2025 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

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Genghis Khan said:
Without knowing what his contract looks like, I would guess Thomas is the one that goes away.
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He's very cheap (deal was 2/6) annd has outplayed what he's getting paid in my opinion, plus he's a favorite of Whitecotton.

I don't think there's any chance he gets cut.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Just listening to the BS PC from yesterday and I'm kind of surprised how much he talked about this 5 man front, and was pretty open about saying we're going to be running that quite a bit more.

So I guess maybe it's not going to be just a changeup. Pretty interesting.
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I think it's for the best since it makes it a bit easier on our smaller edge rushers to play the run.

And now after the Williams trade it emphasizes our strength, interior DL.
 
NoDak said:
Poor example. Gay is no longer a widely used term to describe happiness. Gloryhole still is used to describe a rich strike in every oilfield in the world.

Just worry about if Jerry gets too deep into a bottle of blue and starts talking about turning a cornhole into a gloryhole.
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Coming from the man talking about mosquito circumcisions, Troy looking good in the shower and draft pick penises…gloryhole could be ‘gloryhole’
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Just listening to the BS PC from yesterday and I'm kind of surprised how much he talked about this 5 man front, and was pretty open about saying we're going to be running that quite a bit more.

So I guess maybe it's not going to be just a changeup. Pretty interesting.
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Well with an extra DT it makes sense. Williams, Clark and Osa can play and have Fowler and Ez flying off the edges. Kind of feels 3-4 ish in reality.
 
data said:
Coming from the man talking about mosquito circumcisions, Troy looking good in the shower and draft pick penises…gloryhole could be ‘gloryhole’
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You seem pretty stuck on this connotation of the word.

You might want to consider getting out of the San Fran area for a bit to heal.
 
NoDak said:
You seem pretty stuck on this connotation of the word.

You might want to consider getting out of the San Fran area for a bit to heal.
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In China, they just call it food. In San Fran they just call it hole
 
Simpleton said:
I think it's for the best since it makes it a bit easier on our smaller edge rushers to play the run.

And now after the Williams trade it emphasizes our strength, interior DL.
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Cowboysrock55 said:
Well with an extra DT it makes sense. Williams, Clark and Osa can play and have Fowler and Ez flying off the edges. Kind of feels 3-4 ish in reality.
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Yep, I love it. I had thought it was just a Hail Mary to see if you can give your terrible defense any kind of short term boost, but I'm glad to hear it's a bigger part of the plan going forward.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Yep, I love it. I had thought it was just a Hail Mary to see if you can give your terrible defense any kind of short term boost, but I'm glad to hear it's a bigger part of the plan going forward.
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I've honestly been kind of wondering to myself over the last few weeks if it's easier to find personnel for these types of alignments, particularly since so many of the speed edge rushers nowadays and coming out of college are around 6-3, 240-250.

The 3-4 vs. 4-3 distinction is kind of dead since it's blurred so much, but for a guy like Eberflus who is sort of a 4-3 purist it's just really hard to find DE's who have the size to stop the run and the athleticism to win around the edge when pass rushing.

Going with these sorts of alignments makes it easier to cover up smaller edges like Ezeiruaku (and Parsons) while kind of just clogging the A/B gaps against the run with big bodies who don't necessarily need to be unicorns like Williams and some of the other elite DT's in the league.

Most of the top defenses in the league right now (Broncos, Rams) run this sort of stuff. I think if you have the right personnel a 4-3 can be just as dominant, maybe even more so, but if you don't have the unicorns on the DL who can both rush and stuff the run it sort of falls apart.

The Eagles are a good example, they were dominant last year and since losing Sweat and Williams their defense is kind of meh.
 
Bipo said:
Playing a 5 man front makes a lot of sense if we're talking a 5-2-4 scheme which gets one of the shitty LBers off the field.
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Yep, and guys like Ezeiruaku can handle light coverage responsibilities in the flat if you need another body in coverage from the 5 guys along the LOS.
 
Simpleton said:
Defensive players I'd clearly take over Williams for the next 3 years: Myles Garrett, Micah Parsons, Maxx Crosby, Aidan Hutchinson, Jared Verse, Nik Bonitto, Will Anderson Jr.

Toss-up's: Dexter Lawrence, TJ Watt, Chris Jones, Jalen Carter, Jeffrey Simmons, Zach Allen, DeForest Buckner, Byron Murphy, Patrick Surtain, Nick Bosa
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Come on, bro.
 
Simpleton said:
The 3-4 vs. 4-3 distinction is kind of dead since it's blurred so much, but for a guy like Eberflus who is sort of a 4-3 purist it's just really hard to find DE's who have the size to stop the run and the athleticism to win around the edge when pass rushing.
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Right, I personally like this better... I just never thought Eberflus would run anything else but his beloved 43. If he actually isn't as stubborn as I thought, I may have to give him some small props.

Anyway, to what Ace posted from Owning above... Why would Williams be the 0-1? I would think that would be Clark more than QW.
 
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Bipo said:
Doesn't sound like there is much chance of getting rid of the DC after Jer's comments how he regrets going through coordinatiors.
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Well I'm sure the next 8 weeks will determine a lot. If there is no improvement with the additions I don't think Jerry will stomach it. But if the defense can claw to mediocre for 8 weeks we may see another season of Flus.
 
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