SB Nation User Blog: MysterD

Gregg Williams????

MysterD — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:05:51 -0000

Not the "he who shall not be named" Greg Williams, but the Defensive Coach Greg williams has supposedly talked to the cowboys about a job.

http://beta.profootballtalk.com/2008...

Now I know many of discount Profootballtalk, but they are just reporting what Adam Schefter is reporting ("rumor-monger" moniker asider).

What in the heck would Williams bring since he is a 4-3 coach. I would much rather have Capers over Williams.

A hypothetical trade

MysterD — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:44:26 -0000

So it doesnt seem as if Bobby Carpenter will ever get a shot here. (Granted he could with Pasqualoni gone).

But lets the Boys are destined to move him, would you trade him str8 up for the Chris Mortensen hyped Matt Jones?

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...

Members of the Jaguars' offensive staff want to cut the cord with WR Matt Jones, a move head coach Jack Del Rio has resisted since last season. However, Del Rio is finding it increasingly difficult to defend Jones. The offensive staff has gained Del Rio's respect, mostly because of the team's resurgent 2007 season. While Del Rio has held out hope for improvement from Jones, he's close to giving in to his staff's wishes.

Why Dave Campo and not, say Ray Rhodes?

MysterD — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:47:57 -0000

I'll preface this by saying that I don't Campo's ability as a DB coach.

However the part I don't like is that Wade didn't get to hire a DB coach familiar in the 3-4. This is a Jerry-hire, and I don't like the fact he is doing the hiring (like he did with Houck over Solari).

I am also wondering why we didnt inquire about Ray Rhodes. He is a native Texan. Has been successful everywhere he has been and I am sure he would light a fire in Roy Williams arse.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...

I mean the guy signed on to be an assistant DB coach in Houston.

Bill Parcells 10 (11) Commandments

MysterD — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:54:22 -0000

So I was watching Sportscenter and Stuart Scott with the ugliest suit I have ever seen introduced Parcells.

Parcells went on to discuss his commandments for a QB like be conditioned, avoid outside advice,etc. Hopefully someone can find the text of it somewhere online.

I wonder how similiar this list is to the list Bill left for Romo at the end of the year.

Greg Ellis given his restructured contract

MysterD — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:47:45 -0000

I wonder if the fact he had his contract in hand was a motivation in him playing today.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...

"If things didn't go well today," Ellis said, "what Jerry did was show me that they just weren't going to throw me away like trash."
Earlier this week, Ellis told coach Wade Phillips and Jones that he wasn't healthy enough to start the four-game process. On Saturday morning, Jones arrived at Ellis' home and hammered out a deal, which had to be finalized by 3 p.m. to go into effect for Sunday's game.
Cowboys/NFL
"He had some insurance issues about this injury that were compromising him, and it took us to about 2:59 to take care of those issues so he could go out there and compete without worrying about it," Jones said. "He had been wanting to get out there; our agreement let him do it."

Current Salary Cap Status

MysterD — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:47:11 -0000

Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports has a good article out on salary cap status of teams.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...

As you can see our beloved Cowboys have 13.8 million.

Although teams have to account for unsigned draft picks (no first- or second-round picks have signed), that won't have an overwhelming impact on cap space. The average rookie cap for each team is only $4.27 million this season.
Likewise, teams generally average about $4 million in incentives and other bonus payments earned during a season.

With that in mind, it'll leave the cowboys with about 5.3mill to play with.

Hopefully they make wiser decisions in resigning their own(Bradie James,Roy Williams come to mind).

Ranking the WRs -CNNSI.com

MysterD — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:23:08 -0000

NFL scout has ranked the WRs based on how he thinks they will fare in 2007:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...

Our very own TO comes in at #5, however I dont see Terry Glenn on the list and I think that is a major oversight.

I mean you could debate his place certainly in the top 25, but there is no way Mark Clayton or Darrell Jackson should be on it and not Glenn.

Dennis Dillon of TSN

MysterD — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:18:50 -0000

Dennis Dillon of The Sporting news has a great breakdown of Phillips 34 vs Parcells 2 Gap 3-4.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...

Hopefully these players finally step up to their "potential". They will have no excuses this year.

Tuna Talks

MysterD — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:24:11 -0000

So it seems our beloved former coach Bill Parcells is talking to someone from the national media:

Article link

Basically the q and a that garners the most attention is the first question.

Q. Are you definitely done with coaching, and would you consider coming back as a general manager?
A. No and no. I've been doing this since 1964. Do the math. There are guys — and I pay tribute to them, Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno — who keep going forward. I think college football is a little different than professional. It's more games and a longer season in the pros. I'm 65 years old. I've been doing it a long time.

Vonta Leach signed to offer sheet

MysterD — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:16:43 -0000

Grizz' fave position of need, FB Vonta Leach was signed to an offer sheet by the New York Football Giants.

Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Giants have signed Texans fullback Vonta Leach, a restricted free agent, to an offer sheet.

Per Schefter, it's a four-year deal worth $8 million, with $1.6 million in guaranteed money.