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Cowboys cut Adams and Hamlin
- Thread starter Errant Hothy
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Pantherstang84
@rolisrgti06
Here is your obligatory "bring 'em and have a look" post.
So the Cowboys are now in the market for a LT ? That could represent an opportunity for us because they are drafting several places behind us and they would represent a potential trading partner for us in the event there's a tackle on the Board of interest to them when 20 rolls around.
Ole Miss Texan
Hall of Fame
I doubt we look at either. Adams doesn't fit our scheme and Hamlin doesn't offer us anything more than what we have in Eugene Wilson.
Certainly! Happy to help!
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
Indeed, in days past, he was a tremendous warrior. To his credit, he did managed to continue to excell in false starts.
Leonard Davis can play tackle. He's a much better guard but he can be moved into that position if Free doesn't cut it. Then you draft depth. They have a few options but all will require acquiring depth and moving some people around.
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
Davis does not move well enough to play LT. Columbo has already proven he is not an LT. Free at best is an RT, he was anihilated during his short LT appearance. A rookie draft pick?......I won't even tackle that scenario.
Lack of experienced talent at LT will no doubt contribute an additional fear factor which Romo has seldom had to deal with while Adams was there.......one eye being permanently glued to his left side. Romo has been rattled into mistakes when press rushed in the past. This will not add to his confidence, but could easily add to his "mistakes."
Jerry may have very well inadvertently prematurely thown out the baby with the bath water, without having another baby ready to protect the rubber ducky........or get him to the "Big Game."
It will be interesting, indeed, to watch the Texans go after the rubber ducky this season.
Fow what reason, the indsiders/analyst are claiming that Free is a better LT than RT because his main problem is functional strength. Not sure I agree with them, but the overall sense that I get is that the Cowboys expect Free to be okay.
He is a much better guard. Just an option I have heard discussed.
They were talking last year about Flozell being gone this year. Not like it's just something Jerry just dreamed about one night and decided to do the next day. LT was already a draft day need. Flozell is 35 or 36 and his days were numbered anyway. Perhaps they'll get somebody in there that knows the snap count.
Is Free the guy who came in for Flozell when he left the game who Jarret Allen whipp-ed up for the rest of that playoff game up in Minny. If so they've got a problem in 2010 protecting their QB.
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
Yes. This LINK may give you a balanced set of comments re. Free at LT. Doesn't look promising. But, that's OK, let the experiment begin, Jerry.
Dutchrudder
Hall of Fame
The cowboys may be looking to trade up to grab a LT around pick 10-15. They might be able to trade their first and a RB to move up and get one.
Well yea since you asked me. The entire line had a piss poor game. The game plan stunk. Tony had no time.
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
Sorta my point. With Flozell gone, under virtually any scenario, Romo will be playing paranoid.........with good reason.
We'll see. It's April. They could trade for somebody, move the line around. I'm fairly confident they sat there and thought about the ramifications of letting him go. All I'm doing is speculating. I don't know what their plans are but like I said I'm sure they have a plan. Old players get replaced. Sometimes it stings for awhile and sometimes guys are put in and you don't notice much change.
HoustonFrog
Dallas Frog
If New England did this it would be "genius." Flozell turns 35 in a month. Hamlin was gone and had gotten lazy, showing late, etc. Here is a good article on this...and Taylor is one of the biggest doubters on Jerry and Romo out there. He is harher on the team than most outsiders.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/040310dnspotaylor.20c4b6134.html
Those two quotes sound conflicting
Props to one of my favorite sports writers. He is truly not one for the faint in heart, but brings an interesting perspective. On my recent reads he was commentating on other sports, so it's refreshing to see one of his football columns.
HoustonFrog
Dallas Frog
Not in the context of the article. He is explaining that it is a chance and that people are used to plugging in the LT but that overall it makes sense to cut him before his game is completely gone and he is getting beat all the time. He is just explaining that Free and others can fill in. There are good options.
I love JTT. He is one of the only sports writers I know that will basically say what he thinks without thinking about the company line. And he does it consistently where it is his opinion and not some ploy to stir up trouble and then flip flop later.
Texans34Life
I BLEED TEXANS!
http://blogs.chron.com/nfl/2010/04/rackers_vs_brown_should_be_int.html
General,
Do you see the Texans going after Ken Hamlin or Alex Brown?
Thanks!
{JRock, they have three ends in Williams, Smith and Barwin. They might check out Brown, but I don't see them signing him. He wants to start. As for Hamlin, he's not better than Eugene Wilson when he's healthy. They'll draft a FS to develop. -- JOHN}
General,
Do you see the Texans going after Ken Hamlin or Alex Brown?
Thanks!
{JRock, they have three ends in Williams, Smith and Barwin. They might check out Brown, but I don't see them signing him. He wants to start. As for Hamlin, he's not better than Eugene Wilson when he's healthy. They'll draft a FS to develop. -- JOHN}
Goldensilence
hipster elite
Problem is Wilson hasn't played a full season healthy. I don't expect them to look at Hamlin but, they should look at a young FS in rounds 1-3.