Stephen Jones podcast with Ed Werder, doesn't seem happy with JG

[Rockport]

I was listening to the Domsday Podcast with Matt Mosley and Ed Werder last night. Werder did a one on one interview with Stephen which lasted a solid 20 minutes. I found some of what he said pretty interesting especially in regards to the JG:

Team has underperformed given the talent level and should be perennial playoff contenders and competing for championships.

Team has not handled adversity well and zero excuses for injuries/no Zeke. He said injuries are a part of every NFL teams season and you have to adapt on the fly, mentioned the way the Eagles responded and not just at QB.

No position is off limits in the first round except for probably QB/RB and will take BPA/highest player ranked on their board if it's close. He said teams get in trouble when they reach due to need.

Has huge confidence in Dak and thinks he is a franchise QB. He said his style of play compares more closely to Troy Aikman rather than Tony Romo. Dak is better running a system than improvising on the fly. He anticipates Daks next contract to resemble franchise QB money.

He is pleased with the FA moves done so far. He still believes 100% in the philosophy of building through the draft and that most free agents are vastly overpaid. He did admit that last year they did a poor job in FA.

No word on Z. Martins contract. Had very little to say about Dez, only that he thinks very highly of him as a player and a person and they will be getting together soon to talk.

Maybe because it was a one on one podcast with Werder, Stephen sounded more relaxed and less defensive with the Q&A. What really jumped out at me was his indirect shot at JG. When you talk about a team underperforming and not handling adversity well that speaks directly to the HC. This is a far cry from the lollipops and rainbows talk his father usually uses in regards to JG. If this has already been posted I missed it and sorry for rehashed info. Oh and don't shoot the messenger.

It’s certainly put up or shut up for Garrett this year.

 

[_sturt_]

Forgive if this has already been said... I sure hope so, after 4 pages of posts...

When you strike out as badly in FA last off-season as Stephen did, how bout we talk about, not the team, but him and his pro scouts "underperforming".... ?

Don't get me wrong, I think this is so much more art than science than most care to admit, and any team can have an occasional bad luck off-season in either FA or the draft or both. But he and his staff simply didn't get it done, particularly where the o-line was concerned.

 

[Dre11]

so? that is a reason to keep him?

Get with the flow, it as in reference to another post. Rather we keep him or not, what makes you think anything’s going to be different if you don’t keep him? How do you know it won’t be worse? So all the whining and clamoring for someone else doesn’t mean better.

 

[Dre11]

More fuel to the Stephen/Garrett issue. Notice Stephen praises Dak and Garrett criticizes Dak. Garrett wants to deflect blame from himself.

The real son always wins over the red-headed stepson in the end.

I agree that if you said which style between Aikman and Romo is the best for Dak to emulate, it's definitely Aikman.

Aikman
WRs run exact routes and get open by the QB and receivers being in sync.

Romo
Adlib until somebody gets open. Draw up plays in the dirt.

Aikman would not have tolerated WRs being clueless.

Lol..conspiracy mister is back, Garrett never deflected blame, he said Dak needs to get better(do you not agree?) Garrett also said in his interview that as coaches they have to be better as well, I don’t understand how you missed that.

 

[rags747]

How do we know what any QB will bring to the table with this coaching staff. As heralded as Tony Romo is, he went no further than Prescott in the playoffs during his entire career here. Goff was a bust until they moved Fisher out of the picture and McVey came in. This needs to be a make it or break it year for Garrett and if we don't get in the the championship game, Dak at least deserves another coach before we consider anything contractual.

Another coach will bail so fast on Dak if his performance does not improve. No desire to stick with the same for multiple years. This year will tell the tale, he either has it or he doesn't. It's very easy to tell when u have a stud at QB, someone else said that he is like Alex Smith...I agree that would be his ceiling.

 

[Dre11]

No I’m stating change doesn’t mean success.

 

[BlindFaith]

There's a reason Aikman was taken with the first pick in the draft. They were just awful.

And they were awesome last year with Zeke out and Smith hurting? Dez dropping balls?Witten troding down the field?

Don't pick and choose to when you want to play the excuse card.

 

[Kaiser]

And they were awesome last year with Zeke out and Smith hurting? Dez dropping balls?Witten troding down the field?

Don't pick and choose to when you want to play the excuse card.

The Cowboys were 9-7 last year even with all their problems. The Cowboys were 3-13 the year before Aikman was drafted.

 

[Sasquatch]

If the team is underperforming could it mean that the talent level isn't really that good? Why should we accept that premise, Stephen?

 

[Motown12]

Stephen watched Philly happen without its starting QB, LT, MLB, RB, and CB.

The Dak stuff was based purely on hope. There is nothing about Dak so far that remotely resembles Troy Aikman. Troy had a powerful and accurate arm and he was most comfortable in the pocket. That is the polar opposite of Dak.

I don't think he was comparing Dak to Troy in ability. Troy was a once a decade type talent and it's not even close. The context was basically Troy felt more comfortable with a system/plays called for him, where Tony liked to improvise.

 

[Idgit]

More fuel to the Stephen/Garrett issue. Notice Stephen praises Dak and Garrett criticizes Dak. Garrett wants to deflect blame from himself.

The real son always wins over the red-headed stepson in the end.

I agree that if you said which style between Aikman and Romo is the best for Dak to emulate, it's definitely Aikman.

Aikman
WRs run exact routes and get open by the QB and receivers being in sync.

Romo
Adlib until somebody gets open. Draw up plays in the dirt.

Aikman would not have tolerated WRs being clueless.

By most accounts, Stephen is Garrett's biggest advocate. Though I"m not sure you were being serious in this case, because Garrett's also really high on Dak, too.

I listened to the interview and thought it was Stephen saying exactly the sorts of things he always says: it's not good enough, has to be better, nobody's satisfied, there are no excuses. I think that's his standard patter.

Mosely and Werder, though, definitely cast it as a ratcheting up of expectations on the staff and specifically on Garrett. That's fair. This is a team that really should be consistently making it to the playoffs right now.

 

[Motown12]

Another Head Coach in training?

He's a smart dude and loves football, but one hell of a roll of the dice counting on a QB with no coaching experience to be your HC.

If you go on iTunes just search for "Doomsday Podcasts" with Matt Mosley and Ed Werder. You can find it there. Unlike other podcasts they don't do much in the offseason but during the season they are on after each game.

 

[SlammedZero]

No other coach has done any better the other 18 years. That’s also facts

I would argue that Wade Phillips did just as much in a much shorter window.

 

[BlindFaith]

The Cowboys were 9-7 last year even with all their problems. The Cowboys were 3-13 the year before Aikman was drafted.

And 0-11 his rookie year with 9 TD and 18 INTs.

Yes, the team was pitiful. But was anyone thinking they were looking at a HOF QB?

All I'm saying is that Dak put up the best rookie numbers of all time, or close to it.

He had a step back his second year.

But let's tap the breaks on "he's a bust" until we see more.

 

[Motown12]

I listened to it too. He said they all weren’t satisfied and expected more including Jason.
Nothing was said that gives you the impression they aren’t satisfied with Garrett. Think that has been overstated here.

Dre 11 I respectfully disagree. If your boss says they have underperformed with the talent on the roster and they have not handled adversity well then who/what else would he be referring too? Sure at the end of the day the players have to make the plays but that seems like it would be directed directly at the HC. Who knows maybe I'm wrong, it sure won't be the first time or the last.

 

[BlindFaith]

I would argue that Wade Phillips did just as much in a much shorter window.

And Chan Gailey for that matter.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Welcome to our world Stephen.

 

[Idgit]

I would argue that Wade Phillips did just as much in a much shorter window.

Wade let the team that Parcells built slowly evaporate. He did take that 2007 team to the playoffs, though. Wade's probably was that his teams got progressively worse the longer he was around.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

He didn’t compare their accuracy though. He just compared that they are both guys who like to be in timing based systems I believe.

Why is it this so hard for posters to comprehend.......it's stated as clearly as possible. It would be foolish to compare Aikman's accuracy with any QB. His accuracy was laser sharp ....

 

[Motown12]

Thanks for the recap. Good stuff in there.

But, your title is misleading. You intrepet what you think Stephen is thinking which may not be true. In fact Stephen could view last year as a organizational failure not specifically as a HC failure. That being said, you could be right. There are different ways to view info given in a interview.

Yea your right it could be my bias leading me to believe that, I'm not a JG fan so maybe I was reading in-between the lines a bit but that sure seemed like a strong statement compared to the usual company line. As I mentioned before I could be wrong as my wife reminds me of on a daily basis!