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Alexander · 06-21-2006

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Originally Posted by kartr

So the double digit half time leads don't count because Irvin was hurt, it couldn't be because of the seven straight runs and then seven straight passes. As good as Michael was, he wasn't the only receiver who get open or catch the football and he was nearing the end of his career anyway, remember, we drafted him in '88 and he had already started to slow down.

The offense we had through the first three weeks of the 1999 season was on a pace to shatter records. Ismail along with Irvin was extremely potent. To state Irvin was on his last legs is ridiculous.

Bungarian · 06-21-2006

2002 Cowboys

G/T Flozell Adams
LB Keith Adams
G Larry Allen
WR Antonio Bryant
QB Quincy Carter
LB Dexter Coakley
T Javiar Collins
K Billy Cundiff
RB Woody Dantzler
S Keith Davis
S Tony Dixon
T Char-ron Dorsey
CB Mario Edwards
DE Ebenezer Ekuban
DE Greg Ellis
DE Demetric Evans
P Filip Filipovic
WR Joey Galloway
G Kelvin Garmon
T Aaron Gibson
DT La'Roi Glover
CB Dwayne Goodrich
TE Jeff Grau
C/G Andre Gurode
RB Troy Hambrick
LB Kevin Hardy
DB Duane Hawthorne
CB Pete Hunter
QB Chad Hutchinson
CB Jermaine Jones
P Micah Knorr
G/C Matt Lehr
TE Mike Lucky
LB Louis Mackey
T Marques McFadden
TE Tony McGee
FB Jason McKie
G/T Jeremy McKinney
DT/DE Michael Myers
LB Dat Nguyen
DT John Nix
DT Brandon Noble
T/G Solomon Page
WR Ken-Yon Rambo
CB Derek Ross
WR Darnay Scott
S Lynn Scott
RB Emmitt Smith
LB Markus Steele
WR Reggie Swinton
FB Robert Thomas
G/T Ross Tucker
T Kurt Vollers
T Tyson Walter
DE Colston Weatherington
CB Bryant Westbrook
TE James Whalen
RB Michael Wiley
WR Randal Williams
S Roy Williams
S Darren Woodson
DE Peppi Zellner

**ABQCOWBOY** · 06-21-2006

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Originally Posted by Bungarian

2002 Cowboys

G/T Flozell Adams
LB Keith Adams
G Larry Allen
WR Antonio Bryant
QB Quincy Carter
LB Dexter Coakley
T Javiar Collins
K Billy Cundiff
RB Woody Dantzler
S Keith Davis
S Tony Dixon
T Char-ron Dorsey
CB Mario Edwards
DE Ebenezer Ekuban
DE Greg Ellis
DE Demetric Evans
P Filip Filipovic
WR Joey Galloway
G Kelvin Garmon
T Aaron Gibson
DT La'Roi Glover
CB Dwayne Goodrich
TE Jeff Grau
C/G Andre Gurode
RB Troy Hambrick
LB Kevin Hardy
DB Duane Hawthorne
CB Pete Hunter
QB Chad Hutchinson
CB Jermaine Jones
P Micah Knorr
G/C Matt Lehr
TE Mike Lucky
LB Louis Mackey
T Marques McFadden
TE Tony McGee
FB Jason McKie
G/T Jeremy McKinney
DT/DE Michael Myers
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GHEE...AUGH!!!!!!!!!!

Crap.......... now I'm blind.

Alexander · 06-21-2006

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Originally Posted by ABQCOWBOY

GHEE...AUGH!!!!!!!!!!

Crap.......... now I'm blind.

That was indeed a low blow.

The roster is a reflection of the evaluations of the coaching staff and who they felt comfortable going into battle with. I have to say that team was perhaps the most poorly assembled one we had in recent memory. From the offensive line down to the absolutely deplorable secondary (remember, DBs were Campo's speciality), we had some terrible players on our team. And that isn't all because of poor drafting.

Funxva · 06-21-2006

Wow, are the only ones left from that list Roy, Ellis, and Flo?

Good Lord that's a lot of pinkslips.

jcblanco22 · 06-21-2006

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Originally Posted by kartr

Think about what you just said, the Cowboys under Turner didn't do anything fancy on offense, their talent allowed them to dominate, read OL. Aikman needed to grow in Gailey's system. Aikman didn't want to learn anthing different and Gailey didn't know how coach offense anyway. His claim to fame was the Kordell Stewart led Pittsburgh offense.

kartr, we will agree to disagree on this one. To kind of parrot Alexander, either you have a bad memory or I'm imagining the 1998 season differently.

Not only was everyone and their brother singing Gailey's praises for making folks run laps in camp and practices for pre-snap penalites, as well as other disciplinary measures that were a far cry from Switzer's last couple of seasons, but all the way through Thanksgiving they were marveling at how diverse the offense was. Remember that Gailey was running everything from options with Ernie Mills and Emmitt Smith that were succeeding to 5 WR sets that had a lot of teams off balance. Heck, we hung with Minnesota pretty good that Turkey Day, and Troy threw for 455, the very same guy who was so "uncomfortable" in the system.

In my opinion, Gailey's tenure is a tale between a 20 1/4 game stretch and a 13 3/4 game stretch. In '98 they were pretty well improved on offense, even with Billy Davis at WR, Aikman out for almost 6 games, and even Kiselak stepping in at center when Donaldson was hurt. The first 3 games of '99 they were spectacular on offense with the addition of Ismail.

You asked earlier if Irvin's injury could have made that much of a difference. It wasn't just Irvin. It was McKnight going down in a July scrimmage that year and therefore being unavailable when Michael went down; it was also Mills and McGarity going down, and even LaFleur starting to experience the beginning of his back problems. They all affected the playcalling and offensive philosophy, and Jason Tucker had a penchant for making a solid play one minute and making Aikman and Gailey look bad the next.

Chan was certainly not infallible, and he did fall into a playcalling rut from time to time, but I feel he was easily the best of the three between himself, Campo, and Switzer.