Dear Marion Barber,
I am writing you to let you and your agent know that this football team will go on with or without you. You have made it well known that you want a long-term deal, and we are well prepared to give you just that. However if you continue to claim that you deserve a contract in the 60 million dollar range, we are well prepared to walk away. I want you to take care of you and keep you here, we think you are a fantastic running back, you are not however in the same league as Tomlinson, nor will we pay you that way.
I have come to the conclusion that you will stand firm to what you would like to be paid,therefore we have begun the process of finding your replacement if in fact this is the way you decide to go. I hope however that you read this and really think about your next move. You are a dynamic back when you are not asked to carry the load. When you can get no more than about 20 carries a game, you are very fierce, bone jarring, and strong. as we found out in the playoffs last year.Though when you are asked to carry the ball more than that you simply cannot maintain that pace, as shown here; 1st half in playoff game against Giants, 16 carries 101 yards, but in the second half you were worn out 11 carries 28 yards.
I understand that everyone wants to be the man, but we do not need you to be the man, just Marion Barber. You will however get some oppurtunities this year to prove you can carry the load

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I did some thinking this weekend after reading a post by the guys over at The Landry Hat talking about Roy Williams. Anyone who has read this blog can tell you that I do not care for the guy to put it mildly, but after reading there article I felt that I at least needed to do some research and find out if I have been too critical of him.
To start my research I felt I should take a look at Roy Willy’s career numbersRoy WillyAt first glance you think “hey he did not have as bad a year as I thought”, comparable year to his rookie year minus the forced fumbles. I do understand at his position the numbers do not exactly tell the story, it is the things that do not show up in the stats that matter, like missed tackles, and missed assignments.
So I looked around at other safeties across the league to see how he compared. I did this because there seems to be a fear among cowboys fans that if he was let go or traded away that we would get torched back there because we have no one to take his place. Well this is somewhat true, but I think I can show that it would not be as hard to find a replacement as we have been making it out to be. As I went team by team comparing Roy’s numbers with that teams safety numbers, I was shocked at the amount of players with the same numbers or greater. All of these players making significantly less money and by far less notoriety! Here are the numbers of a guy that has been in the league eleven years and makes 9 MILLION LESS!!Sammy Knight???????????

We are still a week away from draft day, and Pac man is still not a Cowboy and other than Chad Johnson going ballistic the football news has slowed somewhat. So as begin writing this article there are plenty of small items I could talk about, but I just cannot seem to get all my thoughts together this morning! So bare with me!
The big news of today is all about the NBA Playoffs! Undoubtedly the very best part of the NBA season. All year’s ups and downs, winning & losing streaks, accomplishments & mistakes. Well none of that matters anymore for sixteen teams, these teams all begin season two today! This should be some of the best playoff basketball seen in a very long time (in the west anyway). I am not even going to attempt to predict who will win it all, it is a complete toss up, everyone is so evenly matched any one of these teams could win! Everyone enjoy!

Well the closer we get to draft day the more anxious I get, everything looks as the stars may be aligning for what could be a huge day for the boys. There have been several thoughts in my mind since that dreadful loss to the G-Men. The first being can we please do something with Roy Williams, well the more time goes on the more I can see him having a much reduced role this year ( I was hoping for him to be gone ). Seems if the draft and possible trade scenarios go according to plan, its very possible we could see a familiar face at safety, and that may be one Anthony Henry! From what I am hearing if the boys get what they want in the draft ( a solid starting corner ) and Pac-Man ” I am gonna make it rain ” Jones via trade, this is a likely scenario at least in passing situations. Although Roy Willy continues to hang his hat on the fact that he is switching back to his college number, and that this is going to get him back to the good ole days! Highly unlikely! His coaching staff on the other hand is not quite so optimistic. I am going to step out on a limb here and say that I guarantee that he will still be the same ole shitty player he has been!
The second thought I had was that if there was only some way to get Roy Williams ( the real Roy Williams) in a Cowboy uniform. I know that there has been lots of rumors circulating about this very situation. I also know that Matt ” I am an idiot” Millen denies that Roy is on the block, but I believe that on draft day this will happen. This possibility gets me almost as excited as the nights my wife does not have a “headache”! I said ALMOST! The mere thought of T.O. on one side and Roy on the other with Patrick “I need to shut up” Crayton back in the slot where he belongs, and lets not forget about the best tight end in the league Jason Witten, this would assuredly be a defenses greatest nightmare!
There was one other thought, and this is strictly for Wade Phillips, can you please get the team to understand that games in December are much more important than games in September! The boys have gotten into a pattern of very lack luster play in the final month, and I for one would much rather see lack lack luster in the beginning of the year than in December.
We will find out what this years team is going to look like very soon! I hope this year turns out better than last!
P.S. Roy Willy Sucks no matter what number he wears!!!!!!!