The Dallas Cowboys acquired Drew Henson in 2004 in a trade with the Houston Texans, and signed him to a huge contract. At the time, he was thought to be the Cowboys quarterback of the future. Things just haven't worked out though. Even after sending him to Europe to get some playing time, he's just not making the grade. Henson did not play in either of the Cowboys first two pre-season games.
Today, Bill Parcells told the press that Henson would not be on the Cowboys 53-man roster this year. Parcells said, "I just didn't see enough. We tried very diligently with this guy." When he was asked if Henson would be waived, Parcells said, "I'm really not at liberty to discuss the situation because I'm not privy to that information. He's not going to be on our roster. That's all you need to know. I don't keep players that I don't think can play for us." Henson will still count $3 million toward the Cowboy's salary cap this year. This makes free-agent rookie, Matt Baker, the Cowboy's third string quarterback.
In other Cowboys news today, they have released four players. The players are guard Steven Peterman, linebacker John Saldi [son of former Cowboy Jay Saldi], cornerback Quincy Butler from TCU, and tight-end Erik Jensen. The Cowboys have also traded linebacker Scott Shanle to the New Orleans Saints for an undisclosed draft pick in 2007.
Next game is saturday night against San Francisco.
Henson was way over rated. I didn't think he should have been considered for the Heisman Trophy when he was at Michigan. But that is the problem with players who insist in playing two sports.
ReplyDeleteNot even Sanders pulled it off, it is excessively demanding. They keep forgetting they are not in high school anymore.
I agree that he was probably always overrated. Looks like Parcells agrees too. He prefers an undrafted rookie free-agent over Henson. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteI just saw that T.O. will be out in the game against SF.
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