The Cowboys Activate Tank J.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Buster

Big difference, pay attention.

Taylor was not convicted and has stayed away from the people who put him in that situation in the first place. It was his only legal "issue" and he was only convicted by the media, not by the courts. Coach Gibbs now says he's one of the most outstanding , hardworking and committed people on the team.

The Cowboys just signed someone out of jail who's a repeat offender...and have a history of repeatedly signing drug addicts. Now add Tank Johnson to the long list.

Show me any Redskin in the last decade who has been convicted of anything. It doesn't happen and even if it would, we would not have a long list of offenders like Dallas or the Bengals.

Taylor copped a plea! Bigger difference...pay closer attention. And YES he was convicted by the courts.

Just like Vick copped a plea, so I guess HE's not guilty either?

Yes Johnson just got out of trouble. But show me another team in the NFL that has an entire department dedicated to assisting players with off-field issues? Answer NONE, just the Cowboys. When the Bengals organization had all those troubles with the law, Jerry Jones was the only owner in the league who was proactive enough to create a department within the organization dedicated to assisting players with off-field issues no matter how minor.

[SmootSmack]

I still remember how you were so adamant that Tank would "never" be a Cowboy.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Taylor copped a plea! Bigger difference...pay closer attention. And YES he was convicted by the courts.

Just like Vick copped a plea, so I guess HE's not guilty either?

Yes Johnson just got out of trouble. But show me another team in the NFL that has an entire department dedicated to assisting players with off-field issues? Answer NONE, just the Cowboys. When the Bengals organization had all those troubles with the law, Jerry Jones was the only owner in the league who was proactive enough to create a department within the organization dedicated to assisting players with off-field issues no matter how minor.

So its a good thing when a team needs an entire department to assisting players with off-field issues?

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So its a good thing when a team needs an entire department to assisting players with off-field issues?

Just because you don't see it in the headlines does not mean players don't have issues, unrelated to football, for every team in the league. Everybody has issues aside from thier job that required attention. Even you and I. It does not have to be a felonious act to justify intervention. It is just an added resource for the players to use in that organization is all.

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I still remember how you were so adamant that Tank would "never" be a Cowboy.

And yeah you are right, but I dont think I said "never be a Cowboy", I for one realize Jerry Jones history for signing talented players of a questionable past (see Terry Glenn, Keyshawn Johnson and Terrell Owens). I just was not thrilled with the Tank signing at the time considering his past.

But at the time, Fergusen was gone for the year, and there was no good market for a free agent DT/NT. The Cowboys simply signed the best player available at that position at the time.

Besides, Johnson signed a deal similiar to that of Owens, in that, it is really a series of "one-year" contracts meaning that is he screws up we can release him without cap ramifications. So nothing to lose and everything to gain from the organization standpoint.

[SmootSmack]

Plenty of teams have someone/department to help players with off-field issues. For the Redskins John Jefferson (the former Chargers WR) oversees this deparment, it's called Player Development

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Plenty of teams have someone/department to help players with off-field issues. For the Redskins John Jefferson (the former Chargers WR) oversees this deparment, it's called Player Development

Well there you go...the mark of a good organization.

Take a player like Tank Johnson and place him in an organization that has these resources available to him and he is programmed for success.

You figure that if he cannot succeed in these organizations, he is not going to succeed anywhere in the NFL.

[KLHJ2]

All I know is that the Bears Defense isn't as good this year as they were last year, and the only differences in the personnel is the subtraction of Tank Johnson and the addition of Archeletta. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Tank must have been more important than some people may believe.