Why Cowboys' Bruce Carter is finally living up to his draft position

[CF74]

IMO.....Lee and Wilber would not be part of the equation. Rolando with a crap-ton in incentive based salary.

It ain't my money but I'd want the biggest bang for it, if it was.

Lee on weak side, Ro Mc in the middle, and Carter on the strong side with Durant and Hitchens as backups, shoot that would bump up our D to insane levels. I'm salivating just thinking about it...

 

[Seven]

Lee on weak side, Ro Mc in the middle, and Carter on the strong side with Durant and Hitchens as backups, shoot that would bump up our D to insane levels. I'm salivating just thinking about it...

Me too. I just have zero faith in a complete season from Lee.

Rolando...... I'm hoping his injury bugs are attributed to time off.

 

[CF74]

Me too. I just have zero faith in a complete season from Lee.

Rolando...... I'm hoping his injury bugs are attributed to time off.

They could always rotate him with Durant, might prolong it..

 

[Irvin88_4life]

How convenient in a contract year no less.

He played very well in year two of our 3-4 defense. Maybe he understands the defense now

 

[stilltheguru]

He needs to define himself , tomm is perfect time, time to step up or get stepping... Has to come big in big games has had too many up and down games last three years.

He needs to catch the ball when it hits his hands. No more drops. Its January baby

 

[rwalters31]

“His whole thing is it’s never been physical attributes, it’s never been athletic ability,” Eberflus said. “Now he’s getting his eyes in the right spot. His eye focus and his eye discipline, where to look and what to look for, and that’s why you see him playing quicker. He looks instinctive. He looks better. But it’s really eye discipline.

“The formations tell you where to look, and now he’s starting to understand, if I key this, boom, it’s I’m on the ball now. He’s worked at it. The light has turned on for him in terms of that, and he’s able to go out there and play and now you’re starting to see his given ability. Now he’s starting to make plays within the perimeter of the defense, which is really good to see, and I’m glad for him.”

Carter said over the last month, everything has come together for him.

“When you can read your keys faster, the game slows down and it allows you to play faster,” Carter said. “So you don’t want to see a lot of things. You want to see one thing and focus on that and go. When you see a lot of things, you play slow. I’ve really been focusing on that and that just comes from watching film and his coaching, showing me what I need to be watching.”

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Is this a long term condition or just a temporary thing? The Green Bay game will go a long way in telling us this is real or an a illusion.

 

[Zman5]

Whatever Carter is doing, he needs to teach Wicox. Wilcox is the safety version of Carter. Has all the athletic ability but doesn't see the play developing in front of him quickly and makes dumb mistakes.

 

[Typhus]

Not sure if that was autocorrect or just a mistype. Either way, Durant was uninspiring to say the least.

I dont know what you were watching but the Durant I saw played in only 6 games unfortunately, and put up 31 tackles and 18 assists, that means that he was on the ball carrier 49 times in only 6 games. If that doesnt inspire you I dont know what does.

I like Durant as a LB that already knows our system, that we can sign for a cap friendly number. He is 29 now, and coming off an injury year, doubt he is going to break the bank any where else.

 

[TrailBlazer]

He's been tearing it up all year, not sure what games ur watching plus he leads in picks..

He hasn't been tearing it up all year. Just the last month. Idc how many picks a LB has. He's good in coverage but more importantly I want tackles around the line of scrimmage. When he hasn't played well its because he always seemed a step slow and unable to get off blocks. When healthy Durant was better in that regard. Carter has him in coverage though.

 

[CCBoy]

Agreed, Golden...

I would also like to point towards the Parcells' line of three seasons, that Carter has finally hit. He is showing the talent that he was picked for having.

The crossover from college to professional is a learning, and often physical one. That takes time to get ahead of. I'm thinking that Carter is finally a good linebacker to add to a linebacker positional group. I also want him, McClain, Lee, Hitchens, and Durant around for this next season.

That would be a good depth and package group to expand from.

 

[visionary]

I have 2 words for you


CONTRACT YEAR


Nuff said

 

[21Savage]

I have 2 words for you


CONTRACT YEAR


Nuff said

I don't really understand this thought process generally being applied to all players playing in the final years of their contracts.

You're ignoring facts like

1. He's played at this level before.
2. He's still inconsistent. And also got benched this year (contract year).
3. All season he's made plays in clutch moments and has picked up his play to be playing the best in his career when we need him the most in this stretch

You are just giving a player the short end of the stick when you don't recognize that he's playing his best ball at a time when the team needs him the most. Forget contract year. I'm not breaking the bank for this guy over this little stretch. Most smart teams wouldn't either.

 

[cml750]

How convenient in a contract year no less.

I think he is a terrific athlete but a slow learner. He was much better his second year in Ryan's system and took a step backwards when we changed to the 4 -3. If we do not keep Marinelli(I hope we do and hope he becomes our Jim Johnson) and switch to a different defense next year, he will probably take a year to pick it up. If we change DC's again, we should just let him walk but I think we need to resign him if we retain Marinelli.

 

[LatinMind]

But can we afford to keep him, Ro Mc, Durant, Lee, Hitchens, Wilbuuur, and those other scrubs?

McClain isnt going to be a big contract. Carter has made a bigger impact and is more important. Dallas has Lee and Hitchens who has done a really good job replacing McClain. I would be fine with Carter, Lee, Durant with Hitchens and Wilber main backups.

 

[benson]

Goes to show you how valuable someone like Lee is who can see it all AND make decisions/play well.

 

[visionary]

I don't really understand this thought process generally being applied to all players playing in the final years of their contracts.

You're ignoring facts like

1. He's played at this level before.
2. He's still inconsistent. And also got benched this year (contract year).
3. All season he's made plays in clutch moments and has picked up his play to be playing the best in his career when we need him the most in this stretch

You are just giving a player the short end of the stick when you don't recognize that he's playing his best ball at a time when the team needs him the most. Forget contract year. I'm not breaking the bank for this guy over this little stretch. Most smart teams wouldn't either.

So, of his 4 years, he has had 1 average year in the 3-4 and is having half an above average year in 4-3?

And is very inconsistent in his effort
Not very smart and takes a long time to learn schemes

Sounds like an average LB and nothing special

I would take a less talented effort guy like durant over a talented lolly-gagger like carter who you constantly have to come up with new excuses for

 

[Proximo]

I'll be very interested to see if we're able to retain Carter or not. If he tests the FA waters, he might find a suitor that's willing to pay more than whatever our FO thinks he's worth.

Personally, I'd like to see him stay. Him, McClain, and Lee in a 4-3 sounds good to me.

I hope our boy Carter gets at least 1 INT today.

 

[JD_KaPow]

It's very simple. If Marinelli stays and the scheme stays the same, we want Carter in a Cowboys uniform. If Marinelli goes and the scheme, specifically the LB responsibilities, change, then let him go or prepare to have him go through another painful learning year.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

How convenient in a contract year no less.

True. But, I think getting a year into the system helped as well. I'm certain the contract year was motivation, but I think he would have struggled into the new system last year no matter what.





YR

 

[lwehlers]

I do not see carter on the cowboys next year. he should have played like this last year then maybe we could have extended at a more cap friendly deal but now he will cost to much. with one of the first three picks a lb will be drafted to take his place.