Folkin'-A

Damnit Grizzard, no words on a football blog that we have to look up! Then again, I’m always willing to further my vocabulary.

I agree with TNEW about us having among, or possibly even the best secondary. If not the best, certainly the deepest and most talented all the way down.

FYI… I posted earlier that Shutdown Corner had ranked the Cowboys’ star as the fifth coolest helmet in pro football history. We speculated at the time that the Steelers would rank in the top 5, and indeed, today they are #1. I’ve always seen the Steelers as a big rival because I became a Cowboys fan in ‘76, but I have to agree, when you combine its history with its uniqueness and idiosyncrasy, they have a cool helmet. Anyway, glad we’ll be beating them this year.

DC Fanatic has a couple great posts up with interviews with Brian Stewart on Randy Galloway.

And D. Ware on DFW Sportsbeat. (for some reason I can’t get that link to work directly to his blog, so here’s Part 1 and Part 2 direct links to the videos.

Both are great interviews with some real football talk and insight worth checking out.

Thanks DCF for making this content available!

Folk is one of my favorite Cowboys.

There are few kickers that would have made those kicks in Buffalo. After that game, I believe that he can be a dependable kicker in post-season, game winning situations.

In todays NFL where so many of these games came down to a last minute fieldgoal, Jerry in his infinite wisdom never would foot the bill for a fieldgoal kicker or draft one. It made no sense to ignore such a valuabe position when so many game were determined by a key kick, instead seaching scrap heaps for a no name kicker to sign to a one year deal at the league minium. Signing Vandershank didn’t make alot of sense since he was battling groin problems for the last few years, didn’t kickoff as much anymore and just watching him in training camp missing kick after kick, you had to see he wasn’t right.

I was calling for drafting a kicker for years and finally after ten years failing to address such an important position, someone must of gotten into Jerry’s ear about taking one and you cant get any better value from a sixth round pick than filling such a key position that now looks to be fixed for the next ten years.

When was the last time this team went into training camp and three key special positions already filled in Folk, Mcbriar and Ladecuer, and all locked up long term.

I remember after the Bills game (with the 106 yard FG haha) there was some interview with him where he talked about how he thrives on that kind of pressure. He’s got ice in his veins. Exactly what you need to have confidence and dependability in clutch situations.

When no one else believed in the power of the kicking game, when Folk was not yet a hero, when field goals and extra points were just a hazy dream on the horizon, only Nostradunkam saw this coming…

a lot of newcomers on this site might not know that last summer you were on a Folkin tirade about this kid and it all came true. I give you an unofficial hat tip from the billito formerly known as king.