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I would bet

that you couldnt pull 11 guys off of any teams roster to even take the field if one of the requirements was that they had never smoked weed. If that was the case Tebow may be the only guy in the NFL

sexililkitti - January 19, 2012 reply

It's all about timing and judgement. It's not about him having ever smoked weed

It’s about choosing to smoke weed and be out at 1am when all of the NFL scouts are looking you over with a magnifying glass.

+1

What exactly do you think his committment level to the team would be if he cant stay away from the stuff long enough to cash in at draft time…..to me that is a much bigger concern

BigBad Joe - January 19, 2012 reply

exactly, we already drafted one knucklehead in Dez

We don’t need to draft anymore like him no matter how talented they are.

UnitedStateOfTX - January 19, 2012 reply

Exactly,

can any one of you walk into your workplace and blaze up? No, you can’t because it is illegal. Every time you buy a bag of pot, you are putting bullets into a Columbian drug czars gun. Not only should he not be drafted by the Cowboys, he should be removed from the draft all together. Until these boys get it through their head that they are responsible for their own actions they will continue to be the drunken thugs that the average person thinks they are.

GunsUp - January 19, 2012 reply

Let's not get crazy...

and at least be accurate. He was not at work, and not even on his way to work, when he was arrested. Not sure why you chose to take that route. I would venture to guess that he is not even employed at this time. You must have never been young and done anything wrong in your life. Must be tough being perfect all the time.

cowdog - January 19, 2012 reply

You win!

I nominate this post for “Best unintentional hilarity of the day”! Don’t let it go to your head though.

Most weed smoked in this country is grown in this country. Hell, Kentucky’s biggest crop, period, is marijuana.

Maybe you should rephrase your statement to “Every time you buy a bag of cheap, crappy Mexican pot, you are putting bullets into a Mexican dirt farmer’s gun.”

Buy American!

danielt - January 19, 2012 reply

Wow you have issues gunsup

Since 2006 the majority of pot sold in America is American home grown and since the 14 states have legalized for medical use in 2010 over 80 % of pot is medically grown in America. Seriously some people are retarded when it comes to weed. I’d much rather a guy smoke a joint and hang out the get drunk and try to drive himself home and that’s just a 1 game suspension.

Sado44 - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Atleast the War On Drugs propaganda worked on someone....

Every time you buy a bag of pot, you are putting bullets into a Columbian drug czars gun.

Yeah, this is totally correct. Everyone knows that Beardo the Weirdo who grows a couple of plants and sells the excess to his neighbors tithes to Columbian Drug Czars AND Al Quaeda.

It was the guy selling loose joints at Phish shows in the Ninteties that brought down the Twin Towers.

Everytime someone takes a bong hit, the Presidents on Mount Rushmore shed tears of stones.

Why do the rest of you guys hate America?

Seanrude - January 19, 2012 reply

under 20 grams

that’s < 1 oz. — def personal use quantities.

I’ll say it before and I’ll say it again, without getting too political, the stuff shouldn’t even be illegal and should carry no more consequence than drinking a beer.

But to know what the consequences are and not be able to avoid the trouble speaks more to judgment than anything.

Would love it if this dropped him to 14 and wasn’t a deal breaker of being non-RKG for JG and we could get great value on him because of this.

scottmaui - January 18, 2012 reply

pot would not be illegal if .....

the US gov could tax regulate it, but they cant cause any1 can grow it, see what they did to all the moon shiners, they stopped them from making it , and made it where you had to have a license to sell and pay tax on it lol .

IRONRAVEN - January 19, 2012 reply

Zone cover guy.....

is the other rap I’ve heard. He seems very physical but the Cowboys need the coverage man-to-man as well.

Seems the 7 of the first 14 teams in line need a CB as well. Cowboys need so many things maybe they should trade down for numbers. Pick up Cordy Glenn in the process. Oline nowhere near complete either. I can think of another CB with a record that might come in such a deal; Janoris Jenkins if you need the arrest record to make you happy.

BlueNSilverBlood - January 18, 2012 reply

The Boys have been burned before by drafting high players that had drug history.

As a result they tend to stay away from them.

Rena - January 18, 2012 reply

and by passing on them, uhhh Randy -Cowboy Burner- Moss

and we would all be surprised how much drugs are a part of athletics …right Sam Hurd

LiveNDieBlue - January 18, 2012 reply

they tend to, I agree

but how often have they been offered an elite college player who has just dropped to due being caught with a very minor about of weed? This isn’t exactly Pacman or Tank Johnson we’re talking about here.

foyesboys - January 18, 2012 reply

Hakeem Nicks

Didn’t he also get busted for smoking before the combine. Look at how that worked out….

dallas_assasin - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Shouldn't be a problem

given the set of circumstances, he likely still won’t make it to us at 14.

Cowtoys - January 18, 2012 reply

Not gonna happen unless something else comes up...

This is not the first incident with Dre

There had been rumors about his use of pot for a couple of years now and it is well known with scouts and NFL teams. It was just this year that there was specultion in the media that he was on the verge of being suspended from the team permantly after sources confirmed multiple failed drug tests atAlabame and run ins with campus police involving drugs.

Birddog26 - January 19, 2012 reply

Again, thank you for the info, Birddog.

Just my opinion:
I do think marijuana could be legalized as a controlled substance. However, even if it is relatively harmless, current laws would greatly impede DK’s career with us if he gets caught. I would not chance the first rounder on him if he is a smoker. I’d much rather see us take chances on players like Lee or Carter, who’s stock dropped due to injury.

BlueNSilverBlood - January 24, 2012 reply

Oh I'd have to disagree. He knew he was a top ten pick, he's in FL preparing for the draft

and gets busted for weed at 1am? That very very questionable judgement. What’s to stop him from getting busted again, then it’s suspension time. That’s way too much of a risk that high in the draft. Dez dropped to the 20s and he didn’t even have a drug problem.

I don't know what to think

It seems to me like everyone’s position in this debate depends on their opinion of the moral implications connected to smoking marijuana.

foyesboys - January 18, 2012 reply

I don't have a problem at all with people who smoke weed. Got plenty of friends who do.

But the NFL tests and suspends players for it. So my moral stance on MJ is irrelevant. The question is how likely is the player to get suspended for using a banned substance. If the NFL tested for using mayonaise and he got busted for eating a tomato sandwich with mayo, I’m not taking him early in the first round.

NMNA

No Morons Need Apply

No on anyone DUMB enough to get caught just a few months before their biggest payday. Before determining where and for how much they play for.

That is the kind of STUPID this team does not need. Not like we have that many smart ones anyway.

That is the kind of STUPID this team does not need. Not like we have that many smart ones anyway.

I wish that statement was pure b.s but sadly i agree with it, wouldn’t it be great if the team could clone lee & ware say i don’t know about 9 more times.

DarkKnight88 - January 19, 2012 reply

Actually, in my case it does not depend on my moral opinion of pot.

I have no moral problem with pot and think it should be legalized. But I don’t want to draft Dre Knucklehead.

Why? Because the NFL and Goodell have rules against smoking pot and I don’t want one of the Cowboys getting suspended and hurting the team’s chances. Sure, a lot of the current Cowboys probably smoke pot but they are proving that they aren’t stupid enough to get caught. Dre has proved that he is stupid enough to get caught.

I think the point is

If he would do this before he gets a chance to actually see all his hard work his life long dream come true and ruin everything what would he do before the playoffs god forbid he get the bye week and he gets popped smoking pot. I’m not against it at all but in the situation our players in the NFL are in this isn’t an option and if the influences around you are to much to bear than you have a long road ahead of you. Might have just ruined his chances to be a cowboys or even a millionaire this year.

Sado44 - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

I am with you 100% right now, Lord Humungus

‘cept for your sig. I have a feeling you’ll wanna change that within a couple years.

jakezze01 - January 18, 2012 reply

And good info as per usual, KD.

I smile every time I read something like,

They could save up to $6 million releasing Terence Newman

jakezze01 - January 18, 2012 reply

Lol

King Man - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

It was put that way in a moment of anger...

But I still haven’t calmed down enough to change it.

Lord Humungus - January 19, 2012 reply

SOPA is a bad law and I support SBNation

The idiocracy blows my mind. From what I’ve read on the one hand you have Google, Wikipedia, and the scientists that founded the damn internet explaining why this law will fundamentally damage how the internet behaves, how the social web is founded on freedom of speech and its innovations are rapidly propelling forward humankind’s collective knowledge with tools such as wikipedia. And on the other side you have 60+ year olds saying “I don’t understand why you want to defend foreigners stealing form hard working Americans.”

It’s such a reduction, such idiocracy. It’s like a toddler playing with a gun, these SOPA politicians have no clue what they are doing and the consequences of their actions.

If this law passes things like comments and fanposts on SbNation could very well be a thing of the past. How could a site like SBNation risk getting taken off the internet by SOPA if some bad person posted links to torrents as a fanshot before the moderators noticed it?

Government running out of businesses to ruin......

think of the fine job they did with housing and Fannie Mae. Why worry?

and plenty of private banks also screwed up.

There was a lack of govt regulation on the govt’s own assets and the private market. Having said that, SOPA goes WAY too far in dealing with a medium-level problem (theft of intellectual party). It’s like if we passed legislation vaguely giving the govt the power to lock up everyone suspected of being a terrorist indefinitely…….oh wait?

As a historian, I can say that democracy and basic rights (not being locked up at the arbitrary will of the govt) are precious and few. This may sound cliche but we need to balance using govt to solve real problems without signing away our rights we take for granted.

ScottB1985 - January 18, 2012 reply

Sigh.....

exactly the sort of sort of Wikimindset response to be expected. “As a historian”….please spare me!

I’m against SOPA but I want to puke knowing the sort of baffoons who wrap their arms around “free speech” when all they want is to AVOID what they want to impose on others every minute of every day; government oversite and control. Hypocrisy #101. As for SBN they deleted my first observation in less that a few minutes.

Heaven forbid Wikipedia, who have lowered our culture especially for those under 30 since inception was forced to live by the very culture they advocate to all others. You and I are really living in a Orwell world at this point. So spare the false cliches about democracy while Wikipedia and the rest of statist advocate tribes make fools out of themselves. the last people on earth who should cite “free speech” as the driver of their policy and advocacy.

If you were a “historian” you would be condemning this huge hypocrisy and what the internet largely is in the hands of the cartel leaders whining about SOPA. Talk about gonads the size of grapefruit. As for Chris (mortgage point shaver extrodinaire) Dodd who should be in jail but is now on the Hollywood payroll supporting SOPA, let’s just ship it.

It’s seem you haven’t figured out the key lesson, government is the root of failure. So you’re against SOPA but have a kind word for Fannie Mae. You should explore this contradiction because you and many people like you clearly don’t get it at all. Most of my venom has been targeting the phony and corrupt private industry leaders who have the gall to feed “free speech” twaddle on their platforms while they violate those principles every minute of everyday. As I said on another thread imagine EXXON handing out leaflets and lobby efforts at gas stations? You would be having a COW! More irony for you to consider. I’m not looking for the government to do a darn thing to Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia or SBN. The market will eventually correct these excesses but it can be a long wait.

sigh, I won't even get started on SOPA and PIPA

If it gets passed itll be one of the final nails in the camels back for this country. We are run by paranoid, corrupted senior citizens that are afraid of change and only care about making money for themselves. The rich stay rich and everyone else gets robbed. Instead of progressing forward they are busy forcing over sized steel pieces of junk that run on black gold instead of developing a more efficient engine and body. Instead of finding a more efficient design, materials, and strategies we are still living in homes designed from the 1600s. Instead of working towards renewable energy (like Germany just declared to do) we are still fighting CFL vs incandescent. And most of all instead of encouraging and nurturing critical thinking, the arts, creativity, world life problems and economic fundamentals we have a school system that "prepares you for standardized test that prepare for you for more standardized test that prepare you for the next level of “higher” education that leave you in tens of thousands of dollars in debt only to realize you need a “higher” education now and have nothing to gain but a “well rounded” “no student left behind” “senior projects” mush.

Scary world.. sorry I just watched “contagion” and my mind was flowing.

GO COWBOYS

Fanpost!!!

hahaha. Just had to, ham.

dunkman - January 18, 2012 reply

SOPA is Jerry's fault :)

fivetwos - January 18, 2012 reply

haha

Takes one to know one!

i fiund this surprising given how strongly you aligned with owners last offseason

but just a comment i do not intend more, no controversy or calling up or something. I’m just surprised

Amen

King Man - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

MPAA gave their favorite Senators almost $100MM

to draft this legislation for ‘protection’ from a minor threat, and oh by the way, stifle competition. Never in the history of the country has innovation become so repressed by interests trying to protect the status quo(see BH comment above). And now with virtually unregulated contributions from corporate interests they will get the best government money can by.

As with Dallas Cowboy SB titles, a true free market economy is but a fading memory.

tdships - January 18, 2012 reply

Not gonna touch that last piece with a thousand foot stick, but...

Don’t the “capitalists” like this bill? It makes it easier to prevent people from stealing your intellectual property, isn’t that a tenant of capitalism? Work hard make something good people will buy it?

capitalism is blind on the issue

One capitalist would say piracy is the free market expressing the value of the medium. Digital distrubution is a disruptive innovation and it’s the companies that should adopt to the masses rather than the masses adopting to the companies. That the companies should find ways to create movies and music and distribute them online for free.

Another capitalist would say it’s the duty of the company to capture the value they are creating in terms of revenue.

Capitalism is blind on such matters.

I mean I'll take your word for it...

I agree even if you say that this piracy is the worst thing ever, SOPA still goes too far. I agree with that other capitalist. There’s plenty of avenues to make money off the internet, and some business models that worked in the simply aren’t viable anymore. The record industry for one, which I am intimately familiar with, is still wanting record sales back at 90s numbers. Ain’t happening, the current economy won’t support it and piracy is too easy. They have to change the model of how records are sold. I had some more stuff in Ironman’s fanshot. I completely agree with that other capitalist you mentioned. Sounds like a bright dude.

That capitalist might point out

That this shift in business model is well under way. The consumer doesn’t want to spend $12 to sit in a room and watch an Adam Sandler comedy. It doesn’t need a team of writers, an actor paid $20 million, and a team of directors, producers, and editors.

Instead, the consumer wants to sit through a mere 15-second commercial and watch funny videos on Youtube, CollegeHumor, the Onion, etc.

A capitalist might call that the car overtaking the horse-drawn-carriage. That the entertainment industry should spend less time and money trying to impose increasingly draconian laws to fight back the tide in vain from their eroding sand castle of “Zoo Keeper” and “Jack and Jill” movies. That instead they should focus on making places like Hulu the destination of choice for comedy the way the consumer wants to consume it.

Still...

There’s way too much of the old business model on the way. Plenty of shows aren’t available for streaming that SHOULD be available for streaming. CDs are still way too expensive and the industry still insists on trying to stimulate the movie theater industry.

Not to start a political fight but I can't stop myself from commenting.

There is also too much old business model in the way of health insurance companies, drug companies and even school book publishers. I’m not even talking about universal health care. But just those 3 examples are pushing against change harder than the music and movie industries.

Well two of those industries are more connected than a computer lab.

The book industry…sigh. I know authors that write text books, the horror stories they tell me, you’d want to cry. Society changes, but it seems like these huge industries are almost “too big to change.” Sucks, but that’s the way it is.

http://www.dilbert.com/blog/

Read Scott Adam's Blog post on the subject

While I don’t agree with all of it, he makes some illuminating points. But the overall issue remains innovation being stifled by vested interests protecting the status quo. And getting Congress to do it for them. The notion that a ‘democracy shouldn’t pick winners’ is laughable in this country. That’s precisely what this government does – on behalf of business, at the expense of its citizens.

Digital distribution is about disintermediation, which is more about efficiency than any kind of ‘freedom’ someone wants to ascribe to it. Of course, the vested interest want to limit it, because they don’t want the sheeple to understand their value-add is nowhere commensurate with the cost they add.

tdships - January 20, 2012 reply

I am pleasantly surprised that the 2 replies to my comment are by people who understand what I meant.

Instead of being flamed by people like Cwon1.

Chris Dodd's response to the legislation's defeat

is startlingly tone-deaf especially now. Almost as bad as Gingrich/Romney on a daily basis – which is really saying something. Fundamentally, he said, ‘when we pay for legislation, we expect legislation. Don’t come back here asking for more money when you don’t deliver what we pay you to.’

Can’t expect much from a career politician, and not a very good one at that, who’s pledge not to become a lobbyist lasted all of 60 days. At least he has a good mortgage.

tdships - January 21, 2012 reply

Damn Ham

You sound like the weirdest dude based on your posts…still I like the odd balls. Normal people suck. Total rec’d here.

Ha, just very open minded.

thebigham - January 19, 2012 reply

My reply to your neophyte comment here was censored, how's that for irony??......

or that three evil organizations; MiniTrue (Wikipedia), Thought police (Google) and the dull wits at Yahoo all are publically whining about SOPA when they support censorship in China and the total corruption of facts and history in their own ways.

That they are liberal organizations and I pointed it out is why I was censored.

Again, irony or more correctly hypocrisy at many levels. Here you are whining about “corrupt senior citizens” when you don’t have a clue.

Darrell Issa and Ron Paul (not exactly George Soros) also hate SOPA

Realistically I don’t see why you like the bill. The China thing’s MILES different, comparing the two situations and acting like they’re the same demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of the internet and politics in general.

Did I say I support SOPA???

I’m only commenting on the stoooopiddd, hypocrisy of many participants who clearly look the other way when it suits them.

Google and Wikipedia really are evil, this image of them fighting for “freedom” is nonsense.

Look like you don’t know what is going on Omar.

It's not that they look the other way it's that other times what's ideal isn't what's possible.

There’s such a thing as a necessary evil.

What's telling Omar.....

is how willing sheeple are to buy a party line; “it’s about free speech”. Which is nonsense and the very core of the anti-sopa lobby is anti-free speech every minute of every day.

Dude, you sound like the unabomber.

Google and wikipedia are EVIL? Laugh. My. A**. Off.

Oh my god! I don’t like that person! I’ll call him a “liberal” and a “socialist” and “evil”! LOL.

Not really

I think you should have every right to fill this comments section with as many stupid thoughts as you can come up with. I just wish you wouldn’t. I’m about as pro free speech as they come.

BlueNSilverBlood - January 18, 2012 reply

excelente" Ham ......hahahahaahaaa

2 thumbs up )

IRONRAVEN - January 19, 2012 reply

Here is Wiki's link to SOPA and PIPA details.

Other than this page, their site has been shut down today to raise awareness.
SOPA and PIPA
And AZ Reps and Congressmen’s contact info

Dead Money Stats

I’ve argued on the recent FA review thread the Cowboys have a bad history with dead money of past dated signings of veterans. If there is a site tracking dead money over the years that would, I believe, confirm my claim. Any such site?

Lee, Carter, Ware, Ratliff, Jenkins are the only sure things on my defense card and if the price was right I would trade some of these (Ratliff being a focus). Sensabaugh and Scandrick should be moved if possible, more poor extensions. Likely these are more in a line of White Elephants that can’t be traded now or for much later on. Every draft pick on defense and the Cowboys will still be short players. The need some oline picks as well.

The team is top heavy and short players. They need to downsize the expensive players and add numbers from drafts and lesser knowns. This bad pattern has gone on for years.

Everson Walls

was not the best player and was I believe a Free Agent or undrafted player. Scandrick and some of the others that you name can be better at the game, bt that is where coaching comes in. Walls I believe lead the league in interceptions his rookie year, so can Scandrick. Campo was acancer in my mind and complacency does become a factor. I loved Tom Landry, but at some point in time we had to move on. That kills me to say that and it has taken me almost 22 years to admit it. It is about the coaching make no mistake about that.

damnarab2 - January 18, 2012 reply

Rotten management ideas....top heavy player culture for example

has something to do with the Cowboys problems, it’s beyond coaching. To many empty big names, soft contracts and extensions that sell tickets but fail to advance the team.

Plenty of enablers and apologists on this blog,

Tyron Smith?

JG’s philosophy is to build the line, yet there is an obvious need at CB.

ScottB1985 - January 19, 2012 reply

scandrick can't lead the league in INT's his rookie year just because well he ain't a rookie anymore

Walls I believe lead the league in interceptions his rookie year, so can Scandrick

Now Carter is on the "sure thing" list. I love it. He played what, 30 snaps this year?

fivetwos - January 18, 2012 reply

About Carter

If he’s recovered, picked in the second round why wouldn’t he be? Should he join the many hyped bench rot players Dallas is also famous for? We should have him play special teams until his contract expires and becomes All-Pro for another team in our division?

Dallas is short 7-8 starters/players on defense alone. Scandrick got smoked when it counted, Sensabaugh is a no impact invisable player at best. Newman is gone for sure. Jenkins is made of glass. In short very little to build off the roster in the secondary. Two LBs short and an average aging DLine that needs players.

What do you have in mind fivetwos, another five year plan?

Just like Martellous Bennett after his rookie year, right?

No reason a physical gifted athlete drafted in the 2nd round making touchdown passes from Romo wouldn’t be playing at a Rob Gronkowski level for the rest of his career.

Maybe they should have taken the Cincinatti offer??

What always gets me about this board is how people complain but always support the status quo culture that created the situation.

I still remember that bomb to MartyB in the Washington game

and I thought he had so much potential. sigh

somebodyquiet - January 19, 2012 reply

Sure thing list? Or "were confident that this guy's going to be good, and we need him to be good" list?

Going by what Brian Broadus has said (we don't have much else to go on) Carter has looked good so far

and had started to pick up the defense/reading and reacting better towards the end of the year. We have no reason to think Carter can’t start next year.

Fail or succeed....

What alot of old wash woman fans there are? They want the team run like a motor vehicles department.

Soft top heavy contracts, bench rot. They cry for more and still can’t figure out why the team is 8+ starters short come training camp..

This direction, I personally believe this team needs to go in is young and talented

not old and talented.

Support of the 2nd round pick carter is support of a young and talented player. The alternative, is to either sign a FA ILB (which I’m not opposed to as long as they are young an relatively cheap) or to draft one (I’m also infavor as long as it’s not in the first three rounds).

The question about carter came up due to the draft mock claiming we would take Luke Kuechly ILB. Many of us question this move, not because we wouldn’t like competition at ILB, but because if we have a much greater need in the secondary, interior offensive line and DE. If Carter is a complete bust,, Kuechly becomes a viable option, thus the question: Is Carter a bust……. Many of us say no….. based primarly on reports. And since he didn’t play much, it’s all we have to go on.

death of the cool - January 18, 2012 reply

So, let me get this straight.

You have spent the last couple days telling all of us how stupid we are, dumb, idiots, sheep, etc. Vs how intelligent you are, you insult everyone, show your “superiority” and talk down to us.
Exactly why are you “wasting” your time on us here again?
And how do we intro you to Mensa?

Rena - January 19, 2012 reply

free agency...

give me:

NT Pail Soliai
FS Michael Griffen

…and I will be a happy with just that.

Draft

1st round- Upshaw or barron
2nd round-janoris Jenkins
3rd round- Brandon Boykin

The rest of the draft… Defense
Now let’s go win the NFC east

drobe86 - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

If we honk janoris Jenkins will be available in the second I say get him in the second.

That would be a steal. I personally think Ingram is a better prospect than upshaw.
So I say Ingram or decastro in first. I’ll be shocked if Jenkins even makes it to the second let alone all the way to where we pick. If he makes it to the second I wouldn’t mind trying to move up and get him. But that’s a long shot

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

Ingram

Is really overrated. You realize he only has 1 full year as starter at south carolina? He’s a 4-3 de… I watched alot of their games and he rarely stood up and rushed. He has no moves except a bull rush. This guy has bust written all over him. Remember vernon gholston? Smh

drobe86 - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

Are u serious??? Why do people talk without doing their homework.

“he only has a bull rush” are you kidding me? Have you seen his spin move? Its Dwight freeney like. Ingram will be a beast in the nfl.
Dude is big, quick, and fast scary combination
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=ynAqwKvAK1s

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=8TVXsDwUq3A

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

Links didn't work but you can type his name in YouTube for yourself.

I’ve seen him play several times this year and he’s good.

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

Copy and paste the whole link including the black letters on the right.

Sometimes SBN cuts off the end of links like that. I don’t know why.

Never mind. The links are broke.

I should have tried my own advice first, but I have seen that work before.

And even though he didn't start as a junior he had serious playing time and STILL lead the team in sacks

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

Go back and watch

The bowl game vs neb… Ingram sucked it up big time…

drobe86 - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

no Janoris Jenkins any time at any point

He got kicked off of his college team. Anytime that happens a player has serious judgement issues. He was most likely given 2nd, 3rd and 4th chances, and probably more that was swept under the rug. He’s a low character guy. Not what you want on your team

Sometimes young people make HUGE mistakes. Doesnt mean they are horrible people.

True, but at the same time, I would take the chance if I'm giving him millions of dollars

Im still for taking him myself. Every pick no matter what round is risk of failing so why

not take the roll of the dice with him?

But some are more risky than others, and you have to ask what kind of personality

are you bringing into the locker room. This team isn’t strong enough mentally to handle a rouge personality that is selfish. Furthermore, Garrett has stated he wants the RKG. Getting busted for weed twice (meaning he’s used it a lot more than twice) I’d imagine doesn’t consistute the RKG

This kid, and thats exactly what he is, needs guidance and structure and with

this current coaching staff and the guys around him could do that i believe. Id be willing to take gamble unless he just shows no remorse or doesnt show any kind of maturity in his interviews at the combine.

He had the chance to change his behavior at florida, a Division 1 SEC school

Yet, he chose to defy his coaches and continue his behavior anyway. He transfers to North Alabama where he is waaaayy more talented and famous than anyone the school has had play for them ever and big surprise doesn’t get busted again for weed. He may interview well but so did Jamarcus Russell. This isn’t about rumor or immaturity. It’s a confirmed drug problem. He couldn’t put the weed down to save his college career. What makes you think he can put it down to save his pro-career.

Also, Jerry Jones has stated previously that he would take chances

on players with off-the-field problems as long as they weren’t drug related. This is drug related. It would seem to cross him off Jerrys list as well as Garretts

Well that pretty much garauntees we won't be drafting a cb in the first round unless it's Dennard which I think would be a stretch at 14th

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Yep, that's the way it's shaking out. I'd bet on us signing one or two in FA

Luckily there are plenty out there this year.

Ohhhh here you go. I nearly forgot!!!!!!

Michael Irvan was arrested for cocaine!!!!!
Yeah our hall of fame superman receiver was arrested for drugs. Yep I guess all those superbowls he won us should be thrown away because we should have NEVER drafted that drug head. In sarcastic text

Cocaine is a little worse than weed don’t you think?

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Long after Irvin, in the mid 2000's, Jerry himself said he will not draft drug related problems.

So you can drop the snarky remarks towards a BtB’er.

AND IM TELLING YOU WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL OUR SUPER BOWL WINS IF WE HAD THIS RULL A LONG TIME AGO!!!!!!

All of you people dogging someone for getting busted for drugs are the same guys that loved Michael Irvin in the 90’s. I think they have a word for people like that? Oh that’s right they do, they’re called hypocrites.

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

First, I'm not such a blind homer that I can't recognise that Irvin did bad stuff while helping win SBs.

But also, I spent the 90’s stationed overseas so other than knowing that the Cowboys won SBs, I had no idea about any of the players actions until the 2000’s.

And the fact still is that Jerry decided on his rule in the late 2000’s AFTER Irvin and guys like Quincy, Pacman, Tank etc.

Nothing you can do about it and yelling won’t help. It’s Jerry’s rule.

He got busted for weed twice.

Yeah that’s pretty freakin stupid but he cleaned up and hasn’t gotten into any trouble over the past year. I agree it’s a chance, so is Kirkpatrick now. Thats what player interviews r for. Talk to him question him and if he seems clean, I say draft this top 10 talent IN THE SECOND. He could easily be the best cb in the draft. But if his interviews don’t go well and there’s still questions your right it’s not worth it.

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

It's a lot easier to get by with weed at north alabama school for the blind than it is at florida

I understand that

Dynamicduo - January 18, 2012 via mobile reply

no druggies

NONE

we are not a rehabilitation facility

drafts are chancy enough without adding extra risk

This kids is a top 10 talent.

Your telling me that if he’s available in the second we shouldn’t take a chance on him? That would be 3 straight yrs we’ve got a 1st round talent in the second. You do realize that probably half the nfl does drugs they just don’t get caught? Yeah he’s a moron for getting busted, but it’s weed. Heck it’s legal in some states.

Of course we shouldn’t even be having this conversation b/c he won’t make it all the way to where we draft in the 2nd. He may get picked ahead of Kirkpatrick now

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

we shouldn't draft morons, no matter how talented they are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iCEyEX8yDU

Dez is a moron

EVERY SINGLE OFF SEASON he gets in some type of trouble. Would you want to get rid of him? Because I sure don’t.

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Dez is a moron

EVERY SINGLE OFF SEASON he gets in some type of trouble. Would you want to get rid of him? Because I sure don’t.

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

Look at his tape as a junior at Florida

He plays Julio jones very well. If that doesn’t work just type in his highlights and it’s the first one. Shows his positives and negatives. The kid can come up and make the tackle, play zone, press, blitz. He’s the whole package. I would love to get him if his interviews go well. We took a chance on Dez, I’m telling you this kid has that type talent. He would come in and start at a very high level right off the bat.

Dynamicduo - January 19, 2012 via mobile reply

SOPA/PIPA are bad laws and threaten pretty much any site that depends on user generated content

It’s really scary to read that legislation and think it might actually pass. I encourage everyone to contact their elected representatives about it. The mind boggling thing is it isn’t even a partisan issue; too many republicans and democrats that have been bought by Hollywood. :\

Spaceball - January 18, 2012 reply

Obama already put the legislation on ice.

The bill’s writer basically said that he needs to research it more, SOPA’s dead. If it comes back again the web’s most popular websites will see to it that the bill dies. It’s election season, very few House members have safe seats, support for SOPA will just about assure that you get the boot.

December 21 2012

TruBluToTheCore - January 19, 2012 reply

who are we playing that day?

the Myans and the coming apocalypse

the big question is what kind of apocalypse..

I think “they” are coming back.

thebigham - January 19, 2012 reply

we're screwed

Why are we screwed? Look how nice they were to the egyptians. :\

TruBluToTheCore - January 20, 2012 reply

yeah but i don't want to go down building pyramids....

now if we could only uncover that stargate in time….

Building pyramids is better than the alternative, apocalyptic fire, right?

Pfft...

If they’re so smart why didn’t they see Cortez?

TruBluToTheCore - January 20, 2012 reply

that was the aztecs......

mayans same place, different reason, same result…just would have been nice if more than 3 books had been saved from their entire library instead of being tossed in a fire…

Their library and the Alexandria library.

Can you imagine how much father advanced we would be today with all that knowledge?

1.56% drop rate

That’s weird because I could swear that 1.56% was also RWII’s CATCH rate. Small world….

dunkman - January 18, 2012 reply

Lol

Dezisabeast88 - January 18, 2012 reply

lol ... dunk you made me laugh today , whhere nothing else could ... REC

IRONRAVEN - January 19, 2012 reply

WOW!!!!

That has to be a world record for the fastest deleted comments…..hahahah

No politics people!!!! lol

man I am missing all the fun!

Its kind of hard not to talk politics with SOPA on the verge of being reality.

thats exactly what i said in one of my comments that got deleted with the others

I knew it was going to get nasty real fast. Took all of about 3 minutes for people to start slinging liberals and republicans under the bus.

I was ready to sit back and watch the fireworks.

thats the problem now, "sides" aren't working anymore

sigh.

It was the moderator who brought the subject up....

then they start censoring my comments. All this while whining about “censorship” of SOPA. Clearly many people don’t have a clue about how filthy many of the players are on either side of the agenda.

Wikipedia the “good guys”??? That’s especially clueless.

thats why i was suprised the moderator brought it up.

You’re not in the wrong for discussing it considering they brought it up.

Notice how I brought it up without bringing any of my personal liberal/conservative viewpoints into the discussion

It deals with the sustained viability of this blog, to which we call our home on the internet.

It SHOULD be possible to discuss the merits of the legislation, which to my knowledge is supported and opposed by both sides of the fences, without a conversation deteriorating into mudslinging and agenda advancement.

But I guess some aren’t able to do that, so in that, I guess I gave folks too much credit and I shouldn’t have.

Yeah I never got that as someone in school and still get it.

Does it matter what “side” you are on, both parties fail their most important goal, taking care of the American people.They are careerpoliticians.

thebigham - January 19, 2012 reply

+ the National Debt (the number keeps getting bigger)

need some short term limits, but it will never happen, and the career politicians are the root of all evil

BigBad Joe - January 19, 2012 reply

Ever wonder why someone would spend millions to get elected to a job that pays

$174K? Lobbyists, junkets, etc. That’s why.

Term limits will not eliminate the lobbyists, but it will allow congressmen to vote rationally without fear of losing their next campaign contribution or fundraiser.

I get why you did it.

But i also knew where it would go.Your post was fine KD. Just from reading it I have no idea what your political views are which is exactly how a good writer should do it.

But yes, you gave people too much credit if you thought it could be discussed with civility. Thats why i just steer clear of it all together.

That's pretty condescending.......

and inaccurate. It’s a joke if you want to lobby against a bill misusing the narrative it’s about “free speech” and align yourself with some clearly evil organizations like Wikipedia which is right out of Geroge Orwell’s “1984” in design and politically correct purpose. Google, Yahoo and Wikipedia all surpress free speech and are tools already against “freedom”.

This doesn’t mean I’m lining up with Chris Dodd who is now whoring for Hollywood instead of the banking industry (which he should be serving time in jail for the results but isn’t).

Can you imagine if Exxon, who has far more legitimate social complaints for being scapegoated ochestrated such a stunt as Wikipedia did the other day? The episode confirms how clueless large sections of the population really are and how phony the talking points can be on any side.

So you presented a simple minded narrative about “free speech” and SOPA and I rejected it because it is BOGUS. Now you will be a bigger hypocrite and likely censor my comment while leaving your gruel on the blog.

If you really can't see the difference between discussing the merits of the legislation and what you posted

you deserve to be talked to in a condescending manner.

and furthermore, since you want to act like a clueless victim

notice how many of your pro-SOPA comments I’ve allowed to stand. Yet, you still can’t grasp the concept that your comments which I did hide were far and beyond discussing the merits of the legislation.

Notice how only one of us has felt the need to spiral into personal attacks.

Walk away.

The ultimate irony of course.....

is that I’m against SOPA as it is written now also. I just can’t stand the dolt talking points and attitude you and thought police organizations you are shilling for (Wikipedia and Google) for example.

There is also the host of usual blather about “bad Government” “free speech” when a good part of the internet base supports more government in housing, banking, energy, financial services, wealth redistribution, Orwell education systems but somehow thinks their pet rights should be exempt. More hypocrisy then you can shake a stick at.

Think of this as a “teaching moment”.

quote me where I did what you're claiming I did

don’t worry, I’ll wait.

The simple minded SOPA summary in the article itself was enough to earn a response.

Touting the Wikipedia party line on the same day as the idiotic ’blackout"? That you quoted someone else should protect you from being cited?

It pains me to voting on the same side as pinheads and thugs.

you sir, are clearly betraying the intelligence you want us so badly to think you possess

http://www.infowars.com/google-is-already-using-sopa-like-censorship/

Good to know Google has our back on SOPA....

“We happy few, we band of brothers”…………

Quoting info-wars is a great way to give yourself credibility

My SOPA comment was censored

for point out the hypocrisy of those complaining about it? Like the idiot left at Wikipedia and Yahoo?

How’s that for irony?

touche

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Actually more Republican politicians oppose SOPA than Democrats

Lissyyyyy - January 18, 2012 reply

There's more Republican house members...

The President opposes SOPA, so does Pelosi they’re the de facto leaders of the Democratic party and are the faces of the party. The author of the bill is a Republican, from Texas too…you guys should give Lamarr Smith the boot…primary him if you have too, just hold that jackass accountable. There’s prominent Republicans that DO NOT like the bill, like Ron Paul (not really a traditional Republican, but still), Darrell Issa, and others.

Lived in Texas

Was actually in Lamar Smith’s district, he won’t be going anywhere. As long as he keeps running, he’ll get the seat. I don’t think most people realize he was one of the brainchilds for the bill.

Final Frame - January 19, 2012 reply

Yeah...

I mean, full disclosure I’m about as big of a lefty as they get…but that’s just inexcusable. Replace him with a Republican for all I care. Let Sean Hannity take the district for all I care, just get him out of there. How many guys lost their seats over healthcare? This guy writes the most unpopular bill in the past twenty years and he gets to keep his? Please.

The irony is that SOPA is fighting the very thing that makes the interwebby stuff so successful.

It is trying to regulate and control a thing that thrives because it is too far ahead of government for government to effectively regulate and control. If the idiots pass SOPA, then someone will find a way around it, and the worldwide online community will move on, leaving the governments wondering what happened.

Only totalitarian governments have any real chance at “controlling” the internet and social media, and that battle is far from over.

I can understand content creators wanting to protect their rights to what they produce, but you have to careful about how much you restrict the free flow of information and accept that nothing is going to be 100% successful. Some piracy will happen.

Tom Ryle - January 18, 2012 reply

SOPA is reactionary and a nonsense

so the big companies “spokepersons of free market, of laissez faire, laissez passer” are opposing to free exchange. Interesting. For the ones thinking about illegal implications and piracy i told you the way neo-liberalism approachs “laissez faire, laissez passer” nowadays is just as ilegal or more.

End. I don’t wanna be censored, i’ll say no more.

More Clueless finger pointing on SOPA....

Considering Wikipedia, Google and Yahoo all surpress and have partisan leftist agendas all the time. Odd liberals never consider that in their whining.

Can't all us conservatives, liberals, and people who usually don't give a crap all get together to oppose a bad law that's bad for everyone?

What makes you think........

Obama doesn’t have his own internet take over plan in the wings?

He does of course, you will be no where to be found when it comes. More hypocrisy.

Yeah, that's right...

Obama said he killed Bin Laden, I bet he’ll reveal the body as his new VP candidate!!!!! Go back to GBTV or something.

Besides I'm pretty sure BED isn't that high on Obama as it is...

Not that it matters but you’re acting like all of these opponents are foaming at the mouth socialists that worship at the altar of Noam Chomsky or something.

This is my favorite comment to date!

So often, you see the Boone’s Farm of crazy show up. No, this is the fine wine of crazy right here. It has all the delicate notes and hints of depth that you can only get from aging the crazy over a long period of time.

Grimlock83 - January 19, 2012 reply

"leftist"

“odd liberals” looooooooooooooooooooooooooool
and thanks

you forgot to say i don't believe in God or something

I am Ironman!!! - January 18, 2012 reply

I like to worship the sun

Man I miss George Carlin.

Final Frame - January 19, 2012 reply

i'm not too familiar with stand up comedy

but yeah, and what about bill hicks?

ratware - January 19, 2012 reply

Hey Guys and Gals

If you want to discuss the the SOPA please lets move it out of here. I put up a Fan Shot here:http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2012/1/18/2717661/ot-thread

Lets move all SOPA discussion there that way we don’t clutter up this thread with a Political discussion…

Outstanding move.

Tom Ryle - January 18, 2012 reply

thanks

I figured it would be a good idea after seeing that several comments got Deleted…….

I am Ironman!!! - January 18, 2012 reply

And I just saw this after I already put up too much stuff about SOPA.

shakes fists to the sky

Thanks Ironman

it wouldn’t be a problem if people would grow up and stop whining. Folks want to complain about being censored but can’t even make a coherent point without mudslinging about the political view that opposes yours.

GTFOH.

It was SBN that lobbied about SOPA...

on their content pages. If you can’t understand your duplicity and some one being “coherent” I would be glad to explain.

Dez is great

If only he grew out of his immaturity, he could be one of the top receivers in the NFL. I hope that day comes next season.

Dezisabeast88 - January 18, 2012 reply

ok correct me if I'm wrong.

If we cut TNew after June 1st we only save 4 mil? When do we have to cut him to save the 6 mill?

mho - January 18, 2012 via iPhone app reply

The end of his contract.

I am Ironman!!! - January 18, 2012 reply

Omar, did you read the linked article?

It states that we could save 4 or 6 million dollars depending on if Dallas chooses to make him a post June-1 cut. So when do they save the 6 million? Post or pre June first?

mho - January 18, 2012 via iPhone app reply

would be post june first

Cutting him would accelerate the remaining portion of his signing bonus to the 2012 cap (8million if I am not mistaken…if Dallas were to cut him after June 1st then we can move up to 80% of the cap hit(6million) to the 2013 cap….as I understand it

Confirming my point you ignore......

the Cowboys are systematically top heavy. It isn’t the failure of any single higher end signing it’s a pattern.

Cowboys will remain dead money leaders and the fan base eats it up. you were wrong about the oline years ago and you’re wrong today. The Cowboys should trade what they can (Ratliff might be possible right now) and fix the management problem of top heavy payrolls. That’s why they are short 8 starters.

I would say the boys are short 8 starters

cause this team didn’t draft quality depth to eventually replace the starters that were given a ridiculous contract but that’s just 1 man’s opinion.

DarkKnight88 - January 19, 2012 reply

It was a joke...

Definitely don’t want Newman until the end of that contract. Wherever the cut has to take place I’m sure they’ll do it to save the cash.

I am wrong in that the Cowboys have only 33 players under contract right now?

and are only 12.5 million under the cap. I do not see how they can afford to bring in much of the way of an impact player(s) via free agency

082288 - January 18, 2012 reply

They are in good shape under the new CBA rules and by cutting certain players and restructuring

a couple of contracts

Actually, it's a good thing

I’d still like them to dump 5 or more contracts and if they could get 4+ more draft picks in the process that would be the right thing to do.

Do we have a projection on this years dead money so far?

Think hungry cast-offs ready to kill to get a chance to play. Like Robinson. 40+ rookies should be processed through camp this year as well.

I thought it was around 23 million in dead cap money

but I read somewhere that it might actually be closer to 28

082288 - January 19, 2012 reply

I'd like detailed league stats but......

I think the teams obfuscate the reporting. They can also carry the losses forward.

Still, I’m surprised there isn’t detailed site or list compiled. My gut feeling is the Cowboys would be high in dead money.

It kills me

that so many people are acting like Kirkpatrick and Jenkins were members of the Manson family. Jenkins has paid his debt to society and Dre will soon. How many of us has smoked a little weed in our day? Our generation did it our parents generation did too. The kid was enjoying his last few days of his youth cut him some slack but make sure he understands its time to grow up.

sexililkitti - January 18, 2012 reply

I couldn't care less about how weed would/wouldn't affect his personal life.

The NFL tests for weed. He couldn’t put it down when he knows he stands to make millions of dollars as a top ten pick, it’s stands to reason that there is a good chance he won’t put it down when he starts playing in the NFL. Then you start talking about suspensions and missing games. It’s not about the harmful affects of smoking a joint or even if it affects his play. It’s about him getting suspended and being unavaible for critical games

TruBluToTheCore - January 19, 2012 reply

being dependable is a big part of being responsible....

he made the choice to procure a controlled substance even tho he knew how it would affect public perception of him. That’s not making a mistake, thats making a decision that what he wanted was more important than anything else. Saying he was young and stupid won’t solve the inherent problem of why he made that choice…

Forrest Gump Kilpatrick and Jenkins

and not in a good way

we don’t need more stinking dumb players

I'm hoping we consider Russell Wilson in the late rounds, the dude is lights out at qb

…….but he’s only 5’11". He’s a boom or bust type. If he can overcome his height disadvantage he’s a first round talent. Smart, hardworking, good at reading defenses and has a natural feel for the rush. Just that height thing.

just4fun if Russell

is “smart” & good at reading defenses then i would be more than happy to have him on board, i could care less about height cause this dallas defense needs more guys with those qualities.

DarkKnight88 - January 19, 2012 reply

Brees is 5-11

His qb rating is 22 points higher than Luck and he's done it in two different major conferences

He transfered from NC state to Wisconsin with out having to sit out by some weird NCAA rule that they have sence gotten rid of. Most 5’11’ qbs can’t make it. But if he can then we have a replacement for Romo (let him sit like A.Rodgers did).

I think he didn't have to sit out because he had already graduated and his football coach released him from his scholarship.

I dont care if Kirkpatrick smokes weed...

as long as he loves playing football much more then ganja

but what is worrying me now, is that he dont care for his draft stock as much as he should…

orli - January 19, 2012 reply

rather smoke weed then get paid

ain’t smart

Oh and by the way all this BS about smoking in college; most college kids are SMART enough to quit after leaving school.

So it means nothing

as long as the NFL tests for it and suspends for it we cannot afford the risk of using a first on anyone like that

I am Ironman!!! - January 19, 2012 reply

does anyone know if he actually smoked the weed?

From the Fanshot put up by the CowboyWay:

A police report said Kirkpatrick was a passenger in a truck driven by another former Alabama player, Christopher Airreun Rogers, 25, of Baltimore, Md., who police stopped for driving on the wrong side of the road. A dog detected the presence of drugs, the report said, and an officer found marijuana on the floorboard of the passenger side at Kirkpatrick’s feet.

Rogers told police he purchased the marijuana at a house and was charged with a drug offense.

Kirkpatrick told officers he was in the car when the drugs were purchased by another person, but he didn’t realize at the time what was being bought, the report said.

if this is true, and there are ways of proving it, wouldn’t that mean he was just “wrong place, wrong time”?

easy. drug test. marijuana stays in your system for a month

just4fun - January 19, 2012 via Android app reply

knuckleheads are usually in the wrong place at the wrong time

I really couldn't care less if he smoked it or not.

From everything I have read, this is the second time he has been in the wrong place at the wrong time. This makes me question his judgement and makes me worry is he going to continue to be in the wrong place at the wrong time after being drafted? Because, what Dallas really needs, is another player drawing a lot of negative attention.

Furthermore, will he be charged and convicted of any crimes? If he is convicted, this could lead to a possible suspension. So, now you 1st round draft pick can’t play for his first 3-4 games. Then what if he gets convicted and is given a year probation? That could kill his first season.

To me, these are the real questions that need to be answered before you decide if you draft him.

Grimlock83 - January 19, 2012 reply

Where were ya'll when I was alone over on Rena's Fanshot?

I could’ve used a little back up.

BD says he failed multi drug tests at Alabama and was close to being suspended this year over it.

Rena - January 19, 2012 reply

Bryant Has A few Civil Law Problems

And some of the Cowboys fans act like he’s the second coming of John Dillinger; this guy gets into CRIMINAL problems and some of you HOPE they draft him? What a deal.

Howleyesque - January 19, 2012 reply

They're both idiots and the Cowboys shouldn't be drafting idiots

Dez isn't an idiot...

He has some problems with money, so would you if you immediately got gobs of money at his age and with his upbringing. Those were fixed, he paid his debts. He got in an scuffle with some losers who were disrespecting him, big deal. I’m sure you’d defend your honor against a couple of degenerate losers. It’s not that big of a deal.

Omar Little - January 19, 2012 reply

Actually, I would walk away. Because I am weak? No.

Because degenerate losers are not worthy enough to put a dent in my honor. And what they say and do is not worth my time.

Say you're 23...

I mean don’t get me wrong I’m pretty close to you in principle, but as a guy who goes clubbing quite often…I can tell you, some guys deserve it. Badly. You won’t believe how many assholes there are out there. Like imagine your most hated football personality, Joe Buck, Mark Schlereth, etc. and multiply that by about forty and imagine that they’re talking down to you and all their idiot friends agree…it’s awfully hard not to level one of those guys.