He did not show up for practice and rumer is he has been released. more at 1:30 EDIT: Time to learn to spell sure=show pratice=practice
Jim Rome just mentioned this as reported by ESPN.com Says Parcells prefers a verteran QB. Testy is like 50! Good luck Cowboys fans. Anybody remember when Vinny was in Tampa and he was reportedly color blind? People had signs up with Tampa Bay orange colors and it would say "Vinny thinks this is yellow" I heard that from somewhere, a while back.
This would be huge and a sign that Henson is a lot further along than anyone suspected, because there's no way in hell the Cowboys are depending on Vinny to play 16 games.
Why not release Tony Romo instead? Dallas won 10 games with Q last year, and it doesn't make much sense to rely on an old washed up Testaverde to run the show.
Its major, something big, not talent or anything like that. The Cowboys anwser is "if theres anything you need to know you will hear it at 1:30" so we will have to wait
OMG! OXNARD, Calif. - Cowboys starting quarterback Quincy Carter is not at Wednesday's morning practice here at training camp in Oxnard, Calif., and witnesses say they saw him being driven out of the Residence Inn parking just before the start of practice. The club is not commenting on Carter's absence, but obviously will address the matter at head coach Bill Parcells' daily press conference, carried live on DallasCowboys.com at 11:30 (PDT).
A washed up Vinny Testaverde along with a washed up Eddie George in the backfield. I hear Tim Brown is about to get the axe from the Raiders.
I heard on the radio he failed a drug test for something and would be suspended for four games as a repeat offender. I'm not sure if that's true but that's what a person who covers the Cowboys said. I'm not sure if that's good or bad as we are only left with an aging veteran at qb. I wonder what the hell is going on and why Bill released him now? WTF? Edit: If Carter did fail a drug test for a banned substance, then he earns "Dumbass of the Year" award in my book. Bill probably found out and decided he didn't want someone like that on his team...especially if he's a repeat offender. Way to screw up the team and your job, Quincy! Tell us again how your the starter...you flipping moron.
As a Texan fan, I would like Carter to be the cowgirls qb, sad news for me. But Testi is a good backup.
If Quincy Carter is a drug abuser than he is also a big hypocrit as I have seen him profess being a strong Christian and staying away from all that.
Just listened to this on the way back from lunch with co-workers. A local radio station here tried to get an interview with Jerry Jones and his response apparently was that he'd address it at the press conference and that some stuff had to go through New York first. That's where they started speculating that it may be drug-related (if it had to go through NY before he could comment).
Wanna see something funny? Do a google search of "Quincy Carter" and look at the top 2 news headlines. What a difference a day makes!
Cowboys cut Carter after positive cocaine test Story Tools: Print Email FOXSports.com Posted: 8 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. According to an earlier broadcast report, Carter was AWOL from practice Wednesday morning, and the absence is not injury related and the Cowboys will be making an "official" statement regarding Carter after the conclusion of practice. But other broadcast reports have intimated that the Cowboys quarterback will be released, leaving Vinny Testaverde and Drew Henson to battle for the starting position. Micky Spagnola, the station's Cowboys beat reporter, compared the situation to that of Tony Banks three years ago where Banks was absent from practice and it was announced after practice that he had been cut. This move comes on the heels of unanimous opinions that Henson has been the best quarterback in camp thus far, which had to be at least mildly upseting to Carter, who started all 16 games for the Cowboys in 2003, leading them to a 10-6 record. In his first season as the full-time starter - after splitting time the first two seasons - Carter threw for 3,302 yards, but had 21 interceptions and 17 touchdowns. He was intercepted at least twice in six games. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
