Due to the overwhelming response to The’Boys Blog we are once again forced to make changes.
As you may recall, we moved to a new hosting company in March of this year because the traffic was too high for our other host. Now we must move to a new server with the same company because of the continuing increased traffic (nice problem to have).
Starting Sunday morning at round 2 AM ET our site will be down. The tech guys will be moving us to a server that will give us more horsepower. Right now we are on a server that is shared with over 640 sites. The new server is not only a faster, stronger machine but is only shared by 80 sites. That should increase our speed, resolve our respsonse times and eliminate the dreaded CPU Threshold limits that the current server is providing.
Everything should be completed by 6 AM Sunday morning. If you experience problems accessing the site during those times, that is the reason. Also realize that any postings you make during that timeframe might not make it over.
We at The’Boys Blog would like to that everyone for their patience during these growing pains. If it weren’t for you folks we wouldn’t have this problem — and like I said, it’s a nice problem to have.
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Blogger Luke takes a diversion from the All-TO-All-The-Time discussions:
UPDATE: The Cowboys signed Tony Romo on Thursday to a $3.9 million contract that locks him up through 2007. He received a $2 million signing bonus. This was all due to his performance this preseason where he led the league in passing yardage and showed good command of the offense and decision-making skills.
Tony Romo has had an excellent preseason so far and most of us here, including myself, are optimistic about his future, but if Romo takes a step back or cannot make the extra step in a real game and proves himself to be more of a backup or stopgap starter will Dallas go after a QB early in the 2007 draft? If Romo falters, with Drew Bledsoe nearing the end and Henson released, a high pick QB would appear the likely option and Jerry Jones has already expressed that sentiment.
The last 5 years Dallas has spent big money and high draft picks on nearly every position on the team:
Defensive Backs:
- Roy Williams, Round 1, pick 8, 2002. Ext. $25 mill, 2006.
- Terence Newman, Round 1, pick 5, 2003.
- Anthony Henry, $10 million signing bonus, 2005.
Linebackers:
- Demarcus Ware, Round 1, pick 11, 2005.
- Kevin Burnett, Round 2, pick 10, 2005.
- Bobby Carpenter, Round 1, pick 18, 2006.
- Akin Ayodele, $17 million contract, 2006.
Defensive Lineman:
- Marcus Spears, Round 1, pick 20, 2005.
- Jason Ferguson, $9 million signing bonus, 2005.
- Jason Hatcher, Round 3, 2006.
Offensive Lineman:
- Andre Gurode, Round 2, pick 5, 2002.
- Al Johnson, Round 2, pick 6, 2003.
- Jacob Rogers, Round 2, pick 20, 2004.
- Stephen Peterman, Round 3, 2004.
- Marco Rivera, $9 million signing bonus, 2005.
Tight Ends:
- Jason Witten, Round 3, 2003. Ext. $29 million, 2006.
- Anthony Fasano, Round 2, pick 21, 2006.
Wide Receivers:
- Terry Glenn, Ext. $20 million, 2006.
- Terrell Owens, $25 million contract, 2006.
Running Backs:
- Julius Jones, Round 2, pick 11, 2004.
Quarterbacks:
- Drew Bledsoe, $14 million contract, 2005.
- Drew Henson, Round 3, 2004.
The position that has received nearly the least attention and seems least set for the future is the most important, the quarterback. If the rest of the team comes along as expected (especially the defence), only a good quarterback stands in the way of a serious long run at multiple Superbowls. While Romo could be the answer, should Dallas put all its eggs in his basket? If Romo starts in ‘07 or ‘08 and fails to prove he is more than a backup type, taking a high QB in the ‘08 or ‘09 draft is likely. But considering it normally takes two or three years for a young QB to reach his potential success might not happen until 2010, 2011 or 2012, will the likely greatness of this defence (almost certainly Parcell-less by then) be passing its prime?
Even if Romo continues his strong practices and play through the last preseason game or even a brief injury related successful showing in the regular season, wouldn’t adding a successful college quarterback still be in the team’s best long term interest? If Romo starts next year he will be a 27 year old first year starter, if its ‘08 he’s 28. Hardly a tragedy but he might only have four or five good years in him if any at all. If we draft a QB high next year we could hopefully, in a year or two, land in the situation San Diego found themselves in. If it wasn’t for Drew Brees’ injury San Diego could have got something substantial in a trade for a solid not too old quarterback when they were ready to go with there younger QB.
There appears to be some good quarterbacks that are to come out of next years draft. The very early word seems to be (roughly):
Seniors-
Brady Quinn (pick 1-3),
Drew Stanton (pick 4-10),
Troy Smith (late 1st / early 2nd),
Jordan Palmer (2nd),
Trent Edwards (3rd)
Also Scott Wright, of NFL draft countdown, has Junior Brian Brohm coming out and rates him a top 10 pick.
A number of the teams projected to be picking top ten already having their QB of the present set or their future one already on the roster:
Won’t be drafting a QB:
49′ers - A. Smith
Texans - D. Carr
Titans - V. Young
Packers - A. Rodgers
Debatable is:
Bills - J.P. Losman
Browns - Charlie Frye
Saints - D. Brees
Probably would be looking to draft a QB:
Jets
Lions
Raiders
This could mean two things that could help Dallas if they want to go after one of the highly ranked QB’s like Quinn, Stanton or Brohm. There could be some draft day sliders and also some trade partners. If they stand pat in the draft (hopefully at #32 
) they would probably see Smith and Palmer on the board. Do any of these players or scenarios interest? Are there any other quarterbacks, perhaps second day picks, who are flying under the media radar that someone knows of? Or are people already sold on Romo?
To QB or not QB?
That is the question.
Any thoughts?