All the doom and gloom folks

[fortdick]

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Sean Payton when he was available or Harbaugh when 9ers let him leave.

No to Murray.

We should have had a better backup QB.. If they knew Weeden was not good they could've got someone else. At the very least they could've helped him out in the games with some deceptive playcalling instead of letting everyone know what we are doing. Gutless football.

I remember the Get Rid Of Payton chant when he was our OC. He and Zimmer were dispised by most on this board.

 

[perrykemp]

If both are healthy the Cowboys are 5-0 and drawing comparisons of the 90's dominance.

I'm not sure I'd go as far as comparing them to one of the best teams in NFL history, however, I have little doubt with Romo/Dez the Cowboys would be right there with the Patriots/Packers as one of the top 3 teams in the league at this point in the season.

 

[CATCH17]

I remember the Get Rid Of Payton chant when he was our OC. He and Zimmer were dispised by most on this board.

Zimmer is still despised.

Payton.. I never had a problem with because I knew big Bill was holding the offense back just like I know Jason Garrett is holding this offense back.


Bill Parcells, as much as I love him, does not know how to coach a team with a good QB.

He can manage an offense as good as anyone with a bad to average QB but he tries to do the same thing with a guy like Romo.

That Seattle game where they had insurance guys playing in the secondary against Terrell Owens was an absolute joke.


Garrett on the other hand.. Im not sure what he offers other than he knows how to manage a team Monday - Saturday and he just hopes Romo makes him look like a decent coach on Sunday.


It took us years to finally adjust to teams pressing us out wide and blitzing up the middle. Years.

We show the Patriots 1 different look and they got it figured out by the 3rd quarter. It's just sad how bad our offensive coaching is.

 

[sureletsrace]

Realistically there isn't anything you can do to make the loss of Romo and Dez insignificant or less painful they're irreplaceable. They make this offense go which is why they get paid so much money. There were better backup QBs out there than Weeden in my opinion I said immediately after his performance vs AZ last season that the team needed to attempt to find a more solid backup for 2015. No point in talking about who should be the head coach it's injuries to key players that have put the Cowboys at 2-3 and sinking like the Titanic. Any coach would be in a tough situation losing their franchise QB, top WR and top RB that led the team to a 12-4 season the previous year. I'm not a Jason Garrett fan and he's made some coaching mistakes this season but hard to pin the struggles the team is having on him with him playing with a short deck. The team was 2-0 before all the key injuries occurred and Weeden took over.

We would all have to know the cap situation to know whether we should have paid Murray what Philly did but the team should have gone after a more solid veteran RB than McFadden and invested a draft pick in a young RB. A lot of us knew McFadden and Randle wouldn't be the answer (check my archives) and that it was a mistake for the Cowboys to bank more on the talent they have on the OL than the talent they have at RB. If the Cowboys had the efficient running game they had last season they would have had a better chance of surviving the loss of Romo but with Dez also going down defenses are able to load up against the run which has made the offense ineffective due to our QB/RB/WR situation.

Great post. This exactly.

 

[KJJ]

What could we have done to make losing Romo and Bryant insignificant , or at least less painful?

Please be realistic. Trading for AP and having Showers as the backup are pipe dreams. Please give some valid, realistic options. Please keep salary cap in mind.

There isn't anything that can be done to make losing significant players insignificant. Trading for AP was a pipe dream having Showers as the backup would have been a bigger nightmare than we're living now.

 

[Idgit]

Shaun Hill. Better than Weeden. Knows the Linehan system. Was available as a free agent.

We were reportedly interested in him, too, but he chose to return to MIN.

 

[ShiningStar]

That looks to be a list of the year before.

yes it is because i dindt want Weeden. So that is the list i would have looked at.

 

[Silver N Blue]

I think it is time to tear down Jerry World and start completely over. Get a new building this one is cursed, get rid of the entire regime, place all players who have failed to live up to expectations on suspended without pay status for letting the team and fan base down. Bring in every blue chip FA off the street, wal-mart, grocery store, and the CFL and start over during the bye week. I am positive this approach will work. It's the only thing that makes sense at this point.

 

[fortdick]

yes it is because i dindt want Weeden. So that is the list i would have looked at.

Okay, so you are saying should have done it two years ago. Fair enough.

 

[fortdick]

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I think it is time to tear down Jerry World and start completely over. Get a new building this one is cursed, get rid of the entire regime, place all players who have failed to live up to expectations on suspended without pay status for letting the team and fan base down. Bring in every blue chip FA off the street, wal-mart, grocery store, and the CFL and start over during the bye week. I am positive this approach will work. It's the only thing that makes sense at this point.

I will grab my shovel!

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think it is time to tear down Jerry World and start completely over. Get a new building this one is cursed, get rid of the entire regime, place all players who have failed to live up to expectations on suspended without pay status for letting the team and fan base down. Bring in every blue chip FA off the street, wal-mart, grocery store, and the CFL and start over during the bye week. I am positive this approach will work. It's the only thing that makes sense at this point.

So basically, what you are suggesting is to Nuke the entire site from orbit. Your thinking that it's the only way to be sure?

 

[Hoov]

who should have been our backup QB.

Who should have been our head coach?

Should we have paid Murray what he got from Phillie?

What could we have done to make losing Romo and Bryant insignificant , or at least less painful?

Please be realistic. Trading for AP and having Showers as the backup are pipe dreams. Please give some valid, realistic options. Please keep salary cap in mind.

? Backup QB

At present i dont have a problem with current coaching staff

No, we shouldnt have paid murray. The run game is putrid because the pass game is putrid. Murray would likley not be able to make a difference unless the passing improves.

Wish we would have kept Harris, he might have been a differnce maker in 1 or the last 2 games.

Other than that - In the future please throw the ball away Tony, stop taking those hits. And we need to find a capable Bcakup QB.

 

[fortdick]

So basically, what you are suggesting is to Nuke the entire site from orbit. Your thinking that it's the only way to be sure?

You don't think it could spread, do you?

 

[bsbellomy]

Let's be honest, the real problem has been the inability to find a capable backup QB. It's not the coaching or RB committee. You want realistic, if you REALISTICALLY thought Brandon Weeden could win games after his days in Cleveland then you have no business being a talent evaluator. Whoever made this decision in the first place, and worse decided to stick with it after the showing last year in Arizona, needs to be called onto the carpet for it.

Yes, I know you rarely can capable backup QB through free agency. But we ignored the position many years in the draft, and now we are paying for it. Every year I say we need to draft a QB, there is always decent players that fall (like Bryce Petty last year).

 

[KJJ]

One reason the Cowboys didn't make a change at backup was they did what many on this board did and that was use playing against a solid AZ defense as an excuse for Weeden's poor performance. I remember Garrett mentioning that in his Monday presser the day after the game talking about how good AZ's defense is. The Cowboys obviously didn't examine his performance hard enough in that game choosing to look at how well he performed the previous week vs Washington in relief of Romo.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

If both are healthy the Cowboys are 5-0 and drawing comparisons of the 90's dominance.

Not with these RBs the aren't. Murray helped this O line big time, it's showing.

 

[Silver N Blue]

So basically, what you are suggesting is to Nuke the entire site from orbit. Your thinking that it's the only way to be sure?

I think nuking may have to many drawbacks for the surrounding community....let's not get to hasty...just some good ole fashion dynamite should do the trick. There is clearly plenty of blue chip players on the street to start over I can't even name all the players there have been so many listed and give me three reasons why this team benefits from playing in Jerry's World.

 

[bsbellomy]

Not with these RBs the aren't. Murray helped this O line big time, it's showing.

Were they ever great in run blocking? I don't remember gaping holes. I do remember Murray getting records amounts of carries. 4 yards x 3 downs = first down.

 

[RunDMC]

Not with these RBs the aren't. Murray helped this O line big time, it's showing.

Yeah they aren't as good as Murray, but if Romo and Dez are in the lineup they would have to be able run well enough to at least keep defenses at bay.

New England doesn't run the ball all that well either, but they can do it when they need too. Dallas could've done the same thing.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You don't think it could spread, do you?

Don't know. But yeah, Nuke it form Orbit. Only way to be sure. Game over.