News: DMN: Esiason: Better to make Dez Bryant wait another week instead of 'wasting' roster spot

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[WoodysGirl]

Not a terrible assessment..

 

[jazzcat22]

Have to agree with him, can't go against anything there.

 

[Aven8]

The big mistake by the FO and coaches is having Weeds as the backup. If Romo was a Manning, or Brady and never got hurt and had all these consecutive game streaks deals it would be ok. Anybody even know who Eli's backup is?? I don't.

But Romo has had the back deals, and a collar bone, etc. Huge mistake!

 

[jazzcat22]

The big mistake by the FO and coaches is having Weeds as the backup. If Romo was a Manning, or Brady and never got hurt and had all these consecutive game streaks deals it would be ok. Anybody even know who Eli's backup is?? I don't.

But Romo has had the back deals, and a collar bone, etc. Huge mistake!

We may get to find out Sunday who backs up Eli. After the Hardy attack he gets.

 

[gimmesix]

Dez Bryant playing for a quarter is better than Devin Street or Lucky Whitehead playing for a whole game, even if all Bryant does is draw the attention of the defense.

 

[Carson]

Dez Bryant playing for a quarter is better than Devin Street or Lucky Whitehead playing for a whole game, even if all Bryant does is draw the attention of the defense.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Dez missed just about every thing before the season and played in one game before his injury. He wouldn't be the same Dez if he is 100%.
Not 100% healthy? He wouldn't be that big a factor any way.

 

[gimmesix]

Dez missed just about every thing before the season and played in one game before his injury. He wouldn't be the same Dez if he is 100%.
Not 100% healthy? He wouldn't be that big a factor any way.

Despite missing just about everything before the season and not even playing a full game, he had 5 catches for 48 yards. That's more than Street, Whitehead and Butler combined for the season.

 

[JoeKing]

I try not to make it a habit of agreeing with Boomer but in this case, I do. IMO, Dez will fair better this season if he sits out this game. I'm curious to see if Cassel can do better than Weeden with the same set of receivers to throw to.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Despite missing just about everything before the season and not even playing a full game, he had 5 catches for 48 yards. That's more than Street, Whitehead and Butler combined for the season.

Yup with Romo throwing the ball to him.

 

[hutch1254]

The big mistake by the FO and coaches is having Weeds as the backup. If Romo was a Manning, or Brady and never got hurt and had all these consecutive game streaks deals it would be ok. Anybody even know who Eli's backup is?? I don't.

But Romo has had the back deals, and a collar bone, etc. Huge mistake!

The thing I don't get about the FO QB thinking is this. You want Romo to be the guy this last window of years you have. However, knowing you're ultimately going to replace him due to age, decrease in ability or the fact that he has a slight injury prone situation in said current window why not draft and groom someone. And if you're the FO wouldn't you have full confidence that Romo is going to do whatever he can to coach this kid the right way? I feel he's into the coaching aspect of it as much as he is his own development. If I'm the FO I totally trust Romo to do that and may even keep him on as a possible QB coach when he's done playing. Why the hell not?

 

[John813]

The big mistake by the FO and coaches is having Weeds as the backup. If Romo was a Manning, or Brady and never got hurt and had all these consecutive game streaks deals it would be ok. Anybody even know who Eli's backup is?? I don't.

But Romo has had the back deals, and a collar bone, etc. Huge mistake!

Isn't it Ryan Nassib? Iirc a few wanted him to be Romos backup a few years back. 4th round pick.

 

[dallasdave]

CBS football analyst Boomer Esiason recently went on 105.3 KRLD-FM The Fan to talk all things Dallas Cowboys. Here are some of the highlights:

On the possibility of Dez Bryant returning from injury to play Sunday:

"The effectiveness that we're expecting from Dez Bryant is not gonna be there. I would like to make sure that he is 100 percent. Now, Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones and everybody down there will know this better than I do, but I do know that when you put a guy out there and he's not 100 percent, he's not of sound mind, he's not of sound body, the likelihood is he'll play for a quarter, and then they'll pull him out and he won't be any good to the team.

"I would say instead of wasting a roster spot on somebody that you're not really totally sure about, it's better to wait another week, get him right, make sure he's 100 percent, and then bring him back."

On the importance of a win for the Cowboys on Sunday:

"If the Cowboys can win this game, and somehow stay in this, their next four or five weeks are gonna be really, really difficult. I think this is probably, with the exception of Tampa Bay, I think, in the middle of November, this is gonna be their easiest chance at a victory, so they better come up here, they better be ready to go, because they'll have a real opportunity to win this football game."

On making a switch at quarterback (Brandon Weeden to Matt Cassel) and moving on from something that wasn't working:

"It really wasn't working against the New England Patriots. Brandon looked like he was completely in over his head, and he looked like he just wasn't ready for primetime. Brandon, for a couple of games here or a half there, probably is a nice little insurance policy to have, but the more you see, the less you like, and I think that's probably what happened."

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[xwalker]

The big mistake by the FO and coaches is having Weeds as the backup. If Romo was a Manning, or Brady and never got hurt and had all these consecutive game streaks deals it would be ok. Anybody even know who Eli's backup is?? I don't.

But Romo has had the back deals, and a collar bone, etc. Huge mistake!

They had to make that decision in the Spring. That is when they would have needed to sign a veteran backup QB. Once they got to the preseason it was probably obvious Weed did not make the progress that they thought he had made but it was too late to really find a significantly better option.

Even if they decided that Weed was not the guy back in the Spring, they likely would have ended up with the equivalent of Cassel. There really just aren't that many quality backup QBs in the NFL.

They could have drafted a QB, but that player wouldn't be ready to be the #2 at this point in time.

 

[phildadon86]

Despite missing just about everything before the season and not even playing a full game, he had 5 catches for 48 yards. That's more than Street, Whitehead and Butler combined for the season.

Wrong. Butler has 67 yards on one catch. But sure

 

[DandyDon52]

Is dez taking a roster spot this game??