2020 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread...

[jsmith6919]

Holy shit

 

[Cotton]

Anyone who runs a company or has business sense knows dysfunction starts at the top.
As long as a Jones runs this team, I believe we will always be 2 or 3 steps from contending for any type of Championship.
Honestly if we had Jerry the GM from the Jimmy days we would probably be a lot more competitive because Jerry was more afraid of failure back then because his entire livelihood was on the line.
Now thanks to the millions of dildo Cowboys fans who buy tickets, buy everything Cowboys, and the suckers in Arlington....Jones is perfectly ok with failing on the field. He just sails off in his 23 billion dollar yacht until the next game starts.

You ready to fire back up CFR?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

He is pretty spot on. When you run everything the guys have no idea what their assignments are. You need something basic that everyone knows and then add wrinkles to it. Our guys are all clueless out there because we are trying to do way too much.

Sherman isn't dumb. Too bad our defensive coordinator doesn't appear to be this smart.

 

[Simpleton]

There's nothing wrong with a multiple/exotic defense, it's just on the coaches to teach it and get the concepts across effectively to the players. Obviously if you aren't able to do that and/or if the players aren't able to absorb it, then you have to dumb it down.

Not having a real offseason obviously plays a factor but part of me suspects it's just Nolan not being that great of a coordinator, combined with the fact that we don't have a LB or safety who can get guys lined up and processes the game quickly.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Because he came back from the injury...

Guess that gives him a lifetime pass.

I guess it depends on how one defines a come back. I’m not sure he ever really found his prior ability but was given an opportunity to try to prove being picked up with an injury was a good decision. I don’t think he ever looked like he was ready. Yes he had a few games with a few plays but was never a consistent performer.

 

[Stasheroo]

There's nothing wrong with a multiple/exotic defense, it's just on the coaches to teach it and get the concepts across effectively to the players. Obviously if you aren't able to do that and/or if the players aren't able to absorb it, then you have to dumb it down.

Not having a real offseason obviously plays a factor but part of me suspects it's just Nolan not being that great of a coordinator, combined with the fact that we don't have a LB or safety who can get guys lined up and processes the game quickly.

I had questions about Nolan based on his past history, and the way the season is playing out those concerns were warranted and justified. The organization can say whatever they'd like publicly, but I know privately, neither McCarthy nor the Joneses are happy with what they're seeing and everyone inside the building is scrambling to find answers.

They have to dumb this thing down to the basic pieces of defense and build from there. Get back to basics and just try to have some fundamentals, and then add to it as you see the players improving. But forget anything exotic and just get back to capable.

 

[p1_]

 

[Cotton]

My gawd.

 

[p1_]

My gawd.

and yet Crawford lives large on a bloated contract.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

and yet Crawford lives large on a bloated contract.

And he is a supposed leader! If that's fucking leadership maybe we are better without any.

 

[Simpleton]

We could've cut Crawford, saved 8 million and signed literally 80-90% of the FA's this offseason, in terms of an individual signing.

The guys at the very top would've been out of our price range, but if you're devoting $8 million to one player you can do some cap gymnastics to sign a large pool of players.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

We could've cut Crawford, saved 8 million and signed literally 80-90% of the FA's this offseason, in terms of an individual signing.

The guys at the very top would've been out of our price range, but if you're devoting $8 million to one player you can do some cap gymnastics to sign a large pool of players.

8 mil would have helped regardless. Far more than Crawford is helping on the field. But instead we get fed bullshit lies about how this team doesn't want to screw up their cap signing someone. It drives me nuts and I'm really getting fed up with this defense and the way this organization is handling it.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Smitty]

He is pretty spot on. When you run everything the guys have no idea what their assignments are. You need something basic that everyone knows and then add wrinkles to it. Our guys are all clueless out there because we are trying to do way too much.

Sherman isn't dumb. Too bad our defensive coordinator doesn't appear to be this smart.

Yet the old coordinator was too simple.

This isn’t as easy as everyone assumes.

 

[Smitty]

And now Tyron Smith going on IR.

might as well flush this season. Serious question, can we get Trevor Lawrence?

 

[Smitty]

Add OT to probably the top of the needs list for next draft. I’d actually be happy to try something drastic like moving Tyron to guard if we can find another tackle.

 

[Simpleton]

Add OT to probably the top of the needs list for next draft. I’d actually be happy to try something drastic like moving Tyron to guard if we can find another tackle.

Ideally we'd find a LT prospect who can also project to guard, that way they can replace Williams and take over for Smith whenever that happens.

Rashawn Slater would be ideal, although we very well may be picking in the top 7ish. If that were the case, and if a team like the Dolphins get the 1st pick, I'd do everything I could to trade up for 1 while franchising Dak and hopefully flipping him for two 1's.

 

[Stasheroo]

My gawd.

Crawford is no surprise to me. Is the sham of him being worth anything finally put to rest?

But the other two are here because they're supposed to be our run stuffers. If I'm in the film room, I'm taking a serious look at both of those guys' effort level. I know that Woods had his issues and was pissed about his contract status and payday. And Poe looks more concerned off the field than he does on it, maybe he doesn't care to play either? I'm scrutinizing the play of both, and if I see something I don't like, I'm cutting either or both of them. I can sign a slappy off the street who would at least give me the effort.

 

[Stasheroo]

and yet Crawford lives large on a bloated contract.

"team leader", and other worthless bullshit phrases.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Yet the old coordinator was too simple.

This isn’t as easy as everyone assumes.

Extremes are rarely good. We went from one extreme to the other on defense.