Sean Ryan

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Is Matt Leinart ready to lead the Cardinals?

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LaDainien Tomlinson is welcome to serving in a back up role.

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Written by theMBIIIeffect

According to ESPN’s resident Twitter busybody Adam Schefter, the Washington Redskins have scheduled a visit with former Chiefs and Bengals running back Larry Johnson.

Cowboys fans should be salivating at this move because he hasn’t played a full season since the 2006 season. Since that year, when he racked up 1,789 yards and 17 touchdowns, he’s found the end zone a grand total of nine times.

But the best part about the possibility of Johnson joining the Skins is that he’s a ticking time bomb in the locker room. If Terrell Owens is a locker room cancer, then Johnson would be the Ebola virus. Remember him bashing his coaches on Twitter?

But if you picture that bad attitude and add it to the cast the Redskins currently have, the result is disastrous. Imagine Johnson butting heads with fellow running back/jackass Clinton Portis. Imagine him stealing a hot dog from Albert Haynesworth. We can only hope for this kind of self-destructive lunacy on the Redskins’ sidelines.

We’ll have to wait and see. The Redskins have been strangely diligent in this free agency, so Cowboys fans are overdue for a good laugher like years past.

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By: Joe D.

Don’t believe the rumors.  It’s entirely untrue.  It’s not even that great of a hoax.  They misspelled Donovan McNabb’s name in the title.  More news of non-news to come.

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The three-day courtship with cornerback/safety Marlin Jackson is over. The Eagles inked him and his torn ACLs to a two-year contract today.

I loved this guy coming out of college, but you really have to wonder about how much he can give playing on bad knees. He does bring versatility, so maybe he’ll just be used as a rotational guy in the secondary.

Let’s hope the training staff put him through a complete physical. The specter of Stacy Andrews still lingers. According to Marlin, he’ll be ready to go by training camp. Fingers crossed. He’ll also be playing free safety. Macho Harris — this is your wake-up call.

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By: Joe D.

Last week Jake Delhomme was released after a seven year career in Carolina.  Many will recall that Jake Delhomme was a free agent in 2003 and his decision was between the Panthers and a quarterback starved Cowboys team lead by Bill Parcells. 

In a rare turn of events, Jerry Jones held his wallet close to his heart and Delhomme signed with the Panthers as they were offering nearly a million dollars more per season.  How did 1 million dollars change the course of Cowboys history?  Let’s wildly speculate.

It’s irresponsible to say that one player will have comparable success with one team as another.  Joe Montana would have zero Super Bowl victories if he played with Tampa Bay.  Future hall of famer Steve Young couldn’t improve a team entirely bereft of talent.

I am going to presume that the Carolina teams and the Dallas teams were similar in talent and both teams were well coached.  While I love Quincy Carter, I think Delhomme would have supplanted him as starter in 2003.  Having said that, Delhomme didn’t start the season as he was less impressive than Rodney Peete.  As for Chad Hutchinson, he would hit the road with Richmond Flowers playing two types of music – Country and Western.

Carter was cut the following year in training camp  (reportedly due to him failing a drug test).  It is unlikely that sitting the bench for the 2003 season would have lessoned the likelihood of him using drugs.  So Carter is gone.  Vinnie Testeverde is brought in to back up Delhomme, and an unknown free agent quarterback is signed to a free agent contract from Eastern Illinois.  The biggest impact during this season is that the Cowboys do not trade for Drew Henson giving up a 3rd round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.  Maybe the Cowboys draft Justin Tuck, Nick Kaczur, or god forbid, Maurice Clarett. 

The real question is, would Delhomme improve the 2004 team’s record to the point to where DeMarcus Ware doesn’t drop to them (originally picked at 11).  Imagine the Cowboys without Barber and Ware. 

The following year, Drew Bledsoe wouldn’t be brought in and Tony Romo takes over the backup QB duties.  Three of the past 4 years (2006 to 2009), Delhomme hasn’t played all 16 games.  Romo gets some playing time and history catches up with where we are today.  Romo as Dallas Cowboys starting QB, and Delhomme crying in a press conference. 

Throughout Delhomme’s career, I have rooted for him.  He was the Cowboys QB that got away.  I doubt there is much left in his tank.  Maybe a team will sign him to be a veteran backup.  He’s not a hall of famer, he won’t get a parade to mark his years in Carolina, but he was a capable starter who beat all the odds.  That’s worth commemorating.

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Larry Johnson to Visit the Skins.

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Free agency updates from Redskins Park, including: Ma'ake Kemoeatu, Larry Foote, Willie Parker.

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MA'AKE KEMOEATU SIGNS

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