Biggest mistake by front office in last 3 seasons

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jazzcat22 said:
That is your opinion and many disagree.
I would have been fine keeping Beasley, but Cobb was better IMO. Much more YAC is my main reason.
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Define "much." YAC Per Catch: Beasley - 5.13. Cobb - 6.23. This is essentially the exact same thing, when you account for usage.

For context: OBJ - 4.47, Julio - 3.63, Michael Thomas - 3.91, Deebo Samuel - 8.4

For 9/10 WRs, YAC is a product of system more than anything, including these 2.
 
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Future said:
Define "much." YAC Per Catch: Beasley - 5.13. Cobb - 6.23. This is essentially the exact same thing, when you account for usage.

For context: OBJ - 4.47, Julio - 3.63, Michael Thomas - 3.91, Deebo Samuel - 8.4

For 9/10 WRs, YAC is a product of system more than anything, including these 2.
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That 1.2 yards extra is huge as it makes up for Witten's 1 yard short of a 1st down catches. :muttley:

So how about how far they get down the field then? It may be close also, but just to me Cobb was more productive, for the price that Beasley wanted.
Doesn't matter now, both are gone and need another to step in. Like I said just my opinion.

Thanks for the stats.
 
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That 1.2 yards extra is huge as it makes up for Witten's 1 yard short of a 1st down catches. :muttley:

So how about how far they get down the field then? It may be close also, but just to me Cobb was more productive, for the price that Beasley wanted.
Doesn't matter now, both are gone and need another to step in. Like I said just my opinion.

Thanks for the stats.
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Lol true, anyone compensating for Witten it might matter more. But in actuality, the amount of times that 1.2 yards results in a first down or doesn't, is very small. We're talking about 1 or 2 first-downs a season.

Average Intended Air Yards - Beasley - 7.6. Cobb - 9.5. Not sure this matters a whole lot though. There's a huge difference between a 7-yard out and a 9.5 yard skinny, in terms of YAC opportunity.
 
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Future said:
Lol true, anyone compensating for Witten it might matter more. But in actuality, the amount of times that 1.2 yards results in a first down or doesn't, is very small. We're talking about 1 or 2 first-downs a season.

Average Intended Air Yards - Beasley - 7.6. Cobb - 9.5. Not sure this matters a whole lot though. There's a huge difference between a 7-yard out and a 9.5 yard skinny, in terms of YAC opportunity.
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Beasley = Mini-Witten - in support of the catch and drop skillset, although Witten was more of a catch and lean... slowly fall, feet stuck in quicksand type of skillset :confused:
 
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Jerry's decision to not hire competent position coaches. Garrett should have forced the issue.
 
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MyFairLady said:
Honestly I would put letting Beasley walk as a good decision not a mistake. Picking draft picks as mistakes is a bit unfair IMHO as it is always easy to be right 3 years later. IMHO the mistakes that continue to doom this franchise are primarily due to the unhealthy relationship between the Owner and the players. The following list is going from highest cap hits to the lowest and IMHO it is not a pretty sight.

Prescott is gonna destroy us.
Demarcus will never live up to that contract.
Zach Martin is already starting to under perform relative to his contract. Should we really be sinking that kind of cap space into guards?
Tyron is breaking down physically every year.
Amari Cooper cost us a first round pick and a mega deal all so that we could "win now".
Zeke becomes highest paid RB in football 2 years before his contract is over.
Tyrone Crawford has been overpaid for years.
Jaylon Smith easily the worst example. He has consumed a second round pick. Used roster spots when he was clearly not ready to play. Has one reasonable season and gets a massive contract before his existing one even expires. Bad bad bad business all around.
Lael Collins was given bank before we had to.

Those 9 players are taking up a huge chunk of the cap. Do you feel good about their chances of taking us all the way? I sure hope so because the roster is very watered down after that.
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I have to disagree on the Collins one. And I actually thought JJ might have hired outside help on this move cause it was so out of character to see JJ/Stephen to be proactive in extending him and being correct cause Collins balled out the year of the extension and could have demanded a whole lot more moola.
 
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The handling of Dak is the biggest mistake. This whole thing should have been wrapped up immediately after the 2018 season.

Either pay him something that would have looked high in 2018 but be dirt cheap by 2020 standards (because it would have been before a bunch of other big contacts dropped to inflate the market), or trade him after his bounce-back from 2017 when his value was high.
 
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J12B said:
Besides keeping Garrett around?

I'd say letting Beasley walk.

The front office could have afforded him. Now there is a void to fill with Cobb leaving. Cobb was good, but did not show up when needed.

Beasley was just too reliable to be seen as expendable. Maybe he became a diva. But he certainly proved his point.

In Buffalo last season, Beasley caught 67 passes for 778 yards and 6TDs.

Well worth 7 million per year.
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Beasley wanted out of Dallas. His demands were so high he knew Dallas wouldnt match it. He ended up in Buffalo where he took less.

There are other good slot WRs in the world. Let him go.
 
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To many to list.
1) Keeping Garrett for so long
2) Giving Marinelli a say in the draft
3) Hill
4) Taco - I think he gets to much hate. Has the physical tools but lazy. Think he just hated the cowboys coaching staff. Wasnt having a bad season last year till he got hurt. Still not "great"
5) Tanks contract - not worth it and prob never will be
6) Drafting or signing a good safety for how many years?
7) Drafting or signing a big run stuffing defender

Good enough for now

I for one always liked Beasley as a player and didnt want to see him go. Just keep him and his wife off twitter

Dont even get me started on this Dak ****. I don't mind paying Zeke his contract. Totally different back then the rest of the league. Still consider the offense to go through him and the OL not Dak. We abandoned the rush way to much last year between Pollard n zeke
 
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Holding onto Jason Garrett way too long... Soon to be paying Dak way too much for what he brings to the table.
 
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The biggest mistake for me is not investing Ressources (draft picks) in the QB position.

That forced us to hand Romo out a contract he could literaly force his demands on us. Now we are in the same position with Dak.

I cant understand how you dont invest more in the most important position. AND the position where you can safe the most money by drafting fresh blood.
 
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J12B said:
Besides keeping Garrett around?

I'd say letting Beasley walk.

The front office could have afforded him. Now there is a void to fill with Cobb leaving. Cobb was good, but did not show up when needed.

Beasley was just too reliable to be seen as expendable. Maybe he became a diva. But he certainly proved his point.

In Buffalo last season, Beasley caught 67 passes for 778 yards and 6TDs.

Well worth 7 million per year.
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Buffalo lacked any other real receiver threat. That's why the Bease excelled. Cobb still had comparable stats. 55/828 3 TDs For mega $$$ less.
 
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MyFairLady said:
Zach Martin is already starting to under perform relative to his contract.
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He just made 1st team all-pro which is the highest honor you can get for an o-lineman and is going to make 1st team all-decade this summer. How is that underperforming ? (lol).

If anything he's the only high dollar cowboys player that I never see get critized (making the all-pro team in 6 out of 6 years pretty much makes you untouchable).
MyFairLady said:
Should we really be sinking that kind of cap space into guards?
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Your not paying for a guard. You paying for a generational hall of fame talent player. There is no price on these players because there's no set way to attain them. Alot of it is luck (when Martin retires he might be the 3rd interior lineman to make first ballot in a 40 year span, cowboys lucked into this one).
 
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