News: Cowboys Content To Develop Young QBs Over Pursuing Veteran Backup

[CCBoy]

Cowboys Content To Develop Young QBs Over Pursuing Veteran Backup
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2016/07/29/cowboys-content-develop-young-qbs-over-pursuing-veteran




OXNARD, Calif. – In the span of about five minutes on Friday, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones made it perfectly clear how he sees the backup quarterback position going forward.

Amid non-stop questions about Tony Romo’s health over 16 games, Cowboys officials insisted Friday that they’re much more concerned about developing the young quarterbacks on their roster than pursuing veteran free agents.

Specifically, Jones said there’s a model in the AFC North that he’d be happy to follow in the years to come.

“Cincinnati last year had a really solid football team. You look at what they did with A.J., a fifth-round pick out of the SEC and he came in and had every opportunity and, nothing to do with him, had a chance to win a playoff game for them,” Jones said. “So, at some point you've got to commit your resources to getting your young guys ready or you're always in that mode of older, veteran guys.”


Jones is referring, of course, to A.J. McCarron – who the Bengals drafted No. 164 overall in 2014 to develop behind Andy Dalton. McCarron was pressed into service last year when Dalton broke his thumb, and he went 2-1 as a starter during Cincinnati’s run to the playoffs.

McCarron also completed 56 percent of his passes for 212 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the Bengals’ 18-16 playoff loss to Pittsburgh, doing his part to get Cincinnati into the second round of the playoffs.

“They developed him,” Jones said. “He really played well for the Bengals in Cincinnati, and we've got to do the same thing."...

 

[KB1122]

There is no developing quarterbacks. I don't mean that quarterbacks don't get better with more playing time. Obviously they do. I mean they either have it or they don't.

 

[Carson]

When's the last QB we've developed outside Romo?

Guarantee its not pretty

 

[CCBoy]

When's the last QB we've developed outside Romo?

Guarantee its not pretty

So, since the team developed Tony Romo happened over the past 10 years, I would have to then assume that the ability to do that again, still exists.

 

[jazzcat22]

He made some good points about AJ McCarron, and I can understand that.
But with the team counting on Moore until Dak shows he can be a McCarron, that's the part I am not so sure about. I actually was hoping they would draft McCarron last year.

However, I also understand, what QB is out there that could come in and make us feel better at back up QB.

Hopefully we get some answers and some good feelings about it after a few preseason games.

 

[big dog cowboy]

When's the last QB we've developed outside Romo?

Guarantee its not pretty

Who have they drafted since Aikman to develop? I'll start for you with Carter and McGee. You name the rest. Your post is nothing but a cheap dig.

 

[jnday]

So, since the team developed Tony Romo happened over the past 10 years, I would have to then assume that the ability to do that again, still exists.

Romo developed under an entirely different staff.

 

[Section446]

Excuse me if I lack confidence in our ability to develop a young QB.

 

[Cowboy06]

We have waited too long to decide to build within. We need to draft often QBs and make competition to rule of order. What happens after Romo is gone?

 

[visionary]

So, since the team developed Tony Romo happened over the past 10 years, I would have to then assume that the ability to do that again, still exists.

No
That was because of parcells and Peyton and neither is on this staff

 

[StarBoyz83]

This is the only position that I would agree to do this on. Romo goes down its over anyway. Heck he misses 2 games that could be it for making the playoffs.