slats Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Apparently Donnie has some personal/family issues that he's working out, so I wish him the best. Word is that his personal issue is the fact that he's pussy-whipped. His wife didn't like NY and wanted to move herself and the kids back to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Apparently Donnie has some personal/family issues that he's working out, so I wish him the best. Word is that his personal issue is the fact that he's pussy-whipped. His wife didn't like NY and wanted to move herself and the kids back to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Word is that his personal issue is the fact that he's pu$$y-whipped. His wife didn't like NY and wanted to move herself and the kids back to Florida. Where do p-whipped cornerbacks normally go to play? Oh that's right, Minnesota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Word is that his personal issue is the fact that he's pu$$y-whipped. His wife didn't like NY and wanted to move herself and the kids back to Florida. Where do p-whipped cornerbacks normally go to play? Oh that's right, Minnesota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Good. A younger, taller, stronger, yet unexpierenced guy in Pete Hunter. I'd rather have Law then Hunter but then again I'd rather have Law or Hunter over Donnie Abraham so I see this as an UPGRADE. Good job, now if Law's asking price goes down, sign him up as well! A 6th round pick for Hunter, psh, take that anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Good. A younger, taller, stronger, yet unexpierenced guy in Pete Hunter. I'd rather have Law then Hunter but then again I'd rather have Law or Hunter over Donnie Abraham so I see this as an UPGRADE. Good job, now if Law's asking price goes down, sign him up as well! A 6th round pick for Hunter, psh, take that anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Jets & Ham Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 PETE That's the nickname, baby ... BIG GAME HUNTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Jets & Ham Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 PETE That's the nickname, baby ... BIG GAME HUNTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I don't have a link for this article, it was posted in another forum. Not exactly heartwarming. IRVING, Texas - The hidden gem maybe was fool's gold. The pearl never emerged from the oyster shell. The diamond remained in the rough. However you want to cut it, so comes to a close the three-year stay of Ralph "Pete" Hunter with the Dallas Cowboys, one which began with so much hope and promise but ends rather abruptly in exasperation. On both sides. Hunter had his chances. But both essentially were wiped out by injury. The Cowboys, they couldn't wait - nor hope - any longer. Shame on them if they had not thoroughly addressed their right cornerback issue this off-season. They had to do something tangible if this once proud defense gone awry was to be rejuvenated, so they spent $11 million in bonuses to sign veteran free agents Anthony Henry and Aaron Glenn this off-season. That, along with spending a first-round pick on a corner in 2003 and needing to see what they've got in four second-year corners, made Hunter expendable. The fourth-year cornerback was dealt to the New York Jets on Thursday for a conditional draft choice. That pick might be a fifth in 2006 if Hunter turns into a player this year, which would mean the Cowboys would have recouped their initial 2002 investment. If not, then they will receive a conciliatory sixth in 2007. Nothing earth shattering, but as one NFL scout told me, "If they get anything for him, it's a steal." But it's not the heist the Cowboys thought they had when they plucked this athletic safety out of Virginia Union with a fifth-round pick in 2002, the 168th selection in the draft. OK, he had only played Division II ball, but Hunter was 6-3, nearly 200 pounds. The Cowboys saw a potential corner. The secondary coach at the time, Clancy Pendergast, now the defensive coordinator in Arizona, saw a slot guy on the nickel - someone athletic enough to cover, but big enough to be physical just in case teams tried running out of a three-receiver set. Maybe the Cowboys should have been satisfied with Hunter becoming all he could be instead of asking him - desperately needing him - to become more than a slot guy. Because that is how Hunter initially busted out of special teams duty his rookie year, jumping into the slot in the 11th game of the season after Darren Woodson went down with that torn abdominal tendon in need of surgery. He performed well enough in those final six games to be considered the front-runner for the slot job in 2003 when new head coach Bill Parcells decided Woody, at age 34, didn't need to be going man against some of the league's top receivers on third down. The gem was emerging. But a month before the opener, on the game-opening kickoff of the first preseason game, Hunter breaks his forearm making the tackle against Arizona. He missed valuable time, but managed to get back into practice the week of the season opener. One problem. One huge problem. He lined up in the slot that day against Atlanta wearing a plastic cast to protect his left forearm. He essentially was a one-armed man. He played with no confidence that first month of the season, and really not as physical as Parcells anticipated for good reason. Hunter eventually would lose that job until the Cowboys released Derek Ross before Game 11. Hunter would play with renewed confidence upon his return to the nickel. He would have a big game against Washington the next week, intercepting a pass, recovering a muffed punt and contributing in holding the Skins receivers to four catches for 29 yards. The oyster was opening. Deciding against re-signing three-year starter Mario Edwards or paying a $10 million signing bonus for a free-agent corner, the Cowboys penciled in Hunter as the 2004 starting right corner heading into training camp. He wasn't great in camp, but he managed to win the all-comers meet for the starting job. Some might say by default. He lasted two games and barely a quarter before his - and the Cowboys' - next bad break. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the first quarter of Game 3 (Washington). The rough would become rougher. And even rougher than that when not only did the rehabbing Hunter balk at Parcells' suggestion of moving to safety, but his agent began talking trade and floating rumors the Cowboys were trying to trade Hunter after acquiring Henry and Glenn. Now Hunter would say all the right things in the late-May mini-camp, but his enthusiasm was not there. He was moping, and when the Cowboys discovered the Jets now needed a cornerback since veteran Donnie Abraham has decided to retire, they said we just might have the guy you're looking for: Hunter. Now he could have a chance. The Jets have David Barrett on one side and a black hole on the other. Combine Abraham's decision with Ray Mickens trying to return from injury and deciding not to re-sign Terrell Buckley, and maybe Hunter has been granted his wish to compete for a starting job. Maybe. Word is, the Jets now are getting interested in Ty Law, who still is floating around looking for a pot at the end of a rainbow that is yet to appear. Even if the Jets sign Law, Hunter at least will have a new lease on his NFL career and a good chance to become the Jets' third corner. As for the Cowboys, they now become even bigger Hunter fans, hoping he meets the conditions for them to grab the Jets' fifth-rounder in 2006. If not, they at least get a sixth for their three years of work with Hunter. Also, don't get overly worked up bemoaning Hunter's initial resistance at moving to safety. While he looked the part, personally, me, not sure he had the instincts to play the part. Too mechanical, and that was the problem with the safeties A.W. (After Woodson) last year. So don't even bother telling me about college and his 11 interceptions his senior season. That was Division II, OK? If Hunter is going to succeed in the NFL, it will be as a slot guy on the nickel defense. And with Glenn now onboard, and those four second-year corners, no way the Cowboys were going to pay the $656,000 on a fourth-year maybe when they were offered a bird in hand. Because after all, and partly because of his bad breaks the past two seasons, this hidden gem still was out of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I don't have a link for this article, it was posted in another forum. Not exactly heartwarming. IRVING, Texas - The hidden gem maybe was fool's gold. The pearl never emerged from the oyster shell. The diamond remained in the rough. However you want to cut it, so comes to a close the three-year stay of Ralph "Pete" Hunter with the Dallas Cowboys, one which began with so much hope and promise but ends rather abruptly in exasperation. On both sides. Hunter had his chances. But both essentially were wiped out by injury. The Cowboys, they couldn't wait - nor hope - any longer. Shame on them if they had not thoroughly addressed their right cornerback issue this off-season. They had to do something tangible if this once proud defense gone awry was to be rejuvenated, so they spent $11 million in bonuses to sign veteran free agents Anthony Henry and Aaron Glenn this off-season. That, along with spending a first-round pick on a corner in 2003 and needing to see what they've got in four second-year corners, made Hunter expendable. The fourth-year cornerback was dealt to the New York Jets on Thursday for a conditional draft choice. That pick might be a fifth in 2006 if Hunter turns into a player this year, which would mean the Cowboys would have recouped their initial 2002 investment. If not, then they will receive a conciliatory sixth in 2007. Nothing earth shattering, but as one NFL scout told me, "If they get anything for him, it's a steal." But it's not the heist the Cowboys thought they had when they plucked this athletic safety out of Virginia Union with a fifth-round pick in 2002, the 168th selection in the draft. OK, he had only played Division II ball, but Hunter was 6-3, nearly 200 pounds. The Cowboys saw a potential corner. The secondary coach at the time, Clancy Pendergast, now the defensive coordinator in Arizona, saw a slot guy on the nickel - someone athletic enough to cover, but big enough to be physical just in case teams tried running out of a three-receiver set. Maybe the Cowboys should have been satisfied with Hunter becoming all he could be instead of asking him - desperately needing him - to become more than a slot guy. Because that is how Hunter initially busted out of special teams duty his rookie year, jumping into the slot in the 11th game of the season after Darren Woodson went down with that torn abdominal tendon in need of surgery. He performed well enough in those final six games to be considered the front-runner for the slot job in 2003 when new head coach Bill Parcells decided Woody, at age 34, didn't need to be going man against some of the league's top receivers on third down. The gem was emerging. But a month before the opener, on the game-opening kickoff of the first preseason game, Hunter breaks his forearm making the tackle against Arizona. He missed valuable time, but managed to get back into practice the week of the season opener. One problem. One huge problem. He lined up in the slot that day against Atlanta wearing a plastic cast to protect his left forearm. He essentially was a one-armed man. He played with no confidence that first month of the season, and really not as physical as Parcells anticipated for good reason. Hunter eventually would lose that job until the Cowboys released Derek Ross before Game 11. Hunter would play with renewed confidence upon his return to the nickel. He would have a big game against Washington the next week, intercepting a pass, recovering a muffed punt and contributing in holding the Skins receivers to four catches for 29 yards. The oyster was opening. Deciding against re-signing three-year starter Mario Edwards or paying a $10 million signing bonus for a free-agent corner, the Cowboys penciled in Hunter as the 2004 starting right corner heading into training camp. He wasn't great in camp, but he managed to win the all-comers meet for the starting job. Some might say by default. He lasted two games and barely a quarter before his - and the Cowboys' - next bad break. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the first quarter of Game 3 (Washington). The rough would become rougher. And even rougher than that when not only did the rehabbing Hunter balk at Parcells' suggestion of moving to safety, but his agent began talking trade and floating rumors the Cowboys were trying to trade Hunter after acquiring Henry and Glenn. Now Hunter would say all the right things in the late-May mini-camp, but his enthusiasm was not there. He was moping, and when the Cowboys discovered the Jets now needed a cornerback since veteran Donnie Abraham has decided to retire, they said we just might have the guy you're looking for: Hunter. Now he could have a chance. The Jets have David Barrett on one side and a black hole on the other. Combine Abraham's decision with Ray Mickens trying to return from injury and deciding not to re-sign Terrell Buckley, and maybe Hunter has been granted his wish to compete for a starting job. Maybe. Word is, the Jets now are getting interested in Ty Law, who still is floating around looking for a pot at the end of a rainbow that is yet to appear. Even if the Jets sign Law, Hunter at least will have a new lease on his NFL career and a good chance to become the Jets' third corner. As for the Cowboys, they now become even bigger Hunter fans, hoping he meets the conditions for them to grab the Jets' fifth-rounder in 2006. If not, they at least get a sixth for their three years of work with Hunter. Also, don't get overly worked up bemoaning Hunter's initial resistance at moving to safety. While he looked the part, personally, me, not sure he had the instincts to play the part. Too mechanical, and that was the problem with the safeties A.W. (After Woodson) last year. So don't even bother telling me about college and his 11 interceptions his senior season. That was Division II, OK? If Hunter is going to succeed in the NFL, it will be as a slot guy on the nickel defense. And with Glenn now onboard, and those four second-year corners, no way the Cowboys were going to pay the $656,000 on a fourth-year maybe when they were offered a bird in hand. Because after all, and partly because of his bad breaks the past two seasons, this hidden gem still was out of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Slats: That article lost all credibility when they mentioned something about the Jets not resigning Buckley and starting job in the same sentence. Those 2 events were never related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Slats: That article lost all credibility when they mentioned something about the Jets not resigning Buckley and starting job in the same sentence. Those 2 events were never related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Where do p-whipped cornerbacks normally go to play? Oh that's right, Minnesota. bada-bing LOL purse carrying CB's go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Where do p-whipped cornerbacks normally go to play? Oh that's right, Minnesota. bada-bing LOL purse carrying CB's go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShane Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Since when do teams put big physical corners on tiny, quick slot receivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShane Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Since when do teams put big physical corners on tiny, quick slot receivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston Howley III Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Terrific, Pete Hunter and John McGraw can take turns putting band-aids on each others finger and pulling splinters out of each others @ss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston Howley III Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Terrific, Pete Hunter and John McGraw can take turns putting band-aids on each others finger and pulling splinters out of each others @ss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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