Andy Herron
Footballguy
Ya, the funny thing is they were only asking him to reduce it to $1.5 million from the $1.759 million.
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Andy Herron
Footballguy
OL Travis Bright is another.
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Andy Herron
Footballguy
I'm gonna say that TE Martin Rucker sticks and makes the roster.
Too much of the Cowboys offense is predicated on multiple TEs, and too many teams will be in the market for one once cuts are finalized, including the Dolphins who got a first hand look at him just a few nights ago.
Too much of the Cowboys offense is predicated on multiple TEs, and too many teams will be in the market for one once cuts are finalized, including the Dolphins who got a first hand look at him just a few nights ago.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
CB Cletis Gordon cut-wow!
There's a surprise.
ETA: I think this speaks volumes of how much they like their group of young safeties, of which both Alan Ball and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah can play corner in a pinch. In addition to Sensabaugh and Mike Hamlin, I'll say either Barry Church or McCrary make the roster if not both.
There's a surprise.
ETA: I think this speaks volumes of how much they like their group of young safeties, of which both Alan Ball and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah can play corner in a pinch. In addition to Sensabaugh and Mike Hamlin, I'll say either Barry Church or McCrary make the roster if not both.
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bill bates hits hard
Footballguy
Here are the 20 players released by the Cowboys on Saturday:
OT Will Barker
OG Travis Bright
DE Marcus Dixon
RB Herb Donaldson
TE DajLeon Farr
CB Cletis Gordon
WR Jesse Holley
WR Manny Johnson
OLB Curtis Johnson
CB Bryan McCann
RB Lonyae Miller
LB Steve Octavien
TE Jason Pociask
TE Martin Rucker
DT Jimmy Saddler-McQueen
LB Brandon Sharpe
DE Junior Siavii
OL Mike Tepper
CB Jamar Wall
CB Teddy Williams
per c-f
OT Will Barker
OG Travis Bright
DE Marcus Dixon
RB Herb Donaldson
TE DajLeon Farr
CB Cletis Gordon
WR Jesse Holley
WR Manny Johnson
OLB Curtis Johnson
CB Bryan McCann
RB Lonyae Miller
LB Steve Octavien
TE Jason Pociask
TE Martin Rucker
DT Jimmy Saddler-McQueen
LB Brandon Sharpe
DE Junior Siavii
OL Mike Tepper
CB Jamar Wall
CB Teddy Williams
per c-f
bill bates hits hard
Footballguy
holley and gordon? wow. i guess with hurd over holley.
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The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Practice squad
Andy Herron
Footballguy
No real surprises here outside of Gordon and Rucker.As I anticipated and posted throughout, they favored rookie Josh Brent over Junior Siavii to back up Ratliff at NT.Interesting how Sam Hurd stood his ground on his salary and stuck.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
I don't know that Gordon qualifies for the practice squad.
bill bates hits hard
Footballguy
I would have liked to see rucker stick. O well
Andy Herron
Footballguy
So now we have 9 linebackers on the roster:
Ware
Brooking
James
Spencer
Sean Lee
Victor Butler
Brandon Williams
Jason Williams
Leon Williams
Tough crowd.
Ware
Brooking
James
Spencer
Sean Lee
Victor Butler
Brandon Williams
Jason Williams
Leon Williams
Tough crowd.
identikit
Footballguy
Always liked Rucker's potential.Too bad he was cut again.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
Yep.Now watch Miami sign him.
Manster
Footballguy
thats a pretty good looking group. lots of potential there, plus veteran leadership.
Texasmouth
Footballguy
Cant believe they gave up on Gordon. That guy has the talent and potential to be a starter in the league one day. Guess he couldnt proved to be valuable enough to lose one of the safeties.
So glad we kept Church and McCray. Great moves.
So glad we kept Church and McCray. Great moves.
Texasmouth
Footballguy
Still a little surprised that the cowboys only kept two true TE with all the double TE packages we run.
Wouldnt mind them grabbing Spencer Havner since he was just released by the Packers.
Wouldnt mind them grabbing Spencer Havner since he was just released by the Packers.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
Pressure.
After digesting yesterday's cuts and reviewing this roster, this is the one word that continues to come to mind. It may as well be this season's motto. Bring pressure on defense and instill pressure on offense. As much as the offense has been discussed here over the summer, Wade Phillips' focus has really been on the defense. He's still building this thing, he's not done yet. Yes, they were pretty good last year, but he wants them to be great. That's where he can really put his stamp on this team. He wants to bring more pressure against the opposing offense and thus force more turnovers. Takeaways were far too few and far between last year. That was evident. So now we're seven deep up front, nine deep at linebacker and nine deep at defensive back, including six deep at safety. That's heavy across the board. Yes, we may appear thin at corner with only Newman, Jenkins and Scandrick, but as I mentioned yesterday Alan Ball can slide to corner at any time and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah is versatile enough to even play in the slot. That's some good flexibility in the secondary. Hopefully a ballhawk or two can emerge from this young group. Lord knows Ken Hamlin couldn't come up with any interceptions.
The offense belongs to Jason Garrett. Last offseason all the talk seemed to center around the two-tight end sets. Well, did we ever see much of that idea come to fruition? Certainly not as advertised. It gave the impression that they were going to pound the ball more with our 3-headed running back trio. How's that supposed to work when Romo seemed to be constantly taking the snap from the shotgun? Didn't make any sense. It was a failed mission is what that was. So much so that they cut a perfectly capable 3rd tight end in Martin Rucker. Heck, we haven't even heard any talk of two-tight end sets through training camp this year, have we? No. We have Dez Bryant now. All throughout OTAs, mini-camp and the early portion of training camp until Dez got hurt the majority of offensive sets consisted of three- and sometimes four-receiver sets. Most notably with Miles Austin in the slot. So you see, it doesn't really matter if Dez is the #2 or #3. He's going to see the field plenty playing opposite Roy Williams anyway. And then there's Jason Witten and the running backs to deal with too. That's pressure.
After digesting yesterday's cuts and reviewing this roster, this is the one word that continues to come to mind. It may as well be this season's motto. Bring pressure on defense and instill pressure on offense. As much as the offense has been discussed here over the summer, Wade Phillips' focus has really been on the defense. He's still building this thing, he's not done yet. Yes, they were pretty good last year, but he wants them to be great. That's where he can really put his stamp on this team. He wants to bring more pressure against the opposing offense and thus force more turnovers. Takeaways were far too few and far between last year. That was evident. So now we're seven deep up front, nine deep at linebacker and nine deep at defensive back, including six deep at safety. That's heavy across the board. Yes, we may appear thin at corner with only Newman, Jenkins and Scandrick, but as I mentioned yesterday Alan Ball can slide to corner at any time and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah is versatile enough to even play in the slot. That's some good flexibility in the secondary. Hopefully a ballhawk or two can emerge from this young group. Lord knows Ken Hamlin couldn't come up with any interceptions.
The offense belongs to Jason Garrett. Last offseason all the talk seemed to center around the two-tight end sets. Well, did we ever see much of that idea come to fruition? Certainly not as advertised. It gave the impression that they were going to pound the ball more with our 3-headed running back trio. How's that supposed to work when Romo seemed to be constantly taking the snap from the shotgun? Didn't make any sense. It was a failed mission is what that was. So much so that they cut a perfectly capable 3rd tight end in Martin Rucker. Heck, we haven't even heard any talk of two-tight end sets through training camp this year, have we? No. We have Dez Bryant now. All throughout OTAs, mini-camp and the early portion of training camp until Dez got hurt the majority of offensive sets consisted of three- and sometimes four-receiver sets. Most notably with Miles Austin in the slot. So you see, it doesn't really matter if Dez is the #2 or #3. He's going to see the field plenty playing opposite Roy Williams anyway. And then there's Jason Witten and the running backs to deal with too. That's pressure.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
Thus far three players from yesterday's cuts have been claimed by other teams.
CB Bryan McCann (Baltimore)
DE Marcus Dixon (Jets)
CB Jamar Wall (Houston)
CB Bryan McCann (Baltimore)
DE Marcus Dixon (Jets)
CB Jamar Wall (Houston)
Texasmouth
Footballguy
That really sucks. I wish they would have found a way to keep McCann. I bet this isnt the last we hear of him.
Tyrion
Footballguy
I think Dallas opted out of a lot of their 3 TE philosophy when John Phillips went down. He was the one that was really excelling in lining up in the backfield. Witten is too dangerous as a receiver to have him start off that far back and Bennett is much better on the line. Crayton had to go because, as you say, they are going to be using 3 WRs much of the time and Crayton's main position is the slot. Unfortunately for him, when Dez comes on the field it is going to be in Miles's outside spot and Austin is going to move to the slot. Add Ogletree to the mix in the slot and it leaves Crayton without a position. Since they have Ansa and Bryant as punt returners, Crayton didn't even have a place on special teams so he wouldn't even be activated most of the games. When you break it down it only makes sense.Andy Herron said:
Totally agree
