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BR: Continued Instability Will Condemn Cowboys to NFC Pretender Status in 2014
Discussion in 'Newsfeed Zone' started by NewsBot, Today at 1:12 AM
Every year, Jerry Jones loudly proclaims that this is the year. This is the year that the Cowboys retake their spot as a perennial contender and regain their status as "America's Team."
Of course, every year the Cowboys then lurch and sputter their way to a .500 record, missing the playoffs after losing a do-or-die Week 17 game.
Unfortunately for fans of the Cowboys, the stage appears set for similar disappointments in 2014.
Well, except that the Cowboys may be hard-pressed to even force that Week 17 game in the first place.
Now, this is the point in many articles like this where players start getting taken to task. In some respects, they have it coming. The Dallas defense was horrific on too many levels to count last year. And whether you love quarterback Tony Romo or hate him, there's no denying that he has a staggering propensity to pick the worst possible moment to do something stupid.
However, they aren't the problem. The team's owner and general manager are the problem.
It isn't that Jones' strategy where coaches and personnel are concerned is "win the Super Bowl." It's that that's it. That's the plan. Four words. There's no structure. No vision. Just an NFL team flailing in four different directions at once.
It's already started this year.
Even after a third straight 8-8 season, Jones made it clear that head coach Jason Garrett would return for the final year of his contract:
Even defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, who presided over last year's disastrous transition to the 4-3, is being brought back.
Offensive coordinator Bill Callahan, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.
Mind you, Callahan still has a job, and his title. However, as ESPN reports, the Cowboys have hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan as "passing game coordinator."
And play-caller, despite the fact that ESPN's Calvin Watkins reported Callahan "opposes" the idea.
Now, it's completely within Jones' rights to hire whomever he wants to coordinate the offense, and Linehan's hire met with Garrett's approval according to Ed Werder of ESPN
http://cowboyszone.com/threads/br-c...wboys-to-nfc-pretender-status-in-2014.282189/
Discussion in 'Newsfeed Zone' started by NewsBot, Today at 1:12 AM
Every year, Jerry Jones loudly proclaims that this is the year. This is the year that the Cowboys retake their spot as a perennial contender and regain their status as "America's Team."
Of course, every year the Cowboys then lurch and sputter their way to a .500 record, missing the playoffs after losing a do-or-die Week 17 game.
Unfortunately for fans of the Cowboys, the stage appears set for similar disappointments in 2014.
Well, except that the Cowboys may be hard-pressed to even force that Week 17 game in the first place.
Now, this is the point in many articles like this where players start getting taken to task. In some respects, they have it coming. The Dallas defense was horrific on too many levels to count last year. And whether you love quarterback Tony Romo or hate him, there's no denying that he has a staggering propensity to pick the worst possible moment to do something stupid.
However, they aren't the problem. The team's owner and general manager are the problem.
It isn't that Jones' strategy where coaches and personnel are concerned is "win the Super Bowl." It's that that's it. That's the plan. Four words. There's no structure. No vision. Just an NFL team flailing in four different directions at once.
It's already started this year.
Even after a third straight 8-8 season, Jones made it clear that head coach Jason Garrett would return for the final year of his contract:
Even defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, who presided over last year's disastrous transition to the 4-3, is being brought back.
Offensive coordinator Bill Callahan, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.
Mind you, Callahan still has a job, and his title. However, as ESPN reports, the Cowboys have hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan as "passing game coordinator."
And play-caller, despite the fact that ESPN's Calvin Watkins reported Callahan "opposes" the idea.
Now, it's completely within Jones' rights to hire whomever he wants to coordinate the offense, and Linehan's hire met with Garrett's approval according to Ed Werder of ESPN
http://cowboyszone.com/threads/br-c...wboys-to-nfc-pretender-status-in-2014.282189/
