AOA Cut - Chapas called up

[GloryDaysRBack]

Filed 2 @ESPNDallas - Cowboys will call up Shaun Chapas from practice squad w/ Tony Fiammetta's uncertain. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah will b cut.

- todd archer

 

[dbair1967]

AOA, we hardly knew ye.

Go Dawgs! Hopefully Chapas shows well now.

He was a very solid player at Georgia. Good blocker there and very good receiver out of the backfield.

 

[Rock Slamdance]

I had super high hopes for AOA when we drafted him. Oh well.

Chapas better show something.

 

[Jon88]

Hope he's learned something on the sidelines. We need a good FB until Fiammetta gets over this Hepatitus C.

 

[Jon88]

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/...k-shaun-chapas


IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys are not sure when or if Tony Fiammetta will play again this season but they have made a contingency plan.

According to sources, the Cowboys will sign rookie fullback Shaun Chapas from the practice squad and cut return man Akwasi Owusu-Ansah to make room on the 53-man roster.

Chapas was one of the Cowboys' two seventh-round picks in April. He had two carries for five yards and two catches for 20 yards in the preseason before he was released.

He has spent the entire season on the practice squad.

Fiammetta has missed the last two games with an undisclosed illness that cropped up following the Cowboys' win against Buffalo. He has undergone a series of tests to determine his ailment over the last few weeks.

Fiammetta has played a big part in the Cowboys' running game. With him, the Cowboys average 145.8 yards a game on the ground and 5.6 yards per carry. Without him, they have averaged 85.6 yards and 3.2 per carry.

The Cowboys have used their tight ends, mostly John Phillips, as the lead blocker in Fiammetta's absence. Chapas, who can also contribute on special teams, has the more natural feel for the position even if he lacks NFL game experience. He started 22 of 49 games at Georgia and finished with 40 carries for 155 yards and three touchdowns, while catching 26 passes for 221 yards and four touchdowns.

Owusu-Ansah, who averaged 7.8 yards per punt return and 18.7 yards on kickoffs, is eligible for the practice squad if he clears waivers.

 

[UVAwahoos]

I'm sure AOA will be signed to the practice squad and be developed there. He has potential at least.

 

[Jon88]

I'm sure AOA will be signed to the practice squad and be developed there. He has potential at least.

I think he's done. They've given him every chance they could think of and he just can't do it.

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

Chapas is a slow turd but he better not miss a block like the previous FB before Fiammetta..

 

[dbair1967]

I'm sure AOA will be signed to the practice squad and be developed there. He has potential at least.

Potential for what?

 

[UVAwahoos]

He's coming from a D-II school, off the IR, and with no off season to train. I think he deserves a chance to work his way up the practice squad considering that he's only 23, and we certainly are not set at any potential positions he could play.

 

[Midswat]

Like Rock, I was also a fan of the AOA pick. I'd obviously never seen him play or anything, but I read a few small school sleeper articles, and he had glowing reports on a few of them, and one even made him the focal point of the article.

You know how those articles go.... they can make Alan Ball sound like Rod Woodson.

Anyway, I liked his size/speed combo, and thought he'd develop as a safety, but would be a decent returner in the meantime.

Yeah... not so much. When they moved him to WR this off season, you saw the writing on the wall for him.

 

[carphalen5150]

AOA had his chance last year. The whole Div II thing is not a valid reason for him struggling, particularly in the return game. I know he was drafted as a project CB/S, but I think the bigger picture was as a returner and he was just not very good. That is instinctive and should translate anywhere. I was excited about him, but he just was not good enough.

 

[Theebs]

Phillip tanner now has a hamstring injury apparently. The cowboys signed chauncey washington to the practice squad.

 

[Midswat]

We need to hire a new hamstring coach.

This is ridiculous.

 

[cmd34]

Not that AOA was lighting the world on fire but who returns kicks now? Ogletree was/is awful.

 

[Rock Slamdance]

Felix

 

[Midswat]

Not that AOA was lighting the world on fire but who returns kicks now? Ogletree was/is awful.

Felix Jones.

He's a dynamic kick returner. Or at least he has the most potential of all our possible returners.

 

[dbair1967]

Not that AOA was lighting the world on fire but who returns kicks now? Ogletree was/is awful.

What do you think AOA was?

 

[cmd34]

What do you think AOA was?

less awful?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Felix Jones.

He's a dynamic kick returner. Or at least he has the most potential of all our possible returners.

Potentially, and that's been the saga of Felix Jones.