Didn't notice this... I guess our offseason is going better than most realize

[Chocolate Lab]

The attempt to fill holes in FA so you can draft BPA far precedes Garrett. It goes back to Parcells, if not earlier.

 

[blackbull]

Dallas has had a pretty consistent offseason approach in the Garrett era.

1. Cut old/expensive guys who aren't cutting it, whether or not that leaves holes (all the OL a couple years ago, Sensy this year)

2. Use FA to at least get a stop-gap for every hole, so as not to be forced to draft for need. (Coleman & Elam in 2011, Livings, Berny, Pool, Connor last year, Allen & Durant this year)

3. Draft BPA (at least in the first few rounds). The injured ILBs, Dez, Murray, Claiborne: none of them the obvious highest-priority needs, all of them seen as high-value.

4. Accept risk in the draft with injured players, don't accept risk with immature players. With the exception of Dez, these trends are obvious.

5. Get younger. A bit less clear that this is a key principle, but the one big FA signing, Carr, was a very young FA. Plus Tyron, obviously. And no old draftees like Newman that I can recall.

Love the approach, hate the approach, doesn't matter: it's what they do. In the first three rounds of the draft, they'll go BPA, period. If the picks match the needs, it will be because the strength of this draft tends that way, not because we're targeting positions.

That approach has gotten us 8-8. Yay. I'm sure guys like Ozzie are flexible as you should be.


As for people defending Parnell, well agree to disagree.

 

[phildadon86]

Dallas has had a pretty consistent offseason approach in the Garrett era.

1. Cut old/expensive guys who aren't cutting it, whether or not that leaves holes (all the OL a couple years ago, Sensy this year)

2. Use FA to at least get a stop-gap for every hole, so as not to be forced to draft for need. (Coleman & Elam in 2011, Livings, Berny, Pool, Connor last year, Allen & Durant this year)

3. Draft BPA (at least in the first few rounds). The injured ILBs, Dez, Murray, Claiborne: none of them the obvious highest-priority needs, all of them seen as high-value.

4. Accept risk in the draft with injured players, don't accept risk with immature players. With the exception of Dez, these trends are obvious.

5. Get younger. A bit less clear that this is a key principle, but the one big FA signing, Carr, was a very young FA. Plus Tyron, obviously. And no old draftees like Newman that I can recall.

Love the approach, hate the approach, doesn't matter: it's what they do. In the first three rounds of the draft, they'll go BPA, period. If the picks match the needs, it will be because the strength of this draft tends that way, not because we're targeting positions.

Jerry aint changin,

 

[Ultimategamer5567]

All other holes aside, if you give this team a good O-line they immediately become condenders. No other position will have as big of an impact as addressing the O-line will.

 

[Bowdown27]

All other holes aside, if you give this team a good O-line they immediately become condenders. No other position will have as big of an impact as addressing the O-line will.

That's my mindset too. Even though its doom and gloom alot around here we do have a good young team. If we can have a consistent running game we have an opportunity to take it far. I'm optimistic. I can't be a downer. I just can't lol

 

[Zekeats]

If we sign Moore then look for us to draft either Johnson or Watson at OT. Many have us taking Kenny at S but I think we can address S in the second or third. Either Johnson or Watson have the ability to move to LT if necessary IMO and of course Johnson is being looked at as a LT. But a year at RT would be a plus for him. Watson may turn out to be the best OT in the draft.

http://BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1/draft2013OT.php

Been saying this for over a month.......Watson with the 18th pick is a steal, not a reach like people think........he WILL be a top 3 RT by 2014

 

[Primetime42]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimnabby

Dallas has had a pretty consistent offseason approach in the Garrett era.

1. Cut old/expensive guys who aren't cutting it, whether or not that leaves holes (all the OL a couple years ago, Sensy this year)

2. Use FA to at least get a stop-gap for every hole, so as not to be forced to draft for need. (Coleman & Elam in 2011, Livings, Berny, Pool, Connor last year, Allen & Durant this year)

3. Draft BPA (at least in the first few rounds). The injured ILBs, Dez, Murray, Claiborne: none of them the obvious highest-priority needs, all of them seen as high-value.

4. Accept risk in the draft with injured players, don't accept risk with immature players. With the exception of Dez, these trends are obvious.

5. Get younger. A bit less clear that this is a key principle, but the one big FA signing, Carr, was a very young FA. Plus Tyron, obviously. And no old draftees like Newman that I can recall.

[View Full Quote] Love the approach, hate the approach, doesn't matter: it's what they do. In the first three rounds of the draft, they'll go BPA, period. If the picks match the needs, it will be because the strength of this draft tends that way, not because we're targeting positions.


That approach has gotten us 8-8. Yay. I'm sure guys like Ozzie are flexible as you should be.


As for people defending Parnell, well agree to disagree.

Crap drafting for 2-3 years got us 8-8. We're only just now starting to climb from that hole.

 

[Ultimategamer5567]

That's my mindset too. Even though its doom and gloom alot around here we do have a good young team. If we can have a consistent running game we have an opportunity to take it far. I'm optimistic. I can't be a downer. I just can't lol

I'm optimistic as well, despite the cap issues, despite everything negative, Dallas could sign a guy like Moore, draft Cooper or Warmack in the first or Warford in the second, pick up a cheap Vet OT and compete with Parnell and field a line of LT-Smith LG-Moore C-Bernadeau RG-Draft pick RT-Parnell. That's a line I would be fairly excited to see.

 

[Eskimo]

Crap drafting for 2-3 years got us 8-8. We're only just now starting to climb from that hole.

Yes, this is the truth. We got worse because our Parcell vets are in decline right now and none of the players drafted from 2006-9, 4 whole drafts, have really stepped up except Spencer. Out of all those drafts the only guys left are OScan, Spencer and Free now. I'd argue that all 3 are actually overpaid, one is about to be released and the other refuses to sign a reasonable long-term deal with us. That's an awful lot of crap drafting to get 3 players with only one being a quality starter. For that contribution they take up about 23M in cap space. We'd actually be better off right now with all of them gone and just having the cap space they take up.

Jerry just can't resist overpaying these guys. He needs to extend the worthy ones earlier where there is more incentive to lock up financial security for the players and stop waiting until they hit FA. By waiting too long (see Spencer and Free) you end up overpaying to keep them on the roster.

 

[Fredd]

If they ever drafted Fluker, I see him more as an OG...he has the size and strength of a guard...thus, if Warmack and Cooper are gone, I could see Fluker being selected

Parnell, Moore, Costa, Fluker (or Warmack/Cooper), Smith

back-ups: Free, Livings, Berny (others)

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

FA is going as I kind of expected it. decent FA pickups at low cost. Cowboys have said from the get go that their main focus will be the draft.

Nice. Decent FA pickups will give you descent (yes, DESCENT) 8-8 seasons. Have we at least not learned that?

 

[jjktkk]

Nice. Decent FA pickups will give you descent (yes, DESCENT) 8-8 seasons. Have we at least not learned that?

Decent pickups will add to the core, to hopefully improve the overall team.