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Chapas ready if he's moved to active roster
Rookie fullback Shaun Chapas may get the opportunity he's been working hard for all season. The Cowboys could move Chapas to the active roster, coach Jason Garrett said Friday. Starting fullback Tony Fiammetta will miss Sunday's game against the Redskins with an illness.
"I've just been working hard ever since I got here and waiting for the opportunity," Chapas said. "If it's this week, I'm looking forward to it, and if it's not, I'll just keep working."
Chapas was a seventh-round draft pick out of Georgia. He did not make the roster out of training camp but was re-signed to the practice squad. He said he is more familiar with the playbook and comfortable in the offense now than he was when he reported to training camp in late August.
"It's definitely helped being here [at Valley Ranch] for 10 weeks now, nine weeks, something like that," Chapas said. "I feel a lot more comfortable with everything than I did right out of training camp."
In the three games Fiammetta was either not on the roster or inactive, the Cowboys used tight end John Phillips in their two-back sets. Fiammetta has drawn praise from the coaching staff, getting credit for the team's resurgent running game with DeMarco Murray.
The Cowboys lost the three games Fiammetta didn't play, averaging 3.3 yards per carry and 84.7 yards rushing per game.
-- Charean Williams
Read more: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.co...hes-moved-to-active-roster.html#ixzz1e5cC5SmJ
Rookie fullback Shaun Chapas may get the opportunity he's been working hard for all season. The Cowboys could move Chapas to the active roster, coach Jason Garrett said Friday. Starting fullback Tony Fiammetta will miss Sunday's game against the Redskins with an illness.
"I've just been working hard ever since I got here and waiting for the opportunity," Chapas said. "If it's this week, I'm looking forward to it, and if it's not, I'll just keep working."
Chapas was a seventh-round draft pick out of Georgia. He did not make the roster out of training camp but was re-signed to the practice squad. He said he is more familiar with the playbook and comfortable in the offense now than he was when he reported to training camp in late August.
"It's definitely helped being here [at Valley Ranch] for 10 weeks now, nine weeks, something like that," Chapas said. "I feel a lot more comfortable with everything than I did right out of training camp."
In the three games Fiammetta was either not on the roster or inactive, the Cowboys used tight end John Phillips in their two-back sets. Fiammetta has drawn praise from the coaching staff, getting credit for the team's resurgent running game with DeMarco Murray.
The Cowboys lost the three games Fiammetta didn't play, averaging 3.3 yards per carry and 84.7 yards rushing per game.
-- Charean Williams
Read more: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.co...hes-moved-to-active-roster.html#ixzz1e5cC5SmJ
