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Hamlin deadline approaches, Romo finishes third

 

The deadline for Ken Hamlin and the Cowboys to get a long-term deal done is fast approaching. 

The Cowboys and McGuire have until 3 p.m. Tuesday to reach an agreement on a long-term deal or else the Pro Bowl safety can only play for the one-year tender offer of $4.396 million.

For a longer review of what's going on with Hamlin's contract, BTB-regular APerfectStar posted a link in this FanShot.

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OK, here’s one out of the blue. A sportswriter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer was asked about the Browns next possible moves.

The more urgent need, of course, is for a veteran cornerback. I still believe they should make a pitch for Anthony Henry of Dallas, but the Cowboys want to get through their preseason without an injury before considering a deal.

There’s no way this could happen. The Cowboys, for the first time in a while, appear to have quality starters and real depth at cornerback. I can’t see anyway they mess with that this year. Starting next year, they may have some decisions to make, but let’s at least get Adam Jones through a full year without suspension. Let’s see Mike Jenkins and Orlando Scandrick play in actual NFL games. And let’s see what happens with Ken Hamlin long-term and Anthony Henry playing in some pseudo-safety alignments. Let all that happen then the Cowboys can look at dealing a player – in 2009.

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As a lot of you already know, Tony Romo finished third in the celebrity golf tournament yesterday. 

Romo also did an interview with Ed Werder for ESPN. Watch the interview as Romo plays with Werder. It’s like a boxing-match, no, more like sparring while training for a match. It’s not full-out combat, but when Werder starts with the questions about suspended players on the team, could there be locker room trouble, etc. – Romo coolly counter-punches with effortless efficiency and minimal malice. It’s like he doesn’t really want to make Werder look bad, except for references to his haircut, but wants to remind him that he’s full of it.

Kevin Burnett on Tony Romo.

Before games, [Romo] a Jason Witten are side by side talking football and what side adjustments they are going to use for that particular week. Once those two are done talking, Romo will grab 81 for a quick five-minute meeting to talk about mismatch opportunities and who the weak links maybe. Romo then gathers a few younger players and goes into a break down of the opposing teams coverage and personnel. On a side note I don't call very many people great because I believe the term is used too loosely today. When you look at 9, he does things that great ones do but he doesn't want you to call him great yet.

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okay Kevin, if you don't want to do it

I will…Romo is GREAT!!!

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 14, 2008 8:41 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just to rattle your cage

One could say, Romo chokes in two sports, 0-2 in NFL playoff games, now 0-1 in final rounds in championship golf….He just cant win when it counts…..LOL

by Deke on Jul 14, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Romo played ok

Rick Rhoden went birdie birdie he played well down the strech.

"You can't win until you're not afraid to lose"

by Wmillion on Jul 14, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think losing to Rhoden and Quinn

is choking since they’re practically pro golfers, Rhoden has actually played in a few senior PGA events.

I thought Romo played very well, he just didn’t make any putts throughout the day. Now if he would have missed a putt to win the event, that would be choking, but that didn’t happen.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 14, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And How Did Carson Palmer Do...

he did not even finish in the top ten, twenty, or thirty.

Let me guess, you are going to blame his defense for how he played.

by 17DM on Jul 14, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Werder Got Schooled!

Nice try douchebag. Objection… leading the witness. Holy Crap! This shows that all the media is interested in is scandal (no surprise there). Did he ask what kind of things Romo has been working on? No. Did he ask where he thought Romo’s biggest improvement will be this year? No. Instead, he harped on Pacman, TO, and problem children from the ‘90’s. WTF?

His journalism school should lose its accreditation. The only worse question a reporter can ask is “How did it make you feel when….?”

Much respect down the toilet for Mr. Werder.

by HutHut on Jul 14, 2008 8:56 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Werder Interview

Cool, classy, winner. Man = Tony Romo

Petty, trivial, insecure, Boy = Werder

by oldtimer on Jul 14, 2008 9:16 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Romo interviews...

I love when the question starts and Romo gets the smile that says “I know where you are going with this and you don’t stand a chance” He is a smart guy.

by bluewolf021 on Jul 14, 2008 12:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

100% Agree

Is it really possible that our beloved No 9 is that good in all areas? It boggles the mind!

Candy is dandy but sex won't rot your teeth.

by Far Rider on Jul 14, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Romo's fame

I was reading the NBC sports site and they were advertising Romo as one of the big time Celebrity’s at the tournament. They put him in the same sentence with Jordan, Elway and Barkley nice company..

Hamlin situation- I say make him prove it again, we miss the oppurtunity to sign him for a low deal last year. Let’s see what Roy and Watkins do.

"You can't win until you're not afraid to lose"

by Wmillion on Jul 14, 2008 12:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree with making him prove it again

and it appears that’s the thinking of Jerry. It seems highly unlikely now a long term deal gets done. I wish Hamlin could’ve been signed, but I understand not overpaying for a safety. We already made that mistake with Roy.

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

by Boyzfan94 on Jul 14, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

then again..........

Just saw a thread on a message board saying Hamlin is close to a new contract. The un-named source said a deal is supposed to be finalized today or tomorrow.

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

by Boyzfan94 on Jul 14, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

just like the Newman deal

everyone and their brother knew Jerry was going to get this done.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 14, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plays the media game

Romo knows by now, they want to hear somthin they can turn into a negative.sorry charlie
id like to see one more solid year out of Hamblin, i dont think anyone worries about gettn paid around here.

by bleedn blu on Jul 14, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No way they trade Henry.

Pacman isn’t even officially reinstated yet, and there’s no guarantee that the rookies will be any good once they play against real competition. At this point, Henry is the clear #2 by a wide margin, and if you are trying to win a Super Bowl, you don’t trade that away.

by Baked Potato Soup on Jul 14, 2008 6:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

No trades!!

We need depth at that position!!

"You can't win until you're not afraid to lose"

by Wmillion on Jul 14, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No doubt

he shut Wart-er down. I used to like that guy’s reporting, but he took a lot of punk shots.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Jul 14, 2008 6:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Galloway - "Can't Finish?"

Heard the Galloway and Co. show last night and he tries not to say it in so many words but floats it out there – Romo can’t finish down the stretch. At first I thought Ok, this is Galloway…...but then he chronicles the last 3 times Romo has played golf and it looks like a streak going back to the 06 Playoffs.

I’ll just summarize his point:

Romo says that he puts himself in these pressure situations, playing golf, to learn from the pressure and get better. Romo had this tournament won and couldn’t putt to save his life on the last day, when the pressure was on. If he’s competing with that in mind, then he has to win one to get past this mental hurdle going into his real profession.

by Doomsday on Jul 15, 2008 8:57 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

he didn't have the tournament won

the guys who beat him are semi pro golfers who play tournament golf all the time, if Romo devoted himself to that sport like he does to football, he wins that tournament easily. To finish third is remarkable considering he doesn’t play half as much as Rhoden and Quinn.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 15, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

There is a reason Rhoden has won the tournament 7 times..

"You can't win until you're not afraid to lose"

by Wmillion on Jul 15, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Putting Stance

Romo’s putting stance is awful. He needs to bend his knees a little. As far as him being a choker or non-pressure player, that’s hogwash. He’s played in two playoff games. How many did lightbulb-head Peyton Manning lose before winning one?

I do think we need a coach that can motivate a little better though. Maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt it.

by HutHut on Jul 15, 2008 11:03 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Romo's putting stroke is fine

Anyone who golfs knows that sometimes the putts fall and sometimes they don’t, ask Tiger Woods, what happened to Romo has happened to Tiger many times throughout his career. Some days you just putt better than others, there is no rhyme or reason for it and has nothing to do with choking under pressure, thats just a ridiculous notion.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Jul 15, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tony made a lot of close putts

I didn’t watch the whole thing, but I watched several holes and it looked like he 2-putted most of the greens, getting onto the greens with decent but not great position most of the time so he would have had to make a really good putt to sink it. (He did miss one pretty easy one.) In most cases, he came quite close and gave himself an easy finishing par putt, but just couldn’t sink those mid-range birdie putts. I don’t know enough to just look at his stance and criticize it, but from just looking at the results, on the whole, not bad at all.

by scottmaui on Jul 15, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well....

our coach was pretty weak in his first year, i mean we were only top ten in offence and defence and we only won 13 games….i guess they were pretty unmotivated….

The main Ingreident to pickle bread is dill dough...

by hashishkabob on Jul 15, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Romo's words

Romo said he tries to use golf as a tool to put himself in situations “where hopefully you can think clearly under pressure.”

“The more times you do that, for me I think will help me in football,” he said, adding that it was good to have Simpson cheering him on. “She has been at more sporting events than people know.”

It was the JINX!!! (stir)

by Doomsday on Jul 15, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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