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Tight Squeeze Stiff Competition Expected For Third Tight End Position
dallascowboys.com ^ | June 16, 2005 | Nick Eatman

Posted on 06/17/2005 1:06:23 PM PDT by sean327

Stiff Competition Expected For Third Tight End Position

By Nick Eatman DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer June 16, 2005, 5:55 PM (CDT)

IRVING, Texas - With the start of training camp less than two months away, there are a handful of positions wide open, not only in need of a starter but backups as well.

Of course, there is free safety and right tackle. There also could be some hot competition at linebacker and center.

But that is not the case at tight end.

Jason Witten made sure of that with his performance last year, setting several club records and earning his first Pro Bowl selection in just his second season in the league.

And if Witten's emergence as one of the game's best tight ends isn't encouraging enough for the Cowboys in 2005, then the return of veteran Dan Campbell, one of the team's best blockers, likely closes the door on any other tight ends, injury aside, getting much playing time.

That means there is little room for error for the rest of the bunch, all battling for what probably will be only one other roster spot available at tight end.

The Cowboys rarely keep more than three tight ends on the 53-man roster, and that normally doesn't include veteran deep snapper Jeff Robinson, who has served as the goal-line and short-yardage tight end the past two seasons, catching four passes for four touchdowns.

So that means the likes of Sean Ryan, Brett Pierce and rookie free agent Tony Curtis will have to be in top form come training camp if they expect to make the 53-man roster.

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I couldn't help myself, so here is a little self indulgent Cowboys stuff. This is the one area where the Cowboys have no holes. Between Jason Witten, Dan Campbell, and Jeff Robinson this position is solid. These guys will allow the offense to be alot better this season.
1 posted on 06/17/2005 1:06:24 PM PDT by sean327
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; BerthaDee; teenyelliott; Dashing Dasher

Sometimes it's just too easy.......

Thag go home now, drink many gins with tonic and lime.

Nice weekend all!

Lust,
Thag


2 posted on 06/17/2005 1:08:06 PM PDT by thag (Cuffs and leather and a whip that stings-These are a few of my favorite things.........)
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3 posted on 06/17/2005 1:08:49 PM PDT by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: sean327

That may be the dirtieszt headline ever on FR.


4 posted on 06/17/2005 1:09:09 PM PDT by sharktrager (My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
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To: sharktrager

"That may be the dirtieszt headline ever on FR."

Didn't notice untill you chimed in, now I'm cleaning Copenhagen off my monitor!!!


5 posted on 06/17/2005 1:11:14 PM PDT by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: thag

I'm just glad the story was not as sellacious as the headline...or maybe it's friday and I've been living in the bay area too long


6 posted on 06/17/2005 1:12:03 PM PDT by filepile
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To: sharktrager
Reminds me of the punter competition in Cleveland twenty years ago. Steve Cox was defending his job against Jeff Stump, and the headline in the paper if Steve lost his job could have been "Browns Cut Cox Keep Stump".

Cox kept his job, though.

7 posted on 06/17/2005 1:13:44 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (Forget Blackwell for Governor! Blackwell for Senate '06!)
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Ooooga! I'm absolutely throbbing all over with excitement to see how it'll all turn out!


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8 posted on 06/17/2005 1:14:25 PM PDT by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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To: sean327

Why is this in news?
Who cares about the Cowpukes. Bledsoe the statue will kill you this year.
This is a LAMP (Look At Me Post).


9 posted on 06/17/2005 1:15:31 PM PDT by Wacka
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That may be the dirtieszt headline ever on FR.

Yeah. I thought it was a thread about the San Francisco mayor's office or something.

10 posted on 06/17/2005 1:16:54 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: You Dirty Rats

Remember the Congressional report a few years ago about the Chicom theft of nuclear secrets? It was, I kid you not, "The Cox/Dicks Report"


11 posted on 06/17/2005 1:19:18 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: You Dirty Rats

Heh heh...

A few years back during a World Series game featuring the Atlanta Braves, the camera showed a shot of Braves manager Bobby Cox amongst some of the players. Al Michaels chimed in, "Ah, I love to watch Cox in the dugout."

It was very quiet in the announcing booth for quite some time. Me and my buddies were rolling. Knowing how quick Al is, I'm sure he realized right away what he'd said...


12 posted on 06/17/2005 1:20:11 PM PDT by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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To: thag
Bye Bye thag baby, enjoy the gins with tonic and lime.

Be good, if not, be good at it.

Lust back at ya,

JRBC

13 posted on 06/17/2005 1:29:23 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: sean327; Jersey Republican Biker Chick

I've got a spot for a tight end ... right HERE!!!


14 posted on 06/17/2005 1:38:42 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (I'm feeling sexually harrassed!!!)
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To: Wacka

No one makes you read the Daily NFL Thread, so we don't understand your whinning. This has been a very slow week in the NFL, Gotta fill the thread somehow. Monday I think I'll give one to the 2 Bengals fans here!


15 posted on 06/17/2005 1:38:54 PM PDT by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: Dashing Dasher
Yowza! I am a Howie Defensive End Lover Myself!
16 posted on 06/17/2005 1:40:11 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Dashing Dasher
You get a tight end to be a wide receiver after a while.
17 posted on 06/17/2005 1:41:04 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: sharktrager

It's almost as bad as the time Capriatti licked Kornokova to win a tennis match.... ;-)


18 posted on 06/17/2005 1:42:20 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: Hank Rearden

Or a Morford thread.


19 posted on 06/17/2005 1:43:46 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (Forget Blackwell for Governor! Blackwell for Senate '06!)
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Monday I think I'll give one to the 2 Bengals fans here!

Hahahahahaha!

Anyways, Witten was great last year, haven't had that kind of production at TE since Novachek.


20 posted on 06/17/2005 1:46:14 PM PDT by BigBadWolf (For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.)
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