FWST: Cowboys felt that Ryan's schemes were unsound at times and his philosophy...

[Risen Star]

Originally Posted by RXP

I'm going off he board and throwing my support behind Dom Capers, whose contract apparantly expires after this year.

He and Garrett are pals.

Capers would be the best choice, IMO.

Find a big NT and a ballhawk safety. If you can then stay healthy, you have a dominant defense with Capers at the helm without starting from scratch changing to a 4-3.

Interesting.

[btcutter]

Players make coaches look good or bad.

We had Wade as DC too. Look at our D then..... We have never generated many TO. It's the players...that's the common denominator.

I am not saying a new DC isn't needed. Any time we can upgrade we should but let's not hang all the coaches out to dry.

[17yearsandcounting]

Its comical that this stuff is coming out after the fact.

Its all smoke and mirrors to keep you talking about the defense while the offensive mess continues with the status quo.

[cowboys1981]

Couldn't this argument apply to our offense and team in general. The disappointment from this season stemmed from a lack of focus. It's exactly why we got blown out by both SEA and CHI when we did have all of our starters. The poor game management has to be addressed as well.

[xwalker]

Originally Posted by Wood

and hopefully a few bears defensive FA. The Bears have huge amount of expiring contracts and will lose some key people.

Bears Unrestricted Free Agents:
Israel Idonije CHI
Henry Melton CHI
Amobi Okoye CHI
Geno Hayes CHI
Nick Roach CHI
Brian Urlacher CHI
Zackary Bowman CHI
Kelvin Hayden CHI
D.J. Moore CHI
Olindo Mare CHI
Armando Allen CHI
Cheta Ozougwu CHI
Jason Campbell CHI
Josh McCown CHI
Kahlil Bell CHI
Johnny Knox CHI
Patrick Mannelly CHI
Jonathan Scott CHI
Lance Louis CHI
Chilo Rachal CHI
Chris Spencer CHI

[dfense]

Originally Posted by AKATheRake

He is.

We would have to go 4-3 though and we do already utilize the scheme in a decent percentage of our plays.

He may get a HC job elsewhere though.

Lovie is a Tampa Two guy. Lots of zone. Doesn't fit the corners strengths

[jblaze2004]

Originally Posted by dfense

Lovie is a Tampa Two guy. Lots of zone. Doesn't fit the corners strengths

this. Plus your corners have to be able to tackle good. And safeties have to cover.

[sacase]

I liked Rob Ryan, but when you take the emotion out of things and look at what he did objectively....wow...its really hard to justify keeping him. His defenses just were not that good and he was out coached regularly. I didn't realize we were that poor until I started seeing numbers get crunched. I was surprised about this, but now that I am looking at it objectively, I have to say I agree with it. Time to bring in a better guy if your guy isn't getting the job done.

[DOUBLE WING]

Originally Posted by jblaze2004

this. Plus your corners have to be able to tackle good. And safeties have to cover.

Lovie would be long gone from here before we ever really got the right personnel to run his defense.

No chance he comes here as DC.