Daily Slop: Roy Williams Already Showing his T.O. ways

by KevinE on Jun 17, 2009 8:53 AM EDT in Daily Slop Comment 11 comments

Danny Smith missing James Thrash already [WaTimes]

Cody Glenn gets $200K signing bonus [cherokeean]
(Redskins coaches say he'll see time at OLB and special teams)

Roy Williams the next T.O.? [Houston Chronicle]

For Roy Williams, the first day of Dallas Cowboys minicamp was all about getting Tony Romo’s attention.That was clear early in team drills, when Romo forced a pass to tight end Jason Witten rather than targeting an arm-waving Williams across the middle. Williams expressed his displeasure by jumping around and punching the air.

Brandon Marshall says good-bye to Broncos fans on his blog [bmarshall]
Josh McDaniels looks forward to having Marshall in camp [nfl.com]

Vinny Cerrato is friends with new Wiz coach Flip Saunders [Bog]
(Any chance both teams are over .500 next year?)

Brett Favre Fail [lombardi ave]

Joe Buck: Your legacy in Green Bay? Run on to field in Lambeau with a purple 4 on your chest. That’s a knee to the gut of the people of Green Bay.

Favre: Vince Lombardi went to the Washington Redskins when he left," Favre said. "And his name's on the trophy. We give that trophy out every year. I don't hear too many people say, 'That damn traitor. He went to Washington.' Now, time heals a lot of things."

Fan Response: "Favre invoked Lombardi going to the Redskins to explain how he’s not tarnishing his legacy in GB. Uh, that ain’t the Vikings."

I have to side with the Fan in this. I mean, if Darrell Green still wanted to play and he went to Dallas, imagine the back-lash in the DMV. How many milliseconds would it take for a Cowgirl's fan to get beaten down if he wore a silver and blue #28 jersey to Fedex?

49'ers starting QB job is Shaun Hill's to lose [nfl.com]
(Alex Smith...didn't realize you could get any lower. Oh yea, the Raiders and the CFL)

Raiders close to signing Cowboy's DE Greg Ellis [cnnsi]

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Alex Smith

what’s funny about him is that everyone knew he was a huge reach for 1st overall pick even at the time.

The 49ers fell prey to NFL teams’ odd obsession with drafting a QB first overall, deserved or not.

Then Oakland did the same thing with Jamarcus Russell.

by smutsboy1 on Jun 17, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lions fan here

Uh-oh, I hope this trend doesn’t continue…oh wait, nevermind…

by JazzyBBP on Jun 17, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stafford looks pretty legit

I know everyone does in June, but come on…you can’t convince me that Alex Smith out of Utah was as good as Stafford down there at Georgia. I think Stafford will be just fine, as long as they can keep him upright. (insert Jon Jansen line here).

Jansen can run block with the best of them. Probably will do just fine on your line…they didn’t cut him here because he sucked—they cut him because it was time to start playing the younger players we have been stockpiling.

by Ken Meringolo on Jun 17, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea and he wasn’t a spread QB like Smith was

by pas493 on Jun 17, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My prediction is that Stafford ends up closer to the Alex Smith/J. Russell category.

Regardless of his prospects, I think it’s a bad plan for teams that need a complete rebuild to draft a rookie QB (and pay him tons of money).

by smutsboy1 on Jun 17, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am not saying Brett is entitled to be so flip-floppy

But if and when he decides he wants to play, and there is a team that wants to pay him and play him, how is the whole situation somehow all on him? As long as Snyder and Cerrato aren’t trying to sign Favre, I am fine.

I thought the Joe Buck show, which i watched live on HBO the other night, was by far more notable for its Artie Lange segment than the Favre segment. And I am UNCONVINCED that they did not trot Artie out there to get people talking about the show. I have no proof or evidence, except the long history of TV being all about getting people to watch it.

by Ken Meringolo on Jun 17, 2009 9:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i’m right there with you on the artie lang thing

by pas493 on Jun 17, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

totally agree

Joe Buck is not entertaining…he relies solely on the action/people in front of him to be the entertainment. No one would have watched Joe Buck’s next show if it wasn’t for artie lang’s shenanigans…now people will tune in for 1 more time. Hopefully they have Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville on there.

by KevinE on Jun 17, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

atleast Aikman wasn't on the show

by pas493 on Jun 17, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently Romo and Jessica are getting fat together this summer...

“Word from Valley Ranch is Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett had a come-to-Jesus meeting with QB Tony Romo this off-season where he basically told him to get his butt in better shape. Now nobody is accusing Romo of being Val Kilmer, or even Byron Leftwich. The description used was “bottom heavy” and the message was more "We love you but… " than butt kicking. What The Redheaded Genius told him was, basically, become a better finisher. Cowboys coaches believe Romo has a penchant for showing up for training camp in just good enough shape to allow him to get out to a good start in the first half. And it falls apart in the second half because he does. He is not able to outrun the same players. His mistakes go up. He is not the same QB."

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

by pas493 on Jun 17, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Teams should not the only decision maker

The teams shouldn’t be the only decision maker on when a player should retire – that should be up to the player. GB was smart to move on with Rodgers at QB and it made sense for the team to let Favre go. It was also ok for Favre to play somewhere else. Each party should be able to decide what to do based on what’s best for themselves.

I would not have been happy if Darrel Green went to play for the Cowboys but there’s a big difference between Favre and Green – Green accepted that his role changed (going to nickel back instead of starting CB) as his abilities changed but Favre won’t do that (which is his choice). That’s the price GB pays for having one of the greatest QB’s of all time playing on their team for 16 years. They should be happy they had him for so long and that they have another very good QB (too early to call him great) to take his place. The Packer fans need to quit crying and move on. Personally I hope to see Favre as a Viking this season – it’s not like the Vikings are rivals to the Redskins.

by ZakInOmaha on Jun 18, 2009 8:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs