It’s still way too early to declare this off-season successful or not. Not finished with FA and the draft hasn’t happened yet. But it is safe to say it’s been a fairly typical off-season for the Jones front office as we watch teams with a good front office run circles around the Cowboys with both vision and financial creativity.
Remember when people were saying the rams had “mortgaged their future” to win now? Rams GM Les Snead just smiles at people like Stephen Jones and says “hold my beer”.
But here’s my OP question-
What must be different about this team next year in order for it take have success? Here’s my list:
- A mental and physical toughness this team hasn’t shown in a very long time. Last January the niners told us in advance they were going to get physical with us and run the ball down our throats. Then they did just that. If this team is ever going to truly playoff relevant again, this must change.
- Being able to run the ball consistently again. When this team has a running game, it opens everything else up. Either a better OL or better play calling must be part of this.
- Better football IQ. Stop the stupid penalties, missed extra points, missed assignments, poor execution, etc. This team got dumber as the season progressed. One of these days maybe- just maybe we’ll have a HC who realizes small details matter. Practices matter. Attention to things like penalties and clock management matter.
- Being willing to not play Zeke as much even though his contract is huge. Look, we get that he’s paid like a star. He’s not performing that way. Anyone who is honest will say that Tony Pollard was a consistently better RB last year and needs more touches. Pollard will never be a “bell cow”. But he needs more than 5-8 touches in a game.
- Better creativity with the offense. At times it seems like as soon as Kellen Moore shows some creativity he gets a call from Jason Garrett to tap the creative brakes. I just don’t understand. Is it DCs have figured out what his style is and he has no answers? Kellen Moore has to be better or he should be gone.
- For the first time in 15 years, make the playoffs two years in a row. For a franchise that once made the playoffs in 16 of 17 seasons back in the day, surely they could make it two years in a row for a change.
- Finally- the bottom line for any Cowboys team right now- at least make a conference championship game. It’s embarrassing that this team can’t get past the divisional round of the playoffs. Until they do this is a giant gorilla on their backs.
This is obviously and incomplete list. What else? What else must change?
Well bob for a short list, lol that is sort of long! many people here cant read more than 2-3 lines, some only read the title lol.
But yeah all of those are needed , and much more, but jones boys wont allow any of that!
Now kellen, even jones boys have admitted he needs help lol, that why we got the mike will be more involved with offense statement.
thats why they hired a OC to help him. So he is like a baby in a high chair and if he cant get the food in his mouth, he has 2 guys to help him do that.
Thats how jones boys fix things, instead of demoting kellen to asst OC, and hiring a real OC, and not the guy they hired lol, they hire guys to help the guy
who just isnt ready for the job.
Elliot, will still be the main guy lol as for pollard, expect same thing as last year.
I think last year they said more pollard in passing game etc, and it never showed up except a couple of games.
make the playoffs two years in a row or at least make a conference championship game....this requires the fixes to happen 1st!
Better football IQ.......get better HC and staff lol (not going to happen)
A mental and physical toughness...... this comes with a better HC and staff.
also players need to stop glorifying themselves everytime they make a play in reg season. that is one thing I am sick of seeing, not just dallas but all
teams have players that do this, and I think nfl encourages it.
By the time they get to playoffs, they already think they are great and wonderful, stars , hof players, so whats the big deal on a SB win?
Stop patting players on the back , or butt (JG) just because they make a play here and there. Save all that for div and conf champ game. and if you dont get there
they dont deserve glorification, or pats on the back.
My short list is
1.Better HC and OC
2.Draft a good qb to compete with dak, I think dak would play better if they did that, plus if dak is hurt or slumping put that qb in the game. it is a team sport right?
it isnt the dak cowboys.
3.Make pollard the main RB, and rethink all your blocking schemes to just get rb past the los, forget the downfield blks by linemen.
This would get the run game going.
of course then kellen would have to understand how to use a run game , and not just call run plays at random spots, but better to have a real OC.
and of course jones boys have no plans to do anything on my list lol.