Tashard Choice cut by Skins: take my Poll!

by Gmunny on Nov 22, 2011 8:18 PM CST

Poor Tashard Choice continues his slide from grand possibilities to average Joe, as he was cut by the Skins today. I feel Dallas mismanaged his promising career, although he certainly left them the option to do so with his poor blocking and lack of understanding his assignments. At least he always took the high road. The skins signed him last week, before they played Dallas and cut him two days after playing them...which begs the question: did he have a legit shot to be their RB or were they using him just to help against Dallas. What do you think?

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Choice had a legit shot to be a longterm RB for the Deadskins or was being used to help Washington vs. The Cowboys in week 11?

Real shot

16 votes

Used and abused

270 votes

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I don't know if this is cheating

But there is something immoral about signing a former team’s player to face off against that team and then drop them after the game. If anything, it is worse than anything a certain New England coach did. Hopefully the NFL will launch an investigation.

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by Jessy S on Nov 22, 2011 8:41 PM CST reply actions

What the heck are you talking about?

Investigation? What was Choice going to reveal? Plus NFL teams do this all the time. Lets cost everyone their draft picks now so no new talent will be allowed in the NFL. Kevin Kolb did this for the Cardinals against the Eagles. Its the decision you make when cutting or trading guys who have been in your system for a while. Choice really had no dirt on the offense seeing how we scored 27 points. No investigation needed. Choice sucked and they have Helu.

Realist.

by DCyanks21 on Nov 22, 2011 8:59 PM CST up reply actions

Choice could theoretically reveal calls for audibles, signals, etc.

But as you said, it is part of the game

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by Seanrude on Nov 22, 2011 10:42 PM CST up reply actions

There is nothing wrong with this at all. It is part of the NFL landscape

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by Seanrude on Nov 22, 2011 10:40 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, he got a couple paychecks that he might not have gotten

So he wasn’t harmed at all.

by illcowboy on Nov 23, 2011 10:08 AM CST up reply actions

He's still getting paid

he’s a vet and was on the roster in week one, his salary is guaranteed for the year…although i don’t know who foots the bill for it now, Dal or Was.

by Goody4 on Nov 23, 2011 11:58 AM CST up reply actions

Did Washington claim him on waivers

or pick him up as a FA? If he was a free agent, he gets paid by Dallas for sure. And I believe his Washington checks (probably for league minimum) are like found money.

by illcowboy on Nov 23, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions

I'm a die hard Cowboys fan who would love nothing more than the 'skins to lose draft picks

but they did nothing wrong. Players change teams all the time, and there was no top-secret info that Choice could reveal.

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by ScottB1985 on Nov 25, 2011 7:17 AM CST up reply actions

Fanpost noooooooo

Fanshot yes

by cowboy north on Nov 22, 2011 9:23 PM CST reply actions

this

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by thebigham on Nov 23, 2011 6:49 AM CST up reply actions

BOO THIS MAN!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

by matt575 on Nov 23, 2011 4:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I couldn't post the poll

…in the fanshot, so I posted here….were you a hall monitor or something?

by Gmunny on Nov 23, 2011 3:14 PM CST up reply actions

don't worry about the fanshot police bud

by matt575 on Nov 23, 2011 4:20 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Then put more thought into it.

The community guidelines are there for a reason. Knowing you cant post a FanShot with a poll just means you need to put more work into your article portion. Also this isn’t even Cowboys related.

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by Cowboys_Attack on Nov 24, 2011 9:39 AM CST up reply actions

Seriously?

Who the hell are you to even make this comment? Why don’t you make your own damn posts and I’ll make mine!
What, are you trolling the posts to criticize the fans posting rather than the team?
275 people found the topic interesting enough to read and vote.
Oh, and how is this not Cowboys related? A Cowboys ex player, who was the topic of great debate and discussion over the years, is cut by Dallas in the last 3 weeks, the week after he is cut, he is signed by our rival, to play aginst us, and then is cut right after. Totally Cowboys related..and again, 275 people agreed.
Get a life.

by Gmunny on Nov 25, 2011 11:21 AM CST up reply actions

Wow overreact much?

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by Cowboys_Attack on Nov 29, 2011 7:44 AM CST up reply actions

Considering the Redskins lack RB depth...

and gave Choice 6 carries, which is 1 more than Garrett gave Felix Jones BTW, I think he had a legit shot. He just failed to capitalize on it.

One nice run for 9 yards followed by five pathetic ones, for a combined -2 yards, will not get you back on the field and will get you sent packing. About the only way he could have hurt his case further is by coughing up the ball. But, he only seems to like doing that when playing against the Redskins.

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by lonewolfz28 on Nov 23, 2011 2:18 AM CST reply actions

Shanahan eats and spits out RB's

Shanahan has a long history of using RB’s for short term benefit. His position has always been it’s not the back it’s the system. Re: Q. Griffiin, Tatum Bell, etc. He as even waived league leading rushers if they weren’t performing at the moment. So used and abused is the response but it has little to do with the Cowboys.

by 50yrcowboy on Nov 23, 2011 7:55 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

I don't think Choice really has a future in the NFL.

I think he is a decent runner, but if you can’t pass protect, you’re not going to have a job. Also, if you don’t play special teams well, your value is dimished further still.

by Mr._Mulligan on Nov 23, 2011 12:54 PM CST reply actions

and he can't play STs

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by DIRE WOLF on Nov 23, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

worth repeating

Nobody cares about your effin fantasy team, keep it to yourself...........Lock n Load

by DIRE WOLF on Nov 23, 2011 3:42 PM CST up reply actions

Choice just got picked up by the bills

by matt575 on Nov 23, 2011 4:21 PM CST via mobile reply actions

nice

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by DIRE WOLF on Nov 23, 2011 4:36 PM CST up reply actions

That's good.

I hope he does well. I just hope he does it where he can’t hurt the Boys.

by illcowboy on Nov 23, 2011 10:08 PM CST up reply actions

Well...

unless we see them in the SB, we shouldn’t be seeing the Bills again for quite awhile.

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by lonewolfz28 on Nov 24, 2011 1:15 AM CST up reply actions

I think he done more harm

when he was a Cowboy

by cowboy north on Nov 24, 2011 12:38 PM CST reply actions

I was on the Choice bandwagon right into this year

I think once he gets in rhythm somewhere, he’ll be effective but there were two things that always bugged me about him: pass blocking (as you mentioned) and fumbling problems. In addition, his plea for Michael Vick’s autograph really hurt him around these parts….

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by ScottB1985 on Nov 25, 2011 7:20 AM CST reply actions