The Jones Priority and JJT? Reeves
GOOD READ - Original thread was started by OmegaSupreme in another sports forum posted JAN 21, 06: The Jones Priority and JJT? Reeves
On the Randy Galloway show yesterday, Jerry Jones was interviewed and his responses to the improvements to the team started with the O-line: he said that the return of Flozell will be of great importance but also getting quality depth. He then said that the safety position needs to be addressed stating that Keith Davis exceeded expectations but there is more that is necessary at that safety position. Jerry talked quite a bit about the Anthony Henry injury and stated that more depth could be found at CB but the season changed quite a bit with the injury to Henry. Then, he said, and I can't remember the exact words here, something like "a playmaker" or "weapon" to make the offense more dynamic - BUT he said T.O. is not for Dallas; the downside to T.O. is far more damaging than his upside is rewarding. I got the feeling that he has a "weapon" in mind already on offense (any guesses?). But just to give a projective idea of Jerry's thinking here he stated that if he had the Texans and had a choice between Vince Young/Leinart and Reggie Bush what would he do? he said Reggie Bush definitely that (and he stated this three times) Carr is a good QB. He said that Romo is highly thought of on the team -Bledsoe is one of his biggest fans and that Bledsoe said that if he (Drew) gets injured, he's afraid he won't get to play again after returning from injury because Romo is that good. Sean Payton told Jerry when he was interviewing for the Oakland job that if he ever becomes a HC that he would seriously consider trading for Romo to be his QB. Jerry also said that Drew Henson is everything they thought he was without experience and that his greatest weakness is needing experience BUT they could not give him NFL experience this year, So NFL Europe is going to be perfect for him -Jerry said that Drew Henson's strong point is his ability to make good decisions with the ball!?!?!
Strangely there was little talk about Bledsoe other than the Romo thing (actually Jerry had more enthusiasm for Carr just in number of words used to describe him than Bledsoe - does anyone else think that there any chance that if Chris Palmer joins the Parcells staff that he would try to bring in Carr or Couch?)
Jerry said that it is not in his thinking that both Ellis and Glover will not be a part of the future plans - he said, very carefully, that both will be of use to the Cowboys but he cannot see that Dallas would not at least have one a definite part of the defense. [reading between Jerry's lines here - if a player is used to trade then he is still "of use" in the future.]
He said that he never had to worry about a kicker before but now he does because the games were so close - interestingly he made a rather pregnant statement that he would rather have touchdowns and not have to rely on a field goal to beat another team [Jerry's edged tone really defined how "pregnant" the statment was - you get the feeling that Jones wants more explosiveness in the offense]
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Now the second item is from JJTaylor in TSN, from this week stating that Parcells is "thrilled" about the progress of Jacquez Reeves - that they expect him to take over for Aaron Glenn eventually - that he has "excellent speed and now he is more technically precise". WHAT?! I think I saw quite a bit of Reeves play this year and saw neither "excellent speed" nor "precision" and there was nothing "thrilling" about him? Does anybody here see keeping Reeves over a good UFA or a end of first day draft draft pick (presumeably one with a lot of potential)? Did Reeves ever present "excellent speed" at the combine? He is just under 6' and not that big? What am I missing here?
On the Randy Galloway show yesterday, Jerry Jones was interviewed and his responses to the improvements to the team started with the O-line: he said that the return of Flozell will be of great importance but also getting quality depth. He then said that the safety position needs to be addressed stating that Keith Davis exceeded expectations but there is more that is necessary at that safety position. Jerry talked quite a bit about the Anthony Henry injury and stated that more depth could be found at CB but the season changed quite a bit with the injury to Henry. Then, he said, and I can't remember the exact words here, something like "a playmaker" or "weapon" to make the offense more dynamic - BUT he said T.O. is not for Dallas; the downside to T.O. is far more damaging than his upside is rewarding. I got the feeling that he has a "weapon" in mind already on offense (any guesses?). But just to give a projective idea of Jerry's thinking here he stated that if he had the Texans and had a choice between Vince Young/Leinart and Reggie Bush what would he do? he said Reggie Bush definitely that (and he stated this three times) Carr is a good QB. He said that Romo is highly thought of on the team -Bledsoe is one of his biggest fans and that Bledsoe said that if he (Drew) gets injured, he's afraid he won't get to play again after returning from injury because Romo is that good. Sean Payton told Jerry when he was interviewing for the Oakland job that if he ever becomes a HC that he would seriously consider trading for Romo to be his QB. Jerry also said that Drew Henson is everything they thought he was without experience and that his greatest weakness is needing experience BUT they could not give him NFL experience this year, So NFL Europe is going to be perfect for him -Jerry said that Drew Henson's strong point is his ability to make good decisions with the ball!?!?!
Strangely there was little talk about Bledsoe other than the Romo thing (actually Jerry had more enthusiasm for Carr just in number of words used to describe him than Bledsoe - does anyone else think that there any chance that if Chris Palmer joins the Parcells staff that he would try to bring in Carr or Couch?)
Jerry said that it is not in his thinking that both Ellis and Glover will not be a part of the future plans - he said, very carefully, that both will be of use to the Cowboys but he cannot see that Dallas would not at least have one a definite part of the defense. [reading between Jerry's lines here - if a player is used to trade then he is still "of use" in the future.]
He said that he never had to worry about a kicker before but now he does because the games were so close - interestingly he made a rather pregnant statement that he would rather have touchdowns and not have to rely on a field goal to beat another team [Jerry's edged tone really defined how "pregnant" the statment was - you get the feeling that Jones wants more explosiveness in the offense]
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Now the second item is from JJTaylor in TSN, from this week stating that Parcells is "thrilled" about the progress of Jacquez Reeves - that they expect him to take over for Aaron Glenn eventually - that he has "excellent speed and now he is more technically precise". WHAT?! I think I saw quite a bit of Reeves play this year and saw neither "excellent speed" nor "precision" and there was nothing "thrilling" about him? Does anybody here see keeping Reeves over a good UFA or a end of first day draft draft pick (presumeably one with a lot of potential)? Did Reeves ever present "excellent speed" at the combine? He is just under 6' and not that big? What am I missing here?
posted by The Gryphon at 6:41 PM
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