Awakened;1609242 said:
I think Jerry Jones is one of the premier NFL owners. However, I see a troubling tendency. It seems to me that he has an amount of money budgeted for each position, though this is obviously not strictly adhered to. Many of us saw weakness at the cornerback position, and were crying out for a good cornerback to get drafted. Instead, we got the typical 6th & 7th round CB's. This happened two years in a row! I think Jerry tends to be unwilling to use first day draft picks on a position in which has already has a lot of money invested.
The only exceptions to this rule have been OL and DL. But I think this lesson was learned the hard way. Jerry came to believe (with Parcell's help) that OL & DL depth was critical.
Our season is quite likely going to suffer because of an unwillingness to pursue and develop excellent CB depth. What makes this really bizarre is that our top two CB's are both a year away from 30, with Aaron Glenn approaching NFL senior citizen status. How could such a good owner possibly be comfortable with that situation? Very disappointing.
Over the years I've come to the conclusion that having good/great CB's is more of a luxury and that having quality pass rushers is more of a necessity in the NFL. Now, you can't field a team with Pete Hunter, Duane Hawthorne, and Mike Rumph because they simply can't cover at all (although Hunter wasn't *that* bad) and offenses will get the ball off before the pass rush can reasonably arrive in time. However, I believe that Glenn, Henry, and Reeves are much better than the times we've struggled with corners in the past. And the last two years we've been very good at cornerback and it didn't make nearly the impact as a team like the Eagles who had lesser corners but a far better pass rush. The same could be said for the Broncos who had greatly improved their cornerback play, but it didn't lead to better defensive play.
Perhaps Jerry could have gotten a cornerback, but we had major league needs at OLB and we had to look at getting a right guard and replacing Flozell after this season. On top of that, we've got a decent amount of money locked into A. Glenn, Newman, and Henry right now so probably the best way to get a corner back then was through the draft, especially since Newman will be up for renewal.
The fact is that I'm not convinced that I would take a corner in the draft (remember, the first pick originated at #22 when Revis and Leon Hall were already gone) over getting either Spencer, Cleveland's #1, Free, and Marten if Marten works out (and former BC O-Linemen tend to do that in the NFL).
I think most Cowboys and NFL fans consider Phillips to be a defensive guru. And if so, then in reality the loss of decline in play of Newman should put a small dent into the defense's effectiveness, but a good coach should be able to work around it.
YAKUZA
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