can never have too many potential blocking specialists, the Rams signed former Steelers FB Dan Kreider, whom they invited to camp earlier this month. Kreider bulldozed running lanes for Willie Parker until tearing his ACL 10 games into the 2007 season.

Stay tuned for the TST camp battles run down tomorrow.

He played guard for us?
 

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I guess Parcells will die.............according to Parcells, that is.
 

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how come we don't follow any other players like this guy? was he special or something? i thought he was just ordinary...
 

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zeroburrito;2182087 said:
how come we don't follow any other players like this guy? was he special or something? i thought he was just ordinary...

Pretty sure his Petitti's dad was a member here.
 

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I think Petitti just does not have the foot speed to be a tackle. BUT he might make a good guard- hope he gets the chance.
 

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zeroburrito;2182087 said:
how come we don't follow any other players like this guy? was he special or something? i thought he was just ordinary...
It wasn't just that his dad posted here for me. It was also because I SO wanted the Cowboys to improve. Drafting guys late that seem to improve gave me hope. Our line was an absolute mess and this kid changed his whole body. If we didn't hope for him to be a steal, what exactly could we cling to during that time?

I think it is the same thing that excited people when we heard about Romo's improvement his first year. Just hope. I feel the same way about Amendola.

I'll trade them all for Romo becoming the biggest steal in recent memory.
 

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Hoofbite;2182095 said:
Pretty sure his Petitti's dad was a member here.

he was.

and some people on the board who have no class treated him very poorly.
 

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AbeBeta;2182329 said:
he was.

and some people on the board who have no class treated him very poorly.

Maybe if his son wasn't such a horrible, disgraceful embarrassment on the field, he'd have been treated better. Hard to say, really.
 

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Kilyin;2182354 said:
Maybe if his son wasn't such a horrible, disgraceful embarrassment on the field, he'd have been treated better. Hard to say, really.

Many of us were critical of his play and his dad was not thin skinned about that. He offered insight -- e.g. Petitti was playing on a bad ankle, etc.

Others were disrespectful. There clearly is a line that you do not cross when discussing an issue with someone's father - and many classless posters crossed that line over and over.
 
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