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Posted by jellis at 1/27/2011 3:40 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
Former Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton, a North Texas native, is coming home for the Super Bowl. He'll meet up with a number of his ex-teammates for events the week of the game, including one headlined by himself and Marion Barber.
Crayton, who was traded to San Diego for a seventh-round pick at the end of the preseason, has kept a close eye on the Cowboys ever since, and shared some hot sports opinions with Dallas radio station KTCK-1310 AM "The Ticket" on Thursday morning.
First of all, Crayton remains perplexed by the Cowboys' decision going into 2010 to move on without himself and a few other players.
"Trust me, it baffled myself as well as you guys and plenty of other people," Crayton said. "If you consider yourself prime contenders, then why do you get rid of key pieces. I was shipped out, Ken Hamlin was shipped out, Flo (Flozell Adams) was let go. I'm happy for Flo. He gets a chance to play in a Super Bowl, 13 years in waiting, so I'm happy for him in that end, for a guy they said was washed up and couldn't play anymore."
Crayton said the Cowboys' 2010 problems simply came down to not playing their best, partly because of missing certain players, partly because of turnovers. He admitted to being surprised by the 1-7 start to the year.
"I had a conversation with one of my former teammates before I got traded," Crayton said. "He was like, you know, if they trade you or cut you, he said, 'that's going to let me know that they don't care about winning around here, it's just truly about money.'"
Crayton said players in the locker room sometimes wondered about who was in charge, Wade Phillips or Jason Garrett, but not about whether owner Jerry Jones was overstepping his bounds. From a distance, anyway, he believes Jones had more to do with the team's midseason turnaround that Garrett.
"The owner ultimately writes the checks," Crayton said. "And in Jerry's case, he's the owner/general manager. He makes the final decisions on who's there and who's not, as well. And so when he comes in and tells you that you will be evaluated like training camp, that we will keep the guys here that we think and know want to be here, the rest of you guys will be gone, you're playing for your job."
"Trust me, you tend to respond a lot more. They got a little laxed. So you tend to respond a little bit more."
Former Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton, a North Texas native, is coming home for the Super Bowl. He'll meet up with a number of his ex-teammates for events the week of the game, including one headlined by himself and Marion Barber.
Crayton, who was traded to San Diego for a seventh-round pick at the end of the preseason, has kept a close eye on the Cowboys ever since, and shared some hot sports opinions with Dallas radio station KTCK-1310 AM "The Ticket" on Thursday morning.
First of all, Crayton remains perplexed by the Cowboys' decision going into 2010 to move on without himself and a few other players.
"Trust me, it baffled myself as well as you guys and plenty of other people," Crayton said. "If you consider yourself prime contenders, then why do you get rid of key pieces. I was shipped out, Ken Hamlin was shipped out, Flo (Flozell Adams) was let go. I'm happy for Flo. He gets a chance to play in a Super Bowl, 13 years in waiting, so I'm happy for him in that end, for a guy they said was washed up and couldn't play anymore."
Crayton said the Cowboys' 2010 problems simply came down to not playing their best, partly because of missing certain players, partly because of turnovers. He admitted to being surprised by the 1-7 start to the year.
"I had a conversation with one of my former teammates before I got traded," Crayton said. "He was like, you know, if they trade you or cut you, he said, 'that's going to let me know that they don't care about winning around here, it's just truly about money.'"
Crayton said players in the locker room sometimes wondered about who was in charge, Wade Phillips or Jason Garrett, but not about whether owner Jerry Jones was overstepping his bounds. From a distance, anyway, he believes Jones had more to do with the team's midseason turnaround that Garrett.
"The owner ultimately writes the checks," Crayton said. "And in Jerry's case, he's the owner/general manager. He makes the final decisions on who's there and who's not, as well. And so when he comes in and tells you that you will be evaluated like training camp, that we will keep the guys here that we think and know want to be here, the rest of you guys will be gone, you're playing for your job."
"Trust me, you tend to respond a lot more. They got a little laxed. So you tend to respond a little bit more."
. Jesus, the balls on this jerkoff... Or, actually ignorance..