Interessante Punkte in der neuen Peter-King Columne:
On Tony Romo
This is just my opinion, but what if Romo is enjoying the family life (he is married, with two children, and a third on the way), realizes he wants to continue to live in Dallas, and thinks maybe it wouldn’t be so bad on 20 weekends a year to leave home Friday morning, get home Sunday night, do something he knows he’d be good at (talking about football in an amiable and intelligent way), and be able to make $2 million a year (at the very least). He will be smart enough to know he can’t just walk into a big-time booth without some knowledge whether he’d be good right away, and I expect he’d do his homework on that, if he hasn’t already.
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But I do not dismiss the TV stuff. I understand it. Romo loves talking about football. In Dallas’ training camp in 2015, he spent 30 or 40 minutes after our interview one afternoon talking to me about quarterback mechanics and the art of playing the position in language easily understandable, not all football-ese. When I think of Romo, I think of a guy who, if he chooses TV, will make a good living for a long time explaining the NFL game to people. Who knows whether that will happen, but I do think it has to be tempting for Romo when a pretty big TV offer (or more than one) comes his way—knowing that this job or one like it may not be open in 2018 or 2019.
Zitat von Peter KingOn DeMarcus Ware:
Ware’s first NFL coach, Bill Parcells, sent him a text this week upon his retirement from football. It read:
“Not bad for a wide receiver from Auburn High School. Pretty good career.”
True story: Ware played wideout at Auburn (Ala.) High School, and the local Auburn Tigers didn’t recruit him.“DeMarcus was a defensive end at Troy,” Parcells said Saturday. He was coaching the Cowboys, and owner Jerry Jones, of course, had final say on the draft. “We were going to make him a linebacker. I’m not crazy about projections picked that high in the first round. I would rather have taken a lineman. But Jerry and them wanted to take him. Thank God they did.”
Zitat von Peter KingOn Brandon Carr:
I wanted to point out three things about Carr, a player I’ve grown to admire not because he’s a top 10 corner; he’s, in fact, a marginal
starter. But he goes to Baltimore for two years and $12 million (though it was listed as a four-year deal), and here’s why he’ll be missed:
Carr has played nine seasons since being a fifth-round pick out of Grand Valley (Mich.) State in 2008 by Kansas City. Games played: 148. Games started: 148. Games missed due to injury: zero.No cornerback has started more games over the past nine years.
In all five seasons as a Cowboy, Carr led the secondary in snaps played. In order: 1,043, 1,148, 1,028, 1,072, 1,013.
The best Dallas cover guy remaining, nickel back Orlando Scandrick, has missed 14 games over the past five seasons.Moral of the story: In football, one of the most important parts of ability is availability, and the Cowboys will miss that. Baltimore understands Carr, especially in his 10th year, will need safety help quite often. But the Ravens also know he’s a feisty player they can count on for the next two seasons, at least.
Und die traurigste Meldung: Dwight Clark ("The Catch) ist an ALS erkrankt. War zwar vor meiner Zeit als Cowboy, dennoch ist er als Rivale natürlich bekannt. Auf diesem Weg gute Besserung und möge die Krankheit nur sehr, sehr langsam voranschreiten. Vielleicht findet man ja auch bald endlich ein Mittel zur Heilung.