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Keith Davis Agrees To Terms With Dolphins

            It looks like Keith Davis is moving on, and to where else, Miami.

            Davis appears to be the next in line headed from the Cowboys to the Dolphins, who have reportedly agreed to terms with the free agent safety.

            Davis visited in Miami on Monday and apparently it didn’t take long for him to be convinced.

            And why not, he probably knows just as many coaches on Miami’s staff as he does with the Cowboys, not to mention Bill Parcells, the Dolphins’ vice president of football operations.

            Davis spent five years with the Cowboys, joining the team in 2002 as a rookie free agent. He has been the team’s best special teams player the last four seasons, even serving as the special teams captain last year.

            On Monday in Arlington, Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones didn’t sound as if the club had intentions of paying big bucks to Davis, who is viewed as a role player, more than a potential starter.  

            “(Special teams) is where we predominantly see his value,” Jones said of Davis. “We’ve got some good young safeties coming up, too. Courtney Brown and Pat Watkins are guys that have gotten better. I think they’ll continue to get better.”

            Davis would become the second former Cowboys player to join the Dolphins in the last week, along with Jason Ferguson, who was traded for two sixth-round draft picks. Miami has also signed Sean Ryan, Joey Thomas, Trey Darilek and Matt Baker since the coaching regime of Tony Sparano, Paul Pasqualoni, Kacy Rodgers and Todd Bowles took over.

            Davis would become the third Cowboys unrestricted free agent to sign with another club, joining Julius Jones (Seattle) and Jacques Reeves (Houston).

--- Nick Eatman

Comments

 

steve-y4 said:

Oh well, he was never starting material here anyways!

March 11, 2008 11:58 AM
 

DC Football #82 said:

This isn't really surprising.. is it?

March 11, 2008 12:00 PM
 

wingchuncowboy said:

You know what? Good- Bye and good riddens! He was supposed to develop his skills at safety in the time we had 'em and he didn't. Plus- our special teams were giving up so many yards on kick-offs that I guess he wasn't doing that great on specialty teams either. Good! -Move over and give a young guy a try!

March 11, 2008 12:03 PM
 

hayseed said:

Our draft is now going to be looking for special team help.

March 11, 2008 12:21 PM
 

Bluebeard said:

Good player, but not worth starting Money. He should start for the Fins though, seeing as how the coaching staff is familiar with him. Good Luck!

March 11, 2008 12:28 PM
 

arync said:

I'm glad Davis signed with the Dolphins and the rest of the unrestricted guys also found  other places to play, because the only way the draft picks make the team is for these guys to walk to open up roster spots

March 11, 2008 12:49 PM
 

Coach said:

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones says the team has focused on keeping its own players because "Wilted Flowere feel like our resources are better spent keeping those young players than going out and overpaying for what at best is a good player on the market."

What gives? I guess davis wasn't really one of "its own players"???

March 11, 2008 1:00 PM
 

tremely2 said:

I have been very interested in seeing what players like Courtney Brown, Pat Watkins, and Aaron Ball can do.  With Davis and Reeves leaving, we have a better chance to do just that!

March 11, 2008 1:10 PM
 

epboyfan said:

All I can say is good luck Keith. Now lets see what the young guys can do.

March 11, 2008 1:12 PM
 

GreazyCowBoy said:

Dam bro ill see ya!!

I'm happy he got the opportunity. I would have rather lost Roy. If his contract wasn't so big that would have happened. Keith can cover better than roy

March 11, 2008 1:42 PM
 

smitty0209 said:

I agree with Greazy, I would rather have seeen Roy W go but this gives the young guys a chance.........We can't pay starter money for a special teams guy!!!

March 11, 2008 2:12 PM
 

D-fense4life said:

right  gotta  have  faith in the  coaching staff hate to  see  him  go,  wish him the  best..Dang i  hope  Bill  dont try putting  stars  on the dolphins helmet lol!!! Prolly  be a picture of   a  dolphing  jumping thru a  star..lol Koo  I  guess long as he  dont  chamge the  color  to the  silver n blue..

March 11, 2008 2:13 PM
 

D-fense4life said:

HEY! Is Bill gonna  use the new  staduim were  building  for there  home  games  too? lol

March 11, 2008 2:18 PM
 

christoefur said:

it about time. Now i can just wait for them to get rid of Nate Jones and then i wont have to watch them play them sorry players. Thanks to those two player the cowboys defense has suffered real bad. Also someone would not notice by his stats but Anthony Henry is horribly slow and gets burned so easily by slow receivers which means we really need a corner. If it was my choice i would get 2 corners with the first 2 draft choices.

Also GreazyCowBoy Roy is so much better than Keith Davis in speed and covering considering that Roy has interception and Keith does not. Why do you think the cowboys did not waste there time even offering him a deal because he is not worth their time.

March 11, 2008 2:19 PM
 

D-fense4life said:

Nah have  to   disagree with ya on that one chris, Davis  was  good at what he   did   and if ya think  bout it  he  didnt  get near the playing time that  Roy  got. Roy  had a  BAD year. Although i think he prolly had  something  going on and  Really  expect  him to pick it  back  up this  season. I mean lets  be  honest Roy   couldnt  have  covered  his  momma  with a  blanket this  past season!

March 11, 2008 2:26 PM
 

bocaj327 said:

hayseed  said:

Our draft is now going to be looking for special team help.

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Thats why i couldn't care less that Davis is leaving. You don't want to look for special teams players to add to your team. You want to have competent  back-ups who can cover kick offs and punts. Every special teams player should be better at a position on defense or offense than he is on ST. Davis can not do anything other than ST in this league. He certainly isnt a free safety, and Boobs should have already known that, every other team in the league does. Who else was trying to sign Davis? Davis is gonna be in the same situation he was in here. ST captain. Every college player at the D-1 level can play ST, to the extent davis did.

March 11, 2008 4:06 PM
 

rmuth25 said:

shocker.  I could have told you the day parcells got hired Keith Davis's next job was in Miami

March 11, 2008 5:28 PM
 

Gregory jones said:

we  should be Ok on special teams with all the young Corners and safties.

March 11, 2008 5:38 PM
 

cowboystopfan said:

Keith was not starter potential, but I really enjoyed his enthusiasm. He laid on some great special teams hits while he was here. Sure our special teams were pretty sloppy, but Davis was always involved in the tackle.

March 11, 2008 5:55 PM
 

CowboyFan4Life said:

What are yall talking about Good Bye and Good Riddens. He was our best special teams player, and special teams is a big part of the game here people, he will be missed you watch.

March 11, 2008 6:30 PM
 

jeeprs69 said:

For the kind of money he made- He should have at least cracked the rotation. He only did that when we were forced to play him. Yes he's a good ST player. So was Bill Bates. But BB did more than just STeams. Now we need to get rid of some of the other ones Poorsmells brought in and we'll shake that 1 and out thing they have going.

March 11, 2008 7:37 PM
 

5rings1star said:

YEA BUENA SUERTE for shot twice K Davis!!! Birds of a feather, I Say............ and let me predict that Roy Williams will not be a cowboy by the kickoff of the first game. he is trade bait after it seems he has lost his ablility to hit with his head(noticed it in the last two years) Coach Wade said "that roy has such strong hands" well let us count the times he pulled the ball from the carrier. or punched the ball out from behind.....well i bet they do not even come to half of the times he pulled someone from behind and put them out for the season,,, maybe  for thier life of football. Lets move on without this sooner then later(yes some pud intended) How about Marcus Griffen from Texas. How about Jamal Charles from Texas, oh he is an running back,,,,,,,,,that we do not have to bargain for.

March 12, 2008 9:39 AM
 

Boogie said:

To bad we lost Keith, he was a great ST player.  Maybe we can geta SS in the draft to push Roy Williams to be a better player next season.

March 12, 2008 5:47 PM
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