DMN Blog: Jerry talks about Flozell
Flo may be facing exit
3:36 PM Sat, Feb 23, 2008 | Permalink
Albert Breer E-mail News tips
Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones hasn't closed the door on anything. But it sure sounded today like the team and Flozell Adams aren't approaching a contract extension, with Flo due to hit the market on Thursday at 11 p.m.
Complicating matters is the fact that Flo fired his agent, Roosevelt Barnes, last week and replaced him with Jordan Woy.
"We're listening to Flozell and his new agent. That's where we are," Jones said. "It wouldn't be fair for any of us to speculate on what our feelings are."
Feelings are funny thing, though. And Jerry's would be hurt just a little bit if Adams were to bolt.
"Careers change, they evolve and they change," Adams said. "This is one of the toughest things I've dealt with, in general, in 19 years. You get attached, I do, I feel that way. I get personal. Candidly, these are guys that have made quite a contribution and so when you look at them, you see the player they were 10 years ago, and it's hard to be objective like you need to be.
"This is probably one of the disadvantages of the way we've structured it with the Cowboys. You're just there and you're the decision-maker and you don't have any other objective influence pushing on you. So you call on what you should call on, and do what's in your best interest in order to win the ballgame."
But Jerry was adamant about this: At some point, young tackles like James Marten and Pat McQuistan and Doug Free need to be thrown to the wolves. For better or worse, this may be that time.
"One of the dilemmas is how do you see it, and get him on the field and see a Romo?" Jones said. "How do you do that? How do get to see a McQuistan, how do you get to see those guys, and how long do they sit over there, when they may have been able to play better than the people that had been playing?"
The question was rhetorical, of course, And Jerry could only answer it with a shrug of the shoulders.
"You do not (know)," Jones said. "You can get indications in practice situations, you can get indications in preseason games. But the bottom line is most of the time you have to see them in action. They've gotten chances because of injury. We know more about McQuistan than we did at this time last year, know a little bit more about Marten, know a little bit more about Free.
"And that's a part of this decision. You know Flo. You know where you are. One thing we did, obviously, Leonard Davis came in here as what we believed to be heck of a left tackle. He's hard to get around out there. So it's not just young guys out there. That gives you some things to think about. I'm not saying at all that's what you do, but certainly that was a consideration when we signed him."
At this point, there are plenty of consideration for that left tackle spot. Filling it with Adams in 2008 just seems to be less and less likely with each passing day.
3:36 PM Sat, Feb 23, 2008 | Permalink
Albert Breer E-mail News tips
Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones hasn't closed the door on anything. But it sure sounded today like the team and Flozell Adams aren't approaching a contract extension, with Flo due to hit the market on Thursday at 11 p.m.
Complicating matters is the fact that Flo fired his agent, Roosevelt Barnes, last week and replaced him with Jordan Woy.
"We're listening to Flozell and his new agent. That's where we are," Jones said. "It wouldn't be fair for any of us to speculate on what our feelings are."
Feelings are funny thing, though. And Jerry's would be hurt just a little bit if Adams were to bolt.
"Careers change, they evolve and they change," Adams said. "This is one of the toughest things I've dealt with, in general, in 19 years. You get attached, I do, I feel that way. I get personal. Candidly, these are guys that have made quite a contribution and so when you look at them, you see the player they were 10 years ago, and it's hard to be objective like you need to be.
"This is probably one of the disadvantages of the way we've structured it with the Cowboys. You're just there and you're the decision-maker and you don't have any other objective influence pushing on you. So you call on what you should call on, and do what's in your best interest in order to win the ballgame."
But Jerry was adamant about this: At some point, young tackles like James Marten and Pat McQuistan and Doug Free need to be thrown to the wolves. For better or worse, this may be that time.
"One of the dilemmas is how do you see it, and get him on the field and see a Romo?" Jones said. "How do you do that? How do get to see a McQuistan, how do you get to see those guys, and how long do they sit over there, when they may have been able to play better than the people that had been playing?"
The question was rhetorical, of course, And Jerry could only answer it with a shrug of the shoulders.
"You do not (know)," Jones said. "You can get indications in practice situations, you can get indications in preseason games. But the bottom line is most of the time you have to see them in action. They've gotten chances because of injury. We know more about McQuistan than we did at this time last year, know a little bit more about Marten, know a little bit more about Free.
"And that's a part of this decision. You know Flo. You know where you are. One thing we did, obviously, Leonard Davis came in here as what we believed to be heck of a left tackle. He's hard to get around out there. So it's not just young guys out there. That gives you some things to think about. I'm not saying at all that's what you do, but certainly that was a consideration when we signed him."
At this point, there are plenty of consideration for that left tackle spot. Filling it with Adams in 2008 just seems to be less and less likely with each passing day.
posted by The Gryphon at 10:23 AM
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