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Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« on: Jan 21st, 2004, 5:44pm » |
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Found this juicy little tidbit at an NFL draft site I frequent. Of course it is just a rumor at this point, but I'm sure it has some merit.
www.gnbreport.com
Quote:| Senior buzz: RB Dillon to Dallas...The story causing the biggest stir around Mobile during the early part of Senior Bowl week has been a report that Dallas has talked with Cincinnati about the possibility of acquiring disgruntled Bengals' RB Corey Dillon. Both teams, however, emphatically deny any truth to the rumor at this time. What is pretty obvious, though, is that Dillon is going somewhere - either he'll be traded or released - after falling out of favor with the Bengals this season. Along with Dallas, teams believed to be interested in acquiring Dillon include Tampa Bay, Washington, and Oakland. If Dillon is ultimately moved, however, it won't be until after March 3rd when the trading and free agency period opens. As well, Cincinnati may be reluctant to move Dillon until RB Rudi Johnson, who emerged as a potential feature back when Dillon went out for an extended period with an injury this past season, is signed. Johnson will be a restricted free agent when the free agency signing period begins in March meaning the Bengals will be able to match any offers Johnson receives. However, given that several teams, including Washington, aggressively went after restricted free agents last off-season, Cincinnati likely won't want to take too many chances at the position. |
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #1 on: Mar 4th, 2004, 11:58am » |
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ESPN is speculating that Keyshawn Johnson will end up in Dallas with his old coach, Bill Parcells, with whom he had his greatest success, by the way. Who'd a thunk, huh?  What a surprise, right?  They say all that is hanging things up are the details of a Joey Galloway/draft pick-to-Tampa Bay deal. I guess Tampa is still to get some compensation for Keyshawn. 
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #3 on: Mar 12th, 2004, 9:56pm » |
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Here's what's available from the LOCAL dailies, available on "the Gridiron Newsstand", regarding Dallas's trade for Drew Henson:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/football/;
(AP report)
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/football/8173817.htm.
Those Cowboys... They sure do have "a thing" for failed baseball players, who haven't played football for some time, quarterbacking their team.  Can someone say, "the next Chad Hutchinson"? 
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #9 on: May 14th, 2004, 7:43am » |
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on May 13th, 2004, 11:02pm, Mossaholic wrote:
Whoever starts don't expect much from them on the first game.  Williams, Hovan, Mixon, and BKU will have them running backwards  |
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Yes, I am sure they will be running backwards as they do their Touchdown celebration.
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #11 on: May 16th, 2004, 2:59pm » |
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All the talk at quarterback in Dallas has focused on Drew Henson and Quincy Carter and rightfully so, I suppose. Chad Hutchinson has definitely become the odd-man-out. However, this report off "the Gridiron Newsstand" should give Hutchinson believers, like myself even though he TOTALLY burnt me last year in the GBRFL  , some hope:
http://nfl.com/news/story/7327495.
We know that quarterbacks finding success in NFL Europe have found eventual success in the NFL.  This article definitely indicates that Chad is "a cut above the rest" over there.
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #12 on: May 27th, 2004, 5:31pm » |
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Could Eddie George become a Cowboy?
I put in the whole article, because it's one of those sites where you have to go through hell and back (Like The Inferno, Steg) just to read an article.
Buck Harvey: Emmitt II: A match for Dallas
Web Posted: 05/27/2004 12:00 AM CDT
San Antonio Express-News
Julius Jones, the Cowboys rookie runner, isn't the next Emmitt Smith.
Eddie George is.
George is the one caught in a salary-cap crunch with an NFL owner who lives in Texas. George is the one with mileage, whose production has slipped, who will never be what he once was.
George is Emmitt, all right, but with one twist.
George should go to Dallas to end his career.
According to reports Wednesday, Titans owner Bud Adams expects George to go somewhere other than Tennessee. Just as Jerry Jones once ushered the end of Emmitt's career with the Cowboys by trying to say nice things, Adams is doing the same now.
"You hate to lose a guy like that," Adams told a Tennessee newspaper this week, "but we have to look at the overall situation. I don't see him (coming) back."
Translation: George was once worth his salary, but he isn't anymore. If the Titans release George after June 1, they will reduce his salary's impact against the cap. With 13 draft picks to sign, the Titans need the money.
Adams' public stance could be part of the negotiations with George. The Titans have already offered George about half of what he made a year ago.
But there's some emotion and ego involved, just as there was with Emmitt. There's something else, too, and this goes back to the release of Randall Godfrey, a former Cowboys linebacker who had become a popular player in Tennessee.
The Titans sold Godfrey on restructuring his contract, with the suggestion that this would ensure Godfrey would make the team, just as the Titans are trying to do with George now. But Tennessee eventually cut Godfrey, and George was outspoken about it then.
Little wonder George has refused thus far to accept a pay cut. So, by next week this workhorse, this man of character who has never missed a regular-season game, could be free to negotiate with another team.
Then? He will wish he could be like Emmitt.
George acts now as Emmitt did at the end in Dallas. He believes in himself.
"I know that I can still play this game," George said. "I can still play at the top of this game. I am in my prime."
Some numbers support that. He ran for more than 1,000 yards last season for the seventh time.
But, at age 30, no one thinks he's in his prime. George is coming off knee and ankle surgeries, as well as a few ordinary seasons. His yards-per-carry numbers have never been impressive, but his last three seasons are the stuff of Troy Hambrick. From 3.0 to 3.4 to 3.3.
Emmitt, in his last season in Dallas when it was clear he had lost something, still averaged 3.8.
Emmitt had more than stats to sell, though, when he left the Cowboys. He had an aura, or so the Cardinals thought. They were foolish enough to spend $7.5 million for it.
George likely won't get that much money, but he's willing to look. "My first option is to be here, no question about that," George told reporters in Tennessee. "But as time goes on, you get to Plan A, Plan B and Plan C, and I am just prepared to take on whatever comes my way."
Plan D, as in Dallas, makes the most sense. The Cowboys wouldn't overpay for him, and there's a chance they wouldn't want to pay for him at all. Bill Parcells has consistently tried to build with younger players.
Still, it's hard to imagine Parcells is counting on Jones, a rookie. The Cowboys don't have much else after releasing Hambrick, and they don't have anyone who can grind on third-and-2.
The Cowboys certainly don't have this, either: In a playoff win over Baltimore in January, George dislocated his right shoulder and doctors popped the joint back in place. Then George became what Emmitt was a decade earlier in a late-season game in New York against the Giants. George put on a harness and finished with 88 yards.
Think Parcells would like this kind of toughness in his huddle?
For George, the fit would be even better. He'd be coming to a playoff team, on the Cowboys stage, to a roster that needs exactly what he provides, with a coach who likes to muscle.
Starting over with another team that way? George would not be the next Emmitt.
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #16 on: Jun 26th, 2004, 7:38pm » |
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The Boyz are concerned about Julius Jones, at least in the short term, based on what they have seen so far, and that is why Antowain Smith is doing the visit. No big revelation. (Are they a little sorry about passing on S. Jackson?)
So, the problem is that Cason is coming back from injuries and probably isn't ready. Bickerstaff will miss 2004. Lee - not experienced. And the question is, who do you think they will bring in?
It's a run heavy offense. Someone will be brought in.
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Re: Dallas Cowboys Off-season Thread
« Reply #24 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 2:09pm » |
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on Aug 4th, 2004, 1:43pm, DirkDiggler wrote:THe news is all over the place. Carter is released. Jerry Jones has confirmed.
THis is GREAT news for Drew Henson owners. I guess he is doing better in camp than they expected. Vinny is going to be the clear starter for now, but he doesn't have much left in the tank. And then there is Tony Romo...... hmmm...... |
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I, for one, still think Vinny has something left in the tank. He played pretty well for the Jets last season. Although it does vault Henson up the charts pretty quickly. Anyone know how he's doing in camp? I've heard rumors that he hasn't looked good.
Quote:| I wonder where Carter ends up. He will be the back up somewhere. However, it is not good for Carter owner no matter where he lands. |
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Actually, I think Carter could put up some outstanding fantasy numbers... in Montreal or Winnipeg.
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