Twitter: Chunn called up from practice squad

[MarcusRock]

Listen I get you Zeke has leverage guys now. You just don’t understand a lot of the facts and details of what is really going on. Your brain can only comprehend the short term and not the long term. At this point that is your fault but you’re married to a wrong opinion and it looks like you’re stuck with it.

No. The short term view is the "deny Zeke anything" crew who will be the first ones to blow their tops if we start losing without him when you wanted him to sit in the first place. The FO clearly wants a deal done (because Zeke's leverage exists, contrary to denial) and I think it will get done. Talking about $40M guaranteed is again just a hope to deny Zeke any kind of win when the guarantee will probably be north of Gurley's and closer to $50M than $40M. But y'all's crew can't acknowledge that because it would go against why y'all exist on this matter in the first place. If that's your motivation, be prepared to stew some more is what I'm saying.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Exactly. I hope Jerry does not cave into this guy. Every week the leverage grows. They are going to be 3-0 out of the box. What then will the great Zeke Elliot say? They should pull the SD card...no more negotiations. Play for the current contract or sit home with no pay and time lost. Sign Dak and Amari immediately. Then see what the Man Baby has to say.

Has Garrett ever gone 3-0 to start a season here?

 

[Whyjerry]

Has Garrett ever gone 3-0 to start a season here?

No but they are set up this year. Garrett is a heaping pile of turds but you and I could show up tomorrow and go 3-0 with that schedule.

 

[CATCH17]

No. The short term view is the "deny Zeke anything" crew who will be the first ones to blow their tops if we start losing without him when you wanted him to sit in the first place. The FO clearly wants a deal done (because Zeke's leverage exists, contrary to denial) and I think it will get done. Talking about $40M guaranteed is again just a hope to deny Zeke any kind of win when the guarantee will probably be north of Gurley's and closer to $50M than $40M. But y'all's crew can't acknowledge that because it would go against why y'all exist on this matter in the first place. If that's your motivation, be prepared to stew some more is what I'm saying.

I want a deal that we can get out of easy and it’s being reported that the structure of the deal is what the hold up is.

You don’t give a knucklehead like Zeke everything he wants when he has no leverage. Cowboys will protect themselves in this deal. Duh.

 

[MarcusRock]

I want a deal that we can get out of easy and it’s being reported that the structure of the deal is what the hold up is.

You don’t give a knucklehead like Zeke everything he wants when he has no leverage. Cowboys will protect themselves in this deal. Duh.

So now you're in the "no leverage" camp? Lol.

A knucklehead discount is not out of the question and to be expected actually, if there's contractual precedent.

 

[speedkilz88]

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

looks like it.

Man it’s do or die time for Dak. He needs to stay aggressive for 4 qtrs & audible/motion players for the best the matchups. We got the skill players to Win just about any game long as Dak stay composed & aggressive which I believe he will with a healthy OL.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Man it’s do or die time for Dak. He needs to stay aggressive for 4 qtrs & audible/motion players for the best the matchups. We got the skill players to Win just about any game long as Dak stay composed & aggressive which I believe he will with a healthy OL.

Receiving options of Cooper, Gallup, Cobb, and Witten is about as middle of the pack in this league as it gets. Maybe a little below average.

 

[percyhoward]

This should be expected if you want to have a balanced offense.

I doubt many people expected us to rank around the middle of the league in run percentage, as it was such a departure from the previous two seasons. If we'd been as successful running the ball in 2018 as we were in 2016-17, I'd have expected us to keep running it as much as ever.

Elliott Success Rate
2016-17 57% (2nd)
2018 50% (18th)

Dallas Run %
Margin 8 points or less
2016-17 48.1% (5th)
2018 42.9% (16th)

Qtr 1-3
2016-17 47.4% (4th)
2018 42.6% (14th)

There's two sides to last season. The first half of the year, defenses didn't have to worry that much about the receiving corps so they could focus primarily on Elliott. The second half of the year, defenses had to come to respect Cooper against single coverage and pick and choose when to focus primarily on Elliott. So, we definitely should have controlled the ball and moved it better after getting Cooper unless Cooper was as ineffective as the receivers we had the first half of the year.

Agree, but that's an example of the team having more success while the running game was getting less attention.

Zeke's run success did go up from 47% (74 of 157) before Cooper to 52% (80 of 154) with Cooper -- just not quite to 2016-17 levels (57%). So the OL played a big role there and I think we should expect it to play a big role this year too.

 

[clff15701]

Receiving options of Cooper, Gallup, Cobb, and Witten is about as middle of the pack in this league as it gets. Maybe a little below average.

Cooper, Gallup, Cobb is not below average. Have you lost your mind?

 

[CWR]

Receiving options of Cooper, Gallup, Cobb, and Witten is about as middle of the pack in this league as it gets. Maybe a little below average.

I dont think we are near below average. Id take our pass catchers over most the division, but consider Philly as well because of Ertz.

Skins
Giants
Lions, maybe not with Golliday and Jones
Bears
Packers - close because they have Devante, but who else?
Niners
Cards
Seahawks have Lockett and who?
Colts have Ty and who?
Jags
Titans
Broncos
Ravens
Bengals, Green is on his way out and constantly injured.
Raiders, AB but who else?
Dolphins
Bills
Jets

Those are off the top of my head and I think we are probably better than almost all those. There are only a few teams that are clearly better imo. Of course thats because I expect Gallup to have a great year. Our biggest draw back is TE, and maybe Jarwin continues to improve. I also think Cobb can still play, but we will have to see.

 

[gimmesix]

I doubt many people expected us to rank around the middle of the league in run percentage, as it was such a departure from the previous two seasons. If we'd been as successful running the ball in 2018 as we were in 2016-17, I'd have expected us to keep running it as much as ever.

Elliott Success Rate
2016-17 57% (2nd)
2018 50% (18th)

Dallas Run %
Margin 8 points or less
2016-17 48.1% (5th)
2018 42.9% (16th)

Qtr 1-3
2016-17 47.4% (4th)
2018 42.6% (14th)


Agree, but that's an example of the team having more success while the running game was getting less attention.

Zeke's run success did go up from 47% (74 of 157) before Cooper to 52% (80 of 154) with Cooper -- just not quite to 2016-17 levels (57%). So the OL played a big role there and I think we should expect it to play a big role this year too.

I see what you are saying. There were definitely multiple factors involved in the fluctuation, and line play was certainly one of them, in what we did or didn't do on offense last year.

The effectiveness of the passing game and running game usually go hand in hand. If you can't pass, it's going to be harder to run. If you can't run, it's going to be harder to pass. Even if you have good receivers and running backs, if you can't block, you can't succeed.

It's hard to determine exactly how much of a factor having a back like Elliott really is until you see everything stay the same except that player. We know during his suspension that we weren't as good overall on offense, but there were other factors to consider such as Smith missing and being replaced poorly by Green and Bell.

I'd rather not have to find out how this offense can perform without Elliott and don't dismiss his effect on the rest of the offense. I do hope that Pollard can step in a provide a similar dynamic.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Receiving options of Cooper, Gallup, Cobb, and Witten is about as middle of the pack in this league as it gets. Maybe a little below average.

You forgot Swain who will have close to 900 yds & Pollard around 500 yds.

Dak will likely throw for over 4,200 yds.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

I dont think we are near below average. Id take our pass catchers over most the division, but consider Philly as well because of Ertz.

Skins
Giants
Lions, maybe not with Golliday and Jones
Bears
Packers - close because they have Devante, but who else?
Niners
Cards
Seahawks have Lockett and who?
Colts have Ty and who?
Jags
Titans
Broncos
Ravens
Bengals, Green is on his way out and constantly injured.
Raiders, AB but who else?
Dolphins
Bills
Jets

Those are off the top of my head and I think we are probably better than almost all those. There are only a few teams that are clearly better imo. Of course thats because I expect Gallup to have a great year. Our biggest draw back is TE, and maybe Jarwin continues to improve. I also think Cobb can still play, but we will have to see.

That's 18, correct?

I'm taking Raiders and Colts without a 2nd thought.

AB, Tyrell, and Renfrow. AB makes enough difference as it is.

Colts have TY, Funchess, Ebron, Doyle, and rookie.

That's puts us squarely in the average range, I won't knit pick others.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Cooper, Gallup, Cobb is not below average. Have you lost your mind?

Make a counter point. At least try.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

You forgot Swain who will have close to 900 yds & Pollard around 500 yds.

Dak will likely throw for over 4,200 yds.

There is not a single player named Swain on our team, and Swaim plays for the Jags.

Dak might actually throw for that, but it will behind his throwing abaility, not the receiving ability around him.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

There is not a single player named Swain on our team, and Swaim plays for the Jags.

Dak might actually throw for that, but it will behind his throwing abaility, not the receiving ability around him.

Blake Jarwin *

 

[CWR]

That's 18, correct?

I'm taking Raiders and Colts without a 2nd thought.

AB, Tyrell, and Renfrow. AB makes enough difference as it is.

Colts have TY, Funchess, Ebron, Doyle, and rookie.

That's puts us squarely in the average range, I won't knit pick others.

I like TY but Id rather have Gallup on his potential than the other Colt recievers. Ebron had been a bust for the most part until his TD rate reached completely unsustainable numbers last year, and Doyle is solid, not special. All said Id take ours over theirs but its my opinion only.

As far as the Raiders go AB is a complete head case now and Tyrell is good not great, again Id rather have the potential of Gallup.

I suppose a lot of my rankings are based on Gallup being the wr we all hope he can be.

Those are just off the top of my head though, there may be more to debate. In any case I think we have a good receiving corps. If we get a stud TE we will be in great shape. Still its only year 2 of a complete rebuild back there, remarkably we did it pretty quickly.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Make a counter point. At least try.

Blake Jarwin will have close to 900 yards

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Blake Jarwin will have close to 900 yards

So he'll be ranked where amongst TEs at the end of the year?