Why can't we just keep Rico for red zone purposes?

[AbeBeta]

Rico has to be the greatest pre-season beast of all time to have done nothing in the NFL. Lots of pre-season beasts never panned out but this guy hasn't played a single game!! Not only that, he was eligible to come off IR last year around game 8, but the Cowboys opted to add Jarwin to the 53

8 catches. 61 yards. Two TD. Mostly in garbage time.

What do beast mean?

 

[viman96]

Has he proven he's not?

Let's just hope he is provided an opportunity to succeed or fail. Either way the fanbase needs to know!

 

[Ranching]

Not really - he has proven nothing in the NFL.

He's proven that he has enough potential to be on the roster for his third straight year. I'm glad the team isn't as closed minded as some. They must see something in him.

 

[Ranching]

Kinda different situations- I certainly don't want a TE who isn't a solid blocker on short yardage plays

I guess that's why Gonzalez was always yanked on short yardage situations.

 

[Ranching]

Let's just hope he is provided an opportunity to succeed or fail. Either way the fanbase needs to know!

That's the best post all day.

 

[AbeBeta]

I guess that's why Gonzalez was always yanked on short yardage situations.

Yeah, let's compare how you play with the top receiving TE of all time to how you play with someone who doesn't look like he makes the roster.

Makes perfect sense

 

[glimmerman]

There has to be issues with Rico. I will say that he did very well with his opportunities last preseason. I was surprised he never saw a snap in regular season. Blocking I am sure is one problem, but if he isn’t on the field playing then how is he going to get better. I wonder if he isn’t learning the playbook and possibly not knowing his assignments to begin with? I mean presnap not knowing who he is supposed to be blocking and what direction to push him. I heard he was blocking last year and was blocking the guy into the hole Elliot was supposed to be running through.

 

[joseephuss]

Let's just hope he is provided an opportunity to succeed or fail. Either way the fanbase needs to know!

He has and is being given an opportunity. When you are allowed in the workout facilities and the film rooms and get to attend mini-camps and training camps you are being given the opportunity. Every meeting you attend and any practice snap you get become your opportunities. A player gets far more practice snaps than they get pre-season game snaps.

 

[Ranching]

Yeah, let's compare how you play with the top receiving TE of all time to how you play with someone who doesn't look like he makes the roster.

Makes perfect sense

When then stop doing it! Quit talking outta your butt cause you don't know a dang thing about what they are thinking with Rico. Does that make sense to you arm chair GM?

 

[OmerV]

He has and is being given an opportunity. When you are allowed in the workout facilities and the film rooms and get to attend mini-camps and training camps you are being given the opportunity. Every meeting you attend and any practice snap you get become your opportunities. A player gets far more practice snaps than they get pre-season game snaps.

Exactly. Practice is also a big part of the evaluation process.

 

[viman96]

He has and is being given an opportunity. When you are allowed in the workout facilities and the film rooms and get to attend mini-camps and training camps you are being given the opportunity. Every meeting you attend and any practice snap you get become your opportunities. A player gets far more practice snaps than they get pre-season game snaps.

Not in the context of this thread, which is keeping Rico on the active roster.

 

[Number1]

"Why can't we just keep Rico for red zone purposes?"

They will.

 

[Ranching]

He has and is being given an opportunity. When you are allowed in the workout facilities and the film rooms and get to attend mini-camps and training camps you are being given the opportunity. Every meeting you attend and any practice snap you get become your opportunities. A player gets far more practice snaps than they get pre-season game snaps.

He wasn't allowed to practice last year, because of injury. this preseason is huge for him.

 

[CouchCoach]

I mean why not? We've kept people on active roster who never should be and don't contribute.

He'd be replacing what Dez did, and opening up things for Zeke.

I'm not sure I like going into the redzone and creating plays and executing like Brady.

Stop the fade to Rico, or stop Zeke

They drafted another TE for that specific purpose, Escobar, and he actually played TE in college and that did not work out.

With Austin, Elliott and Beasley, they have RZ targets and a lot quicker than Gathers.

 

[Ranching]

Exactly. Practice is also a big part of the evaluation process.

Practice? You talking about practice!

 

[Ranching]

They drafted another TE for that specific purpose, Escobar, and he actually played TE in college and that did not work out.

With Austin, Elliott and Beasley, they have RZ targets and a lot quicker than Gathers.

And they average 5 foot nothing. Dak needs a big target. If not Rico then someone else, but the munchkins need a big brother

 

[Ranching]

"Why can't we just keep Rico for red zone purposes?"

They will.

Not sure I agree yet, but you're probably right.

 

[CouchCoach]

Gathers either make the team as a TE that can perform all of the required duties of a TE or he's out. Got a PK, P, Long Snapper, don't think RZ TD Maker is a specialty. They need a TE that can get them into the RZ.

 

[kazzd58]

So a TE who doesn't block or play ST, on the game day roster for, at best, 3-4 plays a game?

Not gonna happen.

Do you want to win or not?? 4th down on the 10 yard line 4th qtr 3 seconds left down 4...

would not mind having an option like him? throw and nothing you can do td.. game over... he'd have a spot on my roster.. they aint stopping everybody if my offense is what it is

 

[CouchCoach]

And they average 5 foot nothing. Dak needs a big target. If not Rico then someone else, but the munchkins need a big brother

Depends on the route. Fades? Sure because he has to loft it over a DB but quickness in the RZ is better than height with this QB because I think he needs a larger window. That fade to the corner takes precision accuracy because there's not much wiggle room.

And we don't know if Jarwin at 6'5" or Schultz also 6"5" or Swaim at 6'4" can't be that big target when Prescott needs it.

I've not gotten the hype on Gathers from the beginning. So he's tall, the guy hasn't played a down of real football and some keep hoping he'll "get it". They have TE's on the roster that have actually played TE.