MacMahon: Spillman agrees to deal with Cowboys
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Heath can stick a tackle pretty well. He wraps them up more so than trying to take them out with a shoulder. He has a problem getting out of position sometimes.
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All the time. FTFY.
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Yeah he is horrible at tackling because he is slow and can't take the proper angles. Dixon has way more potential on special teams and is already a better safety. This is a perfect example of a pet cat being kept over better players. Probably a swell guy or something.
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Quite timely, I'd say. Speaks volumes about the lack of safety depth.
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Jemea Thomas got the axe for Toomer. Crawford will come on when they get Lawrence on IR to Return, I think.
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That about says it all.
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Lot to learn, but Spillman knows 49ers well
September, 2, 2014
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas -- C.J. Spillman sort of smiled when it was brought to the newest Dallas Cowboy safety's attention that he will play against his former team, the San Francisco 49ers, on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
“It’s a business,” he said, “so treat it as nothing other than that.”
Spillman will enter the game knowing more about the Niners’ defensive and special teams’ schemes than the Cowboys. He will play catchup over the next few days to get a basic understanding of what Rod Marinelli wants from his safeties and what Rich Bisaccia wants from the special teams.
But Spillman’s knowledge of San Francisco will help.
“Even though I might not schematically know what’s going on in-depth right now, I know the personnel and the guys and what they’re capable of doing,” said Spillman, who joined the Niners in 2010. “That will help me in the learning process.”
The Cowboys envision Spillman as a core special-teamer, which was his role with the Niners. He led Sam Francisco with 19 special teams tackles last season. But coach Jason Garrett said Spillman could develop into a helpful member of the defense as the year goes on.
Garrett called it more of a coincidence that the Cowboys would sign Spillman the week before they played his former team.
“I think we’ve all been in those situations where we’ve had a coach or a player from another team and you have conversations with those guys about different things,” Garrett said, “but for the most part, I think most teams do best when they trust their preparation that they would do off of film and base a lot of what they’re going to do from a game plan standpoint on the film in the traditional way to evaluate. Sometimes, those things can be helpful to you. Sometimes, they can kind of confuse the issue. We brought him in here because we thought he was a good football player who could help our football team.”