What will Wade say?

by Dave Halprin on Oct 20, 2008 12:17 PM CDT in Dallas Cowboys News

Today's press conference from Wade Phillips should be very interesting. Which Wade will show up? Will it be the Wade we've become accustomed to, you know this one.

Or will we see a different Wade, perhaps this one.

Either way, should make for interesting viewing.

JJT takes direct aim at the defense as one of the big problems. I agree, this unit has been very underwhelming so far.

Meanwhile, the TV talking heads are having a field day bashing the Cowboys. Truthfully, we deserve it.

Peter King discusses the Cowboys over at MMQB, including Jerry Jones sending signals about the uncapped year and labor relations.

[Roy] Williams' deal ratchets up the Cowboys' 2010 current cap obligations, with 33 player contracts signed, to $138.8 million, which is $27 million more than any other team in football -- and that doesn't include the monster contract due premium pass-rusher DeMarcus Ware early in 2009; he could become the highest-paid defensive player in football. "Looks like Jerry's pretty sure there won't be a cap in 2010,'' one capologist for another NFL team said Friday. Surely some of his contracted players (Zach Thomas and Terrell Owens, for two) may not be around then, but it's still by far the most onerous cap situation in 2010. (The rival Giants, for instance, have 29 players under contract for 2010, for a total of $70 million.) Add to all of this the fact that the players, after the death of Gene Upshaw in August, won't have a labor leader to begin negotiations until sometime next year, and what we have here is a league on a fast track to a capless 2010. And trouble.

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I hope says

Brad will never start another game.. Give me Bollinger..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Oct 20, 2008 12:25 PM CDT reply actions

The way our line has protected Johnson...

you may get your wish very soon.

by Taylor on Oct 20, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions

You have to pull trigger

For the mobile guy, right now..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Oct 20, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions

the defense does seem to be the biggest problem

The ST has been bad and the offense has been inconsistent at times, but overall I’d have to agree with JJT and say the defense is underachieving big time.

Granted having Newman injured or out hurts, along with Spencer, who BTW is becoming a china doll, however, the high draft picks and FAs are just not playing very well.

Ware and Ratliff are the only players playing up to their potential, everyone else needs to take a long hard look in the mirror because the only way the Cowboys have a shot at winning the next 2 games without Romo or actually win a playoff game if we make it to post season play, is to play much better defense. Thats the bottom line.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 12:37 PM CDT reply actions

I really wish we just waited and took Antoine Cason

I’m sure our scouts are kicking themselves for that

by quincyyyyy on Oct 20, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions

i agree

Our D is a diaster and our HC is a defensive specalist, right?

Our D looks lost..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Oct 20, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

More like this:

http://tinyurl.com/552fl5

by Pete222 on Oct 20, 2008 12:37 PM CDT reply actions

Hilarious

by Dave Halprin on Oct 20, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Mr. Rogers and Bluto! Can you see the two of them in a food fight?

Wharter

by Wharter on Oct 20, 2008 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

Pacman checked himself into a rehab clinic today

This all but assures he will be reinstated in 4 weeks. He is showing he will do whatever it takes to get back.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 1:31 PM CDT reply actions

how do you figure that?

The commish didn’t say he would reinstate him if he complied with all of his conditions, he said he would CONSIDER reinstating him if he complied with all the conditions, thats a big difference. Compliance assures absolutely nothing at all.

I’m hoping the commish never reinstates him as the punk can’t be trusted at all.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

He wont be reinstated in four weeks

he’s on indefinite suspension, not a four week suspension… Goodell will look at it in four weeks but he wont be reinstsed in four weeks.

by Deke on Oct 20, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

+1 Deke

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions

There is alot better chance of him being reinstated

now that he has checked himself into rehab. Again, if the commish didn’t want him back in the league he would’ve suspended him for the rest of the year.

I don’t get it. He is a knuckle head no question about it, but he was the best CB we had. Right now we need CB’s. You know it and so does Jerry….He will be back, especially now that he is showing he will do what it takes to get back. Like it or not we need him back.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

The next letter to Jerry Jones from the commish

will look something like the following, if at some point Pacrat Jones is reinstated by me and you activate him to your roster, let it be known, I, Roger Goodell as punishment, will take away a second round draft choice from the cowboys if Pacrat gets into any trouble off the field and I’m forced suspended again……

by Deke on Oct 20, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Draft picks are not part of a suspesion scenerio...

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions

They are part of a possible scenario...

The NFL has discussed taking away draft picks for teams that have repeat offenders.

Houston Chron:

Goodell is going to hand down stiffer fines and more lengthy suspensions for anyone at the club and league levels, including players, who violates the policy. He’ll come down heaviest on repeat offenders like Jones and Henry, even if they haven’t been convicted of a crime. Teams that have repeat offenders also will be subject to Goodell’s discipline. He can fine teams, take away draft choices, or both.

The LA Times:

The revised policy is broader and will allow for longer suspensions and larger fines for offending players, and the potential for penalties against teams. Although Goodell did not detail team penalties, the league has discussed taking draft picks from clubs that fail to conform.

by Dave Halprin on Oct 20, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll believe it when I see it.......

It would would be bad buisness for the commissioner to pull that with this organization. Jerry has more pull in this league than people realize. Call it political suicide for Goodell

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Are you kidding?

You dont think the owners want a cleaner league image? If Jerry brings Pacman back and he screws up yet again, the other owners wont even blink when Goodell yanks a draft pick out from under us.

The greatest two yard run ever!

by WB3forMB3 on Oct 20, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Mark my words.... NEVER will happen to us...

He is coming back. Jerry needs him back is the bigger picture. If we were ok with our CB’s then I would say maybe not, but not the way things are now. Pacman was our best CB when he left like it or not. If we have any chance of getting back into the playoff picture we need all the help we can get…

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Goodell has already taken a pick away from a team

for tampering between chicago and SanFrancisco. Goodell took a fifth round draft choice away from San Fran and swapped the two teams third round picks last year for punishment I believe, so dont say it will never happen….

by Deke on Oct 20, 2008 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions

tampering is alot different.....

a more severe

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions

tarnishing the leagues image by keeping idiots in the league

that’s more severe, that cost sponsership, bad press, , which means, MONEY!!!!!

by Deke on Oct 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I guess we will have to find out in 4 weeks

if he comes back to the team, because I have no doubt in my mind he will be reinstated.

My money is that he will be back here because, Jerry needs him if the team has a chance of turning things around. As crazy as that may seem it’s the truth. Our CB situation is a mess and there is no guarantee Newman will be any good once he returns. It could take weeks for him to get back to playing shape and we may be out of contention at that point, if not sooner.

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

you have no doubt?

what has the Commish ever said to make you say that? Re-evaluating the situation is all he said, that should not give anyone no doubts about his reinstatement whatsoever.

Sounds like a lot of wishful thinking to me.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 21, 2008 7:16 AM CDT up reply actions

HA! Pacrat sucks

he’s no better than our rooks, very overrated IMO.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions

At which case

we’ll hand him back his clown outfit and welcome him back to this circus we’ve become.

by Taylor on Oct 20, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions

That was a joke right?

Pacman? Don’t count on that guy for anything.

BTW, he didn’t just decide to check himself into rehab, he was forced to by the Commish.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Oct 20, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions

-1

No….. the commish had nothing to do with it….

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, right

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/19/rehab-decision-not-up-to-pacman/

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Oct 20, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions

well, if that article is accurate than Pacman will be reinstated

once he completes the program.

Glazer says that Jones will be reinstated only if he complies with every requirement imposed on him by the league. If he does, then a Cowboys official tells Glazer that the team will most likely welcome him back.

That was exactly my point when people said he would’nt be back. All he has to do is complete the program and he will be back in uniform with us in 4 weeks like it or not guys and we need him….

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions

not true

Goodell has full discretion to keep the suspension in effect.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will determine the full length of the suspension after the Cowboys play Nov. 16 at Washington. Goodell has said a lifetime ban remains a possibility. The league has said reinstatement will depend on strict compliance with treatment plans and an evaluation by “clinical experts.”

The suspension is indefinite and Goodell will rely on Pac’s compliance and reports from experts. There is nothing automatic about any return after four games.

by Dave Halprin on Oct 20, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions

I understand that, but

from that report. If he complies he will more than likely be reinstated as the article suggested. The chances are better than 50/50 he get’s reinstated. If you don’t think so your in denial. I don’t care what anyone says, because if the commissioner intentions were to suspend Pacman for the season he would’ve done it. He gave him an out and in 4 weeks he will be back on this team if he complies with program laid out to him ….count on it….

Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!

by Boyzfan94 on Oct 20, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions