Name that Tight End

i wish they were setting up an interview with an OT,raf

WRONG

After scouting Wisconsin tight end Jason Pociask at the Badgers’ Pro Day Wednesday, the Dallas Cowboys have scheduled a more extensive interview with the Big 10 standout for March 20, TheRanchReport.com has learned.

Bobby Carpenter ran a 4.66 today at his pro day despite being only 90%. I still say we go TE through the draft, I would rather have a FB in FA and TE in the draft.

This year’s draft is supposedly loaded with talented tight ends. Why look elsewhere?

I say use free agency to make our oline better. Here are my favorite 4 free agents that we could sign.

Bentely, Ashworth or Fabini (whichever is cheaper), McGinnest, and Sowell.

Chris Mortensen has been spouting a rumor for awhile about Keyshawn. He’s getting alot louder about it now, though. Anyone want to fill me in on why his contract status might be a big problem? Has anyone other than Mortensen said anything about it? He has a habit of making his own news, so I’m thinking this might be his own concoction.

Okay, so they’re looking at a college guy. I still think they look at and probably sign a pro TE prospect if they can find one cheap.

Hey, if you want to pay for the Ranch Report, cool. I’m not.

KJ is owed a 1 mil dollar roster bonus next month and has a base salary due to him next year of 1.5 mil, and he’s 34. I cant see him with many options but if he starts shooting his mouth off for more money, hand him his pink slip and move on.

No way KJ is dumb enough to do that. He knows this is his last chance. I get the feeling he’s starting to realize he’s not as good as he once thought he was, too.

I think Mortenen’s floating this rumor to make his TO to Dallas story stay alive. I think he was the first one to put that out there. The longer that story hangs on the more credit he can take.

BTW, why am I getting 12 diff error messages every time I submitt a post? I have to go back and refresh the page.

altercall,

yeah, me too, whats the deal with the system site, I guess thats why comments seem to be repeated lately.

Same issue for me.

same for me

I just Read that Lousaka Polite was an all star ILB in High school and college. BP said he was the most athletic player on the team. I wonder if he can beat out Scott shanle? It’s a stretch, but he could be good and his size is right. And he will be looking for a job.

genner, I would not be surprised, but I don’t know if he has the speed or the size to play ILB in a 3-4 system.

I think this Keyshawn nonsense goes back to last year when espn reported that Key walked out of the off-season program because he wanted a new contract. Espn has stood by that story and it seems like this report by Mort is an attempt to revive it.
Or maybe Key just wants a big contract extension ala BP so he is using Mort.
…..Hey it makes sense to mike fisher

6’0" 250+ He’s big, hits hard, pretty fast and BP likes to switch these positions up sometimes.
I’m not advocating it or anything, I just know BP always has a trick up his sleeve (ie moving LA over if need be) and it’s fun to speculate.

JJ said again not to forget WR in FA this year (dallascowboys.com) so methinks Key should be a little too nervous about his status to demand anything.

I’m getting the same problem…

I’d be willing to give Shanle and Fowler a shot at the job. I remember last year everyone was ready to get rid of James. Now everyone says he has solidified one of the ILB positions. Parcells brought in Shanle and Fowler for a reason. If he trusts them and we see one of them start, I’m willing to give them a chance to show they’ve grown from last season. Keep Polite at FB, or better yet, get Sowell and show Polite the door. We already have Ware still learning and we’ll probably have another rookie LB, we don’t need Polite relearning a position he hasn’t played in 5 or 6 years IMO.

If Key goes, I can see Bledsoe campaigning for Moulds and I’d be OK with that if he doesn’t cost a fortune. If they do get a WR in FA, put me down for Givens(my favorite) or Finneran to replace Key.

How many TE’s do we have on our roster currently? Witten, Ryan, Pierce, and Curtis I think. Looking at that I’d say if we go after a guy would it not be a better blocking TE?

my fa pick are as follows:
mc ginest(with carpenter in the draft)
ashworth/fabini
sowell
hope

the reason why i say ashworth or fabini is besause of the unceranty @ rt ..i dont think we will pick up a C ..i seen AJ pancake a few guys last year and i dont think Ag (if he stays) will make any bone head mistakes any more like he did in week 14?? when he just “ole” that nose tackle if b/p has any faith in their young lineman (and we have a lot of them) look for them to get some solid veteran help if not look for them to pick up a yopung decent player ..same can be said about L/B

BP,

Knows TEs and LBs pretty well. If he sees another Witten in the draft……great……you know while we have all been complaining about the WR position…….another legit threat at TE downfield would be a bigger boost to the Parcells style of offense, improve the running game, and free up Witten who drew beter coverage from Safeties or good coverage linebackers……..if you got a kid on the other side that is also catching 2 or 3 a game……not 2 or 3 a season……it stands to reason that it opens up the offense more.

It also helps set up the play action and the DRAW play that Jones ran so well in his first season. For all the complaints about Bledsoe and our Left and Right Tackles……..the running game still struggled last year. When it was on, we blew bad teams away and stayed in against pretty good playoff teams like Carolina(we won)……..for all intense purposes Campbell was just another Smaller Guard……Mike Vrabel is more of a threat to catch than Campbell….I liked Dan but if we can add player that can block and catch…….watch out.

Good call on the TE Raf…….it will be interesting to see what Dallas does with FB, TE, in FA and draft. Of course RT, OLB, FS, MLB are needs too……I still say with a healthy Henry this team is a totally different defense……and has pass shutdown ability…..as long as we can shore up our run defense……we can win games on a couple of long Vinateri field goals alone. lol.

One thing I find funny about finding LBs is that BP’s excuse for switching to the 3-4 was that LBs were easier to find. But look at our defensive Line last year. We were in much better shape to run a 4-3 than we were a 3-4. With everyone wanting to run the 3-4 LBs are more scarce. I’m not botherd losing Glover, because remember we have Pepper and Ratliff that were fighting for time on the field, that can easily make up for the productivity that Glover gave us in his new role.

Cash,
Linebackers are more easier to find for the 3-4 than defensive ends in the 4-3, but we are one year into the new scheme, and Glover wont be replaced that so easily by two unproven players. I hope they workout, but Glover was a great player on and off the field.

mridge,

I agree with everything but would add Longwell or Bryant and its perfect. The more I think about, after Bentley I think we should pursue Hope the most.

talk about vet. leadership…ray lewis anyone?

lou i totally agree with you .. hope is a top priarity for us…especially because the giant want to add madison and hope to there secondary…sorry to say …but with tg and kj…we would be helpless against the giants secondary with the upgrades they would make if we let them snatch hope ANd madison..and maybe woodson …there are as hungary as we are…eagles and believe it or not..the skins are still hugary..

how soon do you guys think the cowboys will sign players tomorrow. At exactly 11:01 or maybe we will hear about it the next morning?

jj knows our devision is going to stand out as THE VERY BEST next year…ever better than last year…i think you guy are wronge about them taking few players in FA…they will approach aggresivly…but i tottally agree that youth is a MUST for the boys future….
Bentley is an excelent pick up…IF aj does prove himself…then bentley can move to gaurd and take over LA’s spot..my FA pickups are..

BENTLEY
HOPE
VIN.
Putzier
a proven LB

and draftr the rest…

dont forget…the cap goes up again next year…so witten williams and newman are in good shape to resigne after 06..if we build for the future and take BENTLEY instead of MAWEERA we will need less money for fa for the next 5 years…no more marco riv. gambles…

reports out are that Bentley has a deal in place with philly, Vinateri has been strongly rumored with Tampa and Hope will more than likely sign back to pittsburgh

well there goes my list..lol

Yeah and Hope would make Roy that much better. Think about this D:

Canty-Ferguson-Spears

McGinest-Carpenter-James-Ware

Newman-Roy-Hope-Henry

Thats the best D in the league IMO. Carpenter can move outside and Burnett inside on certain downs, or if he cant handle it then Shanle.

lou,

i think carpenter would get more time as OLB with McGinnest being the passing down rotation in…….and Ware, Carpenter, and McGinnest being the top 3 at OLB……James Burnett more inside……if burnett is healthy and can handle it…..he is only a 2nd year guy……..i wonder what Kalen Thornton will do he was the first DE to OLB draft of Parcells….and was out injured all last year…..he might make some noise and at least be better at pass rush than Fujita…..we need a legit pass rush opposite Ware at OLB to keep the TEs from killing our pass rush.

Espn now has us replacing Key with T.O.
….they have been plugging the “scoop”
for a 1/2 hour yet still haven’t run it
…..

espn always plugs anything Cowboys….and then rarely if ever shows the piece and when they do it is old news anyway….bait and switch to increase their ratings with cowboy fans…….mediots at work!

All:

Last night at about 8:15 ET the hosting company for this blog had some server “issues”. That’s what was causing the problem. From what I gather, by the time Rafael called me to get some more info on the problem, it had cleared up.

Sorry for the inconvenience…

And now … back to the waiting game …

I feel Campbells agent is trying to stir the pot with this. Look at the facts. Campbell will not make much if any more in FA than he is going to make with Dallas. He has become a leader as well as team captain here & loves playing for BP. He has much of his family here in the Dallas area. I am not going to say no way, but I would be very surprised if he is not a cowboy this year.

Ranch Report reporting that its between the Chiefs and us for TO.

The Eagles are trying to trade TO to the Chiefs so he’s out of the division, question is whether TO will agree to renogiate is contract with the Chiefs before hearing offers from other teams (Cowboys). So basically the choice is TO’s, and I’m sure some whispering to Drew by Jerry about how much the Cowboys are willing to pay is happening and should have an impact.

I’m all for it, trade/dump Keyshawn and lockup TO.

What would people think of Javon Walker wearing a star on his helmet? He’s been running his mouth that he wants out of Green Bay. Parcells and Jones have said that we might be going after a WR. Drew Rosenhaus is his agent, the same guy that Parcells had lunch with at the Combine. He’s a young pro bowl talent coming off a knee injury.

What would you send Green Bay for him, a second rounder?

WR Javon Walker asked Green Bay to trade him. What it would take to get him in a Cowboys uni.

I think you guys are reading far too much in the Bill/ rosenhous lunch meeting at the combine. Rosenhous represents a few college draft prospects that the cowboys might be interested in and are looking at what the number drew might be looking for at an 18 pick, remember, the cowboys have no player thats represented by Rosenhous on the team. Greenbay is under the cap and I wouldn’t trade for a player that missed the full season with a major knee injury. I just dont get why so many of you guys want the Cowboys to continue to take on head cases like becoming a cowboy changes them, it doesn’t. Teams are more carefull like never before in drafting or signing players that are character guys, and not characters and head cases. Have we not had enough of the Derek Ross, antonio Bryants,Kareem larrimores, Quincy Carters,etc on this team, wasted draft picks that has gotten this team in the tailspin its been in for years. We’re just starting to get a young nucleus of good Character players thats heading in the right direction and you want to ruin it by bringing in some rotten Apples.

I agree with Derrick, stick to solid decisions without all the question marks. Why introduce unknowns into the equation when you don’t have to. TO brings nothing but questions to a position that is not a priority. Hopefully BP and JJ understand there are no silver bullets. Derrick is also correct that a change of scenery or a star on the helmet doesn’t change a guys brain. Look at Randy Moss, as many predicted, he created as many problems as he solved at Minnesota. Where is he now? I forget.

BTW, the same thing applies to all the injured guys. Walker makes no sense especially if draft choices are involved. Trading them for another teams unknown problems is a mistake 100% of the time.

Also, I forgot to ask, what is the status of Antonio Bryant? Still a big hit at Cleveland?

Jon,
You win the prize….
40 minutes into the show we get Mort trying to boost his Key is going hold out story by tying it to T.O..Mort used so many"coulds" and “mays” in his
piece it could have applied to any player in the nfl….mediot is too nice a term for this swill.

Some news to mess up draft boards:

Culpepper should be traded by midnight tonight, and the frontrunner is the Raiders. You would have to think that its for the 7th pick.

The Jets are real close to trading for Patrick Ramsey, probably a 3rd-4th rounder, which throws Cutler out of the window and proly means Ferguson goes 4th.

The Giants will sign Pro Bowl CB Sam Madison.

Also, Bruce resigned with the Rams. As for Walker, I would think JJ would rather sign TO despite the headaches to a small deal then trade a 1st or 2nd for Walker who has to be locked up 2 big money.

Can someone explain to me the Redskins cap situation? I thought they were over 120 mil, cut Lavar but didnt save any money, and now all of a sudden with the CBA rising the cap to 102 million they are in shape to sign big name FA’s???? Stupid John Clayton lists them 5th on his list of teams that will be players this offseason, and the idiots at the Washington Post list the best free agents as coming to Washington. Wasn’t it just 2 weeks ago that they were saying they are going to have to have 25 rookies on their roster?

I heard alot that a second round pick could get him, but with that major injury he had, 3 of the 4 ligaments torn in his knee and he really wont be ready until midseason and a big roster bonus due, I cant see anyone trading for him if it looks more and more that he’ll be cut. I think you’ll see him in Arizona with Dennis green.

Dont rule out Cutler going to the Jets even if they get Ramsey, Cutler will take a couple of years to develop anyway, they would make him the third string, and what has Ramsey ever done in this league, Penningtons career is in limbo and the Jets couldn’t afford to cut him because of the cap hit this year, thats why they restructured him.

Lou,
With the new agreement, they can restructure some contracts and bonueses out over 5 years instead of 4 and will probably cut a couple of players like Brandon Noble to save more cap space. They saved quite abit with the Arrington buy out which looks kinda fishy to me.

Hey, is David Thornton a solution at LB? He’s 6’3" 235lbs and is going to be allowed to test free agency. The colts can no longer afford him.

I heard Stephan Jones say we will be active early in FA , but don`t look for us to overpay to fill our needs.
I really think BP will go for Longwell or maybe Bryant over Vinateri. I personally like Longwell & for about 1mil less I can`t see them spending more here. Also I cannot see BP passing on Fabini. Besides being one of BP`s deciples he will give us immediate help on the line. At LB I can see Witherspoon or Ayodele as solid choices. Again I am not happy with the choices at safety. The options are all way overpriced & to make not worth it but we might have to make a move on someone. If there is one large signing I hope it would be Bently but who knows. There are no rumors leaking out on legitimate players. TO well I just can`t see it happening, but nothing would shock me if JJ has a hand in it !

Isn’t ironic how we hear all kind of rumors about other teams pursuing all theses hi profile players.. And you hear NOTHING what that the Cowboys are up to???!!! My gut feeling tells me Jerry will not go for the top players! He along with BP will entertain more of the ROLE players than high cost players (in accordance with our history)…
The only profile guys in the recent history we signed were; Deion and Haley.. Just IMO..

Toast,

LaRoi Glover was high profile. Anthony Henry might not have been a household name but he was a high money, high impact signing. Marco Rivera was high profile.

That said, I agree with your main point. I don’t think they’re going to throw big money around like last year. They’re going to follow the Patriots blueprint this time and get solid guys at medium sized deals.

becker

i rarely watch sportscenter anymore..but as soon as training camp starts you will see images of Parcells, Jones, Witten, Ware, LA, and others…..and they will always say report from Oxnard or whatever…….I gladly donated to Rafaels trip to Oxnard where we got real coverage………remember how he predicted Crayton was going to be special….and before the injury we all saw an impact player…….

This year RAF should take a camera and run some film footage too. The cable monopolies of espn are dead in the water!!!

Toast…….what does the WIN NOW and Parcells and Jerry’s windows of opportunity closing signal.

A Henry was paid shut down corner pay…..and for a reason before injury he was that and a tackler something Deion never was. Rivera and Ferg, Bledsoe……KJ, Galloway, Ismail……Jerry has tried FA before…..it ain’t always worked…….but Rivera, Ferg, Bledsoe, Henry were all big time signings with big bucks……..I don’t see Dallas stepping back now when we were a win away from the playoffs…….and did not play our best football.

Toast
I think we add an OLB, K, T, S, in FA…possibly a TE but I think we are going to draft that……Bierault and Davis will still be around……….draft a TE, G-C maybe a T too, OLB, MLB, maybe an NT……and possibly a WR or even a QB if BP sees a guy he likes fall in to the 2nd day.

We make the Playoffs last year if Henry and Flo play 15 games. Once you are in these days it is anybodys game….and with TNew, Henry, Glenn in the 2ndary we can cover anybody’s recievers……just ask the should have been mvp Steve Smith. Bookend Ware with McGinnest or another FA OLB and lookout. Hech we make the playoffs last year if Cundiff is hurt in preseason……

I think its good we aren’t connected to
specific names…with the draft we had
last year and there are what 4-5 former BP coaches as nfl head coaches/gms;that
is alot of people looking for the same
“types” players.Valley Ranch should be
locked down tighter than Langley

ridgelake

you suck j/k i just read that about javon walker..i think he would be a great addition to the boys! especially being a Texas native (Galveston, like my self) he’s a big young wide receiver i think him TG and PC would be a better wr tandem than what we have now Key will not play for less so i dont see him staying unfortunately