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Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox said 09/06, 05:31 PM
Looks like this one is going to sit here until it disappears so I'll give it a shot.

There is no questioning what Davis brings to the table on the field. He's been the Cowboys best special teams player for the last 4 years. Period. From that standpoint, this signing is a no brainer.

Couple of problems, though.

Bill Parcells loves this guy. Signed him to a 2-year $3.5mil contract with a $500k signing bonus as soon as he hit the open market.

Then cut him.

Wha? Tuna knew exactly what he was getting when he jumped all over signing Davis in the off season. There is nothing about Keith that big Bill didn't already know both on and off the field. Handed him a cool half mil. to climb aboard the S.S. Bill Parcells only to throw him overboard 3 weeks into camp. Why? I mean seriously. Nobody is talking. No reason given. Did Davis shave Bills cat, or something?

or

Are their off field issues again? That's the second issue with Davis. With Dallas already being something of a home for wayward souls, bringing Keith back is just adding to the trouble makers. Let's not forget this is a guy who has been SHOT not once, but twice while out clubbing, and lied about it the second time.

Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox said 09/06, 06:55 PM
Davis is not an answer at safety. He's been given the opportunity numerous times and just isn't cut out as a regular at that position. He's an emergency fill in at the position, at best

There is much more to the Tuna cutting him story than a simple matter of Keith being beat out for the position in training camp

First, he didn't have a $2mil salary. His salary for 2008 was "only" $600k. They had already given him the half mil bonus so that was lost money

More importantly, look at the circumstances surrounding the cut. It occurred just a couple of hours before the team plane was to leave for their THIRD preseason game. Davis had already been given his plane ticket and hotel accommodations the day before. Obviously Miami had every intention of bringing Keith Davis to the game until the last minute when they mysteriously cut him just a couple of hours before departure.

They had no need to cut him. It wasn't a cut down day, and they didn't replace his roster spot. It wasn't to open up room for another player. And, again, they had given the man half a mil. At the very least they would have used him as camp fodder until mandatory cuts.

Something smells fishy, and it's not just Tuna

Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox said 09/08, 01:05 AM
He wasn't named a team captain. He was named special teams captain, which isn't new, he just retained that tag from last year. It means nothing.

"Keith is suitable fill in guy and can also mentor younger safetys Courtney Brown and Pat Watkins."

Whoa! Wait a minute. The guy failed miserably when given the opportunity to start at safety and you want him mentoring the young guys? That's like saying the Packers should sign Ryan Leaf to mentor their rookie QB's. It's beyond absurd. Don't you think the "mentoring" duties should be left to their two Pro Bowl safety's and exceptional secondary coach, Dave Campo?

When Davis was shot the first time, Parcells cut him. After showing much remorse and promising he'd never be a problem again he was re-signed. When he was shot the SECOND time, he at first claimed it was a random thing on the highway while driving his girlfriend home from church. Turns out he was returning from the "church" of naked women, again.

Is having a good (not great) gunner on special teams worth the risk of him possibly (probably?) becoming running buddies with Pac-Man? How many "risks" can the Cowboys take before it blows up and they turn into the Bengals?