Matt Mosley of ESPN reports that Dallas Cowboys have cut Patrick Watkins, a defensive safety. Watkins had plenty of playing time last season, but has been ousted by newcomers Barry Church and Danny McCray, not to mention the much improved play of Alan Ball.
According to Mosley, Martellus Bennett broke the news on Twitter (big surprise), and voiced his own personal sadness at the parting of a friend.
The Bengals announced this week that wide receiver Antonio Bryant has been cut. Bryant was hailed as the better wide receiver free agent choice when speculation circled over Terrell Owens. But Bryant has been injured since before the acquisition and Cincinnati has decided that the T.O. experiment was worth trying after all.
The odd thing is, Bryant never even practiced with the team. He apparently saw some minicamp action, but never looked right. Apparently, his knee never healed from offseason surgery.
Last night the Rangers tried to stop the bleeding that has gushed forth lately in Camden Yards against the Orioles by sending out Ace Cliff Lee to follow up a mercurial performance by C.J. Wilson. The previous night Lewis performed at a personal best level in terms of strikeouts and completely shut down the Oriole’s bats and did his part to put an end to recent woes in Baltimore.
After dishing out a 30-3 epic shellacking still in recent memory at Baltimore, the Rangers have become endemic of late when in town, and cannot seem to put together what it takes to get consecutive wins and close out a series.
The Cowboys are home for a midweek preseason special against the Oakland Raiders Thursday night at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
While preseason games are generally meaningless, they have so far proven costly for the Cowboys, as TE John Phillips will be out for the season after tearing his ACL in the preseason opener Sunday night against the Bengals. Phillips was looking at an increased role as a bit of a Jason Witten starter kit, with his ability to catch and block from the line and in the backfield. Now those duties will go to Martellus Bennett, assuming he can get over his ankle injury.
While the Rangers have what casual fans are considering an insurmountable 7.5 lead in the win column in the West going down the stretch, I am not yet ready, to quote a famous former Dallas coach in another sport, ‘to apply the anointing oil’ to this team and usher them into the World Series. Until and only when the sacred division magic number is zero, I have many doubts.
