Nice piece from Bleacher Report..... Apparently Romo gives high praise for first round draft pick Travis Frederick.
Bleacher Report - Romo + Frederick
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
The Protege Becomes the Teacher
So it's only been one offseason of OTAs and two weeks of training camp and a veteran offensive lineman (Bernadeau) is asking for tips from a rookie center (Travis Frederic). How good is Frederic going to be after a couple of years?! See excerpt from "Cowboys Corner" from Star-Telegram below.
Right guard Mackenzy Bernadeau said he can be ready to play against Oakland with just two days of practice, and he wants to play because he wants to get to know center Travis Frederick on the field.
“Just being around Doug Free for a while, we kind of understand one another a little bit more,” Bernadeau said. “We’ll say, ‘Hey, heads up, look at this,’ and I’ll know what he’s thinking. You know where he’s going to be, and you have trust. You build trust in the guys around you. So that’s always good. Just being able to come back and play with Frederick, Free next to me, play with everybody and get the trust factor involved and the continuity is huge.”
Bernadeau, who returned to practice last week after a hamstring injury kept him from practicing the first two weeks of training camp, said he can tell from sitting next to Frederick in the film room that he is a smart player.
“I pick his brain a little bit, ask him what he’s thinking when he comes back to the sideline,” Bernadeau said. “He’s a smart player. Real smart player. He’s a strong guy. He’s stout. It’s going to be fun just playing next to him.”
Bernadeau evaluated Frederick’s play at guard and said he is good enough to play either guard spot.
“He’s got a little bit of technique stuff. That comes with just playing different positions, especially coming into the league and learning a different technique,” Bernadeau said. “But he’s stout. He’s stout in his stance. He’s stout with his punches. He’s a real strong guy, has good hands, and is a real smart guy. I feel like he can learn all three interior positions and play at a decent level.”
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
A Few Good Men
You have to like the attitude and comments from Travis Frederick, the Cowboys first round draft pick Offensive Lineman who will most likely play Center but also played Guard Sunday Night in the Hall of Fame Game. Here's a quote from Frederick from the Star-Telegram:
Another point I want to make, is the drafting of Travis Frederick. I get so tired of the "experts" in print, tv and radio, talking about how the Cowboys drafted Frederick too early. If he ends up being a 10 - 12 year starter at center, gives continuity to the line, directs the line play calling, prevents pressure up the middle and clears holes for the RBs, then isn't that worth a first round draft pick? My point is, you don't know how a good a draft is until at least 3 years later. And amazingly, the "experts" love to talk about how poorly a team did with the draft, but they never come back and discuss their mistakes three years later. I remember many experts saying that the Cowboys should've drafted Shawn Merriman instead of DeMarcus Ware. So how did that work out??
I like the kind of people the Cowboys are drafting these days, and hopefully it will pay off in the next 2 -3 years before the "older" guys begin to fade.
Travis Frederick liked his first NFL action at center.That's the kind of football players that are needed. When asked about his performance, he talked about one technique misstep which created a QB "pressure", not a sack. This attention to detail and desire to be perfect on every down is what has been missing for such a long time with the Cowboys. There's a reason that only ~ 7 players are left on this team since Jason Garrett took over. They didn't want to use the word re-building since Romo and Witten were in their prime. But that's exactly what has been taking place. And now we can only hope that the youth and "Garrett" kind of football guys can play at a level to help propel Romo, Witten, Ware deep into the playoffs before they are too old. It may already be too late, but we'll see if the two timelines can overlap for a year or two before the "old" guys' physical ability begin to deteriorate to a fault.
“I thought that went pretty well,” he said.
His time at guard? Not as well. The Cowboys’ rookie first-round pick said he wasn’t as clean at right guard, where he played in the second half of Sunday night’s game against Miami.
“The mistake at guard was I overstepped on a shade technique in pass protection,” he said. “That was on me. It caused a pressure, not a sack. But a pressure is still not what we are looking for. I need to be solid.”
Frederick has been working at center the majority of the time in training camp, but the Cowboys are still looking at him at guard, potentially to play him at right guard and use veteran Phil Costa at center.
Another point I want to make, is the drafting of Travis Frederick. I get so tired of the "experts" in print, tv and radio, talking about how the Cowboys drafted Frederick too early. If he ends up being a 10 - 12 year starter at center, gives continuity to the line, directs the line play calling, prevents pressure up the middle and clears holes for the RBs, then isn't that worth a first round draft pick? My point is, you don't know how a good a draft is until at least 3 years later. And amazingly, the "experts" love to talk about how poorly a team did with the draft, but they never come back and discuss their mistakes three years later. I remember many experts saying that the Cowboys should've drafted Shawn Merriman instead of DeMarcus Ware. So how did that work out??
I like the kind of people the Cowboys are drafting these days, and hopefully it will pay off in the next 2 -3 years before the "older" guys begin to fade.
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