Smitty
DCC 4Life
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The lines directly influence the play of the people behind them and not vice versa.Also, the talent we have tends to accumulate in the skill positions, and tends to lack in the trenches. That's a backwards way of building a team, and tends to cause a team that can "compete" on a regular basis to collapse when push comes to shove.
People call the Cowboys talented because people tend to notice the flashy, skill position talent (where we have it) and tend to overlook the vitally important talent in the trenches (where we are lacking on both sides of the ball).
We "look" more talented than we are.
It's that simple.
So bad lines makes good skill position players literally play worse.
Good lines can make bad or average skill position players literally play better.
I'm not saying you can turn Derrick Lassic into Emmitt Smith, but the effect trickles down from the lines, not up from the skill positions.
Our lines our horrid. It's the absolute worst way to build a team, because we've sunk so much money into some very talented skill position players and then we get 80 cents on the dollar for them on gameday because the line sucks.
That's the difference between winning the division and missing the playoffs right there.