Patrick Crayton loves to talk

by Dave Halprin on May 19, 2008 7:36 PM CDT in News Comment 14 comments

Patrick Crayton is talking. He’s answering questions about his big drop in the playoff game last year among other things.

"I relive the drop a lot. Every day," Crayton said. "It's just one of those things that you just hope history doesn't repeat itself. But I think about it a lot."

We think about it a lot, too.

He’s also gotten a ton of criticism for supposedly “quitting” on the third down pass at the end of the game in the endzone. I never agreed with that, watching the play it looked to me like they we’re adjusting the route mid-play and couldn’t connect.

Crayton says that is what happened.

He also said the third-down pass from Romo on the final drive in which it appeared he slowed up on a ball that went over his head in the end zone isn't one that bothers him too much.

"That wasn't me stopping on the route," Crayton said. "We're changing (the play) on the fly. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It's just one of those things that didn't work. That wasn't that big a deal."

You were all right until you said it was not that big of a deal. It was a big deal, maybe you didn’t quit on the play, but it was a big deal.

Then Crayton’s got to go all Roy Williams on us by taking a shot at the fans.

"I think criticism is going to come with the game," said Crayton, who replaced Terry Glenn as the No. 2 receiver and finished the year with 50 catches for 697 yards and seven touchdowns - all career highs. "I love it because it really lets you know what some people think about you. If there were people that were really fans throughout the whole season, and I drop a pass and all of a sudden I'm their worst enemy, then you know they're just fair-weather fans. I just take that as motivation. It really just opened my eyes that this thing really is a business."

These guys will never learn.

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i'm glad he realizes that was a big drop...

and, as i’ve said before, i’m not too concerned that he’s defensive about it. just go out there and make up for it. prove the naysayers wrong.

by Tuna Helper on May 19, 2008 8:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess cutting short the game winning TD route isn't such a big deal....

It’s obvious Tony saw separation on the play and expected Crayton to continue….....you never give up on a play….period…I wish he would just shut up and redeem himself for a terrible showing…..In fact, IF he doesn’t pick it up a notch….Stanback will be closing in on his rearview mirror….

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

"If you don’t take him off the field as a coach, he will just about die out there," Jerry Jones said. "That impacted my decision. It’s a Michael Irvin-type work ethic. That’s what we are talking about with Felix Jones."
- Owner/G.M of the Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones

by BoyzRback on May 19, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

These guys may be pro's, but they're not superhuman

I have little doubt that Crayton is hard enough on himself. He says he thinks about that drop every day. Isn’t that enough? The route he cut off was an improvisational. Saying it was not a big deal, as I interpret it, is just saying “those things happen” ... OF COURSE IT WAS A BIG DEAL in terms of the game’s outcome… give the guy a LITTLE credit.

As for the fans coming down hard on Crayton, I kinda also take his side here. All the guy did was outperform all year, coming up HUGE on several occasions and playing like the solid #2 we asked of him. He dropped one pass at a key moment and suddenly everyone is questioning his value. He has a point that it is a bit “fair-weather” of fans to suddenly turn on him.

Tar Heels football will surprise this year

by DalaiLuke on May 19, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Gotta agree with you

Nit picking every little thing guys like him and Roy Williams say is just silly off season fodder and I’ll be glad when TC starts so we can get past it.

When he says it isn’t a big deal, he means it’s one of a hundred or more times in the season a QB and a WR are on different pages, not that it didn’t matter.

by NicklausLouis on May 19, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

"If y'all fresh to death, then I'm deceased."

by Wmillion on May 20, 2008 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol...He was crappin' in his diapers when I became a hard core Cowboy fan..

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

by BoyzRback on May 19, 2008 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thing is we're Cowboys fans first

And Cowboy players fans second.

It doesn’t make us fair weather fans, just a fan of the star first and person under the star second.

by NicklausLouis on May 19, 2008 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Grizz, I love ya baby...

...but don’t crap on the guy for his un-fan-friendly statement when the article also boasts a statement like this:

”...I just kind of use it as motivation.”

“Very hungry. Very, very, very hungry,” he reiterated. “I’m actually looking forward to getting into these OTA’s, and then the minicamp and training camp. I’m ready.”

He can complain about the negative reaction all he wants if he’s using it to motivate him to be better next season.

by NicklausLouis on May 19, 2008 10:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

it also says

Crayton also knows the way to get fans to forget about it, and that’s to come back even better this season.

amen. he just needs to do his talkin’ on the field.

by scottmaui on May 20, 2008 4:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey Crayton

If you’re upset about it, how do you expect us not to be upset about it? It doesn’t make people “fair-weather fans” because they’re mad at a crucial drop. What would that make you? A fair-weather player? I for one haven’t thought about it more than a time or two on my own since about a week after that loss. What’s the point? What’s done is done. Stay focused and try not to dwell on past mistakes too much, while they can serve as motivation, if thought about too much, they can also become a mental block leading to more drops.

by sublimezg on May 20, 2008 8:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Crayton brought a lot of this on himself

I don’t think Cowboy fans would have been as hard (key words: as hard) had he kept his mouth shut all season. It’s the old saying “Don’t talk the talk, if you can’t walk the walk”

2 cents…

by WestTxHornFan on May 20, 2008 9:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Crayton Should Learn To Shut Up

If he was a well-mannered #2 receiver, he’d have been forgiven for his GUTLESS play against the Giants last year. But no, he has to call out the fans who called him out for being a loud-mouth who dropped a bunny pass and GAVE UP on the 2nd to last play from scrimmage in that game. Had he kept running his route he would have had a touchdown – provided he could have held onto the ball.

Football’s an amazing game in that it’s played on a 140 yard field, with a hundred snaps a game, but is sometime decided over a few inches in a half second. If you choose to talk a good game, you need to be able to back it up.

by GhostofGaryHogeboom on May 20, 2008 9:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I am over it

Why keep killing the guy over it? The season is over, nothing we can do to change it now.. Why continue to go hard on Crayton, when we know we need him next season?

We all know he screwed up, but so did a lot of other guys in that game. We missed blocks, etc….

I just want him to come prepared to make big plays next year.

"If y'all fresh to death, then I'm deceased."

by Wmillion on May 20, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs