ESPN: Three reasons Cowboys can't afford lockout

[CCBoy]

Three reasons Cowboys can't afford lockout
March, 4, 2011 Mar 49:20AM
By Tim MacMahon

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/



Jerry Jones indicated during Super Bowl week that he was braced for a lockout that would last through the summer.

For the first time, there is hope that won’t happen, with the league and players association making progress toward a deal and extending the current collective bargaining agreement a day to continue negotiations. That’s even better news for the Cowboys than most NFL teams.

A team coming off a 6-10 season and trying to change the culture under a new coaching regime simply can’t afford to skip an offseason.

The three biggest reasons a lockout would be a really bad deal in Dallas:



Dez Bryant’s development: Bryant made an impact during his injury-shortened rookie season due to his immense talent and desire. But he’s barely even scratched the surface of his potential. His understanding of Jason Garrett’s offensive scheme is elementary at best. He’s had precious few reps with Tony Romo. He’s just getting to know a new position coach in taskmaster Jimmy Robinson. And he’s rehabbing from the surgically repaired broken ankle that ended his season a month early. Bryant, more than any player on the roster, needs a full offseason under the supervision of the Cowboys’ coaches and medical staff....

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Reason #4.

I'm looking foward to this season more than any season since '91 and I'll go nuts if we lock-out.;)

[Hostile]

A decent article by McMahon but I think he's off a bit on his three reasons why the Cowboys need the CBA done.

1. With no CBA there will be no OTAs and Mini Camps. Jason Garrett and Rob Ryan need to get the Offense and Defense up to speed the way they want to, and that means disciplined and thinking.

2. With no CBA there no true Free Agency because the status of some players may chance from RFA to UFA with the new deal. Think about it, if you want Eric Weddle at Safety do you want to owe the Chargers a prime Draft for him or would you rather have him free and clear.

3. Similar to above Dallas needs to know if their tender offers on their current RFAs like Doug Free go away and they have to ramp up efforts to keep him.

[ThreeandOut]

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1. With no CBA there will be no OTAs and Mini Camps. Jason Garrett and Rob Ryan need to get the Offense and Defense up to speed the way they want to, and that means disciplined and thinking.


A lockout really hurts in any instance where you have a new coach trying to implement a new system due to the lack of OTA's and mini camps. So I think the lockout hurts Ryan's defense moreso than Garrett's offense. It makes it really hard for those teams with entirely new coaching staffs.

[johnnyd]

Refreshing that they stick to football related reasons because for sure when i saw the title i would have thought the number 1 reason would be to help pay off the stadium . lol guess im still reeling from post super bowl seating disorder syndrome from the millions and millions of articles on the subject :p:

Football related every team is in the same boat and could easily say the same thing here. Normally at this time these guy's would have hopefully been writing on free agent player visits and who the cowboys are interested in both free agent wise and draft wise . This must suck for them to because if there is a lockout how many of the beat writers get laid off?

[stasheroo]

A fine article from McMahon.

And I would add that there are several more reasons why the Cowboys need to have a new CBA other than the three he mentioned.