Cutting Dez is a Huge Mistake

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Cap12 said:
Whatever. We'll see how well the offense plays without him. If the Cowboys had gotten Watkins, I'd be okay, but Hurns is a serious downgrade from Dez. We'll see just how much when you ask this UFA to go against a #1 CBs every Sunday. Again, they better use Dez's money on somebody that will help us win or we'll be picking a heck of a lot earlier than 19 next season.
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Whatever, lmao...
 

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I hate the term "attitude issues". What the heck does that mean? The guy is a passionate player that lets his emotions run away with themselves sometimes. He gets easily frustrated when the team is losing and he's not being utilized well. Romo for the most part, was able to keep that in check and harness it. To me, "attitude issues" are more about player apathy and being more concerned with stats than winning. Nobody should ever accuse Dez of that.
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It's simply a collective term to describe some problems in a grey type of way.

Jogging routes, for instance.

Only giving full effort when his number is called.

Refusing to make sharp cuts on his routes even though he has the ability to do so.

Not giving full effort is an attitude issue and points toward apathy.
 

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Quoting Al Davis: "Just win, baby." This move is not about winning.
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Disagree. Since the FO is making this move because they believe it will lead to more wins and better QB development, you cannot make the statement "This move is not about winning".

Now whether it works or not, that is to be seen.
 
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It's simply a collective term to describe some problems in a grey type of way.

Jogging routes, for instance.

Only giving full effort when his number is called.

Refusing to make sharp cuts on his routes even though he has the ability to do so.

Not giving full effort is an attitude issue and points toward apathy.
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It appears all the so called "cap experts" know everything about monopoly money, but very little about football.
 
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Whatever. We'll see how well the offense plays without him. If the Cowboys had gotten Watkins, I'd be okay, but Hurns is a serious downgrade from Dez. We'll see just how much when you ask this UFA to go against a #1 CBs every Sunday. Again, they better use Dez's money on somebody that will help us win or we'll be picking a heck of a lot earlier than 19 next season.
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"We'll see how well the offense plays without him."
Dez missed 3 consecutive regular season games due to injury in 2016, 49ers, Cinci, and the Packers, and we won all 3 games convincingly. Who replaced him in 2016?
He was a good WR, but he's not irreplaceable.
Replacement options aside from FA's, we could very well take a WR in the draft.
One more angle, Dak may well play better when he's not being constantly pressed to force the ball to Dez.
 
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"We'll see how well the offense plays without him."
Dez missed 3 consecutive regular season games due to injury in 2016, 49ers, Cinci, and the Packers, and we won all 3 games convincingly. Who replaced him in 2016?
He was a good WR, but he's not irreplaceable.
As for who we'll replace him with besides FA's, we could very well take a WR in the draft.
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If we blow serious draft capital on a WR (i.e. pick 19), because we cut Dez (and Jerry fails to spend the money he saved on not paying him), I'll be truly ticked. With legitimate holes on the OL and LB Corps and possibly at S, you can't convince me that the BPA would be a WR. As far as a 2nd round WR, we'd likely have to trade up to jump into a ridiculous WR run that a lot of folks are projecting. Those would be poor uses of draft picks.
 
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If we blow serious draft capital on a WR (i.e. pick 19), because we cut Dez (and Jerry fails to spend the money he saved on not paying him), I'll be truly ticked. With legitimate holes on the OL and LB Corps and possibly at S, you can't convince me that the BPA would be a WR. As far as a 2nd round WR, we'd likely have to trade up to jump into a ridiculous WR run that a lot of folks are projecting. Those would be poor uses of draft picks.
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Yeah well you might just have to be "truly ticked" then. Dez is history and nothing is going to change that; and in my estimation we need a WR in the draft, a good route runner with some speed.
 
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If we blow serious draft capital on a WR (i.e. pick 19), because we cut Dez (and Jerry fails to spend the money he saved on not paying him), I'll be truly ticked. With legitimate holes on the OL and LB Corps and possibly at S, you can't convince me that the BPA would be a WR. As far as a 2nd round WR, we'd likely have to trade up to jump into a ridiculous WR run that a lot of folks are projecting. Those would be poor uses of draft picks.
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depends on who's there. if it were a choice between the best lb or best wr, I agree, lb would be the better pick. we're stronger at wr than lb at the present time.
 
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Whatever. We'll see how well the offense plays without him. If the Cowboys had gotten Watkins, I'd be okay, but Hurns is a serious downgrade from Dez. We'll see just how much when you ask this UFA to go against a #1 CBs every Sunday. Again, they better use Dez's money on somebody that will help us win or we'll be picking a heck of a lot earlier than 19 next season.
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You may think Hurns is a downgrade, but is he? You actually don't believe Hurns is capable of matching (or exceeding) Dez's production from the past couple of years?
 
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Whatever. We'll see how well the offense plays without him. If the Cowboys had gotten Watkins, I'd be okay, but Hurns is a serious downgrade from Dez. We'll see just how much when you ask this UFA to go against a #1 CBs every Sunday. Again, they better use Dez's money on somebody that will help us win or we'll be picking a heck of a lot earlier than 19 next season.
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Over the last two years, the offense was at its peak the four or so games he missed in 2016.
 
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If we blow serious draft capital on a WR (i.e. pick 19), because we cut Dez (and Jerry fails to spend the money he saved on not paying him), I'll be truly ticked. With legitimate holes on the OL and LB Corps and possibly at S, you can't convince me that the BPA would be a WR. As far as a 2nd round WR, we'd likely have to trade up to jump into a ridiculous WR run that a lot of folks are projecting. Those would be poor uses of draft picks.
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We don't have a significant hole at OL (I'm guessing you think LG). We can put Collins there if needed at LG, or draft a guard with one of our 4th round picks.
 

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To some degree, I don't think it matters that much for a few reasons. Zeke and the O-line are the pinnacle of this team and if they are hitting on all cylinders then that easily sets up the passing game, the cowboy passing game mostly consists of play-action and bootlegs which gives Dak easier reads especially if the whole defense buys the run fake. Dez really isn't a focal point of the offense because Dak doesn't have the consistency in his accuracy or enough knowledge of the game to really utilize Dez like Romo did.The dude misses throws all over the field and not just to Dez but to everyone, which doesn't make sense why they would after Watkins and pay him 16 mil plus eat whatever Dezs' cap hit would be. Realistically Dak would probably benefit more from an explosive tight end than he would an X receiver since the majority of his throws are 15 yds or less. It would make more sense to focus on developing the defense so you could at least make it to the playoffs with half *** QB play.
 
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