Bartel Gets Big Shot

[J.T.supporta]

Guess that's what happens when you have the worst GM in football.

Ahem (clears throat)...Matt Millen.

Definitely Matt Millen.

http://www.firemillen.com/

[03Mustang]

Guess that's what happens when you have the worst GM in football.

Ahem (clears throat)...Matt Millen.

Definitely Matt Millen.

http://www.firemillen.com/

I noted the Cardinals and Lions in my posting. And yes, without a salary cap Jerry would be a much better GM.

Without the death penalty and the resulting subsequent restrictions on the program, along with the ability to pay players, SMU could be national championship-caliber as well.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

Owner/GM whatever......almost no one else in the NFL has a better botton line success record over the last 15-20 years than Jerry Jones. Yeah maybe the Patriots but what about everybody else? Would you rather have the adminstration in New Orleans? in Arizona? the Jets? Buffalo? Cincinnati? Cleveland? All teams have made draft mistakes, but not all owners/GM's have 3 Supre Bowl Trophies in the case. Trash Jerry Jones all you want but name a bunch of people with a better NFL botton line of trophies in the case? There are a few, but Jerry Jones is among the elite.

[J.T.supporta]

on another note, Bartel got cut today. No surprise. will most likely be picked up for the practice squad unless another team signs him

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

JT what was he making? Is Justin safe?

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

JT what was he making? Is Justin safe?

Justin is on the 53 man roster.

[PonyPride]

i've known bartel since i was 14, the only thing holding him back is his head....


side note and one of the most interesting things that has come out of "hard knocks" is the story on Martellus Bennett... From the article:
Witten's tough love: Veteran tight end Dan Campbell didn't do Jason Witten any favors when he first arrived in the NFL. Witten treats rookie Martellus Bennett the same way.

Witten said Bennett must understand that this is a job. The former Texas A&M standout must show that he's serious about becoming a good player. Only then will Witten step in and show Bennett how to take the next step.

"He says it all the time, 'Jason doesn't like me,' " Witten said. "I'm going to let him figure it out. He's got to figure it out first, and when he does, obviously that's when I come along."

I never liked Bennett at A&M, even though he was a superior athlete. MB has some serious attitude problems, and seems unwilling to adjust to life as a professional athlete. I realize that he would have been a first round pick next year, but he has a lot to learn if he wants to make it in the Not For Long.

This isn't very surprising, actually. At the rookie mini-camp, he was getting chewed out constantly for loafing through various drills, and then he'd go back to doing it again and again. I thought one assistant coach was going to strangle him afterward. In the locker room that day, several reporters asked him about getting chewed out, and he said (paraphrasing) "No big deal. I'm here today because I'm a great athlete" ... and then reminded all of us how he entered (and subsequently withdrew from) the NBA draft after his senior year of high school.

A month later, at the full-team mini-camp, he was at it again, jogging through drills when everyone had been instructed to sprint, and the coaches got all over him again ... which changed absolutely nothing about his attitude.

He also looked much slower than I expected for a guy who thought he was an NBA prospect, and for someone with hands the size of large pizzas, he dropped more passes than you would think he would.

Not saying he doesn't have talent, but at least as of that point, the light had not even come close to coming on.

[03Mustang]

Sounds like he has a good career ahead of him selling cars or driving a truck. Plenty of guys with great athleticism and no brains that had very short NFL careers.

[Nacho]

Bartel was cut today. Hope he ends up with KC who wanted him last year.