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Remember our 5th round pick Anthony Alabi OT from Texas Christian? Well I've heard from the cowboys fans that Bill Parcells was furious that they didn't take Alabi earlier because he believed Alabi would fall to their 6th round pick. The news was the Parcells had even gone to watch a bunch of his training sessions after seeing what potential he had on the field. From what I understand the Tuna thought he would have a smaller school sleeper on his hands but the Dolphins snatched him up in the 5th round. Actually it was Parcells who believed the most potential than any other Texas lineman he had seen that year. Good news for us. I just found that out when talking to the draft with my brother a cowboys fan who mentioned that there was alot of talk around their message boards that the tuna would take him in the draft.
 
I thought I remember that Houck was like the only pro coach that went down and saw him? Maybe I remembered that wrong. Either way, gald to have him here.
 
his draft card

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2005/draft/players/61669.html

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/alabi_anthony

http://sports.baltimoresun.com/default.asp?c=sunspot&page=nfl/misc/draft-alabi.htm

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...stories/042505dnsponfldraftgems.43d907e2.html

Fifth: Anthony Alabi, OT, Miami: After Alex Barron in the first round and Khalif Barnes in the second, Alabi may have been the most athletic tackle on the draft board. He started for three years at left tackle for TCU and was a two-time All-Conference USA pick.
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When you have Hudson Houck coaching your offensive line, you can get these "project" type players late in the draft and develop them into quality starters. Can you imagine how well we'll be able to use our cap money in other areas on the team if we have a quality starter at LT making 5th round money? Most teams are forced to spend big on their LTs because they don't have a coach who can develop project guys at that position, and that detracts from their ability to spend big on other areas of their team (QB, RB, WR, CB, etc.).
 
I heard that about Houck too. But who knows.

That is good news on Alabi. So many good linemen are picked up in the late rounds of a draft. Hopefully he can turn out for us.
 
newlownorder said:
Remember our 5th round pick Anthony Alabi OT from Texas Christian? Well I've heard from the cowboys fans that Bill Parcells was furious that they didn't take Alabi earlier because he believed Alabi would fall to their 6th round pick. The news was the Parcells had even gone to watch a bunch of his training sessions after seeing what potential he had on the field. From what I understand the Tuna thought he would have a smaller school sleeper on his hands but the Dolphins snatched him up in the 5th round. Actually it was Parcells who believed the most potential than any other Texas lineman he had seen that year. Good news for us. I just found that out when talking to the draft with my brother a cowboys fan who mentioned that there was alot of talk around their message boards that the tuna would take him in the draft.
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Well even though Parcells is not exactly the greatest draft guru out there, with Houck being such an O-line genious, the added news that Parcells wnated him also in the 6th round has to make to feel even more staisified in the pick....even if Parcells has been pretty much hit/miss in the draft.
 
I'm hoping Alabi gets some playing time this year. I think McIntosh has done better than last year when he was probably the worst starting LT in the league, but he is also clearly not the long-term answer there. If Alabi does pan out, that would be huge allowing the team to address other concerns in the offseason.
 
I think alabi will pan out but maybe it's going to be at guard but I am confident in him next year we also have wade smith that may improve Carey a 2 year vet hadnot playing better and Mac is improving we are close to being good...

Hudson has impressed the heck out of me thats for sure
 
newlownorder said:
Remember our 5th round pick Anthony Alabi OT from Texas Christian? Well I've heard from the cowboys fans that Bill Parcells was furious that they didn't take Alabi earlier because he believed Alabi would fall to their 6th round pick. The news was the Parcells had even gone to watch a bunch of his training sessions after seeing what potential he had on the field. From what I understand the Tuna thought he would have a smaller school sleeper on his hands but the Dolphins snatched him up in the 5th round. Actually it was Parcells who believed the most potential than any other Texas lineman he had seen that year. Good news for us. I just found that out when talking to the draft with my brother a cowboys fan who mentioned that there was alot of talk around their message boards that the tuna would take him in the draft.
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He did get Rob Petitti, who's saving immobile Bledsoe's butt from getting sacked and helped out their running game. He's their starting RT in his rookie year and anyone who can manage to keep Bledsoe upright against some pretty good DE's is pretty good. I was acutally hoping the Fins would pick him up during the draft. But Alabi's still good.
 
newlownorder said:
Remember our 5th round pick Anthony Alabi OT from Texas Christian? Well I've heard from the cowboys fans that Bill Parcells was furious that they didn't take Alabi earlier because he believed Alabi would fall to their 6th round pick. The news was the Parcells had even gone to watch a bunch of his training sessions after seeing what potential he had on the field. From what I understand the Tuna thought he would have a smaller school sleeper on his hands but the Dolphins snatched him up in the 5th round. Actually it was Parcells who believed the most potential than any other Texas lineman he had seen that year. Good news for us. I just found that out when talking to the draft with my brother a cowboys fan who mentioned that there was alot of talk around their message boards that the tuna would take him in the draft.
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Potential is a very scary word!

I hope that Saban & Parcells are right about Alabi...it would be nice to actually hit on a late round OL prospect.
 
I'm actually starting to feel good about the O lines performance. Their run blocking is starting to really improve and the sacks are WAY down from last year. I think with the guys we have now, a good off season free agent and decent draft and we're set. I'm not asking for the best line in football, but when you have two solid RB's and a good receiving corp. including McMichael and hopefully next year a good QB that can move out of the pocket, the line will be more then adequate.
 
Actually Pettiti is coming under a lot of fire in Big D for sucking lately.

I remember in the preseason Alabi was decent. Just decent. Didn't look special or anything, he looked like maybe a backup RT that had been in the league a while and was always graded out as a backup because he doesn't have that starters' dominance.

I think that's KIND of a good sign about him I guess, I would rather him look like that than look like Wade Smith or Taylor Whitley did at times. But he'll have to continue to develop and become a different player if he wants to be a dominant starter.
 
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