Marc Colombo. The youth Vs. experience question
by John Boy on Aug 30, 2010 10:55 AM CDT
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As I noted in a previous post, I looked at the OL numbers and came up with the possibility of keeping 5 OT’s on the 53 man roster. One possibility that I don’t think I heard mentioned is the possibility of releasing Marc Colombo. He’s getting up there in years, and though he’s not tremendously old he has been struggling recently with injuries sapping his remaining skills. If the team is serious about getting younger along the OL, and if they really like the potential of guys like Young, Tepper, Bright and Costa, then a release of Colombo might be a way to accommodate them all. Doing so would force Barron into the starter at RT, make Brewster the swing T (this could be the reason we saw him play both sides against the Chargers) and allow another interior guy to be on the game day roster.
All of that sounds reasonable, the question is, is younger better? The answer of course is, not always. But given that a lot of the players in question are either rookies or young 2nd year guys I don’t think we can answer that one. Will the powers that be have the cajones to release a proven vet to go with unproven guys with potential? We’ll know shortly.
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Looking back to 2009 consistency was hard to find, Kosier, Colombo and Free displayed consistent level from play to play.
You want more of that, specially with the couple of inconsistent players in the middle… You just can’t have more inconsistency.
Now, who can answer that Colombo won’t come back from his injuries to show the consistent level of play that we’ve seen? That’s only on Colombo, a player that has faced and overcome a lot of adversity in his past, so we shouldn’t doubt that he can come back and neither should the team.
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If you made this post about Leonard Davis
I may be on board. But we have no clue how columbo will respond to this injury – he played well in the first half of 2009. As Chandus says, Columbo, Free and Kosier are our only consistent lineman.
Let me be clear
I’m not advocating his release, just throwing out as a possibility.
"I just wrote the check, it's up to you guys to cash it!" - Jimmy Johnson to defense after failed attempt on 4th down deep inside Cowboy territory. AND THEY DID!!!!
free,kosier and columbo consistent?
1. I like free and i feel he will fill the lt postion but thz will be his first year as a 16 game starter soil im holding the oils back
2. I will giv u kosier but he has been nag by injuries
3. Columbo … gav up 3-4 sacks aganist the vikes..that is not consistent play.
I especially dont want to hear that " he just came back from injury" bull.. bc he playd in the 1 st playoff game that year.
That would be a really stupid move
as we don’t have any tackles other than Free who is better and he’s our starting LT. Same applies to Gurode and Davis, we simply don’t have any backups that are better or even just as good.
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It might be moot at this point
Ft Worth Star Telegram is reporting that Sam Young has a sprain of his MCL and is out 2-4 weeks.
"I just wrote the check, it's up to you guys to cash it!" - Jimmy Johnson to defense after failed attempt on 4th down deep inside Cowboy territory. AND THEY DID!!!!
We should be more worried
about Big and Gurode than Colombo. If he is healty Colombo can play. I am not sure Big and Gurode can play well even when healthy.
A healthy Colombo is a good thing
When Colombo is healthy he’s great. We’re all worried that he’s had one too many injures. But you hope he’ll come back and get into form. If he can get back to where he was in September of 2009 everything is great. Colombo is a very solid right tackle.
by Blue Eyed Devil on Aug 30, 2010 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
If Columbo sucks again
or is being outplayed they better not play him…….like when they benched Free
and when do announcers stop calling him Marco Columbo……he isnt Marco Rivera
as much as i don't like him i think he shoudl reamin a cowboy for this year
just don’t plahim on playoffs, he will tear out
Colombo is still the best option
Unless Barron can step it up, but that hope is slowly fading. Is still think Brewster would be better at Guard, so if they are serious about Sam Young as the heir to RT, then they need to move Brewster back inside.
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