Friday Roundup

by Rafael Vela on Feb 3, 2006 10:21 AM CST in Dallas Cowboys News

Some free agency news that could impact the good team, and some that might not:

-- Update: In a move sure to disappoint the Redskins, ESPN's John Clayton reports that the Colts are expected to franchise WR Reggie Wayne, the top rated free agent wide receiver.

-- Colts RB Edgerrin James believes he has played his last game for the Colts.

-- I think former Eagles' DE Hugh Douglas has demonstrated why he's the only "team ambassador" in the NFL and will remain the only team ambassador in the NFL. Ambassador to what, chaos? It can't be to the team locker room. First he gets into a fight with Terrell Owens that spurs Owens suspension. Then he goes on local radio and rips Donovan McNabb's leadership skills. The Eagles front office has been an exemplar in the salary cap era, but they goofed when they made a spot for Douglas. He's got the Eagles nation yakking about a leadership gap.

-- OL coach Paul Boudreau appears headed for St. Louis. It's been awfully quiet on the coaching front in Dallas. We've heard "more announcements are to come" when Chris Palmer was hired, but unless the team has a slick new tight ends coach or linebackers coach on tap, we're going to hear about staff reshufflings. If Bill Parcells does go hunting for new assistants, he may go into his large rolodex of former players. One name floated a couple of weeks ago was Vincent Brown, a former LB for Parcells in New England. Brown attended the Cowboys camp a couple of years ago and worked with the players. Parcells said he was a quality coach already, but he has yet to coach above the high school level, if memory serves me correctly. (I'm still trying to find the link.)

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Too bad about the Eagles, not.

by rha on Feb 3, 2006 1:33 PM CST reply actions

Can you imagine if we got edgerrin james to don the silver and blue? I’m not totally convinced that julius jones or marion barber is an every down every game back. Don’t get me wrong, in his first 36 games he has more rushing yards than emmit smith did, but lets’ be honest about things, he barely lived up to potential this year. Aside from the carolina game, where was he?

by 7572cowboys on Feb 3, 2006 4:24 PM CST reply actions

7572:
You and AW need to figure one thing out, with better OLine play, the RB’s run more. In this past season there were just 2 games in which the Offensive line could open holes in a consistent basis, against Arizona and against Carolina, in the rest of games they just couldn’t manage much of anything. How much yards were lost when the tailbacks were hitted before the line of scrimmage? And that’s not just the OLine fault, mix in some FB and TE, which is the fuel that makes guys like me think that TE and FB are top priorities too in the offseason.

by Chandus on Feb 3, 2006 4:40 PM CST reply actions

If Edge will play the same role and for the same pay as the A-Train, the Cowboys should give him a job.
Peyton Manning will be washed-up soon, too, and then Peyton can be signed, as a backup QB.
I couldn’t believe how you guys kept blurting ‘Colts are this, Colts are that, Colts are special’, and ‘in class of their own’, blah, blah, blah.
Back to the Cowboys: when do they get to spend some money on coaching?
Last I heard, Steve Hoffman was available…

by Lee on Feb 3, 2006 5:17 PM CST reply actions

7572:

Let’s save the money Edge would cost us and get some O-Line and FB help. If we got another RB at all I would want to get a huge Bettis-style short yardage/goalline back. Since players like him don’t come along too often, I say get a FB to be the batering ram and short yardage guy. The other two RB’s should be ok, provided they have a line that can open the initial hole and a Center that doesn’t let the DT steal the handoff before they can get it.

by Sterling on Feb 3, 2006 5:19 PM CST reply actions

Did anyone notice that in his state-of-the-NFL talk today, Tagliabue stated that the Cowboys and Lions would retain their Thanksgiving-day games at their usual time on their usual networks. If the NFL goes to a third game on Thanksgiving, it would involve other teams.

Well, there’s one trial balloon that collapsed on takeoff.

I suspect that when the NFL emissary’s head came back from Fox in a basket, the NFL powers figured it might be an unwise move.

So, that’s at least one thing we don’t have to worry about anymore.

by Mr. Bill on Feb 3, 2006 11:11 PM CST reply actions

Does anyone know the Cowboys top 10 draft board from ranchreport.com? They have a picture of DeAngelo Williams, no clue why he would be there.

by lou c on Feb 3, 2006 11:20 PM CST reply actions

Forget the Edge. Let’s take care of the blockers for JJ and MBIII. We don’t need another running back. Let’s spend the money on the o-line, LB, FS and a kicker.

by onepaniolo on Feb 4, 2006 12:29 AM CST reply actions

Hugh Douglas is a joke, just like the eagles franchise. The Cowboys will be a joke if they bring in T.O. It makes me so mad to hear that they are one of the teams considering him. T.O. can NEVER be a Cowboy after disrespecting the Star.

by drjeff on Feb 4, 2006 5:11 PM CST reply actions