Marten Claimed by Oakland
by Deke on Sep 8, 2008 4:24 PM CDT
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The Cowboys hoped James Marten would get through waivers so they could put him on the practice squad, but that effort was thwarted by Oakland.
The Raiders claimed Marten, a third-round pick in 2007, and he will be on their 53-man roster.
Marten was inactive for every game last year as a rookie and was cut last Saturday so the Cowboys could call up receiver Mike Jefferson from the practice squad. He joins the list of high-round misses in the draft with Jacob Rogers (second round, 2004) and Stephen Peterman (third round, 2004).
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/09/james-marten-claimed-by-oakland.html
First Walden, now Marten. Looks like another draft pick that didn't work out for the cowboys. After moving marten from tackle to guard and then back out to tackle again, and the trade for Holland pretty much sealed his fate in dallas. They tried to get him through waivers to get him another year on the practice squad to see how things would work out, but it just didn't happen. I hope Holland can step up and really show his worth. Rogers, Peterman and now Marten, can we not hire some people to better evaluate offensive linemen because we cant continue to fill roles at the position on the offensive line through free agency. We've got to start developing our own linemen
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Good post
I’m not sad about losing Marten, but we definitely need to start developing some tackles. I really hope we can keep Colombo around, but we gotta stop burning picks on these linemen. The Walden snag was a bigger bummer.
by grapejoos on Sep 8, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
First, I thougt Colombo would be no big deal if we lost him, but now I think he is one of the most important players to get resigned in the off season. The guy is solid all the way around.
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by Boyzfan94 on Sep 8, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+3 Boyz....I'd rank Columbo as our #1 priority free agent signing, either within, or after the season...
Sure I want to resign Canty, Tank, Burnett…..but all of them at least have some semblance of a legit back up……there is nobody on our team that can step up, and take the place of Columbo right now….NOBODY…..IF we lose him to injury this year, or lose him to FA…..we are screwed…..UNLESS we are looking to jump into FA ourselves next season and grab a OT in: Gross-Car, or Brown-NO….but those are going to be the two highest paid FA’s in next years draft…so I don’t see that happening…..In fact…Columbo would probably be more desired by teams looking to grab great value at tier 2 OT sihnings….which will probably jack up his price beyond our reach…I’d prefer to do something during this season…like soon JERRY…..otherwise….FRANCHISE TAG comes into play….
Ummmm…..I am sure you people do realize all the big, effective runs we’ve had the past few, and so far this year as well. have been run BEHIND or on the outside of Marc Columbo…..He wants to stay, hopefully doesn’t command Faneca/Flo money……but I am not at all confident in any of our back up lineman to take over a starters role here in Dallas….Hudson Houck will hopefully be leaned on hard to evaluate any and all future lineman to come into camp……NEXT season is a prority to draft a first day lineman….I’d even trade up with our first if need be, to claim one of the cream of the crop OLmen available… an elite established OT, or an OG that can come right and and start at LG, and eventually move over to LT, after Flo or Columbo finally hang it up in three years or so…Duke Robinson-OU, Michael Oher-Miss, Herm Johnson-LSU….and a few others are high on my wish list……
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"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 Sep 8, 2008 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Next years draft
The 3 positions I think we need to key on in order:
OT (that can play guard for a few years if we can get Columbo resigned)
WR (may drop in priority depending on progression of our current projects)
ILB (may rise in priority if Zach decides to call it a career after getting his ring)
I think the priorities on all of these will be such that we take the best player available in any of these three positions assuming we dont trade up to get someone specifically
after that
DL
S
OLB
by WB3forMB3 on Sep 8, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zack has more in the tank.....I see him sticking around 2 more years after this...
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 Sep 8, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully your right
Still think it’s a draft priority though
by WB3forMB3 on Sep 8, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god someone picked him up
I never liked this pick, and he didn’t show enough to avoid being waived. I’d rather the Boys focus on improving the young guys who show some talent and drafting a OG or OT in the 1st or 2nd round next year.
T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003
by APerfectStar on Sep 8, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I put up a fanshot a little before Deke put up this fanpost
And said essentially the same thing. I am glad someone else claimed him. He was a bottom of the barrel O lineman and I would rather keep a guy that has shown more promise on the practice squad instead of Marten.
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by DC_fan on Sep 8, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully
Having Houch back will help with OL talent evaluation
by WB3forMB3 on Sep 8, 2008 5:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
James MarBust
Good riddance.
And Jeff Ireland is the next Bill Polian. Righttttttttttttttttttt…
"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
by 5Blings on Sep 8, 2008 6:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ireland certainly deserves the scrutiny of those bogus selections.....
funny how he’s not even mentioned when people talk Dolphins…..He’s Parcells hand puppet….and Bill has his thumb supplanted deeply in Ireland’s azz…..I am so glad to see those guys gone….Sparano too..
Jerry GM > Ireland/Parcells
Wade HC > Sparano
Garrett OC > Henning
Stuart DC = Pasqualoni
Houck OL coach > Sparano
RB Peete > ….
WR Sherman >….
DL Gratham >….
LB Herring = Pasq..
Campo > …….
dominant coaching staff……..
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 Sep 8, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are right about OL scouting
What happened compared to the 90’s when we found unheralded recruits who turned out to be hall-of-famers?
And enough of the Parcells Bashing. Yeah, he missed on Julius Jones. But he got MB3 in the 4th round. When everybody else in the league (esp. GM Jerry) would have picked Merriman, he went with Demarcus Ware. He may have whiffed on Spears in the 1st round but he hit homeruns with Canty in the 4th and Ratliff in the 7th. He went out and found character guys who sometimes might not have been the best players. But those character guys are the ones holding the team together and allowing us to pick up questionable character guys.
by JimmyJohnson on Sep 9, 2008 6:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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