BTB: Gil Brandt on what Dallas should do

burmafrd said:

All these changes; the PROCESS; etc

has not produced more wins has it?

Yet they want to give this more time. How much time?

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gmoney112 said:

In before the 10 pages of "Garrett sucks" and "Jerry does what he wants" posts.

The BTB author makes some good points. It's hard to argue that the Dallas FO hasn't at least shown improvement in the way they conduct operations.

That being said, whether the consortium's approach correctly makes the decisions that ultimately improve the team's chances of winning remains to be seen.

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Future said:

And what, pray tell, is JG's identity?

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Idgit said:

Offensively, we've got a passing offense that puts pressure on you on all three levels and takes advantage of whichever matchup the defense gives you. We pass to get the lead and run to keep it, which rarely happens because we can't keep a lead when teams are able to pass on us at will.

Defensively, we're settling in on becoming a man coverage team that puts pressure on from a one-gap penetrating DL rotation and that has athletic LBs and S's that can get back in coverage and make plays with their eyes on the QB. We took too long to decide what we wanted to do here, but it looks like we've settled in on it and have the right defensive coaches in place for what we want to do, finally.

As an overall organization, we look to be flattening out the salary cap structure (franchise QB, aside) and building competency in both college and pro scouting to get to a place where we can afford to play the best players at any position. And trying to get enough depth in every position group that we can plug in replacements when starters go down without compromising the structure of the scheme (like we did defensively this year after losing Lee and Durant at MLB or when Claiborne missed time and we had to end up playing more zone than we wanted behind an anemic pass rush). We're signing mostly veteran role players in VFA and hoping to add starters in the first three rounds of the draft. Middle and bottom rounds are reserved for developing players at positions where they can be developed over time (e.g., OG), and for key role players (change of pace RB, ST standouts, specialty linebackers, TE2/3, WR3/4/5, etc).

I think it's pretty clear, overall what we're doing and how Jason is approaching everything. It's looked disorganized at times because of his false start with his coordinators, because our roster was upside down in a significant way and had major holes at OT and CB and, now, DL, and because we've had a ridiculous rash of defensive injuries that last two seasons. But it's pretty clear what we're trying to do, anyway. That's not to say people aren't justified in not liking some or all of what that is, but it's tough to listen to hard-core fans say they don't see what direction we're trying to go in. At least from where I'm sitting.

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Future said:

Good post, but what I meant was JG specifically. Landry was stoic, Harbaugh is fiery...what the heck is JG? Robotic? Vanilla? lol

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Idgit said:

He's sort of got a creepy Stepford Coach thing going on, I'll admit. Like I wouldn't be all that surprised to see him get really agitated in a press conference one day and see his head split open and the alien who's been operating him all this time just fly out and abandon the ginger husk once and for all.

I could see the same thing happening to Jerry, come to think of it in an alien-Overlord sort of way. Maybe we're onto something here.

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Idgit said:

Offensively, we've got a passing offense that puts pressure on you on all three levels and takes advantage of whichever matchup the defense gives you. We pass to get the lead and run to keep it, which rarely happens because we can't keep a lead when teams are able to pass on us at will.

Defensively, we're settling in on becoming a man coverage team that puts pressure on from a one-gap penetrating DL rotation and that has athletic LBs and S's that can get back in coverage and make plays with their eyes on the QB. We took too long to decide what we wanted to do here, but it looks like we've settled in on it and have the right defensive coaches in place for what we want to do, finally.

As an overall organization, we look to be flattening out the salary cap structure (franchise QB, aside) and building competency in both college and pro scouting to get to a place where we can afford to play the best players at any position. And trying to get enough depth in every position group that we can plug in replacements when starters go down without compromising the structure of the scheme (like we did defensively this year after losing Lee and Durant at MLB or when Claiborne missed time and we had to end up playing more zone than we wanted behind an anemic pass rush). We're signing mostly veteran role players in VFA and hoping to add starters in the first three rounds of the draft. Middle and bottom rounds are reserved for developing players at positions where they can be developed over time (e.g., OG), and for key role players (change of pace RB, ST standouts, specialty linebackers, TE2/3, WR3/4/5, etc).

I think it's pretty clear, overall what we're doing and how Jason is approaching everything. It's looked disorganized at times because of his false start with his coordinators, because our roster was upside down in a significant way and had major holes at OT and CB and, now, DL, and because we've had a ridiculous rash of defensive injuries that last two seasons. But it's pretty clear what we're trying to do, anyway. That's not to say people aren't justified in not liking some or all of what that is, but it's tough to listen to hard-core fans say they don't see what direction we're trying to go in. At least from where I'm sitting.

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Idgit said:

Offensively, we've got a passing offense that puts pressure on you on all three levels and takes advantage of whichever matchup the defense gives you. We pass to get the lead and run to keep it, which rarely happens because we can't keep a lead when teams are able to pass on us at will.

Defensively, we're settling in on becoming a man coverage team that puts pressure on from a one-gap penetrating DL rotation and that has athletic LBs and S's that can get back in coverage and make plays with their eyes on the QB. We took too long to decide what we wanted to do here, but it looks like we've settled in on it and have the right defensive coaches in place for what we want to do, finally.

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DBOY3141 said:

As long as Jerry is alive, he will be the identity of the Cowboys. Even when Parcells was here, Jerry was still a big presence.

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ChldsPlay said:

What???

Garrett's offense has been awful at utilizing the entire field. It rarely puts pressure on much of anything, And they've been bouncing around with the defense his entire tenure, there's no way to say they've settled on anything. If it doesn't work this year, then it'll be different next year.

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DBOY3141 said:

You make a very good point. I think Belicheck is an outstanding coach, it will be interesting if he can have the same success without Brady. With FA and turn-over of rosters, the QB position is the key to winning anything in today's NFL.

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big dog cowboy said:

Just to keep things in perspective, the last super bowl billecheat/brady won was in 2005.

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jimmy40 said:

but the only reason they don't have 2 more is because Eli is the luckiest QB ever- per Cowboyszone.

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Idgit said:

Offensively, we've got a passing offense that puts pressure on you on all three levels and takes advantage of whichever matchup the defense gives you. We pass to get the lead and run to keep it, which rarely happens because we can't keep a lead when teams are able to pass on us at will.

Defensively, we're settling in on becoming a man coverage team that puts pressure on from a one-gap penetrating DL rotation and that has athletic LBs and S's that can get back in coverage and make plays with their eyes on the QB. We took too long to decide what we wanted to do here, but it looks like we've settled in on it and have the right defensive coaches in place for what we want to do, finally.

As an overall organization, we look to be flattening out the salary cap structure (franchise QB, aside) and building competency in both college and pro scouting to get to a place where we can afford to play the best players at any position. And trying to get enough depth in every position group that we can plug in replacements when starters go down without compromising the structure of the scheme (like we did defensively this year after losing Lee and Durant at MLB or when Claiborne missed time and we had to end up playing more zone than we wanted behind an anemic pass rush). We're signing mostly veteran role players in VFA and hoping to add starters in the first three rounds of the draft. Middle and bottom rounds are reserved for developing players at positions where they can be developed over time (e.g., OG), and for key role players (change of pace RB, ST standouts, specialty linebackers, TE2/3, WR3/4/5, etc).

I think it's pretty clear, overall what we're doing and how Jason is approaching everything. It's looked disorganized at times because of his false start with his coordinators, because our roster was upside down in a significant way and had major holes at OT and CB and, now, DL, and because we've had a ridiculous rash of defensive injuries that last two seasons. But it's pretty clear what we're trying to do, anyway. That's not to say people aren't justified in not liking some or all of what that is, but it's tough to listen to hard-core fans say they don't see what direction we're trying to go in. At least from where I'm sitting.

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visionary said:

LOL
If you actually believe even half of this stuff you definitely smoking some pretty good stuff

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