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WoodysGirl
07-26-2012, 03:34 PM
Bryan Broaddus
Football Analyst/Scout

With only an hour on the air and a room full of personalities, great e-mail questions occasionally fall through the cracks on the Cowboys Break (http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/live-shows/the-lunch-break.html) and Talkin’ Cowboys (http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/live-shows/talkin-cowboys.html) online radio shows. But all questions are appreciated and we'll try to answer them in some form or fashion on DallasCowboys.com. On Thursday, Bryan Broaddus answered a few that didn't make the air.

Austin Waddick
Do the Cowboys now have the personnel at cornerback to match up with the Giants’ wide receivers?

Bryan: It’s not just about the Giants, but the Eagles and the Redskins as well. With Brandon Carrhttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/brandon-carr/4bf134ab-6baf-4282-bf36-1ba93f011aee/), Morris Claibornehttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/morris-claiborne/07da58b0-737b-417f-909c-157234ba8f8f/), Mike Jenkinshttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/mike-jenkins/bd18298d-5189-404e-baf0-0491fa8106d8/) and Orlando Scandrickhttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/orlando-scandrick/71755813-c32a-490d-97a6-b36b9ab686d9/), you do match up much better. You now even have the opportunity to handle the tight ends with those clubs, too. The player that needs to have a better season is Scandrick out of the slot. That’s where these teams do the most damage.

Armando
Did the Cowboys do enough to fix their offensive line this offseason?

Bryan: I saw some positive things from Nate Livingshttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/nate-livings/36dadb3d-f0d5-4580-bb98-d75dce4c7f74/) blocking guys on the Texans, Cardinals and Ravens. Is he perfect or pretty? No, but he is a physical player. Mackenzy Bernadeauhttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/mackenzy-bernadeau/a25c0b06-9718-4397-ac63-4220aa73bd78/) made one start last season, against the Falcons, but I did study him against the Giants, and he wasn’t bad in the preseason. I have my own questions at center with Phil Costahttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/phil-costa/119be5ef-632d-43cc-8051-fa1ec8b37a44/), but when the season opens, I feel he will be the guy.

B.J. Boutte
Does Bill Nagyhttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/bill-nagy/f1761562-7a0e-4b19-aa45-cfce57081b5a/) have a realistic shot to beat out Phil Costa and/or Mackenzy Bernadeau at center?

Bryan: I have a feeling that Kevin Kowalskihttp://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/kevin-kowalski/acd29fff-a4e4-4f79-a056-554fadb82d49/) would have a better chance, but he will be the backup at guard in the preseason.

Read more Q&A: http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/article-BryanBroaddus/Leftovers-Can-‘Boys-CBs-Match-Up-With-Giants-Receivers/b1399e6f-cd72-4600-8bec-fdce56c11b19

SilverStarCowboy
07-26-2012, 03:37 PM
Kowalaski is what we thought he was ... Radways injury is too.

Risen Star
07-26-2012, 06:54 PM
Bryan: Why would you want to be a run-first team with Tony Romo (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/tony-romo/172ae69b-87c1-49f5-a2e6-5ed85b6d5dfc/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif), Jason Witten (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/jason-witten/0597e391-ded8-4e9e-9eaf-51c4b5d5b6d6/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif), Miles Austin (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/miles-austin/766f07f9-aa05-4b55-add0-eed1e7e84dd9/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif) and Dez Bryant (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/dez-bryant/e61ca891-9bbe-4449-98b1-d7837f6e4874/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif)? I think they will be able to run the ball better because of a healthy DeMarco Murray (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/demarco-murray/490145f8-bbd5-4be2-b7e9-a967fe2c8bb0/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif) and the addition of the guards. Tyron Smith (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/tyron-smith/9355eb13-012a-4e9a-ab54-320cce7d65b2/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif) is a physical point-of-attack blocker. Doug Free (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/doug-free/688eeab8-8a8b-4f63-a760-e638d2a397ae/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif), not as much. We’ll watch and see how fast Murray and Lawrence Vickers (http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/lawrence-vickers/63c5784d-3a26-4c0f-90f8-a013fb3c51ef/)http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.dallascowboys.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif) mesh together this summer, which will also tell us a lot about this running game.

And that is why the people who try to claim Free is a natural RT are wrong.

He's a natural LT. Just not a very good one.

CCBoy
07-26-2012, 11:50 PM
And that is why the people who try to claim Free is a natural RT are wrong.

He's a natural LT. Just not a very good one.

Explain then, why he did well in replacing Colombo.