4th youngest team in football

[WPBCowboysFan]

And you can see the core and only a few major holes remaining. You have the young key guys like Dez, Tyron, DeMarco, Frederick, Church, Carter, etc.

Assuming guys like TWill, Wilcox, McClain and Escobar stay on their current path of development you only have two positions that need to be dramatically upgraded next season IMO. One is DE and Spencer could conceivably fill some or all of that position next year and the other in ROT replacing Doug Free. For that position we have three candidates in Parnell, Weems and Donald Hawkins that could conceivably fill that position next season. I think the DE spot is the only obvious hole going into next season.

 

[Kaiser]

Wow, the trolls have convinced me! I'd like to change my post to one or more of these:

• This is the worst team of the last twenty years.
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• This is the worst defense in the league by far.
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• This team will be lucky to win four games.
  
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• Romo/Garrett/our draft/every coach/every player completely sucks.
  
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• Hitchens was the worst draft pick in history.

From now, skip over my posts and just mix and match any of the above instead. It will save us all time and effort.

 

[Idgit]

Agree, I said we only have a couple of "major holes" and should have expanded on that to save all of us from reading the trolls. We had 6 to 8 major holes going into this season and the OP's original post about the development has filled some. Others have been filled by simple good luck like Rolando McClain. Some have been patched over by Marinelli's scheme.

My point is that DE and ROT are the only obvious glaring holes for next season at this point. Backup spots like FS, OG, LB, CB, etc are always going to issues and always restocked on a yearly basis. The trend from the end of last season to today is definitely on the way up however, regardless of what some posters here want to think.

Well, either way, anybody that thinks you're delusional doesn't have a firm grasp on what NFL roster depth really looks like in the league right now.

 

[Kaiser]

Most contending teams have a difference maker that an opposing offensive coordinator has to game plan against.

The Cowboys do not.

But if those offensive coordinators only get 25 minutes of possession time because Dallas controls the ball offensively, their chances of winning are much smaller to start with.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

The defensive line has problems... starters and depth.... right now we are running bodies out onto the field, keeping them fresh, and taking advantage of a solid scheme. But its still obvious that we have problems across the line. Crawford and Melton has been solid, hopefully Lawrence can help...but there is an overall lack of talent at that position.

The offensive line needs some depth...., I am not sold on guys like Weems and Purnell, let alone Free.....

LB corps has been decent, but needs talent. McClain has been a revelation.... Carter had a solid start, and one really good game... but he's injured, which isn't unusual..... Lee is injured as well.....

We will see what happens with the Murrary, I hope we resign him to a reasonable deal...

Our strength is the oline, and receivers... if we can keep tony healthy, we'll be okay...

But we have issues to address....

Happy we are playing well, here's to a good season.... but I'm going to stay balanced... not super happy or super sad... balanced...

 

[xwalker]

And you can see the core and only a few major holes remaining. You have the young key guys like Dez, Tyron, DeMarco, Frederick, Church, Carter, etc.

Assuming guys like TWill, Wilcox, McClain and Escobar stay on their current path of development you only have two positions that need to be dramatically upgraded next season IMO. One is DE and Spencer could conceivably fill some or all of that position next year and the other in ROT replacing Doug Free. For that position we have three candidates in Parnell, Weems and Donald Hawkins that could conceivably fill that position next season. I think the DE spot is the only obvious hole going into next season.

It's best to just ignore the trolls. The more good posts that you make the better the good post to troll post ratio gets. The trolls feed on getting a negative response back. Ignoring them is like cutting off their air supply.

Yes, the roster is finally at what I consider the break-even point. The next step is to add more elite type players. It doesn't have to be at any specific position; although, DE would be my top choice.

Last season, they could have added 2 elite players to the defense and it probably wouldn't have made much difference because they just had too many issues. This season some young players have matured and many veterans now have a complete understanding of how to function in this scheme. Adding even 1 elite type player could make a huge difference on this defense now.

 

[Brooksey]

I think you are dramatically overrating the teams talent at DT, S and CB. Each of those positions need to be addressed in the offseason, in addition to the tremendous hole at DE. At some point, a legitimate QB of the future needs to be brought in as well.

Seems like you and some others have dramatically underrated the talent on defense this year. We have depth at DT now with two more guys on the way. Lawrence our 2nd Rd pick should be back soon at DE.

Problems or depth at CB and safety is untrue.

Romo is 34 not 38, were fine at QB right now.

We need some additions but you are way off or you're being a drama queen.

 

[Kaiser]

It's best to just ignore the trolls. The more good posts that you make the better the good post to troll post ratio gets. The trolls feed on getting a negative response back. Ignoring them is like cutting off their air supply.

You are right, I should put a whole more posters here on Ignore. I have have 2 or 3 on Ignore (meaning I'm 99% certain Risen Star is the ignore post that called me delusional!) but should add more. Its hilarious that we spent all offseason reading this team would be horrible and after a big win to go 4-1, they can't even take pleasure in it.

 

[Brooksey]

I used to worry about what to do with Doug Free. But then I remembered we have Parnell, Weems and Donald Hawkins in the pipeline.

We're good.

Dude you try to hard to be funny

 

[xwalker]

Agree, I said we only have a couple of "major holes" and should have expanded on that to save all of us from reading the trolls. We had 6 to 8 major holes going into this season and the OP's original post about the development has filled some. Others have been filled by simple good luck like Rolando McClain. Some have been patched over by Marinelli's scheme.

My point is that DE and ROT are the only obvious glaring holes for next season at this point. Backup spots like FS, OG, LB, CB, etc are always going to issues and always restocked on a yearly basis. The trend from the end of last season to today is definitely on the way up however, regardless of what some posters here want to think.

Free is "good enough" at RT and they always have the option to re-sign him. They obviously really like Weems as a developmental guy because they kept him as an inactive 4th OT all of last year and initially kept him on the 53 this season until they decided that he needed surgery. They like something about Hawkins also. They like Parnell enough that he has been the only active 3rd OT for the past 3 seasons.

The good thing at DE is that they have options. Spencer might get better if his knee holds up and Lawrence will be back at some point. To a lesser extent, they seem to like something about Lavar Edwards, but he had a knee injury and he came from a 3-4 team. He probably needs time to get healthy and learn this defensive scheme. I don't know if he has talent or not, but he is an option.

 

[Macnalty]

It's best to just ignore the trolls. The more good posts that you make the better the good post to troll post ratio gets. The trolls feed on getting a negative response back. Ignoring them is like cutting off their air supply.

Yes, the roster is finally at what I consider the break-even point. The next step is to add more elite type players. It doesn't have to be at any specific position; although, DE would be my top choice.

Last season, they could have added 2 elite players to the defense and it probably wouldn't have made much difference because they just had too many issues. This season some young players have matured and many veterans now have a complete understanding of how to function in this scheme. Adding even 1 elite type player could make a huge difference on this defense now.

That was well said Walk. I agree completely on trying to add two elite players on defense next year, let us use this scouting dept judgement. At some point we have to spin the wheel on a backup QB in the draft hope the scouts find a gem.
Risen is always going to find fault on the talent makeup of the team, he more often than not is correct. We cannot afford all top tier ingredients in this recipe and some modest generics are required for budget reasons. The safety play seems to really stand out these last three games, hope we are learning from our mistakes.

 

[xwalker]

That was well said Walk. I agree completely on trying to add two elite players on defense next year, let us use this scouting dept judgement. At some point we have to spin the wheel on a backup QB in the draft hope the scouts find a gem.
Risen is always going to find fault on the talent makeup of the team, he more often than not is correct. We cannot afford all top tier ingredients in this recipe and some modest generics are required for budget reasons. The safety play seems to really stand out these last three games, hope we are learning from our mistakes.

Yes, a future QB could be a consideration with the 1st round pick. It would be more more "fun" to add another non-QB first rounder, but depending on how it falls, I can see QB as a consideration.

Fans don't seem to understand that NFL teams can't have to 10 talent at each position. Back in 1992, the Cowboys' defense only had about 3 players that were top 10 at their position at that point in their careers.

 

[Noryb]

Dude you try to hard to be funny

When the team you are "rooting" for is 4 -1, what else can you do?

 

[Macnalty]

Yes, a future QB could be a consideration with the 1st round pick. It would be more more "fun" to add another non-QB first rounder, but depending on how it falls, I can see QB as a consideration.

Fans don't seem to understand that NFL teams can't have to 10 talent at each position. Back in 1992, the Cowboys' defense only had about 3 players that were top 10 at their position at that point in their careers.

This team is getting more tuned up with each game, without Murray's fumble and Romo's interception in the redzone, the boys could of made this game a laugher IMO.