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Why the Cowboys’ plans at linebacker will help dictate their entire offseason


https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...cker-will-help-dictate-their-entire-offseason


Coach 1: Overall, I look at 54 and feel like he has an incomplete understanding of how the defense works … almost like someone has coached him to just go run and be the best athlete. He seems to overreact to things that are not his responsibility, and he under-reacts to things that are fundamental to his own success in the scheme.

Coach 3: Playing linebacker is more than being able to blitz and cover receivers down the field. It is about taking on blocks, shedding them and tackling the ballcarrier. It is about living for contact and blowing up an iso. Jaylon wears the green dot, and you are telling me he has a hard time reading keys in the running game? I know I seem to pile on Jaylon a lot, but this is at the feet of Jerry and Stephen. This kid may have been an OK pro at 100 percent, but take away what he relies upon as his fastball and you have someone searching for answers. No wonder he jumps at every crosser he sees; his legs don’t work so he is guessing.
 
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Jaylon eyes are horrible, he's not reading the backfield well at all. Also, dude is chasing any flash that goes in the opposite direction. Fix his eyes and he has a chance, however, he's soft as drugstore cotton.

Long story short, sign a tough veteran and select a mid round backer...put LVE n Jaylon on notice.
 

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Jaylon eyes are horrible, he's not reading the backfield well at all. Also, dude is chasing any flash that goes in the opposite direction. Fix his eyes and he has a chance, however, he's soft as drugstore cotton.
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Same thing I saw - they're often defending against misdirection as the obvious play rolls by. Not in sync on their fits. The defense was often just so confused. Coaching failure of our now departed DC. Too much complexity too fast, or just a bad scheme. But big coaching fail.

Jaylon did look more confused than most, and often picked *neither* option, giving himself no chance of contributing to a play. You can't pick right if you don't pick at all.

But even with his eyes fixed, I think he's fundamentally physically limited. See Coach 3's comments. He sees it to.
 
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Re-evaluating our LB position must be one of Dan Quinn's priorities as our new DC. That doesn't necessarily mean firing people. It may just mean a change in the scheme or rearranging the chess pieces.
 
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I think jaylon is a post June 1 cut. It all depends how free agency goes and the draft. If they upgrade secondary and dt in free agency I can see them go linebacker early on. Curious if Quinn makes the move for kj wright ?
 
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bodi said:
Why the Cowboys’ plans at linebacker will help dictate their entire offseason


https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...cker-will-help-dictate-their-entire-offseason


Coach 1: Overall, I look at 54 and feel like he has an incomplete understanding of how the defense works … almost like someone has coached him to just go run and be the best athlete. He seems to overreact to things that are not his responsibility, and he under-reacts to things that are fundamental to his own success in the scheme.

Coach 3: Playing linebacker is more than being able to blitz and cover receivers down the field. It is about taking on blocks, shedding them and tackling the ballcarrier. It is about living for contact and blowing up an iso. Jaylon wears the green dot, and you are telling me he has a hard time reading keys in the running game? I know I seem to pile on Jaylon a lot, but this is at the feet of Jerry and Stephen. This kid may have been an OK pro at 100 percent, but take away what he relies upon as his fastball and you have someone searching for answers. No wonder he jumps at every crosser he sees; his legs don’t work so he is guessing.
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2018 was proof that Smith can play LB at a high level. The talent is there. What happened is that success went to his head. It’s clear he does very little game prep. Then he got the contract and set forth in his entrepreneurial career. Football is not his primary concern. Image is. Brand is. Layer in a dysfunctional owner and neutered coaching staff and players like Smith get away with it. He avoids contact because he can. He avoids doing the dirty work of a LB because he can. He avoids doing work on the playbook and opponent because he can. Despite all the clear eye crap Smith is a low character guy with a huge ego. He is majorly entitled as well.

Browning, Collins, Bolton should be priorities in the draft. 54 needs to go. He is not a winning football player.
 
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bodi said:
Why the Cowboys’ plans at linebacker will help dictate their entire offseason


https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...cker-will-help-dictate-their-entire-offseason


Coach 1: Overall, I look at 54 and feel like he has an incomplete understanding of how the defense works … almost like someone has coached him to just go run and be the best athlete. He seems to overreact to things that are not his responsibility, and he under-reacts to things that are fundamental to his own success in the scheme.

Coach 3: Playing linebacker is more than being able to blitz and cover receivers down the field. It is about taking on blocks, shedding them and tackling the ballcarrier. It is about living for contact and blowing up an iso. Jaylon wears the green dot, and you are telling me he has a hard time reading keys in the running game? I know I seem to pile on Jaylon a lot, but this is at the feet of Jerry and Stephen. This kid may have been an OK pro at 100 percent, but take away what he relies upon as his fastball and you have someone searching for answers. No wonder he jumps at every crosser he sees; his legs don’t work so he is guessing.
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I’m just wondering what coach 2 said.
 
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Whyjerry said:
2018 was proof that Smith can play LB at a high level. The talent is there. What happened is that success went to his head. It’s clear he does very little game prep. Then he got the contract and set forth in his entrepreneurial career. Football is not his primary concern. Image is. Brand is. Layer in a dysfunctional owner and neutered coaching staff and players like Smith get away with it. He avoids contact because he can. He avoids doing the dirty work of a LB because he can. He avoids doing work on the playbook and opponent because he can. Despite all the clear eye crap Smith is a low character guy with a huge ego. He is majorly entitled as well.

Browning, Collins, Bolton should be priorities in the draft. 54 needs to go. He is not a winning football player.
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Theres no other logical explanation for him.
 

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Mr_437 said:
Jaylon eyes are horrible, he's not reading the backfield well at all. Also, dude is chasing any flash that goes in the opposite direction. Fix his eyes and he has a chance, however, he's soft as drugstore cotton.

Long story short, sign a tough veteran and select a mid round backer...put LVE n Jaylon on notice.
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This gets back to my point that he's a spaz. Just watch him on the field and he runs around at full speed like a chicken without a head. The one coach made the comment that it looks like he tries to handle everything that's not his responsibility and then fails on his own. The guy is a spaz on the field.
 
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bodi said:
Why the Cowboys’ plans at linebacker will help dictate their entire offseason


https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...cker-will-help-dictate-their-entire-offseason


Coach 1: Overall, I look at 54 and feel like he has an incomplete understanding of how the defense works … almost like someone has coached him to just go run and be the best athlete. He seems to overreact to things that are not his responsibility, and he under-reacts to things that are fundamental to his own success in the scheme.

Coach 3: Playing linebacker is more than being able to blitz and cover receivers down the field. It is about taking on blocks, shedding them and tackling the ballcarrier. It is about living for contact and blowing up an iso. Jaylon wears the green dot, and you are telling me he has a hard time reading keys in the running game? I know I seem to pile on Jaylon a lot, but this is at the feet of Jerry and Stephen. This kid may have been an OK pro at 100 percent, but take away what he relies upon as his fastball and you have someone searching for answers. No wonder he jumps at every crosser he sees; his legs don’t work so he is guessing.
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154 tackles.

2nd in the NFL.
 
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Watching LVE and Jaylon one thing stands out immediately about both: they do not find the football. Having seen them both play at a high level and then struggle with the same issue, I wonder how much is scheme/coaching. What were their keys? Are they just completely blowing their reads or were their reads wrong? I think Jaylon, and more so LVE are good linebackers with the right scheme and coaching, but they'll both have to put in serious film study. As someone mentioned above, I simply don't trust Jaylon to to the requisite film study needed to be a high producing linebacker in the NFL, regardless of the scheme. For that reason, I would move on from him. I would put LVE back on the weak side and give him a chance to prove he belongs. I Target a veteran with a proven work ethic who can play at a good level for two downs. This gives LVE a model to learn from and fills that thumper role. We're gonna play three safeties in nickel looks anyway is my guess.
 
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texbumthelife said:
Watching LVE and Jaylon one thing stands out immediately about both: they do not find the football. Having seen them both play at a high level and then struggle with the same issue, I wonder how much is scheme/coaching. What were their keys? Are they just completely blowing their reads or were their reads wrong? I think Jaylon, and more so LVE are good linebackers with the right scheme and coaching, but they'll both have to put in serious film study. As someone mentioned above, I simply don't trust Jaylon to to the requisite film study needed to be a high producing linebacker in the NFL, regardless of the scheme. For that reason, I would move on from him. I would put LVE back on the weak side and give him a chance to prove he belongs. I Target a veteran with a proven work ethic who can play at a good level for two downs. This gives LVE a model to learn from and fills that thumper role. We're gonna play three safeties in nickel looks anyway is my guess.[/QUOTE]
That's exactly what I think they should do. I really like some of the hybrid SS in the draft, for I don't think theirs any UFAs that fit the mold.
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Make him a speed rusher on passing situations. His contract sucks (thanks Jerry), so use him for that one thing next year and he can be a backup LB, use him on special teams to because of his speed.

Cut or trade him next year.
 
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What about SLee and minimal about LVE? Is there immunity? The complete LB corp needs a do-over.
 
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