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Juniors Want to Make a Mint

January 5, 2006

While the Parcells Watch goes on in Dallas, the Vince Young Watch has begun in Austin. Will he pull a Matt Leinart and return for his senior season? If he really, really wants a Heisman Trophy the answer is yes. But what else does he have to prove after the last two Rose Bowls? Will his draft status go any higher than it is now? His hometown Texans own the top pick. Getting Young would be the biggest PR boost for a Houston team since the Oilers traded up to get fellow Longhorn legend Earl Campbell in 1978.

From a Cowboys’ perspective, decisions like Young’s will affect their April. The more talented juniors declare for the draft, the more options the Cowboys will have at pick 18.

The deadline for early entry is January 15th. Here is a list of juniors who are coming out.

And Some Seniors Want to Lose a Mint

LSU DE Claude Wroten was arrested yesterday on a drug possession charge. Wroten has been listed in several mock drafts as a first rounder. You wonder how much money this will cost him.

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Assistants Update

January 5, 2006

Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer will interview today for the Rams head coaching job.

Meanwhile, offensive coordinator Sean Payton had dinner with Saints’ GM Mickey Loomis in San Antonio last night. He will have a formal meeting with New Orlean’s brass next week, after interviewing in Green Bay.

The Saints have an unsettled QB position after benching Aaron Brooks late last year. They also have the second pick in the draft. I wonder if Loomis and Payton watched any of the Rose Bowl? If they did, I also wonder if Payton pointed to Vince Young and Matt Leinart and said, “I’ll come if you get me one of them?”

There is nothing to report on the Bill Parcells’ front, but then there has never been any hard news on him, just reckless speculation. How reckless? The Detroit News yesterday mentioned a new Parcells-to-Detroit report, though the paper did not specify where it originated. Lions’ GM Matt Millen was forced to reply, “I think the world of Bill Parcells — always have. But Bill Parcells, last time I checked, was under contract to the Dallas Cowboys. That’s where it stays.” Millen knows there are penalties for tampering and he wants to keep his team far away from any such charge.

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