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I missed the game yesterday and couldn't get any comments in reading the stories about how Tucker faired in his second game starting at LT..?
My feeling was he played well last week vs. the Seahawks against a good defense that obviously tried to scheme to put pressure on him.
I'm assuming the CARDS tried the same thing..whether running or pass protecting.
So how did he do yesterday..?
By the looks of things, it seemed they helped Pettiti more and left Tucker out there to play. Is this what happened..?
If this is true, this could be the most unsung improvement in the offense we have seen.
If Barber running for 90+ last week and then 120+ this week, that seems to speak well for Tucker. I didn't hear how often Bledsoe got pressured/sacked. I heard about his fumbles, though.
One on an exchange, but what was the source on the other..?
Any comments by those that watched the game would be welcome on Tucker.
Personally, I've had a feeling that Tucker wasn't given a fair shake last year considering it was his first year and all through TC, he was not given a chance to win his job back with the Rogers experiment and the Pettiti emergency promotion.
I think his play, if it holds up over the season, will make the Cowboys strongly consider starting him over Flo next year, too. I'm not the only fan here that feels Flo has been overrated the last couple of years and is being overpaid for the production he has.
The only good year he really had was 2003 and that was really it. Other than that, despite his going to another Pro Bowl last year, I just thought he was the best of a poor OL and wasn't close to being dominating.
If Pettiti and Tucker can come thru this year and remain quality starters, this would be huge to get 2 starting OL players in place that were 6th and 7th rd. draft picks.
Somebody needs to give some love to the OL coach and Sean Payton also, to be able to make this overhauled line work and to design game plans that protect their weaknesses and keep Bledsoe upright so far.
This is no small feat.
parcellswaterboy
My feeling was he played well last week vs. the Seahawks against a good defense that obviously tried to scheme to put pressure on him.
I'm assuming the CARDS tried the same thing..whether running or pass protecting.
So how did he do yesterday..?
By the looks of things, it seemed they helped Pettiti more and left Tucker out there to play. Is this what happened..?
If this is true, this could be the most unsung improvement in the offense we have seen.
If Barber running for 90+ last week and then 120+ this week, that seems to speak well for Tucker. I didn't hear how often Bledsoe got pressured/sacked. I heard about his fumbles, though.
One on an exchange, but what was the source on the other..?
Any comments by those that watched the game would be welcome on Tucker.
Personally, I've had a feeling that Tucker wasn't given a fair shake last year considering it was his first year and all through TC, he was not given a chance to win his job back with the Rogers experiment and the Pettiti emergency promotion.
I think his play, if it holds up over the season, will make the Cowboys strongly consider starting him over Flo next year, too. I'm not the only fan here that feels Flo has been overrated the last couple of years and is being overpaid for the production he has.
The only good year he really had was 2003 and that was really it. Other than that, despite his going to another Pro Bowl last year, I just thought he was the best of a poor OL and wasn't close to being dominating.
If Pettiti and Tucker can come thru this year and remain quality starters, this would be huge to get 2 starting OL players in place that were 6th and 7th rd. draft picks.
Somebody needs to give some love to the OL coach and Sean Payton also, to be able to make this overhauled line work and to design game plans that protect their weaknesses and keep Bledsoe upright so far.
This is no small feat.
parcellswaterboy
