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Here is something that concerns me. Bill Belichick starated a chant (poorly) about having no days off during their super bowl celebration (ironically since the whole city was off).

Now I see these guys aren't getting back to practice until Wednesday after a performance like this. We also started this thing with Romo where we gave him every other day off, which seemed to work ok. Now I see half the team being put on some variation of this; Tyron, Lee, Jaylon, even guys that are perfectly healthy.

Is this a deal or nothing to see here?
 
bsbellomy said:
Here is something that concerns me. Bill Belichick starated a chant (poorly) about having no days off during their super bowl celebration (ironically since the whole city was off).

Now I see these guys aren't getting back to practice until Wednesday after a performance like this. We also started this thing with Romo where we gave him every other day off, which seemed to work ok. Now I see half the team being put on some variation of this; Tyron, Lee, Jaylon, even guys that are perfectly healthy.

Is this a deal or nothing to see here?
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Romo was given Wednesdays off because of his back. They were trying not to over do it. He wanted to practice.

Tyron has had back issues as well, to the point he missed a lot of time this training camp.

Jaylon is working his way back from what many thought was a career-ending injury in college. He has just started playing full games again in over a year and a half and the team is likely trying to give his body time to adapt to this.

Lee has a history of injuries and of all people on the defense, they cannot afford to lose him so they are likely being cautious with him

Of all the things to worry about, and there are plenty, resting of important players with injury histories is down near the bottom of that list.

I understand fans want players punished with long and hard practices for losing, but the CBA does not allow those kinds of things any more.
 
Garrett is a player friendly coach, anyway. I'm no fan of his, but some of our players are so brittle I wouldn't care if they practiced once a week.
 
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Romo was given Wednesdays off because of his back. They were trying not to over do it. He wanted to practice.

Tyron has had back issues as well, to the point he missed a lot of time this training camp.

Jaylon is working his way back from what many thought was a career-ending injury in college. He has just started playing full games again in over a year and a half and the team is likely trying to give his body time to adapt to this.

Lee has a history of injuries and of all people on the defense, they cannot afford to lose him so they are likely being cautious with him

Of all the things to worry about, and there are plenty, resting of important players with injury histories is down near the bottom of that list.

I understand fans want players punished with long and hard practices for losing, but the CBA does not allow those kinds of things any more.
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Silly to say that practice should be used as punishment. They should be used as a mechanism to get better. You think Belichick just wants to be a hardass on his players?

Dropped Passes. Penalties. Missed Tackles. These are all symptoms of an inadequate level of preparation.
 
bsbellomy said:
Silly to say that practice should be used as punishment. They should be used as a mechanism to get better. You think Belichick just wants to be a hardass on his players?

Dropped Passes. Penalties. Missed Tackles. These are all symptoms of an inadequate level of preparation.
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Substitute preparation with accountability.
 
dexternjack said:
Culture may or may not be a problem in Dallas but it has nothing to do with the points in the OP :muttley:
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OK, so if I have a job where a can show up a couple days a week and anytime I want, and you have a job where you better be there at 8 and not leave before 5, that doesnt have anything to do with the company culture?
 
This is the CBA at work.

The league is wrought with hamstring pulls. Same reason.
 
The Belichick comments speak to culture and attitude for sure. The Patriot players can't practice any more or any harder than anyone else (CBA) but they are expected to make football their #1 priority above all else. Players like Bennett will be tolerated since his skills were required while Gronk was out, but notice they had no issues letting him walk this year.

The Emperor has stated on numerous occasions his primary reason for even going to the combine is the see which players care enough about football to eschew everything else while they are playing for him. He puts very little emphasis on the results of the underwear Olympics. It's all about attitude and priorities, and the tape of what you've actually accomplished on a football field. I found that interesting because most coaches/teams seem to want to find the diamond in the rough they can "coach up" due to measurables. Belichick's idea is to find the right attitude and actual on field performance characteristics which can be used in creative ways.

These are just my observations as a local since I have to listen to Boston sports talk way more than I want to.
 
bsbellomy said:
OK, so if I have a job where a can show up a couple days a week and anytime I want, and you have a job where you better be there at 8 and not leave before 5, that doesnt have anything to do with the company culture?
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Sounds like a typical work day in the US Senate
 
Darren Woodson on ESPN LA this AM wanted Zeke benched. Tells you the mentality of the early 90's team vs today. Emmitt Smith probably threw up in house mouth after that performance on Sunday. That was a warrior with an unparalleled will to win. That is what this team is missing and has been for decades.
 
The medical staff decides which players take time off, probably even the so-called veteran days off, determining what it takes to have guys at full strength in the next game. I doubt the head coach (all of whom hate the new rules limiting practice and contact) would just arbitrarily say "you get a day off, and you get two days off."
 
erod said:
This is the CBA at work.

The league is wrought with hamstring pulls. Same reason.
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Yeah they aren't even trying to be creative anymore. I haven't heard of anyone out with a "strained hip flexor" in while.
 
Trouty said:
Board done gone nuclear, Proximo.

E'rr body getting eviscerated up in here. Pitchforks vs pitchforks.

A loss brings out the best in us. :)
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What's the Cowboys response to one of the biggest blowouts since camp cupcake? We'll get back to work on Wednesday.
 
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