Programming Note

[Cotton]

Easy enough when per reception the ball travels to him in the air less distance than for 92.5% of the top 200 TE's and WR's-- a mere 4.26 yards. Another demonstration of how idiotic some stats are, like Beasley somehow has magic hands-- bullshit.

Who cares where he catches it? He was like 11th in the entire league last year in YAC for WRs. Which blows out of the water your other stupid claim that he isn't very good in that area.

 

[Cotton]

Hence, he's limited.

What you aren't comprehending is what 3rd WR in the league is not limited in some way? If they weren't limited they would be a #1. I'm not sure why that is so hard to understand.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Don't sweat it, he was and still is a longshot which is why he could be had for cheap relatively late in the FA period. I have nothing against anyone who hoped he could turn it around. Hell I still have hope that he can.

The problem was Dallas only hedged their bets with Joseph Randle and they kept Ryan Williams way too long and re-signed him prematurely. I don't care about the money, but because they signed him I feel like they believed they could more easily ignore RB in the draft.

I have nothing against McFadden or Randle-- they are what they are.

It's the losers in our GM office who fail to recognize the historic chance they have right now with the OL and Romo and the run-first identity that succeeded so well last year.

McFadden was signed in the 1st couple of days of FA.

At least try to be accurate with your hot takes.

But please continue.....................

 

[ravidubey]

McFadden was signed in the 1st couple of days of FA.

At least try to be accurate with your hot takes.

But please continue.....................

What ?

Good lord, it doesn't matter that it was the fourth overall day of FA or whatever when every RB worth a shit is already signed. Three days into FA 90% of the good ones are gone. It's like someone says Ryan Russell was drafted late in the draft and you correct him with "He was drafted on only the 4th day of the draft, dipshit, but please continue..."

Who cares where he catches it? He was like 11th in the entire league last year in YAC for WRs. Which blows out of the water your other stupid claim that he isn't very good in that area.

The meaningfulness of YAC changes when you're catching tiny dink passes. He has YAC because he almost has to have YAC, otherwise he'd have almost no yardage at all. Imagine a WR who catches bubble screens all the time-- 90% of his yardage would be YAC, but so what? He's averaging 11.1 yards per reception TOTAL... Dez Bryant's average yards AT reception is over 10!

Now if you catch a deep cross and gain the same YAC it's huge by comparison and threatens the defense.

What you aren't comprehending is what 3rd WR in the league is not limited in some way? If they weren't limited they would be a #1. I'm not sure why that is so hard to understand.

With a proper development pipeline your #3 is limited because he's young and learning, not because he's 90% peaked, still is very limited, and signed a long term deal guaranteeing him a spot.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Jesus.

 

[Cotton]

The meaningfulness of YAC changes when you're catching tiny dink passes. He has YAC because he almost has to have YAC, otherwise he'd have almost no yardage at all. Imagine a WR who catches bubble screens all the time-- 90% of his yardage would be YAC, but so what? He's averaging 11.1 yards per reception TOTAL... Dez Bryant's average yards AT reception is over 10!

Well, then that means he is really good at YAC if he is catching short passes yet still getting 500 yards a season. Your argument is stupid.

With a proper development pipeline your #3 is limited because he's young and learning, not because he's 90% peaked, still is very limited, and signed a long term deal guaranteeing him a spot.

How many #3s move into the #1 role after some development? And, I'm not talking about one offs. I'm talking about on a regular basis. It rarely happens. Your argument is stupid.

 

[Jiggyfly]

How many #3s move into the #1 role after some development? And, I'm not talking about one offs. I'm talking about on a regular basis. It rarely happens. Your argument is stupid.

Yep, I guess he figures dam the production as long as we have a guy who could possibly be a #1.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Yep, I guess he figures dam the production as long as we have a guy who could possibly be a #1.

The QB only has like 130 something QB rating throwing to him. No big deal.

 

[boozeman]

Just in case anyone clicks on this thread expecting a programming note about tonight's game, it will be on NFLN about a half hour into the game.

Now back to the regularly scheduled insane ramblings in this thread that has been driven into the cornfield.

 

[ravidubey]

Dallas was the 16th most productive pass offense last season, and I think that's too low.

If we're going to improve passing production it's gotta be at the #2-#4 spots and backup TE. The other two are already great.

We all hope Williams takes the next step after being the same his first two years.

Beasley improved greatly from his first year, why to feathers get so ruffled when I say he still needs to improve in year 4?

Well, then that means he is really good at YAC if he is catching short passes yet still getting 500 yards a season.

YAC becomes less of an important stat the shorter your passes are. If you only gain 7 yards, who cares if 5 of it was YAC? He's averaging 11 yards per catch, and needs to improve that overall. Not saying he can't do that.

How many #3s move into the #1 role after some development? And, I'm not talking about one offs. I'm talking about on a regular basis. It rarely happens.

??

Packers, Steelers, and Patriots all work that way and I respect the Hell out of each of those front offices. Next man up-- a pipeline. That should be our goal, not the way average and below average teams do it.

Cobb, Edelman, and Brown were all #3's and even #4's at one point.

 

[Cotton]

 

[L.T. Fan]

Dallas was the 16th most productive pass offense last season, and I think that's too low.

If we're going to improve passing production it's gotta be at the #2-#4 spots and backup TE. The other two are already great.

We all hope Williams takes the next step after being the same his first two years.

Beasley improved greatly from his first year, why to feathers get so ruffled when I say he still needs to improve in year 4?



YAC becomes less of an important stat the shorter your passes are. If you only gain 7 yards, who cares if 5 of it was YAC? He's averaging 11 yards per catch, and needs to improve that overall. Not saying he can't do that.



??

Packers, Steelers, and Patriots all work that way and I respect the Hell out of each of those front offices. Next man up-- a pipeline. That should be our goal, not the way average and below average teams do it.

Cobb, Edelman, and Brown were all #3's and even #4's at one point.

You are struggling here Ravi. The 16 th position comes from the team's production from the running game. Their mix was actually ideal last season.

 

[Rev]

If all you were saying is that he needs to improve then this thread wouldn't have been Schmittied.

 

[NoDak]

Jesus.

Ayuh.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

You are struggling here Ravi. The 16 th position comes from the team's production from the running game. Their mix was actually ideal last season.

As a team we were tops in the NFL in passer rating. Who gives a shit about yards. It's a pretty useless statistic.

 

[ravidubey]

You are struggling here Ravi. The 16 th position comes from the team's production from the running game. Their mix was actually ideal last season.

Just proof there is room to improve. Dallas had the #7 offense, I have higher hopes.

If all you were saying is that he needs to improve then this thread wouldn't have been Schmittied.

That's pretty much it.

http://www.dallascowboyscentral.com/showthread.php?4952-Programming-Note&p=208829&viewfull=1#post208829

As a team we were tops in the NFL in passer rating. Who gives a shit about yards. It's a pretty useless statistic.

Bill Parcells equated 100 yards to 7 points as a measure of effectiveness. Points are the bottom line, but it starts with gaining yards.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Bill Parcells equated 100 yards to 7 points as a measure of effectiveness. Points are the bottom line, but it starts with gaining yards.

Yards are a result of the plays run. IF you pass the ball 50+ times you'll have more yards. If you pass the ball 25 times you'll have less. If you run a shit ton of plays in general (Eagles) you'll have more yards, if you run fewer plays and drain the clock you'll have less. It's why aggregating yards and judging an offense on them is about as retarded as you can get.

 

[ravidubey]

The offense needs to become more dangerous. Whether that means more yards, better redzone efficiency, whatever I don't care.

There's a lot of room for Cole Beasley and Terrance Williams to improve. Of course you throw Hanna, Street, and Escobar in there too, but the other two are the ones on the field, so it's on them to make the pass offense better.

It's that simple.

And of course it will have to happen since without a doubt we've taken a major step backwards at RB and in the running game in general.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

The offense needs to become more dangerous. Whether that means more yards, better redzone efficiency, whatever I don't care.

We were fifth in points per game averaging over 29 points per game. Green Bay was the league leader at 30 points per game. I'd say we were right there with the top considering we were a ball control offense and the other top offenses were not. It would be pretty hard to get much better then we were on offense last year.

Now defensively there is plenty of room for improvement but we made some legit moves this off season to change that.