Cowboys starting left guard tryouts
by Dave Halprin on Aug 26, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintSo the Cowboys are holding open tryouts Thursday for a starting left guard. Well, open if your name is Pat McQuistan, Joe Berger or Cory Procter. Not content with what they’ve seen so far from their primary backup, Joe Berger, Dallas will shift McQ inside from his right tackle spot and give him a chance. Berger is still in the mix and Procter is going to get some time too, although with Gurode not playing that means Ryan Gibbons will get some time at center on Thursday. Watching our offensive line against Minnesota will be of interest to Cowboys fans everywhere.
"We're looking at all three of those guys this week," head coach Wade Phillips said. "All of them will get an opportunity to play in the game. We should have some idea what we'll do after the game."
Please, someone step up.
Terence Newman returned to practice.
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money quote from the injury article
talking about Carp replacing Burnett
Replacement option: Bobby Carpenter would be his replacement as the linebacker on passing downs. It’s the first significant opportunity for Carpenter since being taken in the first round in 2006. He hopes to make the most of it. He has had a good camp and preseason. He plays fast and knows where to be. However, the Cowboys still don’t believe he is physical enough.
Not physical enough, boy, where did we hear that before?
In Romo we Trust
real good source Terry
Where’s the link?
The being physical quote was last years news. This year it has never been mentioned from Wade or anyone else.
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
Grizz linked it above
and anyone with eyes can clearly see Carp is too soft and weak to play inside in a 3-4, you just choose to ignore it because it makes your boy look bad, but its the truth.
In Romo we Trust
It's too bad Clarence can't find a quote
on that and has to make it up because that’s not his problem this year.
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
thats exactly his problem this year
and always will be his problem as long as he’s playing inside. He’s strictly a 4-3 OLB who likes to operate in space instead of mixing it up with blockers and for his sake, I hope we trade him to a team that can use him correctly.
In Romo we Trust
I'll be sure to foward that Coach Terry
to Parcells who thought otherwise. I know your football knowledge is far superior to his…. :)
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
Yeah Terry!
Parcells NEVER made any mistakes with draft picks except Julius Jones and Jacob Rodgers and Stephen Peterman and Bruce Thornton and Anthony Fasano and Skyler Green. Yeah except for those guys, so OBVIOUSLY Bobby can play any LB spot in the the 3-4 because Bill thought he could.
You got that right pops....
that’s why he is a HOF coach.
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
Parcells didn't draft him as a 3-4 ILB either
if you recall Carp was supposed to be our insurance against Ellis making the successful transition to OLB.
Nice try Boyz but shot down once again.
In Romo we Trust
Glad to see Newman is back
May the best man win the LG competition. I think we’ll be ok. Our schedule starts tough, but we’ll be fine as long as we go 2-2 or better in the first 4 games. We’ll get healthy (hopefully) as we hit the soft spot in the schedule.
Me 2 on Newman.
I’d like to see him get at least a quarter of action this week.
Maybe I’m behind, but why isn’t Marten involved in this LG mix? Is it just because they want him to swing out at RT because they’re counting on McQ taking the LG spot?
That #38 sure should wrap up!
by Aaron Novinger on Aug 26, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Marten
I think he’s in danger of getting cut. He’s already been tried at RT and failed, now tried at LG and failed. What else can they do with him? Maybe he can go on the PS so we don’t have to waste a roster spot on a guy who won’t be playing.
T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003
by APerfectStar on Aug 26, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Of all the linemen going down...
Kosier is the least critical.
He’s always been solid. He gets bull-rushed from time to time, but he pulls, combo blocks, and gets to his second assignment as well as anyone. We’ll miss his consistency.
by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Aug 26, 2008 12:48 PM CDT reply actions
I love Nate
yesterday mickey and rob on yesteday’s talking cowboys both were insisting that Joe Berger would be the one to come in because he was the one practicing for that position. Low and behold that same day guess who was the guy practicing with the first team: McQ not berger. Right now I am listening to today’s talking cowboys Nate was not suprised at all by the move. Nate felt that McQ was better suited because it was an easier transition to go from tackle to guard. Mickey acknowledged that they got feedback yesterday in regards to McQ and they initially dismissed and also noticed that McQ was practicing with the 1st team OL. Again Nate brings up not what the coaches had said but the fact that he saw Joe and Cory struggle in the preseason games that they were being pushed back consistently. This is why I love Nate, his understanding of the game and in particular the cowboys is far above what our regular reporters can provide.
obviously guys who played the game
are far more knowledgeable than just your average Joe reporter and this is proof. Thats why I can’t understand why so many fans throw Emmitt under the bus because even though he doesn’t have the greatest command of the English language, the substance of what he says is always right on because he obviously knows the game as well as anyone.
In Romo we Trust
It's ironic
because it was nate on one of the podcasts who said he thought Berger might be pushing Kosier for his job, so although Wade did allude to it in one presser without going so far, Nate’s the one who really started all those rumors in the first place. But that was early in camp, and apparently after seeing the preseason games he thinks McQ is the best suited to step into that role now.
I remember hearing Nate
enthusiastic about hamBerger’s play. Got my hopes all high.
That #38 sure should wrap up!
by Aaron Novinger on Aug 27, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Emmitt sucks Terry ....seriously....the substance ?..lacking at that as well...
I love ‘em, but he wasn’t, isn’t, and never will be considered a good analyst….If he’s on air beyond this year I’d be simply amazed…He should be coaching the RB’s here in Dallas…….
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
+1 I agree as well
twice in two days. Were on a roll Boyz…lol.
The guy should NOT be an analyst. I’m just surprised after the disaster experience he had on NFL Network he was able to get another job. Some people have it naturally, Emmit does not!
Look up... get up...Don't ever, ever give up!!
so on and so forth
so on and so forth
That #38 sure should wrap up!
by Aaron Novinger on Aug 27, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
step it up
although not to impressed with either"s performance thus far, McQ seemed to hold up slightly better, they got to get it together, we play blitz crazy teams in our division alone, hopefully some of the starters nastyness rubs off on him.
Hooray for T-New!
NICE
Strahan reportedly decides to stay retired
link
"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"
+1
Good for us, good for him, and bad for the Midgets.
T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003
by APerfectStar on Aug 26, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Well at least he didn't stretch it out
and make a big drama out of it like some other player…
Michael Strahan told Foxsports.com on Tuesday that he thought long and hard about returning to the field but decided to remain retired.
“This has been one of the toughest nights of my life,” Strahan told the Web site from his vacation in Greece.
Long and hard for Strahan was overnight. What did it take Favre, three months? lol
+1
GREEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT POINT…
Unless he really needs the money, what is the point? If he comes back and sustains a lingering injury he will not be happy about his decisions and without Osi and Wilson they don’t have a chance to repeat..
"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"
Strahan just won the Superbowl.
Favre didn’t.
That #38 sure should wrap up!
by Aaron Novinger on Aug 27, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
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