Recap: Bill Belichick on Cowboys and NFL Week 1

[VaqueroTD]

Good watch if you like learning from the masters. There are a lot of coaching tips I didn’t cover. He’s is like his old boss Parcells and teaches a coaching clinic while talking to the press.

On Week 1:

• A lot of flags. Too many. Some of it is sloppy play, but also the officials purposefully being too tight to show teams how they will call it this year. Tough for players cause they’re not sure how game is going to be called and it removed some big plays.
• A lot of overreaction to both wins and losses. Many games to go and a lot of work to be done by all teams.
• A lot of injuries. Will be much roster shuffling and transitions as teams figure out how to deal with them for the season.
• Shocked how bad the QB production was in week one. QBs like Jayden Daniels, Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, Caleb Williams only averaged 2-3 yards throw before YAC. Lack execution in passing game in almost half league. Fewest TD passes in week 1 in a while. 5 years ago it was double that amount passing TDs in week one. This means a lot of FG kicking. You can’t just run in the NFL, have to be able to pass if want to be competitive.

On Cowboys:

• (Asked how to GM Cowboys salaries for big three) Having good players is not a problem. 2 years from now those salaries will look pretty good and much lower than what others will be making. Prescott is making not much more than many other QBs who are not performing.
• Stephen and Jerry do a good job running the roster. The only way you can retain guys like Parsons, Lamb and Prescott and still afford others is you have to find bargains with talent. Cowboys have done a fantastic job at that with special teams. Aubrey and Turpin are elite players and best at their position, kicker and return man. And barely cost anything. I wouldn’t kick to Turpin. He almost broke other runs for TDs too, he’s too dangerous to get the ball. Bonus points from these guys that you didn’t count on. That‘s how you afford Parsons, Lamb and others.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Bump if you missed it. Never pass up a chance to get takes from a football guru.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Thanks
I hope you can do this every week......


This is interesting.........
Having good players is not a problem. 2 years from now those salaries will look pretty good and much lower than what others will be making. Prescott is making not much more than many other QBs who are not performing.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Yeah but in later years how will they look, do we continue to restructure deals??

 

[RonnieT24]

Yeah but in later years how will they look, do we continue to restructure deals??

As long as the players and the teams are good ... absolutely. You keep pushing the big cap hits into the future and when you finally DO decide you have to rebuild you let the cap go to hell that year.

 

[Loso86]

Good watch if you like learning from the masters. There are a lot of coaching tips I didn’t cover. He’s is like his old boss Parcells and teaches a coaching clinic while talking to the press.

On Week 1:

• A lot of flags. Too many. Some of it is sloppy play, but also the officials purposefully being too tight to show teams how they will call it this year. Tough for players cause they’re not sure how game is going to be called and it removed some big plays.
• A lot of overreaction to both wins and losses. Many games to go and a lot of work to be done by all teams.
• A lot of injuries. Will be much roster shuffling and transitions as teams figure out how to deal with them for the season.
• Shocked how bad the QB production was in week one. QBs like Jayden Daniels, Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, Caleb Williams only averaged 2-3 yards throw before YAC. Lack execution in passing game in almost half league. Fewest TD passes in week 1 in a while. 5 years ago it was double that amount passing TDs in week one. This means a lot of FG kicking. You can’t just run in the NFL, have to be able to pass if want to be competitive.

On Cowboys:

• (Asked how to GM Cowboys salaries for big three) Having good players is not a problem. 2 years from now those salaries will look pretty good and much lower than what others will be making. Prescott is making not much more than many other QBs who are not performing.
• Stephen and Jerry do a good job running the roster. The only way you can retain guys like Parsons, Lamb and Prescott and still afford others is you have to find bargains with talent. Cowboys have done a fantastic job at that with special teams. Aubrey and Turpin are elite players and best at their position, kicker and return man. And barely cost anything. I wouldn’t kick to Turpin. He almost broke other runs for TDs too, he’s too dangerous to get the ball. Bonus points from these guys that you didn’t count on. That‘s how you afford Parsons, Lamb and others.

Hmm I wonder if our fans will listen to this or just be hateful!!!!!?

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Coach makes some good points but I like bashing Jerry anyways ....

 

[thunderpimp91]

• Shocked how bad the QB production was in week one. QBs like Jayden Daniels, Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, Caleb Williams only averaged 2-3 yards throw before YAC. Lack execution in passing game in almost half league. Fewest TD passes in week 1 in a while. 5 years ago it was double that amount passing TDs in week one. This means a lot of FG kicking. You can’t just run in the NFL, have to be able to pass if want to be competitive.

This is something to really keep an eye on. It's not just the young QBs struggling either, the league as a whole is seeing fewer and fewer passing yards. Its really been a downward trend since the 2020 season where the average was 240 per game. I didn't look at the numbers since before the Monday night game so it could have changed slightly but the average yards for QBs week 1 was 187. I don't think its been below 200 yards per game for a season since the early 90s.

Despite this teams actually scored more frequently, 39.8% of drives resulted in points this past week which if that trend continues would be the highest percentage of all time.

 

[John813]

Yeah but in later years how will they look, do we continue to restructure deals??

Yes

 

[thunderpimp91]

Coach makes some good points but I like bashing Jerry anyways ....

We can still bash Jerry while propping up a lot of the good moves he makes too.

Did anyone else feel like Belichick was almost lobbying for a job in his talk of the Cowboys?

 

[shabazz]

• A lot of flags. Too many. Some of it is sloppy play, but also the officials purposefully being too tight to show teams how they will call it this year.

Why does it always have to be the Cowboys leading the way when officials want to show how they will make calls?

Hmm....

 

[TequilaCowboy]

We can still bash Jerry while propping up a lot of the good moves he makes too.

Did anyone else feel like Belichick was almost lobbying for a job in his talk of the Cowboys?

That’s what I thought.. I was looking side eye at BB even while just reading what he said about Jerry. LOL, Don’t burn any NFL bridges, Bill.

 

[conner01]

Thanks
I hope you can do this every week......


This is interesting.........
Having good players is not a problem. 2 years from now those salaries will look pretty good and much lower than what others will be making. Prescott is making not much more than many other QBs who are not performing.

That’s what some fans miss. A top contract today is 10th at your position in just 2-3 years. Pushing out money when you know basically what revenue is gonna be, as the owners do, isn’t a real problem. Extending the right guys is key. Extend elite player and players you can’t easily replace while drafting well is the key. For all the complaining about bust picks we actually draft really well. Every team has bad picks and they generally come when you reach to fill a position. When we let the draft come to us we do really well

 

[Hawkeye0202]

That’s what some fans miss. A top contract today is 10th at your position in just 2-3 years. Pushing out money when you know basically what revenue is gonna be, as the owners do, isn’t a real problem. Extending the right guys is key. Extend elite player and players you can’t easily replace while drafting well is the key. For all the complaining about bust picks we actually draft really well. Every team has bad picks and they generally come when you reach to fill a position. When we let the draft come to us we do really well

Exactly........my only problem with Jerry and Stephen is passing on low-cost quality free agents. A good example is Kendrick.......he didn't cost us much but his impact is obvious and although we didn't sign Derrick Henry, he too could have helped. These types of players fill the gap between your core and bottom feeders during post-season play. JMO

 

[jazzcat22]

Hmm I wonder if our fans will listen to this or just be hateful!!!!!?

We already know that answer.

 

[gtb1943]

This is something to really keep an eye on. It's not just the young QBs struggling either, the league as a whole is seeing fewer and fewer passing yards. Its really been a downward trend since the 2020 season where the average was 240 per game. I didn't look at the numbers since before the Monday night game so it could have changed slightly but the average yards for QBs week 1 was 187. I don't think its been below 200 yards per game for a season since the early 90s.

Despite this teams actually scored more frequently, 39.8% of drives resulted in points this past week which if that trend continues would be the highest percentage of all time.

Sort of strange to see passing yards go down but points scored is not. So is rushing yards going up?
and once again with supposedly bad QB play how are points not going down.
Something does not track here.

 

[jazzcat22]

So Bill the guru had good things to say about the FO. So how many will take that and ... not agree .... incoming soon ...

Week 1, we will see what transpires in week 2. As teams make adjustments, if needed, and they start to gel. Week 1 and even up to the first 4 weeks can be deceiving.
But yet encouraging as well.

 

[gtb1943]

As long as the players and the teams are good ... absolutely. You keep pushing the big cap hits into the future and when you finally DO decide you have to rebuild you let the cap go to hell that year.

You must keep your best players if you can. The big problem with Big and Little Enos is that they are not very good on finding good deals in FA. Mainly because its clear they just want to stay cheap. Other teams are doing better because they have better GMs. Dumpster diving in FA is not a way to win a championship; but then we know that is not the real priority there.
Would have preferred to let Dak walk; but it is what it is. Parsons is going to be very interesting. If he continues to fade late in the season this year and not show up in playoffs, what then?

 

[jazzcat22]

Sort of strange to see passing yards go down but points scored is not. So is rushing yards going up?
and once again with supposedly bad QB play how are points not going down.
Something does not track here.

Maybe some big plays. Big penalties such as 50 yard PI calls. Week 1, teams will adjust.

 

[gtb1943]

Despite the morons that claim Brady was the main reason the Pats were great for twenty years, those who are intelligent know it was the synergy of both BB and TB. BB built the system; and kept it going replacing EVERYONE but Brady and kept it going. He was the one that hired the staff; did the draft; did the FA; figured out the roster.
So listening to him is really instructional