News: Dallas Cowboys not considering release of LB JSmith to create salary cap room

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Jerry has been basking in the glow of Jaylon's recovery and loves his enthusiasm on the field. .......even if its celebrating a tackle when the team is losing. Jaylon isn't going anywhere for a while.
 

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Jerry has been basking in the glow of Jaylon's recovery and loves his enthusiasm on the field. .......even if its celebrating a tackle when the team is losing. Jaylon isn't going anywhere for a while.
Jerry is riding the wave of the Jaylon Glory h#le..until he is of no more use to his cause then in true Jerry fashion, Jaylon will walk and we won't get a damn thing for him in return.
 

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Jerry is riding the wave of the Jaylon Glory h#le..until he is of no more use to his cause then in true Jerry fashion, Jaylon will walk and we won't get a damn thing for him in return.

Jaylon doesn't have a market value. He's damaged goods trying to hide it behind lots of enthusiasm and celebration on the field. He's taken the whole "look at me" thing to a new level. He's a smart dude. He knows most fans are only remembering his celebrations and figure that if he's celebrating then he must be playing well..
 

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------Nolan tried some sort of whacky "it's a 3-4 but don't call it a 3-4" and forgot that the whole deal with the 3-4 is you need run defenders in the tackle spots. You can get away with lighter guys in the passing game but it kills you in the run game. That combined with losing two of those interior defenders in Hill and McCoy really screwed us. And who is gonna look bad when the interior looks bad? The lbs who are taking on way too many blockers.

That doesn't excuse running away from contact, and then chasing after the scrum 2-3 seconds later.

There are few linebackers who can consistently win against guards and centers who outweigh them by 50 pounds or so. Schemes are set up to keep those blockers tied up long enough that the linebackers can get into gaps and fill holes before the blockers get to them. You have four defensive linemen and five offensive linemen, so one of them has to force an extra blocker to block him long enough for the linebackers to get where they need to be. When that doesn't happen, the linebackers are dodging blocks to try to get around those much bigger men to get where they need to go.

So many fans look at Jaylon and LVE's play and for some reason can't figure out that it was a direct result of the defensive tackles not being good enough to do their job. Linebackers dodge blocks and make tackles downfield when they have bigger linemen constantly in their faces.

If we don't fix the line this offseason, we can expect the same thing ... and we can expect the same blame being placed on the linebackers that should go toward those DTs. That doesn't mean that Jaylon or LVE played as well as they should have, but a big part of how they played is a direct reflection of what was in front of them.
 

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Jaylon doesn't have a market value. He's damaged goods trying to hide it behind lots of enthusiasm and celebration on the field. He's taken the whole "look at me" thing to a new level. He's a smart dude. He knows most fans are only remembering his celebrations and figure that if he's celebrating then he must be playing well..
good point..
 

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Sometimes I really get behind this front office and the moves they make.

This example however, is their single biggest and most disgusting weakness. They cant ever admit to being wrong! We die with our mistakes.
 

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Feel bad for this kid he's a football moron but he deserves one more shot here!
 

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There are few linebackers who can consistently win against guards and centers who outweigh them by 50 pounds or so. Schemes are set up to keep those blockers tied up long enough that the linebackers can get into gaps and fill holes before the blockers get to them. You have four defensive linemen and five offensive linemen, so one of them has to force an extra blocker to block him long enough for the linebackers to get where they need to be. When that doesn't happen, the linebackers are dodging blocks to try to get around those much bigger men to get where they need to go.

So many fans look at Jaylon and LVE's play and for some reason can't figure out that it was a direct result of the defensive tackles not being good enough to do their job. Linebackers dodge blocks and make tackles downfield when they have bigger linemen constantly in their faces.

If we don't fix the line this offseason, we can expect the same thing ... and we can expect the same blame being placed on the linebackers that should go toward those DTs. That doesn't mean that Jaylon or LVE played as well as they should have, but a big part of how they played is a direct reflection of what was in front of them.
Exactly!!! Get a big , juicy NT that demands double teams and the everyone else is one on one. The Vita Vea's of the world play a huge role in allowing the LB to flow to the ball and eat. If you look at Tampa they had Suh next to Vea pushing the pocket from the interior. The impact is not the same when you have an unmotivated Poe and then have sorry a** Ty Crawford getting blown back 5 yards.
 

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This would require Jerry and Stephen to admit they’re wrong and got taken to the cleaners by Jaylon and his agent.

so they won’t do it.

Most frustrating part of this franchise they take way too many years to move on from coaches and players
 

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Wait so does this mean we’re not drafting a lb ?! :angry:

We still need a third one since Quinn isn't planning to run a 5-2 or nickel all the time. We just don't need one in the first round.

Those wanting to cut Jaylon are trying to create a need that we'd have to fill early, which would take away our ability to fill other more pressing needs. Fix the line, fix the secondary, then let's see how Jaylon and LVE play. If those things are better and they are bad, then linebacker becomes a priority in 2022.

However, if we look back at their play when those things were even just a little better, we had two linebackers who were playing at a fairly high level. It seems like some are choosing to forget that and look at 2020 in a vacuum.
 

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The main reason Mike Nolan was fired was not the historically bad DEF, but the fact Jaylon appeared to regress in Jerry's eyes.
 
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