Losing Witten would be crippling W/O replacement

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Losing a guy that did nothing for them would be crippling? If the Cowboys were a good team they would've never brought Witten back.
 

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If Witten had...I dunno, TAUGHT GUYS UNDER HIM BEFORE HE RETIRED THE FIRST TIME...it wouldn't be an issue. If Jones had valued coaches that know how to do their job, it wouldn't be an issue. Witten is slowing down too much.
I'd be willing to bet that if he plays next year, we'd see a dropoff in performance like the Patriots are seeing in Brady this year.



It’s not Witten’s job to train his replacements—they were / are professionals who work with him in practice every day. If they can’t figure it out....then maybe that is the talent gap.
 

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Losing a guy that did nothing for them would be crippling? If the Cowboys were a good team they would've never brought Witten back.
Seriously?! Witten came back thinking this team was going to the SB (like everyone else) & wanted to contribute. It's easy making comments after the fact.
 

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It's a good bet that a TE will be on the Cowboys list of draft targets, although, it's just a question of how high on their list the position sits. It should be up there with the top four, imho, though. If a good one is available in the third round, I imagine it might be targeted. I think DT, SS, LB, TE, OT and LB are their main priorities. A talented backup OT is a real need to fill in for Tyron and La'el, if and when persistent injuries make it so.

The availability of a good one will always be prioritized, of course. If one isn't available, that position could be easily be pushed back into a later round. A better punter than Chris Jones has become will likely be targeted, as well, most likely in a late round.

The supply of someone most desirable will always be a highly essential factor, of course. There are lesser TEs in every draft than what some here make Witten out to be. Granted, he's slow but still quite reliable, despite his advanced age.
 
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It’s not Witten’s job to train his replacements—they were / are professionals who work with him in practice every day. If they can’t figure it out....then maybe that is the talent gap.

Any time I'm on a team, I do my darndest to help those around me because it helps my team. That's why it's a team game. Not really hard to understand.
 

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Witten brought very little this year. Somehow people claimed he was an all world blocker after being a below average blocker his entire career.
Start Jarwin or draft a TE next year, but Witten has to go....
 

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I read all over this forum about Witten and how he's holding Jarwin back. But to be honest Jarwin is a nice compliment, but shouldnt be nowhere near a starter. He is unusable in the running game. And we know this because Dallas was a strictly inside run team in 2018. Why because the TEs couldnt block the outside.

And it doesnt limit the handicap only to the run game. Theres a reason Dak was sacked at a record pace in 2018 because TEs couldnt help in pass blocking either. It was horrible.

Jarwin is a nice guy to go out and run a seam or a out to the sideline and get forgotten about by the defense because he's not a threat. That would work for the team if he comes in, in situations but if he's a starter then he's not getting them suprise the defense situations.

This team needs a complete TE, theres a reason Dallas wanted Geodert with Witten moving to the booth.

As much as Witten declined with age, Jarwin isnt half the TE Witten is. Jarwin is a guy you bring in, in situations. Not a guy you depend on regularly.

IMO Cole Kmet is just what this team needs. And picking him at 17 would be a great for this team. I see needs on defense but this defense needs veteran leadership. They have plenty of young talent who arent ready to be leaders. The offense is full of vet leaders. With the cap this team has, go and pluck a couple of vets in FA for this defense that are able to lead on the field.

Ignoring the loss of Witten would be a huge mistake as Dak found out in 2018 when im sure plenty of Monday mornings he woke up sore from the beating he took on sunday.

Witten is a disaster, no need to lift this guy up anymore. Right now we are trash even with him. I'd rather have jarwin.
 

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Smart football people that watch film know that Jarwin is a budding star at the TE position. Stick with your under the radar guy at TE and spend the money and resources elsewhere.
Trade Jarwin and picks to the Ravens for Mark Andrews and be set for a decade at TE. Jarwin is ok...Andrews could be HOF.
 

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I read all over this forum about Witten and how he's holding Jarwin back. But to be honest Jarwin is a nice compliment, but shouldnt be nowhere near a starter. He is unusable in the running game. And we know this because Dallas was a strictly inside run team in 2018. Why because the TEs couldnt block the outside.

And it doesnt limit the handicap only to the run game. Theres a reason Dak was sacked at a record pace in 2018 because TEs couldnt help in pass blocking either. It was horrible.

Jarwin is a nice guy to go out and run a seam or a out to the sideline and get forgotten about by the defense because he's not a threat. That would work for the team if he comes in, in situations but if he's a starter then he's not getting them suprise the defense situations.

This team needs a complete TE, theres a reason Dallas wanted Geodert with Witten moving to the booth.

As much as Witten declined with age, Jarwin isnt half the TE Witten is. Jarwin is a guy you bring in, in situations. Not a guy you depend on regularly.

IMO Cole Kmet is just what this team needs. And picking him at 17 would be a great for this team. I see needs on defense but this defense needs veteran leadership. They have plenty of young talent who arent ready to be leaders. The offense is full of vet leaders. With the cap this team has, go and pluck a couple of vets in FA for this defense that are able to lead on the field.

Ignoring the loss of Witten would be a huge mistake as Dak found out in 2018 when im sure plenty of Monday mornings he woke up sore from the beating he took on sunday.
Jarwin should be the starter...period. Jarwin start proving that the prior year. Witten's time is up.
 

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lol Kmet is under the radar because you dont know who he is?

What has Jarwin done to say he is budding star? He had all of 2018 to prove it. Swaim went down and Jarwin didnt light anything on fire.

you take out 4 of Jarwins catches and he has 261 yrds on 37 catches

1 catch vs wash for 22
1 catch for 42 vs giants 42
2 catches vs rams for 40

Thats a 7yrd per catch avg

Witten was at 8yrd per avg.

This stat shows you just how ineffective Jarwin really is.
Lol and if you take out 4 of Wittens catches, 33 vs mia, 20 vs jets, 19 vs rams and 18 vs the saints he drops to 7. So take out both you have 2 tes avg 7 per with one getting twice as many targets. Wittens wont drop as much because he cant stretch the field and is too slow to gain any YAC to have catches of 20+. Witten had 2 all year of 20 yds or more with 83 targets. Jarwin had 8 with 41 targets. I would call that effective, not ineffective.

And the Witten is a better blocker is HIGHLY over stated. Witten isnt the same blocker as he was 4 years ago. If a grade was put on them, Witten might be a 7 on a scale of 10 and Jarwin a 6 to 6.5. At one time this year Jarwin was being uses as a blocker on 51% of his snaps and Witten was being used as a blocker on 42% of his snaps. Didnt keep up with it and dont know how it ended up, but at no time in the year should your supposedly inferior blocking TE be blocking on more of his snaps and the superior TE at blocking being used less on blocking. Unless, the inferior blocker really isnt as inferior as some make him out to be
 

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Are you ignoring the fact that this OC didnt run in the redzone? What this team built its offense around?

Dd you know that 6 our of Dallas 8 wins came with Elliot running over 100? The lone loss when he got 100 was vs the jets.

When you have incompetent coaching you get what got this yr. Nobody could stop Dallas from the 20 to the 20. Dallas rode Elliot from the 20-20 but when it got in the redzone Moore tried to get cute. We saw this over and over again.

Moore's playcalling in the redzone would literally leave announcers at a loss for words
Did you know we were 2-3 in games we ran more than 44% of the time in the 1st half? Did you know the dumbest thing someone can claim as to why we won is because a rb gained a specific amount of yards or carries? Did you know we ran in the redzone 58% of the time and only 2 teams ran more than that in the redzone? Did you know that 7 of our 8 wins we passed more in the 1st half than we ran? Did you know that we were 1-2 in games when we ran more in the 1st half thant we passed?
 

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Jarwin is vastly underused and is a race car sitting in the garage only going out for light Sunday strolls. I’m giving him a fat dose of it...he’s a nightmare matchup for any defensive secondary or LB front. He’s too big but too fast same time. They don’t need Witten,he’s a luxury...just a good blocker to add to Shultz and Jarwin,and they’ll be fine.
 
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