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1: Tavon Austin's fumble problems were on Punts, not on offense. His career fumble rate is better than Zeke's 2016 fumble rate. I don't remember anybody complaining about Zeke fumbling.
2: Kris Richard with no "s" on the end.
3: Switzer didn't prove anything on offense. He didn't show the speed/elusiveness that I had hoped to see. Beasley wins by being a student of the game in regards to route nuances. I don't know if Switzer can do what Beasley has done. Switzer did not appear to be an option at outside WR.
4: Bo Scarbrough was a 7th round pick and didn't really play special teams in College. He'll have difficult time making the 53 if they count Austin as a RB. The coaches seem to love Rod Smith.
5: Where Jerry tried getting value from character or injury issue players, McClay likes to take players here and there that he believes are much better than their combine/ProDay performance. This year the DE Armstrong is that guy; although, both WRs somewhat fall into that category as well. Armstrong's college coach said he ran a 4.5x and almost all scouting reports praised his speed/quickness. Gallup's numbers were decent but he plays even faster than his timed speed. Same for Wilson. It appears that Armstrong gained too much weight prior to the Combine/Pro-Day.
6: The Cowboys are now very focused on good/great route running. Hurns/Gallup/Wilson are all above average route runners. Beasley has made it despite being tiny because he mastered the nuances of route running. TWill's only real skill is being an OK route runner (TWill is good route runner relative to Dez and Butler). We'll see about the TEs but the draft pick and UDFA both said they spent a lot of time over the years studying Jason Witten.
7: Big Fat DTs that can't move are basically extinct. The Zone Running scheme gashes DLines thst can't flow don't the line Laterally. Zone teams love to see a Big Slow DT. Many Man Blocking teams now run some zone. Even man blocking can run away from the Tub Of Lard player such that they just need 1 blocker to get in the way of that player on many run plays. The 340+ DTs like Snacks Harrison and Dontari Poe are freaks that can run faster than some DEnds.
8: Multiple stats and non-Cowboys focused analysis indicate Dak has been much more accurate than most fans believe.
9. When the highest paid player is a malcontent, that team will have problems. That player needs to go regardless of ability. The Patriots move on from those types of players even when they are great players. Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins, Logan Mankins, etc..
10: Jerry's influence on the draft seems to have been near zero the past two years. The 2nd round picks have been Awuzie and Connor Williams.
11: The "Linehan is running Garrett's offense" phrase should be officially buried. Many many things including direct quotes from Stephen Jones indicate Garrett is now out of offense game-planning starting this season. Linehan pushed out Pollack and Dooley as well as Dez. It seems that something happened to cause Witten to retire. The new WR coach has connections to Linehan and seems to be the opposite of previous WR coaches in the Garrett as HC era. It appears that Garrett was not in favor of the Dez cut; although evidence on that is limited.
12: Kris Richard was in the draft War Room often considering they drafted zero DBs.
2: Kris Richard with no "s" on the end.
3: Switzer didn't prove anything on offense. He didn't show the speed/elusiveness that I had hoped to see. Beasley wins by being a student of the game in regards to route nuances. I don't know if Switzer can do what Beasley has done. Switzer did not appear to be an option at outside WR.
4: Bo Scarbrough was a 7th round pick and didn't really play special teams in College. He'll have difficult time making the 53 if they count Austin as a RB. The coaches seem to love Rod Smith.
5: Where Jerry tried getting value from character or injury issue players, McClay likes to take players here and there that he believes are much better than their combine/ProDay performance. This year the DE Armstrong is that guy; although, both WRs somewhat fall into that category as well. Armstrong's college coach said he ran a 4.5x and almost all scouting reports praised his speed/quickness. Gallup's numbers were decent but he plays even faster than his timed speed. Same for Wilson. It appears that Armstrong gained too much weight prior to the Combine/Pro-Day.
6: The Cowboys are now very focused on good/great route running. Hurns/Gallup/Wilson are all above average route runners. Beasley has made it despite being tiny because he mastered the nuances of route running. TWill's only real skill is being an OK route runner (TWill is good route runner relative to Dez and Butler). We'll see about the TEs but the draft pick and UDFA both said they spent a lot of time over the years studying Jason Witten.
7: Big Fat DTs that can't move are basically extinct. The Zone Running scheme gashes DLines thst can't flow don't the line Laterally. Zone teams love to see a Big Slow DT. Many Man Blocking teams now run some zone. Even man blocking can run away from the Tub Of Lard player such that they just need 1 blocker to get in the way of that player on many run plays. The 340+ DTs like Snacks Harrison and Dontari Poe are freaks that can run faster than some DEnds.
8: Multiple stats and non-Cowboys focused analysis indicate Dak has been much more accurate than most fans believe.
9. When the highest paid player is a malcontent, that team will have problems. That player needs to go regardless of ability. The Patriots move on from those types of players even when they are great players. Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins, Logan Mankins, etc..
10: Jerry's influence on the draft seems to have been near zero the past two years. The 2nd round picks have been Awuzie and Connor Williams.
11: The "Linehan is running Garrett's offense" phrase should be officially buried. Many many things including direct quotes from Stephen Jones indicate Garrett is now out of offense game-planning starting this season. Linehan pushed out Pollack and Dooley as well as Dez. It seems that something happened to cause Witten to retire. The new WR coach has connections to Linehan and seems to be the opposite of previous WR coaches in the Garrett as HC era. It appears that Garrett was not in favor of the Dez cut; although evidence on that is limited.
12: Kris Richard was in the draft War Room often considering they drafted zero DBs.
