| Cowboys Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
19 Nov 2009 at 9:06pm
Offensive tackle Doug Free didn't have to say as much. He knows everyone else is saying it. But he clearly was stating the obvious.
A fourth-round pick in 2007, Free is finally getting a chance to play as the replacement for Marc Colombo at right tackle.
"It's a great opportunity," Free said. "I've been here a couple of years and haven't really had much playing time yet. Now is the time to show I can play.
"I've just come every week to work. There was not a time where I said, 'I should be starting. I'm ready.' I just came to work each and every week and acted like I'm a starter in my mind because you never know when it's your time."
Free said he never worried about the situation, because the Cowboys were settled at tackle with Colombo and Flozell Adams. |
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| Obama to appear in PSA with 3 NFL players (AP) |
19 Nov 2009 at 5:12pm
| Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports. Still, he was nervous when he met President Barack Obama. "It's something like no other," Ware said Thursday. "Being able to meet the most important guy in the United States, the guy with the most power, it was unbelievable." Ware and fellow... |
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| Gurode not worried about cleat to face 3 years ago (AP) |
18 Nov 2009 at 5:02pm
| Plastic surgery fixed the physical scars on Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode's forehead after he was cleated in the face by Albert Haynesworth three years ago. As for any lingering effects from that dirty play, Gurode says there are none as he prepares to face Haynesworth in a regular-season game for the first time since the incident. |
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| Cowboys plan to use Free at RT for Colombo (AP) |
18 Nov 2009 at 1:55pm
| The Dallas Cowboys are planning to make a change on the offensive line to cover for injured right tackle Marc Colombo. Doug Free is expected to make his first career start Sunday against Washington in place of Colombo, who has started 57 consecutive games. Colombo had surgery Monday, a day after he broke his left leg and suffered ligament damage in his ankle against Green Bay. |
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