Hello gents,
I will be posting any news are notes from the Cowboys Camp as it pertains to Fantasy Football. Many don't have the an oppurtunity to hear the Press Conferences like myself (it's slow at the restuarant this time of the year
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Some of you have some fantasy interest in T.O, JJ vs MBIII, Witten, Bledsoe, etc.. I'll provide as much as I can from all the sources I can.
So the outline will go as follows:
Press Notes
Players Notes (Only in the respect of fantasy football)
QB
RB
WR
TE
Some interesting things happened in camp today and said as it pertains to an issue that we'll be dealing with throughout camp and possibly the season, i.e JJ vs MBIII
Also some interesting things with T.O
I'm leaving the restaurant heading home will post when I get there.
Here was BP's PC for today.We signed Fredrickson, a punter and we waived Merritt, Horne and Parker. Our roster is at 82. Pierce will go on waived/IR today. He’s a punter. I don’t want to overkick McBriar in camp.
Was Justin Bariault leaving the field serious?
He got hit in the head.
When will you kow if you need an extra kickoff guy. Vanderjagt says he won’t practice kickoffs until next week.
I’ll just wait and see what happens.
Do you want to use him as a ko guy?
I really do want ot use him as a ko. It saves a roster spot. What would you call his job description?
Field goal specialist?
What else do they do in addition to that? Kickoff? I’m not rying to be funny.
Keith Davis
I think I know what I have with Keith. He’s an aggressive player. He’s fought his way on the team and I have respect for him. I know he’s a very very good ST player too. We want to create competition with the position, and that’s what we’ll do.
Has it surprised you how well he played after the accident?
No, I expected him to be ready to go.
How are you rotating centers? Gurode snapped with the 1st team.
That’s a waste of your time. It will be hard for you guys to keep up. Not just Gurode, I made 5 moves on the OL today. I’m just trying different combinations.
Does that mean that Al Johnson is struggling?
I don’t think you can go into 4 days of practice and surmise who is or isn’t struggling.
Are Gurode and Johnson even?
I’m open minded now.
As Al added size this offseason?
He’s tried very diligently to increase his size. Every year this happens because Gurode is bigger and we play a 3-4 in practice every day and that favors Gurode, but when we go to a 4 man line Al is able to do what he does better. Its not a matter of anyone being better, but Gurode has a little advantage against a guy like Fergie in practice, but might not have an advantage on other players.
Julius Jones shown anything to make you think he’s improved?
I don’t think its wise to make that judgement until you see game action. I know he’s trained hard and in good condition. He seems relaxed, but you can’t judge it too much right now.
Do you like the size of your LB’s finally?
I don’t think it will ever be the way I want it. Its headed that way. You just can’t put enough guys together at once. I was lucky to have a group of guys once who was just the ideal of how you want it. I’ve had 2 guys at once other places, but its hard to get 4 guys who can do everything the way you want it.
Why do you like size in LB’s.
Look at the size of TE’s you play nowadays. There are two groups .. the receivers like Gates and Cooleys. These guys are in the high 250-260’s. There is another group, Carolina has a two TE’s that weigh almost 280 lbs. So the on-line confrontation gets to be very phsyical for a 230 lbs guy. That’s not to say that some guys haven’t been able to do it. Truthfully, we were very interested in Manny Lawson this year in the draft. But he was slender. He went to SF who also plays he 3-4. We thought maybe a year or two from now he would be what we were looking for. Whereas Ware and Merriman were pretty much there right now.
Kozier?
Bruce DeHaven was coaching at SF when he was there. Im not putting it all on him, but its always good when you have someone who knows the player. Then we watched him at Detroit, and he started there all season. We watched him on tape, we thought he did well. And we thought he was in our economic range. He’s replacing probably the best guard to ever play for the Cowboys, maybe the player to ever play in the league at that position. He’s right there at the top. It would hard to be as good as that, but hopefully we’ll be good enough.
Bobby Carpenter’s dad?
Robbie was a good player for us. I liked him a lot personally, and his wife Susie. I knew Rob was coaching, but it didn’t really … I just knew the kid had been in a home where he would have to toe the line and do the right thing. That’s really all you need to know.
Create competition at FS, do you think you have that?
I think Watkins has a real good chance to be a good player, if that’s what you’re asking. He looks very slender, but he’s 211 lbs. and with some good nutrition and weight training he’ll be in the 220’s soon. I don’t know how big you want him without losing speed. He’s got a lot to learn and a little green.
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I don’t know, I think he as an all aroudn athlete and to go to that school and just play for a couple of years as a starter … that takes some doing. I’ve always liked players from that school myself, having coached there. I know the defensive coaches there work their players hard, and usually the transition physically is not that big.
Harry Carson in the HOF? Do you think it took too long?
We did a thing for him a few weeks ago in NY. I’ll say the same thing here I said there … This ought to be a cinch. I know I’m prejudiced because its my guy, but I’m also a LB coach by trade. I watch a lot of film of all LBs. He was a tremendous player, and as good as anyone in his era. Ask Belichick, Shotty .. we’re all former LB coaches … and I would tell media members “ask someone who really knows what this guy can do and compare him to some players who are in there”. I think enough people finally did. He was a tremendous physical specimen. 250+ lbs, ran a 4.6. Great hitter. Smart player. Tremendous instincts. I could go on forever. There have only been 2 other guys I know of who have gone from defensive tackle to LB… Matt Millen and Levon Kirkland. I’ve seen some defensive ends make the transition, but defensive tackle to LB? And play in 9 Pro Bowls. Everyone he was playing against must have knew he was good. I like that he’s going in with Taylor, so that’s two of them. I’m proud of them.
You said you thought the defense will beat up the offense for a while. When do you expect that to change?
It turned around a little bit here the last couple of practices. The defense is usually always ahead right now unless your defense is no good. The next 4-5 days is really the hardest time of the NFL season, becaue there’s no games coming down the road and not a lot to looking forward to other than more heavy practices in pads.
How is Bobby picking things up?
Well. He’s smart.
Backup QB reps?
I’m playing Tony a lot this preseason. I got to figure out where he is in this world.
Where do you think he is now?
I think he’s ready to play a lot. I’ve been around him for 3 years. He makes less and less mistakes in practice. Had we thrown him to the wolves two years ago, we would have ruined his career, but now he has enough background and training and understanding that its time to go forward. So hopefully we can do that.
Why do you think a QB can be ruined?
Its just like boxing, you put a fighter in the wrong fight early in his career and it can ruin him. Tony is a little bit of a renegade gunslinger, so he would have been error prone. He would just see something he thought looked good and just sling it before. But he reminds me of a few players I’ve had before. That’s always good.
Is this preseason a test for him?
Yeah, I would say so.
What if he fails?
He needs to go to a new school. That’s what every player on this field has to face.
Would you look else where on the roster if that happens?
We would in the meantime, but we’re always looking lesewhere. We’ll see what he can do. I think it has a chance to be positive right now, whereas I didn’t think it wold have been 2 years ago.
Where is Henson in that equation?
We’ll see what we can get out of him too.
What gives you confidence in Romo since you’ve never seen him in games?
I just told you. He reminds me of some players I used to have. Rutledge. Cavenaugh. Babe, you played with Rutledge didn’t you in Washington? He took your place? He must have been a better holder than you.
Has Henson not progressed?
No.
The percpetion is you don’t think higly of him.
That’s a misperception on your part. He hasn’t played much football, so we tried to create a situation on him where he gets some more exposure before we put him through his test.
Do yo uthink that one game against Chicago stunted his growth?
No.
Where do you think Terrence and Roy are as far as upside.
I think he’s got a big ceiling. I have a lot of admiration for Terrence. I think he’s one of our very, very, very best players right tnow.
What about Roy?
Roy can play on my team anytime too.
Was Terrence gooned out of Pro Bowl position last year?
I’m not familiar with that term.
I’m trying to avoid saying “screwed”.
Here’s what I’ll say … he didn’t give up a TD pass last year. Go find another one in the league who didn’t. There may be one, I don’t know. But he didn’t give up one.
Thanks bg and others for posting.Here we go:Areas of concern: OL, in particular Flo Adams. He favors the bad knee when he runs, but is destroying everyone in one on one drills. Flo was/is the key to this OL if he should re-injure his knee, IMHO is going to be a long season fantasy wise.Press Conference Notes from the Glorified Gym Teacher (Bill P): He talked about getting MBIII more involved in the offense and in special situations. The rest, at least IMO, has no implications for FF.RB: JJ is looking good. On three different drives they handed him the ball and he dashed for 80 yds = 240 yds.WR: T.O. (as it pains me to write this) is looking good, in particularly after the catch. Over the weekend he scorched the secondary. But Monday they put Newman on him and they were going at it pretty good.Crayton is having a spectacular practice catching everything in sight and showing great body control on the side-line passes. *********If you’re in a Dynasty…………keep him on your roster.T. Glenn and Bledsoe are hooking up on a consistent basis.TE: Everyone is saying Witten looks quicker and has been catching everything that comes his way. So far Fasano is giving the LBs a hard time.The buzz on def (for you IDP guys) R. Williams A. Glenn, Ware, Burnett, K. Davis and Newman have been getting a lot of buzz especially Burnett and R. Williams.Rookie safety Patrick Watkins is one to keep an eye on, he looked good yesterday, broke up a few passes and picked off two passes. Parcells: "I think Watkins has a chance to be a real good player. We are encouraged by what we have seen so far." ... Parcell wants him to get up to 220 pounds, he’s currently 212.Other notes on the JJ vs MBIII watch:
Trash>>>>Dallas OLWatkins = Stud, I'll say it again, "IF YOU ARE IN AN IDP DYNASTY, THIS IS YOUR MAN!"
