Meaningless Stat Lines of the Day

They could’ve had both Antonio Bryant and Patrick Crayton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He cut off routes when he felt like it. He refused to go into games. He ran sloppy routes. Those more than negate his flashes of high-end ability. I don’t understand the fuss – never have.
Bryant would be behind Peerless Price on this squad. He was just destined not to be a Cowboy – he was a bad draft pick.

If a player has a bad attitude (and you can not get him to see the light) show his a** to the curb and move on!

Did the Vikes miss Moss yesterday against TB, or was it there former Off. Coordinator that went to Miami and helped the Fins hang 34 pts on the ponies?

NYG had to returns for TD’s yesterday against the cards. The Boys are having a difficult time stopping the returns. Is it special teams coach Bruce Dehaven thats the problem or are the players not playing (I don’t think its the players)? We’ll see if now that the roster is stabilized if the special teams coverage units start to come together.

You forgot one item behind Crayton’s name: “Does not throw jersey in head coach’s face.” Getting the guy off the team was the right thing to do.

If the Cowboys win the Super Bowl while Bryant makes the Pro Bowl, who got the better end of the deal?

Bryant can help himself to all the stats and awards he wants. Parcells judged him to not be helpful to the cause, thus shipping him out. Morgan was simply wishful thinking, hoping to salvage a poor draft choice. We’ve cut our loss and moved on.

If Crayton’s game yesterday forecasts the kind of year he’s going to put up, we’ve got something good goin’ on. Hats off to the receiver coach (who is he, anyway?) for developing Crayton, plus getting excellent play from Johnson and Glenn. Position coaching is vital, especially with so much young talent on this team.

Now if our linebacker coaching can straighten out their recognition and assignments – more than once they looking rushed, confused and out of position at the snap of the ball. Plenty of grist for Parcells to grind their butts with this week in practice.

This is a bad comparison. The fact is Bryant is starting, Morgan got cut period. If Bryant was still here he wouldnt have been cut. Crayton will start next year or get more plays if he keeps this up.

who cares about Quincy or Antonio………fact is they both suck. AB is in a contract year and has decided to show up for week 1.

Which he also did when we had him…….it will only be a matter of time til he quits on the Browns the way he quit on the Cowboys………

All you Antonio fans……why don’t you just go get a Browns jersey and stop rooting for the Boys already. This a team effort, and he was not part of the team or as Bill Parcells said this training camp get on board the TRAIN…….he wants winners not whiners.

I’ll take Crayton, Copper, and Morgan for every Antonio Bryant out there. TO produces so you can decide if you want him or not, Michael Ivrin produced and never had on the field issues………just some off the field stuff………..even Joe Horn with his antics produces………look at the class guys in the league………Jerry Porter, Torry Holt, Marvin Harrison………those guys produce without the antics………Antonio Bryant is ain’t in their league!

Don’t forget we lured Henry away from Cleveland as a free agent. They got nothing in return this year. Would you take Henry for Bryant? Any day. So maybe Cleveland got the better end of the Morgan for Bryant trade, but we scored big time when we got Henry.

Still doesn’t change the fact that we got squat in return for Bryant. Also had we not traded Bryant we would’ve saved the 2mil we spent on Price.

I am wondering why people are so caught up with Antonio Bryant. I think I have the reason.

First, people have been comparing AB to Michael Irvin the moment he became a cowboy. Physically, this is a good comparison. Personally, there may be some other reasons for it being a good comparison. But, the problem is the AB isn’t and will never be Michael Irvin. So what is happening to these DC fans that keep obsessing over this is that they really don’t miss AB, they miss Michael Irvin.

So for all you fans who miss AB it is time to heal the wound of Michael Irvin’s premature retirement. Repeat after me, “Michael, you were the best. I really miss your playmaking ability. I wish you could have played many more years. I am sorry that I tried to replace you with a lesser person named Antonio Bryant. He was and never will be you. I miss you Michael. God bless you and now I let you go for good. I will begin to enjoy the talent that God has so bountifully blessed the Cowboys with now and stop obsessing over Mr. Bryant.”

Alright, very well. You are on the path to healing. Good job. Now go home and speak kind words to your wife and kids. All is well.

Yes we got nothing for AB …..why???? because no one wanted to give
us anything for him!!!!!
Can’t get something for nothing!!!!!

If AB had stayed I don’t think anything would have changed.B.P.
was not going to start AB if he continued to give up on routes
and pout.

ESPN featured AB after his rookie year………and many including myself being optimistic bit the hype.

However the guy never ever delivered consistently. See ya AB……Browns ain’t going nowhere in a long time. Meanwhile we are getting Super Bowl rings in the next few years!

Freud,
Actually, instead of listening to your religious BS, we would be better off if you never posted here again.

James, whats up your rear?

It was meant to be a joke. Take a breather, man and chill.

AW:
Just the guy I wanted to see posting… What do you think of Keyshawn? He’s a pretty good TE, right? The TE would still start over Bryant. Glenn made some though catches too. And Crayton was the team leader on yards and receptions. Bryant would be 4th team here.

And he starts in Cleveland because Northcut hasn’t delivered what his contract’s worth (2 years ago he signed a contract extension worth like 10 mill) and Braylon Edwards is a rookie. We’re much better at receiver than Cleveland, among many other things.

And BTW, what about Bledsoe? I heard that someone predicted 2 picks in the game…

I told you so…

Where can I find a replay of Parcells’ post game press conference?

Truth is that diferent opinions exist only for the better of a good talk… There’re guys like AW, Cash and many others that would prefer a Randy Moss, a T.O. and a Bryant, while there’re others like Jon, myself and many others that would prefer a Marvin Harrison, a Hines Ward and a Keyshawn Johnson.

Freud,
Very well. Just checking.

I’m not sure Bryant will have such a great year, not with Trent Dilfer at QB. And even if he does, he will be a free agent next year and any team can overpay him if they want. So for all the AB fans, there is always the chance Jerry Jones will go off half cocked and sign him.

Chandus
First of all I’m the main person on here that has been saying Crayton needs to play. KJ looked good, because I said and still say he is a tightend doesn’t mean I don’t think he is good. Bledsoe by the numbers looked good I didn’t see the game. I didn’t say he was going to have two picks. If Bledsoe can keep playing like this we will have a chance at winning every week but SD has a poor passing D. A win is a win and I will take it.

DavidL ……..not sure try foxsports……..i heard it on FOX SPORTS RADIO on my XM RADIO……….

You know I thought it would be Terry Glenn shining with Bledsoe…….but I am glad to see it was the lessor known Crayton……….the young guy that is showing some real hands and class on the field.

How about that grab off the turf, then just accepts the officials call and goes back to the huddle………thank goodness for the review.

It is about time one of our young guys developed. Jimmy Smith was still eating it up yesterday. If you want to complain about a WR that we LET GO…….the complain about JIMMY SMITH not ANTONIO BRYANT……..Bryant doesn’t even deserve to carry Jimmy Smith’s jock strap!

Jimmy Smith had yet another 2 TD day and 130 yards………go compare that to Antonio Bryant!

Chandus
What is the difference between KJ ok a young KJ, Moss and TO? KJ use to blow up just like them. There was a thing on espn talking about divas at WR and there was KJ saying how he Moss and TO are the same. I would take Moss over any WR in the game today and if he was a cowboy would and others would say he was the best. The difference is someone doesn’t have to be a cowboy for me to recognize that someone is good or recognize someone is sucks if they are a cowboy.

Freud, It’s not that we are obssessed with Bryant, its that we don’t have our heads up our own asses.

Gentlemen Please!!

The Cowboys just beat a Twelve win team on the road!! Why the Anger? Chandus? AW? Can we talk about how long it will take Ware to figure out containment? Did Ogbogu get in at all? How come Davis got burned for two TD’S? Didn’t Julius look great juking Foley to pick up the first down, and let’s give DBledsoe his due. He had lots of chargers around him and he didn’t panic, he even ran for some……

And Moss is the best WR in the game. So lets let it go. Some agree, some don’t (Don’t know why!).

Jimmy Smith, Antonio Bryant and Quincy Morgan are gone. Since they are no longer Cowboys, why do they warrant more than brief commentary? Let’s just move on.

AlanTdot
I dont have an anger, I’m happy we won.

Monday Night Game is here. How great it is going in 1-0. I have tickets for the game and have never been to a monday nighter. So excited I must tell someone.

AlanTdot:
I’m also happy… It’s only a good discussion, anger usually comes along with insults, and I haven’t read one from my fingers or from AW’s. Cash really suffers of some anger cases…

Moss would be the best receiver in the game if he starts playing every play to his potential, even those were his name isn’t called, saw the OAK-NE game and the only thing that changed with Moss is his uniform, every day I would take a Marvin Harrison or a Hines Ward over that thug.

AW:
I understand your point, perhaps if Moss had landed in the lap of a coach like Parcells early in his career he could have mold him into a perfect teammate under his watch (which is what Key is under Parcells watch), but he didn’t had the luck or lack off, Parcells is not a candy… But T.O. fell on Reid lap, and he’s a well respected coach and he didn’t changed his antics, he can make all the stats in the world this season, but he will be a pain in the ass for his teammates and it will cost to them, just wait for a game in which things don’t fall his way and he’ll bitch, just like he did while in SF and things will start to crumble, and you know what, last year I predicted that things could be heaven for the 1st year, but for the second his colors could start to surface, I was right, and I might be right again.

Again, there’s people that prefer guys that make good stats, I’d take every time a guy that’s a rounded player, because those are the players in which you can rely for every play. That’s why I realized that Bledsoe could do a pretty good job while in here, people looked at the stats and figured that he was an inmobile and unprecise QB, but with a friendly scheme he can function 3 TD’s and a 150 QB rating speak for themselves, and really 3 of those sacks weren’t his fault, one was a corner blitz and Polite responded awfully to it, another was Flozell fault and the other was Petitti’s.

And you know what? Just one sack on Bledsoe’s shoulders is a pretty good number. But he do needs to get himself rid of the ball faster for next game, Washington’s going to blitz 6 and 7 for half the game (or more…). Defensively, Ware is going to eat Brunnel steaks, Ramsey might be out for the game and Campbell is too raw.

Hey Rafael,

Thanks for bringing up this great topic again! Really put it to bed, huh?

AB is not, will never be again a Cowboy. All comparisons to anyone past, present or future on the Cowboys is a BS argument. Might as well argue who’s the best receiver…oh, yeah, doin’ that too.

New thread.

true to that…AB? Who?…see how easy that was?….In the past….. LETS GO COWBOYS!!!

Chandus, keep my name off your keyboard. You are a blind homer and alot of your opinions are absent of logic. Me pointing that out doesn’t make me angry, just makes me honest and accurate.

My rose colored glasses are becoming more fashionable by the week. I believe that Crayton will be challenging for the starter position with a few more games like yesterday. Given time I think that Bledsoe will make us very happy that Buffalo decided he was expendable. The offensive line will improve and he will get that time. The defense even though less effective than I believed was quite good considering that most people see LT as the best running back in the league. Our pass defense had some mistakes, but the two FA’s earned their money yesterday. Ware will get better in his run defense. All in all a pretty good day for a team in the lower middle of the pack last year. I had a great football weekend. My beloved Cowboys won a great game. The LSU Tigers beat a very good Arizona team. My nephew got his first varsity start as a freshman in high school. He beat the dog out of his opponent on the first two series and then they double teamed him the rest of the game. He plays defensive tackle, but projects to play Linebacker in College. His greatest desire is to play for the Dallas Cowboys. His bloodlines will provide him with a 6’5" body at around 245 lbs. If he can avoid injury and keep his head on straight he should be ready 2012. lol

I think if we don’t do a better job of protecting Bledsoe, over the course of 16 games, he will have a hard time holding up for the entire season.

no problem trading away antonio bryant but we gave him away, sorry quincy, but now if you look at it losing ab for peerless price in my opinion is a steal for us and hopefully we will get to see that real soon, as for watching crayton play i can only say quincy who? antonio who???

I believe we had this same discussion with Pete Hunter. Just where is he now???

gman,

Dont you know that Pete Hunter was voted employee of the month at MCdonalds for the month of August, and with that comes a big bonus of that month of $3.86.

Fighter 15,

I’ve got to feed the beast, man. This blog needs continuous food. I had about fifteen minutes today between classes to throw something up. Yeah, there are better threads to write, but those take TIME. Which I don’t have today.

its an old topic crayton could be the man for years to come for us, his hands and drive are incredible

Anyone watching the Beagle’s taking it on the chin?

I am Tommy and the beagles just scored dammit

Guys, guys, guys….

I was HUGE into the Bryant trade debate. Really. I believed in this kid (in spite of the attitude), I was outraged that we hastily GAVE him away, and I never thought Morgan was gonna add up to much.

BUT IT ALL BALANCED OUT- IT ALWAYS DOES FOR GOD’S TEAM!!

Last years draft we traded down and got JULIUS. CRAYTON fell in our laps. This year’s draft went our way with a bunch of good players- we got Ware, Spears, Burnett, AND Canty. BARIAULT might be BATES II. THOMPSON came outta nowhere. Petteti might be a steal. Henry was the BEST corner we coulda gotten. And Bledsoe is evidently the real thing. And on and on….

So we gave Bryant away- given how things worked out- I AIN’T EVER GONNA DISCUSS ANTONIO BRYANT AGAIN, unless we’re playing agianst him. I hope he grows up. I hope he stays healthy. I wish him well. BUT I’M NOVING ON….

We ALL should. The future’s too damn bright in Cowboy Country!

I really feel we’re about 2 years away from a repeat of the nineties.

I wonder what the cornerback said to Trotter. And if we can find out, will he fall for it again. lol

LMAO!!!

and CHANDUS,

I’ve seen some of your sniveling posts on this thread directed at others with whom you have disagreed with in the past. Typical chandus….

Advice: COOL IT with the “I told you so” crap. Just like a little brat. Yesterday you said Dallas would LOSE against your “other” team, san diego, right?

“I told you soooo.” freak’n joke….

L

GO ATLANTA!!!

Did I see Owens covering his ears and running away when Mcnabb was trying to talk to him on the sideline?? That’s what it looked like….

Missed that. But at this moment Im a huge atlanta fan. lol

Phillie not looking so invincible tonite.

No they are not playing to well. That hit on McNabb in the first quarter has probably had more of an effect on him than he is letting on.

I think a better point is that we could have had Larry Johnson for AB straight-up (back when he was in Vermeil’s doghouse) instead of Quincy Morgan.

Now nobody will question the fact that we really blew it on that one.

Hey Frued, I got a kick out of your post. And especially appreciated your patience with the kneeJERK responce from the next guy.

Hey James, This and other threads have proven you to be a bit intolerant to anyone you consider lesser than yourself, not to mention short tempered. As far as I’m concerned we still live in America where people a little more patient than yourself paid a price so we ALL can speak freely without a bully freaking out. So hey … take a chill and be excited that not all Cowboy fans are cookie cutters of yourself. What fun would that be?

Hey Boys Fans, sorry if this is no place for this stuff … so I’ll return to the point … BRYANT … who the hell needs him … don’t let the door hitcha where the Good Lord splitcha … adios … end of story… be interresting to follow the stats on him through the year .

  Any takers on what record the browns will have when he finally blows it and throws another carpet chewing fest. I’m guessing about week seven when they are 3 – 4 …

(GO Falcons!! for now)

Piss on Bryant,he doesn’t play for us……..C’mon Atanta hang a “L” on the Beagles….

Will: Your right on all points. I hope this is a “big tent” blog with room for all(Cowboy fans that is). Too bad James doesn’t have a better understanding of humor and sarcasm. I’m a big Falcons fan for the next 98 seconds!!!

How BOUT DAT …. The Beagles are LAST in the NFC east … can life get any better? After next monday Dallas could very well be #1 in the NFC East……. How bout THAT!!!!!

I feel ya Will…….Cowboys will be “nasty” on Monday night football,lookout Redskins here comes the “New” Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Let the sacks begin!!!!

The Eaglets lose!!!! Sweeeeet! Nice self destruction with Jeremiah Trotter getting the boot before the game! That hurt them more than Atlanta losing Kevin Mathis in their pre-game fight. Eaglets in turmoil!!!!

Crayton’s emergence should put the Antonio Bryant trade to rest. Enough already. Are we still tracking Jimmy Smith’s numbers? ……. I believe we are, so we’ll still talk about the Bryant trade 10 years from now. Hopefully we’ll win some Super Bowls with Crayton! Go ’Boys!

Sharkz,

I agree with you! We did alright against the Chargers really good o-line, so we should be collapsing Patrick Ramsey’s pocket quite a bit. It will be nice! Ware will get his first NFL sack for sure!

Checkit out >>> Emmit Smith doing post Monday Night commentary on NFL network. A little love for yesterdays Boys on the network … Right on Emmit.

ESPN announcing Brunnell to start for the foreskins next Monday … LET THE WAREWOLF FEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello??? Is nobody else flipping out about Philly losing. Granted Trotter wasn’t playing but I’m impressed with how Atlanta contained Philly’s offense. I feel like the cowboys D matches up well against the Philly offense…argee? Disagree?

Vote one for AGREE!!!!! (Mr. rose collored glasses here)

I agree, emrdog!

Will in Idaho, give me back my rose colored glasses! I can’t wait for next Monday when our D obliterates the Dreadskins’ pitiful offense!

rich:
The only reason why I’m telling those I told you so to those guys has been and still is because I earned some Homer calls and some other things while enjoying a heatedly discussion with them and some of my points have proven to be correct (at least for the moment).
But I do understand what you’re saying and that’s why I’ll keep myself out of the Bryant topic, the TE named Keyshawn topic and the Bledsoe being in the wrong system last year and in the correct one this year topic.
But I would also enjoy to not read from the same subjects from the guys I mentioned above, because they tend to write pretty homerish things…

Oh, and BTW, someone has been wondering if Fujita played last year any D snaps, well, I don’t think that he did, I wouldn’t believe that he already learned the language of the D and the playbook, those are things that you don’t learn in a week… He only dressed to play special teams and even at that he wasn’t prepared for. And he hasn’t even played the 3-4 before so…

I meant SD game… My eyes are closing… bed time, yes.

Man if you don’t hit T.O. in the numbers he can’t adjust
to catch the ball!!! Or maybe he feels he not being paid
enough to go out of his way to catch to catch the ball.

Becker, I suspect the latter.

I think teams have alot more to game plan for against the Cowboys than alot of other teams(such as philly-just stop TO)first they have to stop JJ,then they have to stop our pro-bowl TE Witten,gotta stop Keyshon and Terry Glenn,then watchout for and try and stop Crayton and here shortly they’ll have another threat to watchout for in Price as soon as he learns the playbook and that’s just the offense!I firmly beleive that by the latter part of the season this defense is gonna be ferocious!

Time for a Special Teams thread? We’ve got serious coverage issues that may make Bill do something big. Like ask Keith Davis to take on his old special teams role again (in addition to FS), or move another starting LB into ST. Unfortunately, that wouldn’t be enough, though. Not only are the gunners not getting there quickly enough, but there are too many gaps and assignment losses in general. Not sure what more they can do. Any thoughts? Pathetic for a head coach who has always said he wants his backups to play ST.

And if Cortez can’t kick into the end zone more consistently, then why is he still here?

Never saw it this bad when Avezzano was around….

Note: If ST is our biggest problem, then we will be playoffs bound! Go Cowboys!

parcells for president

I agree that there are coverage issues. Yet, I was really suprised at how well Dallas covered deep for a few exceptions. I really feel like if Newman plays off and doesn’t get beat long then the Cowboys can contain most recievers, T.O. included. I am not as concerned with the defense as I am the offensive line and special teams. The D gave up 24 to a really good offence and less than a hundred yards to the best RB in the league. Offensively, the penelties need to be curtailed and a better protection for Drew. Special teams…well, somebody has got to start tackling besides the kicker…other than that we are sitting pretty.

Just wanted to submit a link to you on the cowboys. Thought you might
enjoy the read. Feel free to comment or post the link.

http://www.theobservationist.com/story.php?id=71

Field position nearly killed this team. It was that “Smack in the mouth” that Parcells preached about early in camp that he didn’t know how his team would react. The young, inexperienced, new starters, new system that would take years to learn got it handed to ’em right in the kisser.

Here, we’ll give one of the best offenses last year a short field for half the game…

It was a magnificent performance. Stuff that legends begin with…like “The Catch” in ‘81 foretelling a dominant 15 year run for the 9ers, or “How ’bout them Cowboys” whoopin’ the end of that dynasty in ’92.

This team has a five to ten year run to history. They got some work to do yet, no doubt. And we’ll have to have another QB to take the batton after Bledsoe in a few. But this team has the looks of something really special. Need a few more playmakers and a future at QB.

Troy,

Forgot about that statistical omen…3rd year of every Bill Parcell’s coached team, he has taken it to the Conference Championship game, twice going to the Super Bowl.

Check out his article, starts off like a diatribe then twists predicting a complete turnaround…kinda like the ’Boys.

how does a ramsey for henson trade sound, i think ramesy has talent if his team will stick with one offense for more than a season. i think he is in a bad situation with washington

maybe i am crazy he just has shown more signs of being better than henson

think ramsey has shown more than drew henson but i`m hoping bledsoe has a few yrs left and romo can continue to improve plus we draft a qb and groom him to compete with romo in 3 yrs or so, but yes i`d make the trade but i doubt the redskinswould. oh boys 23-7 monday night r u ready 4 some football

ESPN.com has the Cowboys ranked number 8 in this week’s Power Ranking. That is a jump of eleven places. The win over the Chargers made believers out of some.

ESPN is always the first bandwagoners…in fact, I think they make the bandwagons.

OK by me…more coverage.

Speaking of Future QBs … although I am a LOYAL fan, I’m only a CASUAL observer of fine details(although becoming more and more addicted now that I’ve discovered blogs like this) … what is sooooo wrong with Tony Romo?Since last year’s pre season I’ve liked his field ‘presence’. He doesn’t seem to be as nervous as Henson, and … well … I just like him more … any chance we can thread some about his posible prospects if only for the sake of educacting my ignorant self???

Idaho,
You ignorant? For someone “near Coeur D’Alene”, you sure don’t act like an inbreeder. Way to touchy-feely you are, based on your previous post that blasted me unjustly. Are you not from there? Since you do wood floors, did you perhaps follow the building boom to “Hayden Lake Heaven?” Now allow me to educate you.

First: You know nothing about me, so be careful what comes out of your mouth!

Second: Know the rules on this Blog. NO RELIGION, NO POLITICS! Psychology qualifies as both. Granted, I should have asked Freud if he was joking. Looked at in that light, his post was good stuff.

HAVE A NICE DAY!