Dallas Cowboys: What to do about Jaylon Smith

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I'm not sure FO sees Jaylon as anywhere near the problem fans see/media see. I mean we've seen nothing from coaches/Jerry to suggest his starting position is in jeopardy. Not to mention, name the last player Jerry paid not to play. In other words, good or bad, he will start as they're paying him starting pay,



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FRISCO, Texas – As always, this is the uncertain time of the year.

Roughly one-third of NFL rosters turn over every offseason as each club looks for ways to improve its fortunes moving forward. The Cowboys are no different, as they'll face many tough decisions in the coming months.

With that in mind, we're evaluating each position on the roster and what choices face the front office in 2021. Part 4 focuses on the linebackers.
 
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There were rumblings about the Cowboys wanting to see more from him, so I don’t think they’re oblivious.

Jerry praising him in the media means nothing in actuality.
 
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Hawkeye0202 said:
I'm not sure FO sees Jaylon as anywhere near the problem fans see/media see. I mean we've seen nothing from coaches/Jerry to suggest his starting position is in jeopardy. Not to mention, name the last player Jerry paid not to play. In other words, good or bad, he will start as they're paying him starting pay,



https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/what-s-next-for-lb-what-to-do-about-jaylon

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FRISCO, Texas – As always, this is the uncertain time of the year.

Roughly one-third of NFL rosters turn over every offseason as each club looks for ways to improve its fortunes moving forward. The Cowboys are no different, as they'll face many tough decisions in the coming months.

With that in mind, we're evaluating each position on the roster and what choices face the front office in 2021. Part 4 focuses on the linebackers.
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Just bigger fish to fry than Jaylon is all,, Jerry got no problem paying meddling average players that most fans and the media arent even paying attention to when their focus is all on Dak.
Who cares about horrible contracts like Jaylon, when your entire fan base will be focusing on your next great mistake with Dak.
 
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It’s not just Jaylon but LVE, two “bargain” injury prone players that Jerry was praised for drafting because “we draft so well”. I will be interested to see what they do with LVE when his time comes.
 
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Hawkeye0202 said:
I'm not sure FO sees Jaylon as anywhere near the problem fans see/media see. I mean we've seen nothing from coaches/Jerry to suggest his starting position is in jeopardy. Not to mention, name the last player Jerry paid not to play. In other words, good or bad, he will start as they're paying him starting pay,



https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/what-s-next-for-lb-what-to-do-about-jaylon

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FRISCO, Texas – As always, this is the uncertain time of the year.

Roughly one-third of NFL rosters turn over every offseason as each club looks for ways to improve its fortunes moving forward. The Cowboys are no different, as they'll face many tough decisions in the coming months.

With that in mind, we're evaluating each position on the roster and what choices face the front office in 2021. Part 4 focuses on the linebackers.
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Cut. His. ***. Post. June. One.
 
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aria said:
It’s not just Jaylon but LVE, two “bargain” injury prone players that Jerry was praised for drafting because “we draft so well”. I will be interested to see what they do with LVE when his time comes.
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Jerry's drafting on defense is just horrendous.

It's the biggest barrier this team has to actually moving forward.
 
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Corso said:
Let's be honest.
It made both of their careers because they were crap Olympians that weren't going to come close to medaling.

Feel bad for the physical and emotional pain for Nancy though.
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Nancy got a silver and bronze medal didnt she....not really crap
 
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Since he loves celebrating so much, I think he would be great moving to a cheerleader role like Rowdy. He can cheer and celebrate his butt off as much as he wants and wouldn't look like such a moron any more while doing it.
 
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If he's at MLB on opening day.. then these coaches are stupid? or is it Jerry? or all of the above? But nothing worse than never actually learning a lesson which is a staple for this team!
 
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Alright. I've thought a lot about Jaylon Smith and this is what I've decided:

  • He's not as bad as he looks, it's just that when he does look bad, he looks laughably bad.
  • In his entire life he has never been as bad at football relative to his peers as he was in 2020.
  • Everyone on this defense looked bad in the new defense installed over zoom.
  • We have a new DC and I trust that DC to better match scheme to talent.
  • Fans hate Jaylon more than DCs hate Jaylon.
When you put it all together, what I would probably do is let it ride and either give him another year or end up cutting him when I go down to my final 53.

I know a lot of you will disagree on that but I just don't believe we're going to find so many good LBs this offseason that we have no room for Jaylon Smith on the roster. As much as fans hate on Jaylon, at worst he's still better at playing LB in the NFL than all but like 100 people on this planet. Unless 5 or 6 of those 100 are all wearing stars in August, we're better off with him.

Deal with the money next year, when there's less penalty for moving on. No, it's not ideal, but the bed has been made and now we lie in it.
 
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he is the cornerstone of the defense !! Jerry already anointed him with a whole lot of oil ! We and Quinn are stuck with him.
 
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