Swaim was outstanding today

BigD_95 · Nov 19, 2018

Piledriver said:
Was outstanding today

some of those blocks were really good. He is becoming a decent player

Hardline · Nov 19, 2018

Swaim is playing like I figured Jarwin would be playing at this point. He is playing very similar to how he played at the University of Texas.

Hook Em

I was really hoping we would be in the position to take Noah Fant in the next draft but he's a borderline mid first round pick right now.

TheCount · Nov 19, 2018

John813 said:
If they can inline block I'm sure the team would love a better pass catching TE.

Same offense that gave Witten 60-80+ catches a year.

Ah, one that can inline block is quite the caveat.

Reminds me of how they are happy to draft a NT, as long as he happens to play like a 3-4 OLB.

John813 · Nov 19, 2018

TheCount said:
Ah, one that can inline block is quite the caveat.

Reminds me of how they are happy to draft a NT, as long as he happens to play like a 3-4 OLB.

Yea, it's becoming a rare breed of TE with the way CFB is developing TEs now.

And IMO with our coaches they want a blocker first then a pass catcher.
Going to be a tough find for an playmaking TE that is willing to block well 20+ times a game

samilpa4life · Nov 19, 2018

Piledriver said:
Was outstanding today

he is also a Great Blocker!!

Future · Nov 19, 2018

Fla Cowpoke said:
Swaim is a borderline starter. As a number 2 guy he would be pretty good. He is dependable and a pretty solid all around guy. Can block a little, can catch a little. It is a position that we have to improve for this offense to get better down the road.

This is pretty much right.

But that's a problem when you aren't able to win vertically, because he doesn't help that. On an explosive offense, Swaim can be valuable in being the safety valve and just working the underneath stuff. That's a problem in Dallas, where the underneath stuff is all they do.

HungryLion · Nov 19, 2018

Corso said:
How was his blocking?

His blocking was very good.

But it’s jusr my opinion that a tight end needs to have more than 40 yards receiving to be considered “outstanding”. Swaim plays a lot of snaps. The offensive scheme we use, relies heavily on a tight end and is begging for a high volume pass catcher. Swaim is very mediocre as a receiver.

HungryLion · Nov 19, 2018

Future said:
This is pretty much right.

But that's a problem when you aren't able to win vertically, because he doesn't help that. On an explosive offense, Swaim can be valuable in being the safety valve and just working the underneath stuff. That's a problem in Dallas, where the underneath stuff is all they do.

Agreed. One of the things the offense is lacking big time, is a vertical thread down the seams. Our slot receiver Cole can’t do it and our tight end can’t do it.

The offense needs a tight end who can stretch the field down the middle. Now, I don’t know if Dak could start hitting that consistently, if he had a tight end like that. But that’s what this offensive scheme calls for.

TwentyOne · Nov 19, 2018

Piledriver said:
Was outstanding today

Swaim is a good player.
People recognize him since witten quit.

CowboyRoy · Nov 19, 2018

xwalker said:
I sounds funny, but they missed Swaim in that game that he was out injured.

I completely agree. People forget that typically with pass blocking and run blocking, the TE is essentially part of the Oline. With Swain out, the line really suffered. He is holding his own now. I think he can be a very good 2nd TE. We need a true #1 however.

Losing Witten was a huge blow to this offense. It left Dak without a dependable 3rd down go to guy and it also took a good blocker off the line.

Risen Star · Nov 19, 2018

It was really the story of the game. The Falcons had no answer for Swaim and I'm not sure an answer even exists.

Ken · Nov 19, 2018

DakPresgoat said:
We literally had the second best tight end in NFL history playing for us, the past how many years.

And 4 catches for 40 yards is outstanding?

He was “ok”

NFL.com has 4 for 24...lol

nate dizzle · Nov 19, 2018

jazzcat22 said:
I think he signed a new contract this past off season. It would have to be a trade.
So we will draft one. Unless there is a FA out there.

I seen where NE may be done with Gronk. But I say no, too often injured.

If they were willing to accept a 2nd or 3rd for Brate it would be worth it. Considering how good we have proven to be at drafting TE's in the 2nd I would prefer trading the pick for an established player.

8FOR!3 · Nov 19, 2018

Seems like we relied a lot on short passes on 1st down and if we got 4 or 5 yards let Zeke run on 2nd and if he's within a couple of yards of a first down let him do the rest on 3rd. We executed pretty well and did a good job of that but there's not much room for error. More than a couple of penalties kills that gameplan and makes the team look bad. Although I understand the risk, if you're trying to sustain long drives and control the clock and wear down the opponent's defense that way works very well and it worked to a tee this week.

Fla Cowpoke · Nov 19, 2018

BigD_95 said:
some of those blocks were really good. He is becoming a decent player

I will also say this, as the season has gone on Rico has done a better job blocking as well.

CowboysExchange · Nov 19, 2018

Swaim has 1 Td all year playing every snap. He's a bust at the NFL level and is just another warm body we call a te core that never scores or changes the outcome of the games in a winning fashion.

If they'd rotate some slot wrs and rbs on 3rd down at least we would have a better Receiver core when it matters. He's not making those plays and never will and why he's out there on every snap is the most idiotic part of our coaching staff. Any defense will let him catch a few insignificant gimmie catches a game as long as we're punting and kicking fgs. Lol. We only scored 20 points which isn't gonna win beans at the playoff level

Swaim is not a receiver and has no business leading this team in passing snaps. 1 TD a year is pathetic for a te and if scoring and moving the chains isn't the most important trait that your looking for in a wr or te then this coaching staff needs to go

Imagine if we had a top 10 te who could get 7-8 TDs a year? That's the kind of skilled guys we need on 3rd down and dominating the passing snaps.

Not a practice squad level te like Swaim. Sorry. I'm not drinking the everydown te Koolaid when it only equates to 1 TD a year.

cern · Nov 19, 2018

he's improving. he's figuring out how to find the seams in defenses and using his body to shield defenders. coaches have no choice but to use other tight ends not named witten.

Piledriver · Nov 19, 2018

DakPresgoat said:
We literally had the second best tight end in NFL history playing for us, the past how many years.

And 4 catches for 40 yards is outstanding?

He was “ok”

That’s more than Allan Turds had ...

OmerV · Nov 19, 2018

I've been saying since preseason that he can catch the ball, and it's just a matter of making him part of the game plan. I also noticed some nice blocking from him to help open some of the holes for Zeke. He's not going to be a star in the NFL, but he can be a solid NFL player.

CalPolyTechnique · Nov 19, 2018

For whatever reason Swaim's become the Jeff Heath on offense, meaning generally hated on and underappreciated.

I don't think he's a long-term starter type but he's just fine as our second TE. He's developed great for an obscure 7th round pick.

Swaim was outstanding today

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