Broaddus: Cowboys Mulling Options With Tuesday Workout Participants

[boozeman]

Laurent Robinson said he's 100% and wants to play this year.

He's also filed a grievance against the Jags for his money. NFL teams are just like any other employer. You are real hesitant to employ someone who is willing to get a lawyer and shit.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Probably not, but with Beasley and Coale looking shaky as the bubble players, I'd look everywhere for the sole purpose of churning those two. It's embarrassing that someone as untalented as Beasley is actually on the roster. Just finding a reliable player who can run routes, not get hurt, and run faster than Charlotte Jones seems to be a chore for the Cowboys. Harris was like a breath of fresh air, and hopefully Amos and these other camp bodies follow suit. I'm rooting for Coale, but he just can't stay healthy.

The problem on the DL is the camp bodies won't realistically beat Wilber, Crawford, Lissemore, and Bass, and these guys need as many reps as possible to change defenses. When they cut Hargrove, I think they pretty much cemented their starting roster, with maybe Hayden a ninth DL. Hayden, Long, Igbinosun, Sheffield-- they are IMO on the outside looking in and camp bodies for the second half of preseason games. Still, I like Bass, Hayden, and Igbinosun. The problems are the starters.

IMO the perfect positions for churn are LB, OL, RB, TE, S, and WR where we are in danger of older journeymen or untalented scrubs actually making the final 53, and QB where we don't have a developmental player at all. Corner seems fairly deep as Sterling Moore as a 5th guy is not bad at all.

Basically the time for DL was back in April, IMO, when they could get some real pedigreed challengers up front.

Beasley isn't untalented he is just small. I have seen the kid play and he is a good route runner and can get seperation even though he has only average speed. He has good hands as well. I only have one objection to him and it's his size. I don't even hold a grudge about his brief lack of interest last season. There was some perspnal stuff going on.

 

[Bluestar71]

We have embarrassing players like Free, Arkin, Kowalski, and Costa that all might make this roster on the OL.

I don't think it's fair to include Kowalski in with the rest of that shitty trio yet. Maybe, but we haven't seen enough of him to know. His inability to get healthy is the only thing we can really hold against him until we see more. The rest of those losers have proven on the field they can't or won't play.

 

[Smitty]

I don't think it's fair to include Kowalski in with the rest of that shitty trio yet. Maybe, but we haven't seen enough of him to know. His inability to get healthy is the only thing we can really hold against him until we see more. The rest of those losers have proven on the field they can't or won't play.

I don't think Kowalski is ever better than a decent backup, though. If he has to start he'll be the same black eye as the rest of them, or worse.

 

[ravidubey]

I don't think it's fair to include Kowalski in with the rest of that shitty trio yet. Maybe, but we haven't seen enough of him to know. His inability to get healthy is the only thing we can really hold against him until we see more. The rest of those losers have proven on the field they can't or won't play.

I agree, but at some point you have to be able to trust a guy to be able to stay on the field and Kowalski keeps failing that test. Outside of Michael Irvin, I can't recall many NFL players that got past the injury bug to become anything more than mediocre. For a guy who's ceiling seemed to be mediocre to start with, I'm not holding my breath.