Almost one month after the start of training camp, Bill Parcells admits he is still faced with lots of player personnel decisions. Overall, he says, he’s behind in getting his team together.
“Yeah, I'm a little behind,” says Parcells, “and I am behind because of the uncertainy that I have in several areas. That's just being honest.”
Saturday night, Dallas will play its third preseason game, a game usually designed to sort out final details about the teams personnel, but since he is running behind, this year may be different.
“I haven’t had the preparation time,” says Parcells, referring to the short week this week. Dallas played in Seattle on Monday night.
There are plenty of areas that need improvement, and it starts with the offense.
“You got to continue to just keep, you know, just plucking away at it,” says wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson. “Hopefully this week against Houston, we'll do a little bit more offensively.”
Drew Bledsoe's back up has yet to be determined, but it appears that Tony Romo has the inside track over Drew Henson.
At wide receiver, Quincy Morgan's stock appears to have dropped, thanks to the emergence of Patrick Crayton, who has quickly become a Parcells favorite.
Says Morgan, “Its nothing, its not a big deal, its nothing to get blown out of proportion at all.”
Parcells is a bit more sarcastic. “Morgan will get more chances this week to play, and ah, I'm sure he's worried.”
When asked if Crayton already feels like the number three receiver on the team behind Keyshawn Johnson and Terry Glenn, Crayton says, “No, not at all. I'll wait until September 11th when we play San Diego, before I can even say that to myself.
What all this means is that the final two preseason games are important. Are they more important than in previous years, who knows. But the final cut down date, September 4th, will be here in a hurry.
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