Let's get this thing going.
Southlake said:
So, since there's no preseason thread.
What about Zack Martin?
Dak won't play a down in preseason.jr15aggie said:
Have we heard any comments about starters playing in pre-season?
I wouldn't expect somebody like Micah or Tony Pollard to play a down... but Dak and the majority of the offense needs to, at the very least, get a few series under their belt. Lord knows they looked like A$$ week 1 last year after taking the pre-season off.
Well MM already said it in a recent press conference. He ain't playing. And that's really been the overwhelming philosophy across the league the last few years. I think the theory is you can get a lot of work on the practice field and then one or two series in a preseason game isn't worth the risk. It's ironic that Dak got his chance because both Romo and Moore got injured in the preseason.jr15aggie said:
That's a damn shame if true... he (and the entire offense) looked like hot garbage week 1 last year.
Schoonmaker was one of the most athletic TEs in the draft. And he got injured, that's why he didn't start practicing until yesterday.jr15aggie said:
I really hope the Cowboys didn't crap the bed with this latest draft class. Right now I'm looking at the 2nd round head scratcher Schoonmaker pick. Not only was it questionable, now the guy isn't even playing. And on top of that, the Bills took OG Torrence the pick after us.
We all had OG highlighted as a big need going into this draft and that was before we found out Zack Martin was unhappy. I'd feel a lot better about our O-line right now if Torrence were in practice getting valuable 1st team reps!
He was, but TE simply wasn't a need for this team.Ag Natural said:Schoonmaker was one of the most athletic TEs in the draft. And he got injured, that's why he didn't start practicing until yesterday.jr15aggie said:
I really hope the Cowboys didn't crap the bed with this latest draft class. Right now I'm looking at the 2nd round head scratcher Schoonmaker pick. Not only was it questionable, now the guy isn't even playing. And on top of that, the Bills took OG Torrence the pick after us.
We all had OG highlighted as a big need going into this draft and that was before we found out Zack Martin was unhappy. I'd feel a lot better about our O-line right now if Torrence were in practice getting valuable 1st team reps!
I dunno. They lost Schultz and headed into this season with Hendershot (103 career receiving yards) Ferguson (174 career receiving yards), and a bunch of nothing else. That's really bad for an essential position in the modern NFL. They badly needed someone who could be a starting-level TE. Maybe the weakest spot on the depth chart outside of kicker.Yellerjacket said:He was, but TE simply wasn't a need for this team.Ag Natural said:Schoonmaker was one of the most athletic TEs in the draft. And he got injured, that's why he didn't start practicing until yesterday.jr15aggie said:
I really hope the Cowboys didn't crap the bed with this latest draft class. Right now I'm looking at the 2nd round head scratcher Schoonmaker pick. Not only was it questionable, now the guy isn't even playing. And on top of that, the Bills took OG Torrence the pick after us.
We all had OG highlighted as a big need going into this draft and that was before we found out Zack Martin was unhappy. I'd feel a lot better about our O-line right now if Torrence were in practice getting valuable 1st team reps!
jr15aggie said:
TE was a need, but it wasn't a "have to get it now" need.
Feels a lot like the Taco Charlton draft in the sense that we drafted late in the 1st, things ahead of us didn't go as planned and our draft got a bit off schedule.
I don't think Mazi was a bad pick so that's the good news, but the Schoon pick was definitely a "if we don't get him now he won't be there with our next pick" sorta deal. Feels like the Taco pick when most of us were looking at TJ Watt sitting there... doesn't mean he will flame out like Taco did, but it sure felt like there were better players still on the board.
PS: I'm always optimistic so I'm not hating on anything, I'm just throwing around thoughts!
Hearing Mazi has lead feet.jr15aggie said:
TE was a need, but it wasn't a "have to get it now" need.
Feels a lot like the Taco Charlton draft in the sense that we drafted late in the 1st, things ahead of us didn't go as planned and our draft got a bit off schedule.
I don't think Mazi was a bad pick so that's the good news, but the Schoon pick was definitely a "if we don't get him now he won't be there with our next pick" sorta deal. Feels like the Taco pick when most of us were looking at TJ Watt sitting there... doesn't mean he will flame out like Taco did, but it sure felt like there were better players still on the board.
PS: I'm always optimistic so I'm not hating on anything, I'm just throwing around thoughts!
Tursiops93 said:
$850,000 as reported on GetUp this morning
PatAg said:
Game isn't even worth playing if you aren't playing any starters on offense and hardly any on defense