Cowboyszone Report Card...Chris Gronkowski...GPA = 1.36

[Hostile]

I am purposely holding off on backup OL right now to see which ones I should do.

I previously skipped FB to do after the OL and before the I do the Defense.

So grade Mr. Gronka Truck.

 

[SDogo]

I am purposely holding off on backup OL right now to see which ones I should do.

I previously skipped FB to do after the OL and before the I do the Defense.

So grade Mr. Gronka Truck.

With todays news I'm almost too depresed to care about anything related to football.

 

[Clove]

I gave him a "C-" . I didn't really see him do much of anything good or bad, so there you go.

 

[ajk23az]

I gave him a "C-" . I didn't really see him do much of anything good or bad, so there you go.

Except missing that block when Romo went down

 

[Woods]

I gave him a C. I thought for a rookie he was o.k.

Showed enough to be brought back next year and compete for a roster position.

 

[Plankton]

D. Try hard player, but a total jag. Can contribute a little as a pass catcher, but was ineffective as a blocker, and his missed assignment ended Romo's season. Need to upgrade the position this offseason.

 

[SDCowboy]

I gave him a "C-" . I didn't really see him do much of anything good or bad, so there you go.

Didn't do anything bad? How about getting the franchise QB plastered.

 

[Hagman]

D.

I know he's a rookie, but he got our quarterback killed. Gotta know your blocks and do them if you are on the field.....

 

[speedkilz88]

D.

I know he's a rookie, but he got our quarterback killed. Gotta know your blocks and do them if you are on the field.....

Name me one player who never missed a block. Just one.

 

[Hoofbite]

Liked him early on but he missing two blocks and getting two guys put on IR is worth a D by itself.

Pretty sure it was his man that broke Dez's ankle.

 

[TheCount]

I gave Gronk a C, he was okay despite the obvious brain fart he had that got our QB killed.

However, I still remember the one play where Free just refused to even make an attempt to block Jared Allen and Romo is glaring at him from the ground, if that had resulted in a Romo injury, would people have held it against him this long? Doubt it.

I think Gronk has promise, plus the idea of drafting another FB annoys me to no end.

Oh and Hos, for what it's worth, I'd vote grading the rest of the starters and skip the backup OL all together other than Barron for the sheer humor of it. The rest of the backups didn't really see significant snaps, did they?

 

[speedkilz88]

Coaching staff(according to Jerry) seems to think that he has the instincts on who to block that Johnston had so he could turn out to be a special player at some point.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

F... The guy responsible for the starting QB's fractured clavicle. I personally don't think he's physical enough.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Romo and I give you an F.

 

[percyhoward]

Gronkowski was on the field for more than 30% of the offensive snaps (337 plays), and touched the ball or was targeted with a pass 19 times for a total of 52 yards. The other 318 plays, his role was almost exclusively as a blocker. For those 318 plays, he rates an F. Goal line and second-level blocking were the main problems with our running game, and Gronkowski figured prominently in both.

In 2009, Dallas scored a touchdown on 36% of its runs from the 2-yard line or closer. Not great, and then it got worse. In 2010, that went down to 22%, mostly due to going 3-for-14 on runs with a fullback in the game. Gronkowski was not the FB for all 14 of those plays; we stopped using him in goal line after the disaster at Indy.

In 2009, with Anderson taking on the linebackers, Dallas ranked 3rd in the league in second-level yards. In 2010, with Gronkowski, we fell to 20th. For all the (well-deserved) criticism heaped on the OL, if you're looking for the single biggest factor in the decline of our running game as measured in yards per carry, it was those second-level yards.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Another area that needs an upgrade.

 

[casmith07]

C. He's average. Not going to let one bad play/Romo's injury grade him entirely. He was good, not great.

 

[Hoofbite]

Coaching staff(according to Jerry) seems to think that he has the instincts on who to block that Johnston had so he could turn out to be a special player at some point.

 

[Typhus]

Blaming a Rook H-Back for the Romo injury is like blaming a fat lady for eating too much.
The problem was already there!
OL!!!
Dont put all the blame on the second line of defense from a pass rush.
Gronk was a rook trying to stop a dam from bursting with his finger.

 

[Hoofbite]

Who is this poster Emiliano, why is he voting "A" for both Colombo and Gronk and why isn't someone interrogating him about it?