Marion Barber Injury Update
by Aaron Novinger on Sep 22, 2009 12:32 PM CDT
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Print[UPDATED]: The Blue Star Blog reports that Marion Barber will be out for one to two weeks with the injured quad.
In seemingly related news, DC.com says that the Cowboys will sign RB Chauncy Washington to the practice squad. Washington is a speedster, most recently released by the Jaguars, who may be brought in more for return purposes.
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It says in the article 1-2 weeks
Quadriceps pulls could take longer…
Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old
Interestingly Enough
Matt Mosley just reported the following about 20 minutes ago
A league source told me Tuesday morning there’s a “50-50” shot that Barber will play against the Panthers on Monday. The Cowboys will see how Barber’s quad responds to treatment over the next few days and then make a decision. Having one extra day certainly helps the situation. But if Barber, who ran for 124 yards on 18 carries Sunday against the Giants, isn’t ready to go, second-year player Tashard Choice will take on a larger role on the offense. When Barber and Jones were out with injuries last December, Choice stepped in and made a very favorable impression.
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. - Napoleon
Here's Felix chance to introduce himself to the NFL
and earn himself more playing time. Hopefully they take him off kick returns too, that scares the crap out of me.
I love Barber, but I’m glad they are going to let him heal up. We are very deep at RB and there is no reason to rush him back.
I kinda agree
that Felix should get more carries any time MB3 is sidelined, but I hope we don’t have a repeat of last year where they didn’t use Choice until he was the only one left. I think Choice should get about 35%-50% of the carries
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. - Napoleon
I wouldn't worry
I’m sure it will be like a 60-40 kind of thing between Jones/Choice. I just think that Jones will earn more carries if he gets the opportunity.
by DoomsdayD75 on Sep 22, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Side note: Carolina just signed a NT to replace the one they signed to replace the starter.
After watching our O-Line destroy the GMen in the run game, I’m looking forward to seeing Felix go off this week, as well as Choice.
So it begins...
by APerfectStar on Sep 22, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I am shocked that a guy whose tag name is DIRE WOLF is a 420 fan
Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey
Washington looks pretty legit
I wonder what his knock is? I’m off to read his scouts report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfO1IsXAtQ
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
I'm really excited about the signing.
That will allow them to pull Felix off of KR if they “promote” Chauncy from the PS. Dude is super fast.
The next question is: who gets cut?
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 22, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Julius Crosslin
got cut. I just answered my own question.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 22, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I remember watching him play on tv for USC
Chauncy Washington was dangerous once he got through a crease and into the open field. I wonder too why he hasn’t stuck with a team as an NFL player.
That was a helluva find.
Even if it’s a temporary thing.
Celebrity or Imposter?
YOU Decide...
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although i hope they find a way to keep him on the roster :-)
Celebrity or Imposter?
YOU Decide...
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Anyone care to venute a guess...
as to how much T. Choice will actually be used if MBIII can’t go? Somewhere along the lines of 7-10 carries and maybe a few passes sprinkled in?
venute
it’s not a word, but it should be.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
he just venute word..
I don't need a compass to know which way the wind shines....
by hashishkabob on Sep 22, 2009 1:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
To Venute a guess
is a mish-mash of Latin and English that means, “The QB didn’t pick up the FS and heaved up a duck for an interception.” Like: Romo venuted a guess that Phillips was enjoying tea on the play and not covering a WR deep like one would expect.
They don't like to use felix too much..
It appears garret thinks of him as a speedster that does best when he is thrown out there when the Defense is used to a slower more powerful back. With that, I think T. Choice will get more carries than that if MB3 can’t go. I’d say he’ll get 60 – 70 percent of the touches. So probably in the 15 – 20 range
I would think so too
They’ll want to keep their philosophy of using Felix to take advantage of certain situations. Interestingly they’ve been suing Felix a lot more in goal line and he’s done really well.
But I think Choice is a good idea for carrying the load. He seems to get better with more carries. So Delix might get a few more carries, but probably not the “starting” type numbers.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
A concern about Felix
is his blocking on blitzes. Which is why Choice is the 3rd down back. We may find out why shortly
The 7th Rule of "Fight Club": Fights will go on as long as they have to.
It was discouraging
to hear on the Dan Patrick show this morning that Dan Patrick was watching the Cowboys game with Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy, and they said of Terence Newman that his elite speed is gone. He’s too old and too consistently injured to rebound and he no longer has the wheels he did previously.
I tend to trust their eyes and estimations.
If they can see this on TV, NFL coaches can see this in game film. I have a feeling that Sensabaugh and Hamlin are going to have to play out of their minds. And a pass rush has to materialize from somewhere.
After watching the game again with sober eyes
TNew still looked real fast on his tackles. He’s got that closing speed still…just got caught looking on that amazing EZ catch by Manningham.
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 22, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
He looked as fast as ever coming across the field to tackle Manningham on that 3rd down play.
So it begins...
by APerfectStar on Sep 22, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Strongly Disagree Here
The Speed is still there… T New’s problem on the TD was that he didn’t pick up the ball early enough – classic mistake by plenty of high school, college, and pro corners. After 15 yards, you have to get your head around and use one of your arms to “feel” the WR. T New turned and slowed down, that’s all. On the P.I., same thing happened, if he turns early, he picks it off, instead, he draws the penalty.
Next thing you know...
everybody will be drooling over Trevard Lindley.
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. - Napoleon
i just saw a replay of the Int deep to Hurd
from behind Romo, you could not see the safety because Hurd and the corner blocked his view the whole way.
it's more that he failed to locate him pre snap
that was a detrimental read, or lack thereof.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
I agree with both of you but you could see his eyes light up when he thought Hurd
running down the field wide open. It was an impulse, a bad one, but I see why he did it. He had someone open short too.
by Musiccitynorm on Sep 22, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
He's 6'2" and not 6'5" like Manning, Brady, Rivers, Roethlisberger and others
He passes the ball through open lanes and as such, needs to know where the center fielders are on every deep ball.
"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
Of course he does
he knows it too. The pirpose of the discussion was not whether it was a righteous play, but what went wrong from the QB position.
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.
Its a good thing we have Choice
Granted he’s no Barber, but after watching him play against Pitt last year, I’m very intrigued to see what he can do again.
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"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
i would like to see choice get the start.
hear me out. It’s not because i think he is better than felix, i just think he is more of a work horse like barber. I just really like the way we pounded the giants with barber and then jones came in and swooooooooosh! I guess im saying i would like to see things stay as close to the same as we can get. Last thing i want to see is jones get 20 carries and get dinged up this early in the season.
by TARHEEL PAUL on Sep 22, 2009 3:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
It seriously frustrates me that felix is only getting 5-7 carries a game
I think that is totally absurd. He should be getting no less than 15 touches a game not including KO returns IMO, anything less is a complete waste of a 1st round pick.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
sadly I see Felix only getting about 2-3 more carries than he's been getting
sigh..
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
if his 5 touches
produce 96 yards and a touchdown not including ko’s then that is not waste of a 1st round pick. would i like to see him get a few more touches?Sure, but there are only so many balls to go around. T offense has put up 34 and 31 points with it working just like it is now. If it aint broke dont fix it.
by TARHEEL PAUL on Sep 22, 2009 4:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
yea ok but
what if Felix can put up 200 yards with 10-15 touches? The way they’re using him now, we’ll never really know. The saying “If it aint broke then don’t fix it” only really applies when no upgrades are readily available. We may have such an upgrade. Hell, look at Chester Taylor in Minn, he’s still a very productive back. What if they opted to only use Peterson 5 plays a game?? I’d call that a major miscalculation.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
Comparing the situation in Minnesota to the one here is even close..........
Peterson is a big back that is taylor made to handle the rock 25-30 times a game. Felix is not. I guess your right in sense that you don’t know unless you try it but while we’ve got other guys to share the load I just wouldn’t be willing to risk losing him just because i want to get him 25 touches a game. Why risk that when we have productive backs to complement him? I’m with you on the 15 touches a game thing. And the truth is, if Choice wasn’t our third down back then he might get 15 touches a game. But Choice is the 3rd down back because he can pick up a big blitizing linebacker. Felix hasn’t shown he can do that.
by TARHEEL PAUL on Sep 22, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
also, I've read Felix is better at picking up blitzes than Choice
so If you believe NFL.com and the DC.com on their weights, and if what I’ve read is true, then what you’ve said really holds no water.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
There he goes!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 22, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Dunno what's up with all the html lingo.
Didn’t show up when I previewed…I have failed you all!
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by Aaron Novinger on Sep 23, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Seems faster than I remember
Put it in black and white like the old baseball footage, with a piano playing as the background music.
So it begins...
by APerfectStar on Sep 23, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Felix
He is a speedster. But people have begun to declare him this massively fragile guy. He has only been hurt once majorly in his career, including college. That was his injury last year. It at least seems that Garret likes Felix as a change of pace home-run hitter. After very capable backs like MB3 and T. Choice (who is actually smaller than Felix) hammer away with an aggressive style … throwing Felix at them it’s hard to adjust to his speed. This remains to be seen if this is really the most effective way he could be used..but we have the luxury of not seeing much drop off with whatever back we have in the game.
Felix will get more touches.. but I wouldn’t imagine more than 10 – 12. I see T choice getting in the 15 – 22 range
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