The Landry Hat (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter is trying real hard to become the hard-hitting impact player you expect out of a first-round draft pick. To date, he has not impressed anyone. But this year, those who have had inside looks of him at camp say he is pushing hard and looking good. He is pushing so hard [...]
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
I finished watching the Texans game and have my notes together for the film review but I wanted to take a closer look at one player first. Immediately after the game I thought that Bobby Carpenter hadn’t play well, I termed it a disappointment. Afterwards, Wade Phillips praised Carpenter’s play especially in the first half. So I thought I better go back and look more closely and see what I missed...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
With no Kevin Burnett today: Starting linebackers Bradie James and Zach Thomas worked in the dime role during today's practice, as did Bobby Carpenter, who has worked behind Burnett during camp. My guess is that we’ll see Justin Rogers back inside a lot more for this upcoming game. And what’s with behind Burnett during camp . I’m sorry, but there are two linebackers in the middle, and through most...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Let's be honest. A first round draft pick, coveted out of college and yet has just 37 tackles in two years, mostly on special teams. It looks doubtful that he will start a game this year either and will receive limited playing time yet again. It is very easy to think of Bobby Carpenter as a bust. I have been hesitant to do so and have held the opinion that he has yet to really be given a chance to...
The Landry Hat (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Bobby Carpenter was well aware that his name swirled around in trade rumors this offseason. The first round pick in 2006 has yet to shine in the NFL. But so far this year, he is impressing the coaches in training camp. Here is one story on Carp. Wade Phillips has noticed the improvement and believes Carpenter has [...]
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
It’s Friday afternoon and there isn’t much going on. Here are a few article for your reading pleasure. Forgotten running back Alonzo Coleman is trying to get noticed. Bobby Carpenter has had some good practices recently and he hopes it translates into some serious playing time on defense. The Cowboys will be selling mementos from Texas Stadium once the season is over. The DMN blog has player rankings...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
JJT is back with a new column in the DMN today. After dispatching the question of Hard Knocks being a distraction with a resounding "no", he does some Q&A. One question was about Bobby Carpenter. Can you actually grade Carpenter as a player even though he’s been shuttled between various positions and has seen very little playing time on defense? It's a tricky question because you can look at it two...
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Filed under: Cowboys , Dolphins , Dallas , Miami When he was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Bill Parcells made the call to pick Ohio State linebacker Bobby Carpenter in the first round of the 2006 draft. Parcells loved Carpenter and viewed him as the typical "Parcells guy," just as Carpenter's father, former New York Giants fullback Rob Carpenter, had been a generation before. However, not...
The Landry Hat (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
The Miami Dolphins didn't want Akin Ayodele. They wanted Bobby Carpenter. That tidbit is according to this story. As if Miami hasn't raped our staff and players enough, they wanted to get Carpenter, a former first-round pick, and second-round pick Anthony Fasano for just a fourth-round pick? Let's hope that wasn't the case. But [...]
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
After changing from outside linebacker to inside and back again over his first two years in the NFL, Bobby Carpenter is moving again , this time to compete with Zach Thomas for the other inside linebacker spot. "I think it's an opportunity to play," said Carpenter, who will be competing with 35-year-old veteran Zach Thomas for the starting "Mo" inside backer spot vacated by the trade of two-year starter...
The Landry Hat (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Bobby Carpenter is proof that not all first-round picks become stars in the NFL. The former Ohio State Buckeye linebacker was supposed to be a crushing force to opposing running backs. He’s been a huge disappointment for Dallas Cowboys fans, and I am sure the Cowboys brass. Maybe he’ll do better with a different team, [...]
Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Fresh from her trip to Kuwait , Jessica Simpson traded in her army fatigues for a LBD to attend a wedding with Tony Romo over the weekend. Tony looks like he was really enjoying the festivities, but we can't blame him since the groom was his Cowboys teammate Bobby Carpenter. It's pretty endearing to see Jess taking a break from the Hollywood lifestyle to play down-to-earth girlfriend to Tony in Ohio,...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
We are drawing this conclusion (perhaps foolishly) because Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson attended the wedding of Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter (pictured) this weekend, according to x-17. And that's all we’ve got. Nothing in the papers or on any blogs (that we could find). We’re guessing guys like Brady Quinn and Terrell Owens and Marion Barber [...]
X17 Online (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Well, not quite - Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo heard wedding bells over the weekend, but they were ringing out for someone else! The couple secretly snuck up to Columbus, Ohio over the weekend for the wedding of Bobby Carpenter, one of Tony's Cowboy teammates. One of our spies managed to crash the reception - and caught Tony and Jessica unwinding on the couch together! Unfortunately, our source claims...
OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
The Cowboys are selling Zach Thomas jerseys with his number 54 on them, despite that number beloning to 2006 #1 draft pick Bobby Carpenter, Clarence Hill reports. The Dallas Cowboys’ merchandising department is already on the Zach Thomas bandwagon, as are many Cowboys fans. But last week’s signing of the former Dolphins and Texas Tech [...]
