Brad Johnson at Valley Ranch

by Dave Halprin on Mar 5, 2007 12:47 PM CST in News Comment 19 comments

The report is that Brad Johnson is indeed visiting Valley Ranch today and he doesn't have any other visits scheduled, so he will probably decide very soon between the Cowboys and the Broncos.

KFFL has this note posted:

Cowboys | Team could meet with W. James
John Murphy, of Yahoo! Sports, reports the Dallas Cowboys have shown interest in possibly meeting or speaking with free agent CB William James (Eagles) by the end of the week.

By the way, William James is the former Will Peterson who used to play with the New York Giants.

The reviews are coming in on the Leonard Davis signing, and they aren't pretty. Besides Len Pasquarelli blasting the signing on the Mike & Mike show, others have joined in the mockery.

FOX Sports Adam Schein:

1. Leonard Davis to Dallas - This is the worst move of the offseason thus far. Signing the underachieving and underwhelming tackle to a 7-year, $49.6 million deal, with $18.75 million in guaranteed money, is beyond comprehension. Honestly - did he do anything in Arizona? And when new coaches, offensive line guru Russ Grimm and head coach Ken Whisenhunt, study the film and don't make you an offer to stay in Arizona, where they are desperate to talent upgrades on the line, well, that tells you everything about everything.

Peter King puts it more succinctly:
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Sunday, Leonard Davis (you'll be sorry, Jerry) skipped from Arizona to Dallas for $49.6 million over seven.

Don Banks is more charitable:

Maybe we can blame the imprint of failure that the Cardinals left on him since taking him second overall in the 2001 draft, but that's a pretty hefty payday the Cowboys just gave offensive tackle Leonard Davis, a guy who never remotely played up to his billing in Arizona.

Dallas needs both a right tackle and a right guard, and Davis has played both positions, without much distinction. But six years of underachievement in Arizona got him a seven-year deal worth a reported $49.6 million (see earlier Nate Clements' note), with the important part being the $18.75 million of guaranteed money in the deal.

It just goes to show, when you're 6-foot-6, 366 pounds, and you just report to work almost every day, good things can happen.

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That confirms it then

it'll be a great move. I mean these are the same guys who predicted Ownes would torch the franchise and throw Bledsoe under the bus by week two (of course who knew Beldose was going to jump under the bus on his own).

Logically there is no way Davis is as bad as these guys are painting him - Phillips isn't that stupid. He's reportedly solid and in the NFL on the O-line, solid is expensive. Sure, I wish we didn't have to pay that, but that was the market. Ask Skin Patrol what they thought of Dockery. Same deal, and he got the same pay day.

by dunkman on Mar 5, 2007 1:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

you're absolutely right

hey, you can't change the market value of a player. To say no one else was interested in Davis is absurd. Jones as a shrewd businessman knows what market value is. I think Davis gets that kind of money with another team easily, but he chose the Cowboys because he wants to come back home. Can't blame him for that.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Mar 5, 2007 1:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yes, Davis is a bad as they say

by Deke on Mar 5, 2007 2:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't it be weird

if Deke and Terry turned out to be the same guy, but with some kind of extreme bipolar-schizophrenic thing going on??

I haven't read anything that says Davis can't play, only that they expected him to consistently play at the Pro Bowl level and he hasn't lived up to that expectation.

by dunkman on Mar 5, 2007 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ROTFL! LMAO! LOL!

Man, that's so freakin' hilarious my abs hurt on that one!!!

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Ric Flair

by kcbrett5 on Mar 5, 2007 2:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO!!!

now thats pretty funny dunkman, but NO!!!!!!

by Deke on Mar 5, 2007 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's exactly

what the Deke half would say.

Until they clear up the Will-Smith/Robert Horry thing, I'm reserving judgement ...

by dunkman on Mar 5, 2007 3:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dunkman, you're hilarious...

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Ric Flair

by kcbrett5 on Mar 5, 2007 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

thats funny

but I can assure you we're not.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Mar 5, 2007 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah Deke

you studied film on Davis or watched all the Cardinal games, right?

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Mar 5, 2007 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who should I trust?

Scouting genius Jeff Ireland, or these knuckleheads? hard decision.

Burt-D

by Burt D on Mar 5, 2007 1:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So you dropped Bledsoe

for Johnson? Aren't they the same player? Have you ever seen the two of them in the same room?

by Adam T on Mar 5, 2007 2:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Except B. Johnson will come cheaper

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Ric Flair

by kcbrett5 on Mar 5, 2007 2:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also except

that Brad Johnson is happy to be #2 and mentor Romo. I read in Minnesota Coach Childress expected to drop him to #3 and also that he is best when he can audible and Coach Childress would not permit audibles. He is also the holder of a Super Bowl ring.

by lee3022 on Mar 5, 2007 11:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And he also holds place kicks.

I wonder if they'll have B. Johnson do that now instead of Romo.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Ric Flair

by kcbrett5 on Mar 6, 2007 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He should

The Backup QB job includes holding for FG attempts.

by APerfectStar on Mar 6, 2007 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Although I don't like the Davis overpayment...

I have to wonder how FoxSports.com's Adam Schein had the following deals in his Top 5 Best Deals of 2007 NFL Free Agency:

Skins paying stupid money ($10.5 mil signing bonus) to 31-year-old/5-foot,10-inch LB London Fletcher as the #3 best deal.
And how Schein had the FA signing of injury-proned/30-year old RB Ahman Green by the Texans to a $6.5 mil guaranteed salary as the #5 best deal.

To me, the above signings are just as much a reach as the Davis signing, except for the fact that Jerry paid toooooooooooooooooo much.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Ric Flair

by kcbrett5 on Mar 5, 2007 3:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Also by Shein's logic

Washington did not re-sign Dockery so his deal was equally as bad as Davis' - except Washington did want Davis. Oh wait.... Washington wanting Davis might support his argument (smile).

by lee3022 on Mar 5, 2007 11:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs