Twitter: Jaylon Smith: "We need to simplify the playbook and scheme"

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jAYLON THINKS MM and staff will listen to his demands lol. Thats comical. MM and staff have rings. They know what works and what doesn't. Jaylon needs to sit down,shut up, and dive into his playbook. He is the employee and his boss is MM and Mike Nolan. He doesnt seem to understand how this works. Pretty rich that a guy who decides to not tackle wants to tell a guy that has won a SB with that scheme what to do.
 

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bingo. Has to do with layers of things,one of which is NOT SCHEME. Jaylon either can't cut it, or he fails in his prep work during the week. Its one or the other. What was his excuse the last several years? Scheme was to simple and predictable? Ya'll have to recall that. That was the running theme.Now that we hired a real DC and staff, he is now complaining again. This guy just needs to get it together or lets find someone else.
I'm wit you. I do feel nolan should install the defense at a pace. But for him to cry about it being too complex....in public.....shoot
 

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I doubt Nolan’s Scheme requires you to get stuck on blocks and get roller-skated out the play down after down...

Joe Thomas had no problem jumping right in and looked like a real LB.

The problem is that Jaylon just doesn’t have the instinct that makes great LBs. It takes more than being a physical freak to be a LB in the league.
 

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Mosher, of course, ignores Nolan’s history. One of the criticisms of Nolan and why many of his more recent defenses were suspect is that his scheme was often too complicated.

So Mosher can take his dig at Smith but the reality is Smith is saying something that has been alleged before. Griffen just said a couple of days ago he’s going back to his three point stance, so already it seems the players don’t think Nolan is doing them any favors.

Granted not sure Smith should be airing this publicly.

IMO, when we look back I think we are going to end up admitting that Nolan was a questionable hire.





Both Rob Ryan and Wade Philips ran very complicated defenses that required good talent that FIT their schemes. When they lost some of those good players that FIT their schemes their defenses slid down the rankings. I've said this before that with no OTA's, mini camps or preseason this was not the year to install a new scheme. McCarthy chose not to install a new offense and said from the very beginning that they would use most of the previous playbook. They also said that they would run schemes that matched the players and not force players to match a scheme but I guess that didn't apply to the defense. McCarthy is going to get some slack for this season because of being a new coach and no nothing before the season started, but I would not be surprised if the defense continues as it has that Jones may put pressure on McCarthy to do something about Nolan.
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jAYLON THINKS MM and staff will listen to his demands lol. Thats comical. MM and staff have rings. They know what works and what doesn't. Jaylon needs to sit down,shut up, and dive into his playbook. He is the employee and his boss is MM and Mike Nolan. He doesnt seem to understand how this works. Pretty rich that a guy who decides to not tackle wants to tell a guy that has won a SB with that scheme what to do.

Oddly enough, Rayman70, many of us, myself included, thought the same way, although, apparently, it came out today that MM has agreed to allowing some defensive simplifications to be granted. Evidently, there were conversations that included the staff being informed of some of the difficulties that players were having with the defense. Anyhow, it should prove interesting to see how far reaching it's likely to be, or not be. Personally, I'm relieved.

MM stated that he intends to keep his word that he leans to adjusting to the players needs, rather than force them to adapt to a scheme that they're not yet comfortable with. Perhaps Jaylon wasn't being a rebel but was simply stating things that were already in the works?! Anyway, we'll see how it goes. In effect, those who prefer the 3-point stance over the 2-point stance will be accommodated, at least, for the time being. Viva, flexibility!
 
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Is there another team that makes excuses for themselves like the Cowboys? Only this team allows something that should be kept within the locker room and team to be shared with the media. Remember when Owens criticized the play calling? Booger's response was "I have no problem with it".

Think Nolan should come out and say "Jaylon should spend more time in the playbook and honing his recognition and reaction skills"? Who elected this guy as spokesman for the D? Well, he did make a tackle and show off his little move so there is that.

I've made excuses for him related to his injury but that has nothing to do with not recognizing the plays Watch him and his reaction time vs the other defenders.

He was a force at ND but I wonder if that wasn't just pure athleticism like Roy OU Williams was at OU. They let him roam near the line and find his own spots. Smith's best attributes at ND were coverage of receivers and rushing the passer, playing the run was not his best one.

I'll bet Jaylon Smith is just a coach's favorite like having a student go public "this class is too hard, The teacher needs to make it easier for me". Let's fault the system, not the student.
 

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jAYLON THINKS MM and staff will listen to his demands lol. Thats comical. MM and staff have rings. They know what works and what doesn't. Jaylon needs to sit down,shut up, and dive into his playbook. He is the employee and his boss is MM and Mike Nolan. He doesnt seem to understand how this works. Pretty rich that a guy who decides to not tackle wants to tell a guy that has won a SB with that scheme what to do.

Evidently Nolan and McCarthy are listening not just to Jaylon but some other guys

"First and foremost, I feel like us as a group we have to get lined up correctly," defensive end Everson Griffen said. "We have to play our gaps correctly and we have to not beat ourselves. We cannot beat ourselves. We have to get lined up correct, make the tackles, make the calls. We've got to get the ball back for offense."

Thursday, head coach Mike McCarthy said it's possible the defense will scale back the volume within the scheme to help reduce missed assignments. After all, it's only been five weeks of actual on-field work since camp began.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/defense-eyes-adjustments-after-first-two-games
 

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So last year, Rod's defense was too vanilla.

Now, Nolan's is too complex.

Which is it?

Those aren't the only two kinds of defenses one can have. I mean it's quite possible we went from one extreme with Richard/Marinelli to the opposite extreme with Nolan.

It will be interesting to see where the defense trends this season. The biggest disappointment was that he was supposed to change our ability to get turnovers and through two games, it looks like last year.
 

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I doubt Nolan’s Scheme requires you to get stuck on blocks and get roller-skated out the play down after down...

Joe Thomas had no problem jumping right in and looked like a real LB.

The problem is that Jaylon just doesn’t have the instinct that makes great LBs. It takes more than being a physical freak to be a LB in the league.
How did we not get this the first time? Bruce Carter, he of the 4.2 forty or whatever he ran. He was so fast, he didn't need instincts. And we bought it.
 

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How did we not get this the first time? Bruce Carter, he of the 4.2 forty or whatever he ran. He was so fast, he didn't need instincts. And we bought it.

In fairness, not many questioned his instincts coming out of college. He was likely a Top 5-7 pick in the draft if he had never gotten hurt. That doesn't guarantee success by any means but you don't often see teams drafting a LB that high who lacks "instincts".

Regardless, he's blah now for whatever reason and honestly if this season continues as it has, his role should be diminished heading forward.
 

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In fairness, not many questioned his instincts coming out of college. He was likely a Top 5-7 pick in the draft if he had never gotten hurt. That doesn't guarantee success by any means but you don't often see teams drafting a LB that high who lacks "instincts".
Yeah, I didn't see anything about it. It's like the scouts all fell in love, and didn't even evaluate that part of his game. Kinda like Mo.
 

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Yeah, I didn't see anything about it. It's like the scouts all fell in love, and didn't even evaluate that part of his game. Kinda like Mo.

Yeah I think fans are now trying to craft a narrative around Smith that isn't true (or at least wasn't true) pre-injury. If you go back and read the draft guides, almost all talked about him being an instinctual LB. I think the injury has, for a lack of a better word, ruined him.

I think it's a pretty simply analysis. The Cowboys took a massive risk on a kid with a serious injury hoping he'd recover enough to be the guy that people say in college before he got hurt. It didn't pay off as the injury has made him a different LB than he was in college (I also think making him a MLB was a mistake too but that's another discussion). It's also looking like they made a mistake in extending him when they did. Very Tyrone Crawford-esque right there.
 
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Those aren't the only two kinds of defenses one can have. I mean it's quite possible we went from one extreme with Richard/Marinelli to the opposite extreme with Nolan.

It will be interesting to see where the defense trends this season. The biggest disappointment was that he was supposed to change our ability to get turnovers and through two games, it looks like last year.
Nolan has been an average to horrible defensive coordinator his entire career.

Why would here be any different?
 

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Evidently Nolan and McCarthy are listening not just to Jaylon but some other guys

"First and foremost, I feel like us as a group we have to get lined up correctly," defensive end Everson Griffen said. "We have to play our gaps correctly and we have to not beat ourselves. We cannot beat ourselves. We have to get lined up correct, make the tackles, make the calls. We've got to get the ball back for offense."

Thursday, head coach Mike McCarthy said it's possible the defense will scale back the volume within the scheme to help reduce missed assignments. After all, it's only been five weeks of actual on-field work since camp began.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/defense-eyes-adjustments-after-first-two-games
To SOME extent, MAYBE...but I imagine that will also be subject to change pending the results on the field.
 

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Nolan has been an average to horrible defensive coordinator his entire career.

Why would here be any different?

I don't know why it would be different. I never suggested it would.
 

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I don't know why it would be different. I never suggested it would.
That was meant to be rhetorical, not a direct challenge to you.

McCarthy hired Nolan because he feels like he owes him for helping him get started back in the day.

That is no reason to hire someone.

Bad hire.
 
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