My solutions for a better 2022

[75boyz]

Hard to be optimistic going forward if GM, HC and QB remain static.

Combine this with a challenged cap situation, first place schedule, free agent roster uncertainty and the always un predictable future injuries that are sure to happen does not equate to a foreseeable winning future imo.

But that's just me. I'm thinkin a more normal return to Garretesque 8-8-1 type ball in 2022 if they run back the same cast of characters in their same roles.

But that's just me.

Cowboys!

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Yah I am not sure about some of that. Draft will bring in more young talent. Some of these holdovers will get better especially at DT and secondary. We will lose some talent for sure.

Moore needs to go.

For me, if we are going to run Zeke 70% of the time again, then there is no hope. And yah we need to clean up the penalties. Oline should be the focus in the draft.

It's really had to listen to you "Dak is elite" guys opinions on anything football related.

 

[RonnieT24]

It’s going to be difficult for the team to be better in 2022 with around 22 unrestricted free agents. We’re going to lose some talent. Stephen already said the Cowboys aren’t going to sign any high-priced free agents. The team is going to need a good draft. If the coaching doesn’t get better and the team doesn’t reduce the penalties we’re likely to take a step back in 2022. The Cowboys are fortunate they play in a division with teams that don’t have solid QBs. That should keep them in contention for the NFC East until someone hits on a QB.

I think at least some of the FAs will be re-signed. And remember, losing good players because of the cap is going to affect every team not just the Cowboys.. so it's entirely possible that some of the free agents on the market will be better than the ones we lose.. Jayron Kearse anyone? Dude all but erased Kittle from the game.. He's a keeper.. I also trust McClay and that bunch to hit on more than they miss in the draft.. so I fully expect 4-5 rookies to contribute next season. If Gallup does sign elsewhere then I would pick up a 4.3 receiver at some point in the draft. Half the teams in the SEC will have at least one. Just take one and let him take the top off the defense for you for the next 4 years. Hell I might try to get a burner even if we do get Gallup back.

I'm with you on the penalties.. but I do wonder how much of that is just guys not functioning well within the scheme.. especially the o-line penalties.

 

[CATCH17]

As long as Dak is here making 40 million a year expect nothing.

 

[johneric8]

Williams holds because he gets beat. He will continue to get beat wherever he goes.

Accountibility? Dont forget they benched him for 4 or 5 games because of the holding.

Yes, but is he getting beat because of poor technique and coaching as well as his own limitations? What I mean about accountability is not so much him getting benched but the overall vibe over at the Jerry Jones circus...

 

[blueblood70]

After the pain of this latest nut kick has calmed down enough.. we must endeavor to figure out to avoid a repeat next season. Here's mine..

#1 ) Fire Philbin - The o-line struggles are on him.. These guys are too good to be getting whipped with this much regularity. he gotta go...

#2) and maybe 1a) replace Williams.. too many holding calls and too many times pushed back into the QB or the running back.. He gotta go.

#3) Pray somebody hires Kellen Moore away.. When teams are all saying the same thing about how to stop your offense (and it keeps working) then it's time for a new offense. The Cowboys have never been good when they could not run the ball consistently.. and Moore does not want to run the ball at all. He gotta go.

#4) Draft another Micah Parsons.. no not necessarily another super freak linebacker.. just another hungry play maker on defense. Failing that, get us a dawg for the offensive line to replace either Williams or Biadasz.. better if we could replace both.. maybe one draft pick, maybe one FA vet.

#5) Get healthy.. Captain Obvious right.. The big three of Dak, Zeke and Tyron being dinged up frankly derailed this season as much as anything.. Neither of these guys was the same player after their injury and the cumulative effect on the offense when THEY dropped off was monumental.

#6) Put all the DTs on whatever program Neville Gallimore was on.. Dude clearly put on 25-30 pounds of muscle this offseason and came back a completely different body type. He now has 1-tech size and 3-tech agility.

#7) Pay whatever it takes to keep Dan Quinn.. that turnaround on defense was amazing. Even in this playoff game after getting run over early the adjustments to slow the 49ers down were impressive.

I'm sure there are other areas folks would like to give attention.. but these were the first ones that leapt to mind for me. By all means.. please share yours..

best one so far aligns with a lot of my evaluations and hopeful improvements but you and i been on the same wavelength all year, so not a surprise.

maybe cant do all of that but most especially the OL, OC, and OLC ,. biggest issues.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Yes, but is he getting beat because of poor technique and coaching as well as his own limitations? What I mean about accountability is not so much him getting benched but the overall vibe over at the Jerry Jones circus...

Well it sounds like you are just blaming coaching and Jerry for the players screw ups. Williams has been like this his entire career. Good riddance as far as I am concerned. Just like good riddance the day Zeke gets cut.

 

[glimmerman]

After the pain of this latest nut kick has calmed down enough.. we must endeavor to figure out to avoid a repeat next season. Here's mine..

#1 ) Fire Philbin - The o-line struggles are on him.. These guys are too good to be getting whipped with this much regularity. he gotta go...

#2) and maybe 1a) replace Williams.. too many holding calls and too many times pushed back into the QB or the running back.. He gotta go.

#3) Pray somebody hires Kellen Moore away.. When teams are all saying the same thing about how to stop your offense (and it keeps working) then it's time for a new offense. The Cowboys have never been good when they could not run the ball consistently.. and Moore does not want to run the ball at all. He gotta go.

#4) Draft another Micah Parsons.. no not necessarily another super freak linebacker.. just another hungry play maker on defense. Failing that, get us a dawg for the offensive line to replace either Williams or Biadasz.. better if we could replace both.. maybe one draft pick, maybe one FA vet.

#5) Get healthy.. Captain Obvious right.. The big three of Dak, Zeke and Tyron being dinged up frankly derailed this season as much as anything.. Neither of these guys was the same player after their injury and the cumulative effect on the offense when THEY dropped off was monumental.

#6) Put all the DTs on whatever program Neville Gallimore was on.. Dude clearly put on 25-30 pounds of muscle this offseason and came back a completely different body type. He now has 1-tech size and 3-tech agility.

#7) Pay whatever it takes to keep Dan Quinn.. that turnaround on defense was amazing. Even in this playoff game after getting run over early the adjustments to slow the 49ers down were impressive.

I'm sure there are other areas folks would like to give attention.. but these were the first ones that leapt to mind for me. By all means.. please share yours..

Number 1 and 2 should already been done. As soon as the game was over.. Something tells me Moore will want to stay.. The playbook he adopted has short passes and off tackle and toss plays in it. If he called some of them we would have faired better Sunday.. The QB draw was a good call that needed to be called in the 3rd quarter. As soon as we got the ball back after half time. What a wasted drive. Dak has to get back to taking off and having the occasional designed run or RPO during a game. Make a team have to watch for it. It’s part of his game. He did it in college.. And he better get completely healed up physically and mentally. After the pats game he lost something. Maybe confidence.

 

[Cowfan75]

I'm considering going O-Line in the first two rounds. The defense was good enough this year to get it done unless we want to change our identity.

I don't think we even consider anything but O-line. Jerry's mission is now to do anything to make his Golden Goose look better.

 

[TheKey]

My only problem with that, is that it requires quick reads and accuracy. Dak is not known for his precision throwing

I never thought of Dak as inaccurate. His main problem is that he is holding the ball too long and trying to hit bombs on every play. If the offense was to get the ball out and take what you see, I think he'd play faster.

 

[RonnieT24]

Yes, but is he getting beat because of poor technique and coaching as well as his own limitations? What I mean about accountability is not so much him getting benched but the overall vibe over at the Jerry Jones circus...

At this point it doesn't really matter.. He has now gotten the dreaded ref target painted on him and he's pretty much done. I think a lot of it can be blamed on scheme but not all of it. He lacks lower body power to hunker down when bull rushed.. so he ends up in Dak's lap a lot.. We can survive it against bad teams but good defenses exploit the hell outta him and Biadasz. You can't operate your offense when 2/5 of your line is terrible and none of your tight ends can block either..

 

[johneric8]

Well it sounds like you are just blaming coaching and Jerry for the players screw ups. Williams has been like this his entire career. Good riddance as far as I am concerned. Just like good riddance the day Zeke gets cut.

Nah, I think he has issues as a player for sure, but I'm not sure how good our oline coach and scheme is quite honestly so it's hard for me to make a judgement...
I guess I'm just hesitant to kick players to the curb unless you have some good alternative plans...

 

[CowboyRoy]

Nah, I think he has issues as a player for sure, but I'm not sure how good our oline coach and scheme is quite honestly so it's hard for me to make a judgement...
I guess I'm just hesitant to kick players to the curb unless you have some good alternative plans...

This Oline has sucked for years buddy. They had a great stretch to begin the year and then as soon as Smith went down and Collins came back it lost it.

This Oline is the key to the offense and they are garbage.

 

[johneric8]

At this point it doesn't really matter.. He has now gotten the dreaded ref target painted on him and he's pretty much done. I think a lot of it can be blamed on scheme but not all of it. He lacks lower body power to hunker down when bull rushed.. so he ends up in Dak's lap a lot.. We can survive it against bad teams but good defenses exploit the hell outta him and Biadasz. You can't operate your offense when 2/5 of your line is terrible and none of your tight ends can block either..

I agree the line has been putrid.. When I watch other playoff teams you can see a huge difference between the passing pocket and run lanes created... I have to believe that even with Dak being an average to good QB, the oline is our biggest problem by far.

 

[Frosty]

He was bad last year too. And this one leg things is laughable.

Zeke is done buddy. Not sure what is so difficult about some of you admitting that. The guy is past the useful years for most RB's and he has way too many carries already. Makes sense.

ANY good RB can dominate when the Oline is blowing open holes. Nothing special about Zeke anymore. Nothing at all. And his salary is terrible for the team. So now he is hurting them on the field and in the wallet.

Plus Zeke carries a $18mil Cap hit for 2022.....Zeke has been on the downside of his career and over paid for awhile now.

 

[RonnieT24]

Number 1 and 2 should already been done. As soon as the game was over.. Something tells me Moore will want to stay.. The playbook he adopted has short passes and off tackle and toss plays in it. If he called some of them we would have faired better Sunday.. The QB draw was a good call that needed to be called in the 3rd quarter. As soon as we got the ball back after half time. What a wasted drive. Dak has to get back to taking off and having the occasional designed run or RPO during a game. Make a team have to watch for it. It’s part of his game. He did it in college.. And he better get completely healed up physically and mentally. After the pats game he lost something. Maybe confidence.

Like I said in another thread.. Dak is the best on the move thrower I've ever seen.. After that calf injury though he was all over the place with it. How many times did he leave his feet to make that throw after the injury as opposed to the plant and fire we've seen in the past. That's both mental and physical.. Mental because he doesn't trust the leg and physical because he probably felt it twinging every time he rolled out and there was always the fear that if he planted on it he would hurt it again.. He's got to get past that to get back to being Dak.. just like he's got to get back to running like you said.. to fire him AND his teammates up..

 

[Vtwin]

I'm a glass half full person but this season, with the great regular season record and winning the NFCE will be the 'good old days' for the foreseeable future.

No matter how optimistic. some things you just can't not see,

 

[ghosttown cowboy]

After the pain of this latest nut kick has calmed down enough.. we must endeavor to figure out to avoid a repeat next season. Here's mine..

#1 ) Fire Philbin - The o-line struggles are on him.. These guys are too good to be getting whipped with this much regularity. he gotta go...

#2) and maybe 1a) replace Williams.. too many holding calls and too many times pushed back into the QB or the running back.. He gotta go.

#3) Pray somebody hires Kellen Moore away.. When teams are all saying the same thing about how to stop your offense (and it keeps working) then it's time for a new offense. The Cowboys have never been good when they could not run the ball consistently.. and Moore does not want to run the ball at all. He gotta go.

#4) Draft another Micah Parsons.. no not necessarily another super freak linebacker.. just another hungry play maker on defense. Failing that, get us a dawg for the offensive line to replace either Williams or Biadasz.. better if we could replace both.. maybe one draft pick, maybe one FA vet.

#5) Get healthy.. Captain Obvious right.. The big three of Dak, Zeke and Tyron being dinged up frankly derailed this season as much as anything.. Neither of these guys was the same player after their injury and the cumulative effect on the offense when THEY dropped off was monumental.

#6) Put all the DTs on whatever program Neville Gallimore was on.. Dude clearly put on 25-30 pounds of muscle this offseason and came back a completely different body type. He now has 1-tech size and 3-tech agility.

#7) Pay whatever it takes to keep Dan Quinn.. that turnaround on defense was amazing. Even in this playoff game after getting run over early the adjustments to slow the 49ers down were impressive.

I'm sure there are other areas folks would like to give attention.. but these were the first ones that leapt to mind for me. By all means.. please share yours..

#3...Teams said the same thing about Jason Garret and his offense...

 

[CowboyRoy]

Plus Zeke carries a $18mil Cap hit for 2022.....Zeke has been on the downside of his career and over paid for awhile now.

If I was the Cowboys I would focus on the Oline and the run game in the draft and FA. Not opposed to a RB with our 2nd or 3rd round pick if there is a great one. Oline, Linebacker, RB in the draft.

 

[KJJ]

I think at least some of the FAs will be re-signed. And remember, losing good players because of the cap is going to affect every team not just the Cowboys.. so it's entirely possible that some of the free agents on the market will be better than the ones we lose...

The Cowboys are going to attempt to sign their own players so some will be re-signed. We’re going to lose more players than some teams will because of the high contracts we’re paying to Dak, Zeke, Cooper and DLaw. The free agents on the market aren’t going to be better than the ones we’re losing. The free agents that are better are going to cost big money and the Cowboys aren’t going to spend big money on free agents. The free agents we lose are going to be offered more money on the market than the Cowboys can spend. We’re not going to have as talented a roster as we had this past season. We’re going to have to depend on the draft to replenish some of the talent we’re going to lose.