Cowboys ever intended to use Switzer as wr?

[Hawkeye0202]

Grant it this is an old article, only one I could find with reference to Switzer as WR, but still on point. It's one the stranges issues of 2017 season IMO. Why we couldn't find plays on offense for this kid is baffling

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[RS12]

Am I the only one that wonders if he ever grasped the mental part of the game? Playbook, etc.

 

[Sepia]

He seemed fine in training camp before his injury.

 

[Risen Star]

Not baffling to me and I talked about it after he was drafted. Any playing time he'd get would come at the expense of Cole Beasley. To have two of these runts on the field at the same time can be a big liability.

 

[xwalker]

Grant it this is an old article, only one I could find with reference to Switzer as WR, but still on point. It's one the stranges issues of 2017 season IMO. Why we couldn't find plays on offense for this kid is baffling


It might be time for more Ryan Switzer on offense for the Cowboys
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With Ezekiel Elliott likely out for six games, the Cowboys could turn to their fourth round rookie for help on offense.
By RJ Ochoa@rjochoa Oct 31, 2017, 8:00pm CDT

Many of us have spent the better part of our free time since Monday night hypothesizing exactly what a Dallas Cowboys offense sans Ezekiel Elliott will look like.

For the second time in three seasons, the Dallas Cowboys have seen bad news in the final days of October befall their primary ball-carrier that dons #21. Enough of that, let’s look forward.

If the Cowboys truly are operating without Zeke (which seems likely) they’ll have to look elsewhere for offensive production. Alfred Morris, Darren McFadden, and Rod Smith have all been suggested as the potential go-tos, and not that they won’t be, but what about Ryan Switzer?

The Cowboys took Switzer with their fourth-round pick back in April. While temperature on the former Tarheel certainly isn’t as red hot as it once was thanks to what he’s done (more like hasn’t) over the first half of the season, he’s still an offensive weapon. (Sidebar Switzer took his gloves off to field punts and left them on during offense, that’s interesting).

The plight that surrounds “we should get Ryan Switzer more involved” is a simple one. Who are you pulling off of the field? You can only operate with 11 men, and it’s hard to justify removing someone like Jason Witten or the aforementioned Elliott. In a Zeke-less world, you don’t have that same issue.

No, he was better than Dez in practice and Dez had a meltdown and said it's me or him. When Linehan said OK, we'll just go with Switzer, Dez called Big Daddy Jerry on his special phone and Jerry banned Switzer from playing more than two snaps on offense.

 

[xwalker]

Not baffling to me and I talked about it after he was drafted. Any playing time he'd get would come at the expense of Cole Beasley. To have two of these runts on the field at the same time can be a big liability.

Or Witten because some teams use formations with 5 WRs or 4 plus RB.

 

[Ranching]

He lost his confidence when he lost us the Rams game. He'll be alright next year.

 

[JBS]

Not baffling to me and I talked about it after he was drafted. Any playing time he'd get would come at the expense of Cole Beasley. To have two of these runts on the field at the same time can be a big liability.

It's not advantageous to have two 5'5" white guys on the field as a power running team?

You don't say

 

[Shinaoi]

With nothing to lose in the final game, I hope we see more creativity.

 

[CheapietheCheapskate]

It's not advantageous to have two 5'5" white guys on the field as a power running team?

You don't say

Unless you're the Patriots.

 

[CheapietheCheapskate]

With nothing to lose in the final game, I hope we see more creativity.

Yep because now is the time for creativity. Not when it's really important.

 

[Risen Star]

I'm not down on Switzer as a WR. I just don't think you can play him with Beasley much. I'm curious what he can do but I don't exactly think a QB who struggles getting the football to a WR with a catch radius like Dez Bryant will have great success throwing to Switzer.

 

[Jake]

Slot receivers have become weapons throughout the NFL, but we can't use one?

 

[CF74]

I would have loved to have seen him as part of a 5 Wide set up....

 

[bodi]

WHY ?
an who cares ?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Slot receivers have become weapons throughout the NFL, but we can't use one?

The Cowboys did last year. This year everything just feels like it went in the crapper.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

He's a rookie handling punts and trying to break into a veteran position group.

People need to chill.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

I'm not down on Switzer as a WR. I just don't think you can play him with Beasley much. I'm curious what he can do but I don't exactly think a QB who struggles getting the football to a WR with a catch radius like Dez Bryant will have great success throwing to Switzer.

Exactly. We need big radius WR’s for our QB moving forward. Like it or not, it’s the truth.

 

[Zman5]

I'm not down on Switzer as a WR. I just don't think you can play him with Beasley much. I'm curious what he can do but I don't exactly think a QB who struggles getting the football to a WR with a catch radius like Dez Bryant will have great success throwing to Switzer.

The QB didn't have any problems doing so last year when team's weren't doubling Bease.

 

[Kaiser]

Dwayne Harris played very well for Dallas as a Returner and was OK at WR, but he was on the Practice Squad as a rookie. He also went to the Pro Bowl in 2016.

I look at Switzer the same way, he needs significant work in the weight room and then he will be fine next year. I don't expect a lot from a rookie 4th round pick who was 5th or 6th on the depth chart in his rookie year.