Do our recievers scare anyone?

[foofighters]

I am at work today and during my safety meeting with my employees, one says, "Hey Chief, my clavicle is hurts, can I go home today?" This got everyone laughing and after the meeting, some of us were talking football. We were talking about our (Cowboys) WR's and who do we really have? For every touchdown that Williams gets, it looks like he drops 4 crucial balls. For all the training camp talk about Beasley, he plays right into what defenses are going to be stopping. Then there are the other guys who just look like they are just fillng up a spot. Our 3rd RB seems to be our biggest receiving threat and I am not sure that's a good thing. Is it our WR's? Is it Weeden or is it our scheme, in general?

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

There is Dez and everybody else.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

If you are talking about wideouts, we have a marginal starter and a bunch of practice squad guys. But hey, let's go deep. That'll fix all of the problems.

The Little Man from Little Elm is a solid NFL player.

 

[Zordon]

We'll be drafting another one next year. Right now we only have two receivers - Baby Hands and Baby Body.

 

[BAT]

The receivers scare ME. Every time Weeden throws long I cringe expecting a pick six, a ricochet for an INT, a fumble or an incomplete pass.

 

[mattjames2010]

Why would wide receivers scare anyone when you have a QB that doesn't throw their way? They are just bodies on the field at that point.

 

[Wolfpack]

Just average-below average guys after Dez.

 

[Denim Chicken]

William's is an OK #2, but as everyone knows is not consistent and cannot adequately fill in for #1.

Beasley is a nice slot receiver and OK on the outside for short passes, but is not going to stretch the field. He also make me extremely nervous with his ball security.

Street is playing injured and has not yet shown any ability to get separation. Butler is getting most of his snaps now and and we'll have to wait and see on him.

Our TEs & Rbs fill in to pick up the slack, but everything just works better with a true, dominate #1 in the line-up (and Romo, of course)

 

[plasticman]

We seem to forget that Murray qaa the 3rd leading receiver over the previous 4 years.

So the Cowboys played without two of their top 3 receivers over the past several seasons and the third one just being on the field was a miracle.

....with a backup quarterback and a running game that expires after the 1st quarter.

Scary?

 

[Doomsay]

They seem to scare Weeden.

 

[perrykemp]

I want my money back -- I was convinced here on CZ all off-season that the Cowboys had one of the deepest WR corps in the NFL.

 

[RS12]

Do our recievers scare anyone?

Nope, and this a big part of the problem. Everybody will give you the underneath stuff all day.

 

[CowboyStar88]

They might scare little kids? I know they scare our fans, heck they probably scare Weeddumb as he's afraid to throw to them

 

[Everson24]

No. Without Dez Bryant not one of them threatens a defense. They all need Dez to create space and favorable matchups. We are basically the Kansas City Chiefs at this point in the season.

 

[MRV52]

The receivers scare ME. Every time Weeden throws long I cringe expecting a pick six, a ricochet for an INT, a fumble or an incomplete pass.

Weedan throws long, is that in the playbook?

 

[conner01]

How many teams have wr's who scare anyone when their top WR and QB are out

 

[DeaconMoss]

Beas is good in slot. TWill is an average WR2. Dez is a monster. Witten is Witten. Escobar honestly is our second best threat behind Dez in creating mismatches and ability, but he doesn't get to play....

 

[Danger]

There is Dez and everybody else.

Yep. Our other "weapons" are highly overrated by fans

 

[xwalker]

I am at work today and during my safety meeting with my employees, one says, "Hey Chief, my clavicle is hurts, can I go home today?" This got everyone laughing and after the meeting, some of us were talking football. We were talking about our (Cowboys) WR's and who do we really have? For every touchdown that Williams gets, it looks like he drops 4 crucial balls. For all the training camp talk about Beasley, he plays right into what defenses are going to be stopping. Then there are the other guys who just look like they are just fillng up a spot. Our 3rd RB seems to be our biggest receiving threat and I am not sure that's a good thing. Is it our WR's? Is it Weeden or is it our scheme, in general?

The WRs were open plenty of times, but Weeden would not throw past 10 yards or to the sidelines. Williams had one drop and one ball batted down by the defender. The drop was on a shallow slant. Williams is better on slants that are a little deeper. Weeden threw an Elway/Farve type fastball with Williams only a few yards from the line. Running full speed across the field with a ball throw at max velocity makes for a very difficult catch. Also, everybody knows that Williams is better when the ball is leading him not right at or behind him.

Not only were Williams and Butler open at times but Beasley and Witten were open past 10 yards at times but Weeden would not throw it and would instead dump it off to Dunbar at 3 yards.

I don't know if he can catch, but the WR Butler had a chance to run past the coverage because of the way their DBs were playing. A good QB would have had a chance to make some big plays deep.

On the 1 really deep throw that Weeden made early to Williams who was double covered, Escobar was wide open at about 20 yards downfield.

There were a couple of times that Butler ran a curl at the sideline about 12 yards deep and the closest defender was 10 yards away. Any WR can make that catch but only if the QB throws the ball to them. Again, Weeden just dumped it off short in the middle of the field.

 

[Wolfpack]

The Cowboys have a lot of specialty players on the offensive Roster. Dunbar, Beasly and Escobar. They don't really have depth at WR trying to develop up into a starter except Street and who ever they have stashed on the PS. Ideally your slot guy is your #3 guy and is getting reps to push the #2 or #1 guy. Not really the case here. They need to add someone next draft with enough upside that they could push at least Williams.