The30YardSlant;4647282 said:
That is my feeling towards the mindset that it is in any way acceptable to have Phil Costa snapping the ball to Tony Romo. Costa is to the center position what Tyler Perry is to comedy, a waste of space who is atrocious at his chosen craft yet for some unknown reason is beloved and defended by large groups of people.
We have championship aspirations and yet our front office and coaching staff are still considering starting Costa at center? Costa has no right to even be on the team much less starting, and continuing to risk the health of a great player like Romo over this stiff is appalling amost beyond comprehension.
Whether it be Bernadeau, Arkin, ANYBODY ELSE...this staff has to find a way to find someone better. It is a necessity. No longer should Romo be forced to jump up and catch his horrible snaps, no longer should he have to scramble the moment he gets the ball because a defensive tackle tossed Costa aside like a fifth grader and no longer should our backs be forced to bounce it outside because t-rex arms couldn't hold a block for longer than half a second.
Just on bare observations, and last year to go off one does have some trouble if he were to attempt to disprove your gut feelings.
To add only frustrations, it could be noted as well, that along with the questioning of whether a hypothetical window is closing, is an additional view that almost NO Super Bowl team has made it there with dominant question marks in the interior of it's offensive line.
Just using common sense touchstones, those are some big obstacles.
Now, in the midst of those agitating reasons, we are additionally faced with 18 downed Cowboy players.
That's enough frustrations to make one figure a Mother would give up on a child...but then again, we are fans, and we know that a Mother NEVER gives up on a child if she is worth HER salt.
That is exactly the situation for this current coaching staff and their players.
The reasons for the changes that were taken, were sound. I know, the eye test left some red eyes to present. But still, what was done had sound reasons behind it. I still have to believe in those.
Hey, it took a Flozell Adams and Leonard Davis to drive block and force issues in the past. Today, and on this squad, are talents of a similar function. That is, that can positively push for real estate and create running ability to expand effectiveness of a potentially great passing team.
The question to this fan, is how long that process will take. Bringing in veterans has to be weighed against the directional effect upon achieving those same abilities, but over a longer period covered.
To me, no doubt, the season winds around the stability in the here and now, of that offensive line's interior. Now comes the difficult part, in determining developmental projections for this very season.
A large portion of fans, will be hard pressed to weather extended periods of disruption and disappointment up front and in full view by all watching a game.
But in weighing the additions of even a Gurode, Kozier, or Holland to the mix, he has to also project whether or not those early alternatives will even be able to hand a 'black and blue' month of December and carry the team into the playoffs, which is up front and paramount right now.
