Quincy Carter to be Cut by the Cowboys

ESPN ^ | 4Aug04 | ESPN.COM

[AgentEcho]

Quarterback Quincy Carter will be released from the Dallas Cowboys, ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli has learned, and an official announcement is expected this afternoon.

Carter, a four-year veteran out of Georgia, did not practice with the team Wednesday.

There was no immediate word as to why the Cowboys planned to cut Carter.

Carter, 26, started all 16 games last season, when the Cowboys went 10-6 and got back in the playoffs in head coach Bill Parcells' first year with the club.

[AgentEcho]

I'm a Texans fan so I couldn't care less but I know there are Cowboy Freepers out there. I won't hold it against you.

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[KJacob]

I'm a Texans fan

What were you before that? Please do not say you were an Oilers fan.

[TXBSAFH]

I'm a Patroits fan. And frankly the cowboys are all hat and no cattle.

[No Blue States]

Excellent news, Just heard it on the radio.

He threw too many interceptions.

[perez24]

But I thought I heard Parcells say on the NFL Network that Carter was the front-runner!!!!

[asgardshill]

Already posted here.

[No Blue States]

I heard specualtion Carter didnt pass the piss test.

[No Blue States]

thanks, going there.

[AgentEcho]

To be honest I was an Oiler fan (NOT A BUD ADAMS FAN) until they moved to Tennessee. In the interim I rooted for whoever was playing against Dallas.

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[Sans-Culotte]

I was an Oilers fan until THE CHOKE. After that, I swore I'd never support that team, in any incarnation again. Even a Super Bowl win would not have redeemed them after THE CHOKE.

I've been a Dallas fan ever since (though after 9-11-01, sports seem unimportant now). Dunno what I think about this Carter thing. I thought he had a good arm, but maybe not good "quarterback vision" In any case, he was not going to be the next Meredith or Staubach or Aikman.

[SeeNoEvil]

Anything bad for a ex-UGA player is good for me.

[ZGuy]

Yup - positive for cocaine

[VRWCmember]

I was an Oilers fan until THE CHOKE.

Was that the 2nd half meltdown against the Bills in the AFC Championship game? In the Super Bowl that year as the Cowboys were coming back onto the field for the second half one of the reporters asked Jimmy Johnson about the Bills coming back from the big Oiler halftime lead just two weeks earlier, and Johnson just smiled and replied "We ain't the Oilers!"

[Recovering_Democrat]

Parcells is obviously against a succesful black QB.<\sarcasm>

[PaulaB]

I agree....this is good news for Dallas ......I was waiting for the Tuna to cut the weight..give us Vinny...win or go home!!!!!!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Fox Sports reporting Carter tested positive for cocaine. How stupid can a person be, throwing away a starting position, career, etc., this way?

[Sans-Culotte]

Yep-the Bill AFC Championship game was THE CHOKE (Oilers blow a 35-3 3rd quarter lead). This was the year after a playoff game in Denver where the Oilers led 21-0 at the half and found a way to lose that one, too. I remember that statement by Johnson during the Super Bowl and I always admired him for it.

I think after the fallout of THE CHOKE, quarterback Warren Moon was quoted as saying something like "We don't have anything to be ashamed of. We've been in the playoffs the last 7 years". Typical "loser" comments.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Cowboys cut Carter after positive cocaine test
/ FOXSports.com
Posted: 5 minutes ago

Quarterback Quincy Carter is expected to be released by the Dallas Cowboys Wednesday after testing positive for cocaine, league sources told FOX NFL Sunday insider John Czarnecki.

Club owner Jerry Jones confirmed that Carter has been released. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells is expected to hold a regularly scheduled news conference at 11:30 a.m. PT Wednesday at the team's training camp headquarters in Oxnard, Ca.
Carter entered the league in the NFL substance abuse program and this is his second positive test, which by NFL rules would warrant a four-game fine — not a suspension.


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Carter's agent, Eugene Parker, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Carter, who started all 16 games last season, came to camp expecting to be the starter again. The other quarterbacks in camp are 40-year-old Vinny Testaverde, who is reuniting with Parcells, rookie Drew Henson and unproven second-year player Tony Romo.

The Cowboys drafted Carter in the second round out of Georgia in 2001. He was named the starter to replace Troy Aikman during his first training camp, but he struggled and only started the first eight games. He went 3-5, completing 90 of 176 passes for 1072 yards, five TDs and seven interceptions.

The next year he was the starter out of camp again, leading Dallas to a 3-4 record before losing the job to Chad Hutchinson.

Last season, the Cowboys went 10-6 with Carter starting and got back in the playoffs in Parcells' first year in Dallas. He threw for 3,302 yards, but had 21 interceptions and 17 touchdowns. He was intercepted at least twice in six games.

This move comes on the heels of reviews claiming that Henson has been the best quarterback in camp thus far.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[No Blue States]

"...win or go home!!!!!!"

I love your attitude! Give me Super bowls or give me death. hehe

Ok, less interceptions than TDs will do for now.