Jerry Jones: ‘By no means have I given up on Doug Free’

[CopenhagenCowboy]

Originally Posted by Rynie

You know what's just as annoying? The posters who complain about other posters. Just saying.

I was thinking the same thing. In fact I believe it's worse.

[mmillman]

jerry the GM is terrible. How many times is he going to give big money to mediocre players. If you include trades, he has got to be one of the worst in the league at managing the cap and eyeballing talent.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by CyberB0b

1 playoff win in nearly 2 decades will do that to a fan base.

You don't think that it doesn't bother us who do not complain about Jerry in every single thread?


Boy are you off base.


We just choose not to come walking into every Jerry thread dragging our knuckles with the intention of throwing dung.

We at least make an attempt to ignore the jerry-ism and see if there is something interesting, something to be gleamed here.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by jnday

It may be because this is his mess and he caused it. Most of this organizations problems are caused by his decisions at one level or another. He increases the hate when he tries to feed the fans this kind of BS.

I just don't see the purpose it serves saying the same thing in every Jerry thread.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by Rynie

You know what's just as annoying? The posters who complain about other posters. Just saying.

Fair enough.


Don't irritate us and we won't say anything.

[InmanRoshi]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

“I think that, first of all, we put some pressure on our tackles,” the Cowboys owner and general manger explained on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. “A lot of play action helps your tackles. Some of the things we do in our passing game, we ask a lot of our tackles. So you got to take that into consideration."


Doug Free has not played well, but I get the point Jerry is making that the offense doesn't or hasn't used much play-action due to...

-poor running game
-falling behind so quick so often
-Garret falling in love with the shotgun

The result is that the Cowboys tackles do not get the benefit of play-action that many of the tackles do for other teams across the NFL.

Certainly many fans have said the same, "Not enough play-action".

We also have zip coming from our 3rd WR (and not much coming from our 2nd WR), which means we have to make Jason Witten fill the void in the intermediate passing game (4th in NFL in receptions, most by a TE by a significant margin) and we can't provide our tackles with extra help. We also run a lot of deep routes down the field, and not much 3 step drop routes.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by InmanRoshi

We also have zip coming from our 3rd WR (and not much coming from our 2nd WR), which means we have to make Jason Witten fill the void in the intermediate passing game (4th in NFL in receptions, most by a TE by a significant margin) and we can't provide our tackles with extra help. We also run a lot of deep routes down the field, and not much 3 step drop routes.

Valid points.

[Hoov]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

I just don't see the purpose it serves saying the same thing in every Jerry thread.

Perhaps they think they will feel better after ranting about Jerry.

Clearly it does not work well, as evidenced by how frequently the treatment is repeated.

[bark]

Quick feet??....really quick feet??

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by bark

Quick feet??....really quick feet??

They're awfully quick going backward...


But the problem isn't his feet. The guy is nimble for his size. He is athletic. The problem(s) seem to be more with technique-- leverage and not using his "punch" well or often.

[bark]

Don't what the problem is Michael but he sure looks helpless out there...

[Risen Star]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

Hey I get the why of disliking Jerry.


I just don't get the having to pop into every thread about Jerry and having to mouth the same post time after time after time after time after time.

Because it's right time after time after time after time.

The only correct response to this thread is to point out the owner shouldn't be evaluating the talent. The team will truly improve when the owner isn't making these kinds of statements on personnel every week.

[Risen Star]

Originally Posted by mmillman

jerry the GM is terrible. How many times is he going to give big money to mediocre players. If you include trades, he has got to be one of the worst in the league at managing the cap and eyeballing talent.

He doesn't know what he doesn't know.

He thinks Free is struggling. He's in a funk. Going through a bad stretch.

The truth is Doug Free was never a good starting tackle. He just thought he was because he can't evaluate talent. Once he paid him like a legitimate top T and the training wheels came off so he could earn that money, his warts showed. He's just not any good. Get over it and move on. Throw that bad contract on the immense pile of bad contracts over the years.

But this is the Jerry double whammy. Not only do you get the initial horrific decision of signing Doug Free as if he had talent, but he then follows it up with a just as horrific decision of sticking with him for years to try to justify the first decision.

The guy can't play. Next. Pretend he's a cornerback, if it'll make it easier for you to churn.

[btcutter]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

They're awfully quick going backward...


But the problem isn't his feet. The guy is nimble for his size. He is athletic. The problem(s) seem to be more with technique-- leverage and not using his "punch" well or often.

can he play Center?

[btcutter]

I wonder if the problem with JJ is that he listens to TOO MANY PEOPLE? He thinks he's getting good advice from talking to many people and position coaches and takes players that the COACH/SCOUT want.

A good GM should have a blue print and built accordingly instead of getting swayed by too many opinions.