Teams think we're soft!

[50cent]

I don't have proof, but it just seems to me that teams don't respect us as men. I mentioned this last season after the Washington game. The game when Witten got a cheap shot from LB (Washington) on our sideline and nobody fought back. I was afraid of this and thats why I loved the Carpenter pick, because he plays with fire. What good does that do, when he doesn't play at all. No disrespect to Ellis, because I like him at OLB, but we just have enough guys that play with fire. We have too many nice guys.

Nice Guys-
Ellis
Fergy (comedian)
Roy
Ware
Spears
Canty
Ayodele ?
Tnew
Flo
JJ
Gurode (Haynesworth punked him)
Rivera
Watkins
Bledsoe
and too many others to mentions

Guys with mean streaks all the time -
Burnett
Columbo
Davis
Henry
James
Barber
TO

Guys, we don't have enough mean *** mofos at leadership positions. We are soft and it shows!

 

[HighTechDave]

part of it is our "non-attack" play calling.

Bill, get out of the way of yourself, and let someone else make the game plan.

Dick Vermeil had the same problem

ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!!!!! The best defense is a good offense.

don't know who said that originally, but Patton seemed to succeed at that quit well,,, IMHO.

Attack and quit being so damned conservative. Hell, did Jimmy back off? noooooo....

 

[austintodallas]

Roy is hardly a nice guy on the field. He may not be a vocal fire-em-up leader type but he loves to inflict pain. You got him on the wrong list

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Drew is anything but soft. If anything, he has bigger nuts than anyone else on the team with the pounding he takes. If he were soft adn scared, he would throw the ball away the second he saw a blitz. The fact he holds on to the ball shows he has huge nuts.

 

[jrumann59]

Gurode got punked, he was on his stomach with people laying on top of him so I guess he got punked. Your ramblings used to be amusing now it just shows you do not know what you are talking about. What would you be saying if the team strung up haynesworth and got suspended for 4 games. Discipline wins out over fire, ask the Commanders about their "tough" guy ST.

 

[superpunk]

I love the thread title, combined with the first sentence. Classic stuff.

I don't think that nice guy image you see on the sideline comes across in between the sidelines. The Chiefs said last year that we were the toughest, most physical team they played all year. You may see how good of guys they are, and think they're soft - but the opposition doesn't.

 

[Bleu Star]

We are soft. That's why seeing TO on the sidelines getting in faces (ala Michael Irvin) doesn't faze me the way it does those looking for yet another TO story.

 

[bbgun]

Zimmer's defense is so vanilla he should work for Breyer's.

 

[jrumann59]

We are soft. That's why seeing TO on the sidelines getting in faces (ala Michael Irvin) doesn't faze me the way it does those looking for yet another TO story.

If anything it shows a lack of vocal leadership. Leading by example only gets you so far, but sometimes you need to put the fire into the belly of others we haven't had that since the triplets, Woody, Haley.

 

[jackrussell]

If anything is soft, it's a good number of posters on this board.

I've never seen so many nervous nellies in one place before.

Pitiful.

 

[50cent]

Roy is hardly a nice guy on the field. He may not be a vocal fire-em-up leader type but he loves to inflict pain. You got him on the wrong list

Roy is soft. Drilling Leftwich in the chest, then getting up saying, "I'm sorry!" is soft to me. Don't apologize for laying someone out during the game, wait until the post-game hand shake. I've been saying this for the longest about him. I like him as a player, but he isn't allows in attack mode as some seem to think he is.

 

[Bleu Star]

Roy is soft. Drilling Leftwich in the chest, then getting up saying, "I'm sorry!" is soft to me. Don't apologize for laying someone out during the game, wait until the post-game hand shake. I've been saying this for the longest about him. I like him as a player, but he isn't allows in attack mode as some seem to think he is.

This from one of our supposed team leaders... yawn.

 

[50cent]

Drew is anything but soft. If anything, he has bigger nuts than anyone else on the team with the pounding he takes. If he were soft adn scared, he would throw the ball away the second he saw a blitz. The fact he holds on to the ball shows he has huge nuts.

Drew is a laid back pretty boy. Showing you can take a hit is not tough, its stupid. He practices with this cut off hallf jersey with a sun-cap stuffed in his shorts. Nothing about that says tough guy. I know getting sacked time after time shows a tough side to a person, but it doesn't make them a "tough guy" ala Porter. Bledsoe is on the right list.

 

[50cent]

Gurode got punked, he was on his stomach with people laying on top of him so I guess he got punked. Your ramblings used to be amusing now it just shows you do not know what you are talking about. What would you be saying if the team strung up haynesworth and got suspended for 4 games. Discipline wins out over fire, ask the Commanders about their "tough" guy ST.

Gurode was not under a pile. He got kicked in the head and laid there. Tough guys make a bee-line to Haynesworth without any regards to the consequences. You go to their locker room if you have to. I don't blame any other Cowboys for not getting involved because most were celebrating the TD and didnt see it. Although, if I'm Gurode, I'm fighting any and everyone that gets in the way of me and Haynesworth. Even if I we're under a pile. They would have to get off me sooner or later and all hell is breaking out.

 

[NeonNinja]

You ask anyone around the league if Roy is soft, you are a complete moron or have zero football knowledge, take your pick.

 

[Bleu Star]

You ask anyone around the league if Roy is soft, you are a complete moron or have zero football knowledge, take your pick.

With respect to what 50 said about roy... Roy is a monster of a hitter but I definitely see where 50cent is going with his comment. Roy is such a nice guy. BLECH That gets under my skin too.

You don't see Sean Taylor apologizing for any of his bone jarring hits. I'm sure some of you will say Roy's a "good sport"... That's all well and good but how about some vocal leadership on the field to compliment the nice guy tendencies?

 

[50cent]

You ask anyone around the league if Roy is soft, you are a complete moron or have zero football knowledge, take your pick.

How about you take the poll instead. Ive seem enough to come to my conclusion. How about looking at the Chiefs game last year and that nice shoe string tackle on Tony G. He had a nice clean shot and went for the ankles. Don't get me wrong, I know Roy lays some people out, but he is truly a soft spoken nice guy.

 

[Murph80]

Exactly

Drew is anything but soft. If anything, he has bigger nuts than anyone else on the team with the pounding he takes. If he were soft adn scared, he would throw the ball away the second he saw a blitz. The fact he holds on to the ball shows he has huge nuts.

 

[superpunk]

How about you take the poll instead. Ive seem enough to come to my conclusion. How about looking at the Chiefs game last year and that nice shoe string tackle on Tony G. He had a nice clean shot and went for the ankles. Don't get me wrong, I know Roy lays some people out, but he is truly a soft spoken nice guy.

Wow....one play....

 

[50cent]

Wow....one play....

Its a lot more than just that play. Thats just a very small sample.