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IRVING – When six-time Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters was asked why he signed with the Dallas Cowboys, the Waxahachie native started off by saying he wanted to play for his “hometown team.”
Then he got down to the heart of the matter.
“This is a super-talented football team,” he said Wednesday. “I believe this team has been close to breaking through and being a playoff team. Honestly, I think they have been close to being a championship football team.”
In making his first public comments since signing a one-year, $1.5 million contract Tuesday night that could balloon to $3 million, Waters made it clear he didn’t get off his couch to play for a team that finishes 8-8 and out of the playoffs, something the Cowboys have managed to do the last two seasons.
“I won’t get into what we discussed,” the 36-year-old North Texas alumnus said of his conversations with the team’s brain trust, “but I will say this, it’s obvious this football team is supremely talented. Anybody who knows football knows that this football team for years has been a super-talented football team.”
When asked if he would play Sunday against the Giants, Leary sidestepped the question. He was more a bit more forthcoming when asked if he can return to the Pro Bowl form he showed two years ago while playing for a New England team that reached the Super Bowl.
“Only time can tell,” said Waters, who said he sat out last season for personal reasons. “I know a lot of people want to compare to two years ago, but this is a different time, different space for me, different team, different environment, different situation. I am just going to come out here and work and do the best I can.”
Waters is entering his 13th season. He spent his first 11 with Kansas City before playing for New England in 2012.
Injuries have decimated the offensive line. But with the addition of Waters, the Cowboys believe they have turned a weakness into a strength.
Still, Waters doesn’t want to be viewed as the team’s savior.
“No. Not at all. I don’t think that’s the case at all,” he said. “I think anybody who says that is just overdramatizing the situation. They got a lot of talent in this group. They didn’t need me. Obviously their job is to continue to try to do what they feel to try to get better in certain situations. But if Brian Waters didn’t play football, these guys are well-equipped and good enough talented to handle it on their own. There are some talented football players on this offensive line.”
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Then he got down to the heart of the matter.
“This is a super-talented football team,” he said Wednesday. “I believe this team has been close to breaking through and being a playoff team. Honestly, I think they have been close to being a championship football team.”
In making his first public comments since signing a one-year, $1.5 million contract Tuesday night that could balloon to $3 million, Waters made it clear he didn’t get off his couch to play for a team that finishes 8-8 and out of the playoffs, something the Cowboys have managed to do the last two seasons.
“I won’t get into what we discussed,” the 36-year-old North Texas alumnus said of his conversations with the team’s brain trust, “but I will say this, it’s obvious this football team is supremely talented. Anybody who knows football knows that this football team for years has been a super-talented football team.”
When asked if he would play Sunday against the Giants, Leary sidestepped the question. He was more a bit more forthcoming when asked if he can return to the Pro Bowl form he showed two years ago while playing for a New England team that reached the Super Bowl.
“Only time can tell,” said Waters, who said he sat out last season for personal reasons. “I know a lot of people want to compare to two years ago, but this is a different time, different space for me, different team, different environment, different situation. I am just going to come out here and work and do the best I can.”
Waters is entering his 13th season. He spent his first 11 with Kansas City before playing for New England in 2012.
Injuries have decimated the offensive line. But with the addition of Waters, the Cowboys believe they have turned a weakness into a strength.
Still, Waters doesn’t want to be viewed as the team’s savior.
“No. Not at all. I don’t think that’s the case at all,” he said. “I think anybody who says that is just overdramatizing the situation. They got a lot of talent in this group. They didn’t need me. Obviously their job is to continue to try to do what they feel to try to get better in certain situations. But if Brian Waters didn’t play football, these guys are well-equipped and good enough talented to handle it on their own. There are some talented football players on this offensive line.”
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