2025 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

[Simpleton]

The 2014 defense couldn't generate any pass rush but there were two things they did well that year:

One, they forced turnovers.

Two, they got clutch stops in so many games to either close out a victory or get the ball back to the offense so they could drive for the win.

I don't think there's a single member of this board that wouldn't sign up for that right now.

So if this defense's ceiling is the 2014 defense, especially if we can add a decent pass rush to it, I'll be absolutely thrilled.

Yea this DL is way more talented both at DT and edge than the 2014 group, if Eberflus and his crew of flunkies can get the back 7 to cover cohesively we might be in business.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The Fan was saying the Cards are down a half yard per rush this year, while we're up a yard and a half.

I wonder if this could get Jerry to realize maybe you should pay a great assistant a few million instead of drafting OL so high and then paying them fortunes.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Yea this DL is way more talented both at DT and edge than the 2014 group, if Eberflus and his crew of flunkies can get the back 7 to cover cohesively we might be in business.

I agree with all this. It's also about speed at LBer. Speed that the young LBers have but they don't know what they are doing. If you get Overshown and Shemar continues to develop and Loofa makes plays without rhe bonegeaded mistakes, maybe LBer speed goes from a negative to a positive.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

The Fan was saying the Cards are down a half yard per rush this year, while we're up a yard and a half.

I wonder if this could get Jerry to realize maybe you should pay a great assistant a few million instead of drafting OL so high and then paying them fortunes.

It's amazing what coaching can do for an Oline regardless of talent. I'm not saying talent doesn't matter but it certainly gets overrated compared to the coaching. Imagine having 3 extra first round picks to build out the team instead of having them invested in the Oline?

 

[mcnuttz]

Could there be any teams out there who might have had a 1st round grade on Mazi?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Could there be any teams out there who might have had a 1st round grade on Mazi?

Give me a conditional day three pick and I'm all over it. Even if not I'm probably still cutting the guy. I have no place for his shit effort.

 

[Simpleton]

It's amazing what coaching can do for an Oline regardless of talent. I'm not saying talent doesn't matter but it certainly gets overrated compared to the coaching. Imagine having 3 extra first round picks to build out the team instead of having them invested in the Oline?

This is what I've been saying for about 5 years now.

Teams like the Rams, 49ers, Packers and others trot out average to slightly above average OL talent and get better results than we were getting with better talent because of the coaching/offensive systems they had in place.

I still think it's worth it to invest in the OL though because if you have top talent and top coaching you end up in a situation like the Eagles where you make 2 Super Bowls in 3 years with a RB playing QB.

Luckily we're already well down that road and don't need any more big investments in the OL, particularly with Thomas looking like a starting caliber OT.

 

[ravidubey]

So if this defense's ceiling is the 2014 defense, especially if we can add a decent pass rush to it, I'll be absolutely thrilled.

You'd have to be happy with any coaching that brought a team to the ceiling of their potential.

It just doesn't happen very often in Dallas

 

[Bipo]

Could there be any teams out there who might have had a 1st round grade on Mazi?

Sorry, based on our 2023 first round grade on Maxi, we will be keeping and possibly extending him.

 

[ravidubey]

Give me a conditional day three pick and I'm all over it. Even if not I'm probably still cutting the guy. I have no place for his shit effort.

You'd have to take anything at this point. Unfortunately, two and a quarter seasons of tape are out on this guy, and he couldn't make headway as a starter on one of the worst defensive interiors in the game...

Wonder if even a conditional 7th is possible?

 

[mcnuttz]

Sorry, based on our 2023 first round grade on Maxi, we will be keeping and possibly extending him.

If the Micah fiasco taught us anything, sign your stars early!

 

[Chocolate Lab]

You'd have to take anything at this point. Unfortunately, two and a quarter seasons of tape are out on this guy, and he couldn't make headway as a starter on one of the worst defensive interiors in the game...

Wonder if even a conditional 7th is possible?

Maybe a Bossman-style bust-for-bust trade and hope you get lucky.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

 

[Cujo]

That's really amazing. This may be one of the best positional coaching hires we've ever made. Hope he sticks around a while.

 

[Bipo]

And you guys thought we'd have no RB or running game.