Gameday Chatter Thread |Cowboys v. Dolphins| - 8/4/13

[Cotton]

Calvin Watkins ‏@calvinwatkins 17s
Looks like Harris, free, smith, Scandrick, Durant and Lissemore will play. Key vets.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Calvin Watkins ‏@calvinwatkins 17s
Looks like Harris, free, smith, Scandrick, Durant and Lissemore will play. Key vets.

Supposedly we are even holding out Will Allen. Jesus, that dude should at least feel like he has to compete for his job. I understand holding out certain vets but guys who probably don't even belong starting in this league should be forced to try and earn their jobs.

 

[Texas Ace]

Why is Romo in uniform if he's not gonna play?

 

[Smitty]

Supposedly we are even holding out Will Allen. Jesus, that dude should at least feel like he has to compete for his job. I understand holding out certain vets but guys who probably don't even belong starting in this league should be forced to try and earn their jobs.

I'd be more upset if this wasn't like a freebie preseason game.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I'd be more upset if this wasn't like a freebie preseason game.

Wouldn't say I'm upset, but I think it sends the wrong message to some of the veteran guys. Basically telling a guy like Will Allen that he doesn't have any competition for the starting spot, which shouldn't be the case. If our coaches think he should have starting spot locked up already then they are idiots.

 

[boozeman]

Supposedly we are even holding out Will Allen. Jesus, that dude should at least feel like he has to compete for his job. I understand holding out certain vets but guys who probably don't even belong starting in this league should be forced to try and earn their jobs.

That's hilarious. Even a career backup like Allen gets "starter status" on this team of entitled assholes.

 

[boozeman]

Why is Romo in uniform if he's not gonna play?

They do that in preseason. Not a big deal.

 

[boozeman]

I'd be more upset if this wasn't like a freebie preseason game.

It bugs me because it denotes status.

He isn't competing for a job. That should bother you.

 

[Smitty]

It bugs me because it denotes status.

He isn't competing for a job. That should bother you.

It doesn't because it's an extra preseason game. If he's not playing in one of the four that all the teams get, like I said, then I'd be more upset.

I don't think it denotes much more than he's a veteran who doesn't need to work on the basics of the scheme cause he knows most of it. Not "status."

 

[boozeman]

I have never watched this "America's Got Talent" show.

If it is about talent, why the hell is Howie Mandel a judge?

 

[boozeman]

It doesn't because it's an extra preseason game. If he's not playing in one of the four that all the teams get, like I said, then I'd be more upset.

I don't think it denotes much more than he's a veteran who doesn't need to work on the basics of the scheme cause he knows most of it. Not "status."

Feh.

He's been handed a starting job no matter what Johnson or Wilcox do the rest of this preseason.

I have a real issue with that.

 

[Bob Roberts]

I have never watched this "America's Got Talent" show.

If it is about talent, why the hell is Howie Mandel a judge?

How is Scary Spice a judge for that matter?

 

[boozeman]

Gawd damn.

WTF is this shit?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

It doesn't because it's an extra preseason game. If he's not playing in one of the four that all the teams get, like I said, then I'd be more upset.

I don't think it denotes much more than he's a veteran who doesn't need to work on the basics of the scheme cause he knows most of it. Not "status."

You learn scheme in practice, not in games. If his veteran status means that he doesn't need to bother playing, they why play him at all during the preseason?

 

[boozeman]

Howard Stern?



I like him for what he does, but really?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Feh.

He's been handed a starting job no matter what Johnson or Wilcox do the rest of this preseason.

I have a real issue with that.

Sad but true. People thought we brought him in as a veteran to teach some of the other guys the scheme but in reality we brought him in here to be a starter. Something he hasn't shown to be capable of over his long career.

 

[Smitty]

Feh.

He's been handed a starting job no matter what Johnson or Wilcox do the rest of this preseason.

I have a real issue with that.

Well that may be, but I don't think that's why he's not playing tonite. I think the coaches know what they are getting with him and they just aren't giving many vets many reps tonite.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Well that may be, but I don't think that's why he's not playing tonite. I think the coaches know what they are getting with him and they just aren't giving many vets many reps tonite.

Why is Doug Free playing then? He knows the scheme.

 

[Smitty]

Gawd damn.

WTF is this shit?

B-double O-T-Y.

 

[boozeman]

Well that may be, but I don't think that's why he's not playing tonite. I think the coaches know what they are getting with him and they just aren't giving many vets many reps tonite.

How exactly is a career backup who has accomplished jack and shit in his professional career earn "vet" status?