Cowboys sign Michael Sam to practice squad

[NoDak]

Good thing Cleveland isn't on the schedule this year.

Imagine the steamer a loss to the Browns would have been.....

 

[VA Cowboy]

Leave it to Jerry to find a way to make our defense suck even more.

 

[Carp]

8====D---------fense

 

[jsmith6919]

8====D---------fense

 

[Landry]

Does he get a discount at the stadium's Victoria's Secret store?

 

[Carp]

Does he get a discount at the stadium's Victoria's Secret store?

He'd be butthurt if he didn't.

 

[p1_]

The circus atmosphere this creates screams Jerry getting his publicity back on after having the air let out of his Manziel boner by young Stephen. Jerry's fucked up mind sees this as a marketing stroke, so to speak.

 

[Cotton]

What changed with Sam since draft day?
September, 3, 2014

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com


The Cowboys had limited thoughts about drafting Michael Sam in May.

The team tried desperately to get a pass-rusher or immediate impact defensive player in the first round but the options were not there when it came time for the Cowboys to pick. So they selected guard/tackle Zack Martin from Notre Dame to protect quarterback Tony Romo.

They selected pass-rushers DeMarcus Lawrence in the second round and Ben Gardner in the seventh. Sam was on the board each time the Cowboys selected.

After the draft, Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones described Sam as a player categorized somewhere between defensive end and outside linebacker. Jones said that was a dilemma for the team.

“It’s obvious that guy can be an outside linebacker and can go inside and put his hand down again," Jones said. "But he was that tweener, and we felt like we had gone up and drafted -- and paid a high price to go up and draft -- DeMarcus Lawrence because we felt like he was the closest thing to having a better chance of putting his hand down at that time.”

Jones said he wasn’t surprised Sam was drafted in the seventh round because he expected him to be selected much higher.

"… I don’t know what’s going on in other draft rooms involving him, I don’t," Jones said. "All I know is we spent the same amount of time on him that you would normally spend as a valuable defensive player in the SEC, we really did. He just didn’t fit for us."

So, the question is, what changed the team’s mind since that May weekend?

Well, it's actually pretty simple. Lawrence (broken foot) was placed on reserve/injured returnable list and Gardner is out for the season after shoulder surgery. And the team has no significant depth to aid the pass rush.

So, now Jones and the Cowboys are hoping Sam will learn defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli’s system while on the team’s practice squad and develop into a pass-rusher that can help them in the future. But they won't be upset if his development happens sooner than expected.

 

[Cotton]

I don't think I've ever heard of a press conference being held to announce the signing of a player to a practice squad before.

 

[1bigfan13]

Exactly. But this is business as usual for the Cowboys. The other 31 organizations probably sign him then go about their business...no press conference.

 

[NoDak]

I don't think I've ever heard of a press conference being held to announce the signing of a player to a practice squad before.

Clarence Hill ‏@clarencehilljr 15s
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett will address the Michael Sam signing at his 10:35 am press conference

They scheduled one just for this signing, too?

 

[Cotton]

Clarence Hill ‏@clarencehilljr 15s
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett will address the Michael Sam signing at his 10:35 am press conference

They scheduled one just for this signing, too?

Looks like Schefter's tweet was misleading. This PC was already scheduled. Garrett is just expected to address the Sam signing during it.

 

[ravidubey]

What's changed is Sam has actually been productive in preseason unlike just about any any Cowboys defender.

 

[p1_]

I don't think I've ever heard of a press conference being held to announce the signing of a player to a practice squad before.

See what I mean? Jerry is relevant again, fucking idiot.


Field a quality team you jackass! Then you can gloat and mug for the camera.

 

[NoDak]

See what I mean? Jerry is relevant again, fucking idiot.


Field a quality team you jackass! Then you can gloat and mug for the camera.

Goosfraba

 

[L.T. Fan]

Goosfraba

And a punch in the nose.

 

[Carp]

Exactly. But this is business as usual for the Cowboys. The other 31 organizations probably sign him then go about their business...no press conference.

I doubt it...socially this is a big deal. Hell, think of all the interviews the Rams had to do for drafting him...and he was a 7th rounder.

 

[Cotton]

Good for Garrett.

 

[BipolarFuk]

I hope he develops into a 10 sack a year guy.

On and off the field.

 

[NoDak]

I doubt it...socially this is a big deal. Hell, think of all the interviews the Rams had to do for drafting him...and he was a 7th rounder.

Right. But, you know... Jerry.

~lighting torch~