Clay_Allison
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There's only 4 of them and 8 divisions, which is way too many. If there were 4 divisions and 8 wild cards I wouldn't care since the champions would be all but guaranteed to be good teams.
Potential rule changes and owner meetings
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Smitty
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Good to hear.
Clay_Allison
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I didn't know he was that active in the union. No wonder he has trouble keeping a job despite being a solid RT that has never missed a game due to injury.
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Cowboys owners meetings primer
March, 24, 2014
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones lead the Dallas Cowboys' executives to the annual NFL owners meetings that start Monday morning.
Coach Jason Garrett is also present to take part in the mandatory news briefings with reporters. Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones are also expected to speak with the media during the meetings.
Some things to look for this week:
The competition committee: Stephen Jones is a member of the competition committee and the Cowboys, along with the rest of the teams, will vote on several potential new rules changes including expanding the game-day rosters on Thursday and Saturday games, moving kickoffs to the 40 and potentially extending the goal posts. The kickoff change is aimed at improving player safety, but it's a tough rule for the Cowboys considering Dwayne Harris averaged 30.6 yards per return. If the point-after-attempts go farther back, it might not affect the Cowboys much. Kicker Dan Bailey was six-of-seven from between 40-47 yards in 2013.
Agents: Several player agents attend the owners meetings and the Cowboys could begin the process of extending the contracts of Pro Bowl wide receiver Dez Bryant and Tyron Smith. The team has most likely had internal discussions about what the market would dictate for each player. The Cowboys want to take care of each player long-term and have good relationships with each players' agent. Also, David Dunn, the agent for Garrett, normally is a visitor at the meetings. Garrett is in the last year of his contract and it will be interesting to see if he tries to get the Cowboys discuss extending Garrett's contract.
What is Jerry going to say?: The last time Jerry Jones spoke with reporters, it was a two-hour chat at the combine. Will he do the same? It's not so much how long he talks, but what he says. At the combine, Jones intimated Garrett made all the play calls with Bill Callahan basically reading what was on the play sheet. With the Cowboys releasingDeMarcus Ware and not re-signing Jason Hatcher, Jones' thoughts on letting those two players go, especially an iconic player such as Ware will be a topic of discussion with reporters.
What to ask Garrett?: The head coach will speak 7:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning. Potential questions for Garrett:
1. Why did you keep Bill Callahan on the staff after demoting him?
2. Who is the starting defensive end opposite George Selive?
3. Is Henry Melton the answer to the defensive problems?
Of course, Garrett will get more questions, but you get the idea.
Odds and ends: The full NFL schedule won't get released, but the season opening game, on a Thursday night, likely will be announced. Will the Cowboys get to visit Seattle, the defending champs, to start the season? The NFL will also announce the compensatory picks for each team. The Cowboys could get at least one, after cornerback Mike Jenkins signed with Oakland.
March, 24, 2014
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones lead the Dallas Cowboys' executives to the annual NFL owners meetings that start Monday morning.
Coach Jason Garrett is also present to take part in the mandatory news briefings with reporters. Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones are also expected to speak with the media during the meetings.
Some things to look for this week:
The competition committee: Stephen Jones is a member of the competition committee and the Cowboys, along with the rest of the teams, will vote on several potential new rules changes including expanding the game-day rosters on Thursday and Saturday games, moving kickoffs to the 40 and potentially extending the goal posts. The kickoff change is aimed at improving player safety, but it's a tough rule for the Cowboys considering Dwayne Harris averaged 30.6 yards per return. If the point-after-attempts go farther back, it might not affect the Cowboys much. Kicker Dan Bailey was six-of-seven from between 40-47 yards in 2013.
Agents: Several player agents attend the owners meetings and the Cowboys could begin the process of extending the contracts of Pro Bowl wide receiver Dez Bryant and Tyron Smith. The team has most likely had internal discussions about what the market would dictate for each player. The Cowboys want to take care of each player long-term and have good relationships with each players' agent. Also, David Dunn, the agent for Garrett, normally is a visitor at the meetings. Garrett is in the last year of his contract and it will be interesting to see if he tries to get the Cowboys discuss extending Garrett's contract.
What is Jerry going to say?: The last time Jerry Jones spoke with reporters, it was a two-hour chat at the combine. Will he do the same? It's not so much how long he talks, but what he says. At the combine, Jones intimated Garrett made all the play calls with Bill Callahan basically reading what was on the play sheet. With the Cowboys releasingDeMarcus Ware and not re-signing Jason Hatcher, Jones' thoughts on letting those two players go, especially an iconic player such as Ware will be a topic of discussion with reporters.
What to ask Garrett?: The head coach will speak 7:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning. Potential questions for Garrett:
1. Why did you keep Bill Callahan on the staff after demoting him?
2. Who is the starting defensive end opposite George Selive?
3. Is Henry Melton the answer to the defensive problems?
Of course, Garrett will get more questions, but you get the idea.
Odds and ends: The full NFL schedule won't get released, but the season opening game, on a Thursday night, likely will be announced. Will the Cowboys get to visit Seattle, the defending champs, to start the season? The NFL will also announce the compensatory picks for each team. The Cowboys could get at least one, after cornerback Mike Jenkins signed with Oakland.
jsmith6919
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Gosh that guy is such a dick.
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And you would love that guy if he were our coach.
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Well of course. I don't care if our players or coaches are complete assholes as long as they win. It's why I would welcome Josh Brent back to the team with open arms if he can help us win more games on the field (If he actually can is a whole different question).
But if Belichick wasn't a football coach at all and was just an average joe with an average job I'd probably tell him he is a miserable prick that should never leave his home.
cmd34
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I knowwww. He's always locked up in his office, thinking of ways to make his team better and stuff. Press conferences and photo opportunities, that is what football leadership is all about. Sincerely, Jerry Jones AND Jason Garrett.
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The league approved yet another ban on no dunking over the goal post rule. This is the second time they have passed such a rule and the first time it got reversed. Either make the damn rule or don't. Quit going back and forth.
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Jimmy Graham's dumb arse is the reason they re-looked the rule. Gonzalez and other had enough commons sense not to dunk it too hard. As soon as the game was delayed to fix the goal post after Graham's dunk I knew goal post dunking would be banned going forward.
hstour
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Guess it is the N.F.L....
Guess it is the N.F.L....
...No Fun League.
The owners voted to penalize players for "dunking" the ball over the crossbar on the goalpost.
I get that there have been occasions where the goalpost had to be re-leveled and thus delayed the game. But miss the Fun Bunch and other such celebrations.
Guess it is the N.F.L....
...No Fun League.
The owners voted to penalize players for "dunking" the ball over the crossbar on the goalpost.
I get that there have been occasions where the goalpost had to be re-leveled and thus delayed the game. But miss the Fun Bunch and other such celebrations.
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The dunking over the crossbar thing ceased being entertaining when it caused a delay of the game.
The rest of the other stuff, yeah, those were entertaining.