A collection of articles and blog posts with the main focus being subject matter concerning Dallas Cowboys tight end Rico Gathers.
The long overdue headline “Rico Gathers cut from the Dallas Cowboys” has arrived with mixed reactions among Cowboys fans. Despite being a 6th round pick with limited football experience, fans were excited about the potential of the former basketball player to emerge as a mismatch in the passing game. It was worth a roll of the dice at that point in the draft but fast forward 3 years later and…
The Dallas Cowboys tight end need is considered by many to be the most pressing of the 2019 offseason. Losing Jason Witten to retirement had a huge impact on the offense last season and there is no clear cut #1 guy ready to fill that void. Despite that, the urgency toward upgrading the tight end position may be a tad overblown and here is why. The free agent pool of…
The Dallas Cowboys started off the 2018 season on the wrong foot with a loss on the road against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Cowboys defense played pretty well but Carolina had the upper hand on special teams and the Cowboys offense was just plain awful. Dak Prescott and co. did not even enter the opposing side of the field until the second half and showed very little spark…
The surprise retirement of Jason Witten had left the Cowboys stunned and unprepared heading into the offseason this year. For the first time in over a decade, #82 will not be the starter at TE for the Cowboys. If Witten’s retirement wasn’t devastating enough for the team his primary back up last year James Hanna also decided to hang up his cleats. Now the cast of characters remaining on…
Last year during the pre-season, Rico Gathers began to emerge as a legitimate playmaker at TE before a concussion cost him the entire season. It was a huge setback for a player that the Cowboys have invested a late round draft pick and kept on the roster hoping to develop him into a complete player who can catch and block. It has since been revealed in an article by Brandon…
What is happening with Rico Gathers? Last year the Cowboys took a chance and drafted the athletic former basketball player, who had not played football since junior high, because of his potential as an offensive weapon. This year we saw flashes of that potential in the preseason but a concussion suffered in practice has sidelined him indefinitely. Currently he is wasting away on IR with no indication of when or…