News: Gil Brandt: Early signs point to rebound season for Dallas Cowboys

[CowboyRoy]

I understand the angst and it is warranted. He has to own this and get the help he needs off the field.

With this Oline, Romo, and Elliott, there should be no reason we cant compete for a playoff spot. Especially in the NFC east and with our easy schedule. I am also not giving Garrett a pass in those 3 seasons going 8-8. Maybe you want to call them Garretts tutoring years. He couldnt coach his way out of a paper bag and we lost several games a year directly related to his horrid coaching, poor clock management, and lame play calling. All 3 of those years came down to the last game of the season win and move on and we lost all 3 of them.

But as you mentioned we have to rely on guys NOT getting injured that have injury histories. Then we have the suspension issues of our two DE's. Not a good start so far.

On another note..............I watched him play last year and I was not impressed. Did NOT seem like a hard worker or any kind of terror out there. Just sayin.

 

[Floatyworm]

8-8 is an improvement...right?

 

[Joe Realist]

I agree. Cowboys will double their win total from 2015 and all will be right in the universe.

 

[Jarv]

I am not against nor for Garrett overall. More for though, maybe 60 / 40 or a bit less, like 57 / 43 LOL. But I will let this season decide which way I feel beyond this season.
I do think we need better positional coaches other than HC, OC, DC spots, for this year anyway.
I think they get 2 more years though unless the wheels fall off this year while being healthy.

Your analysis of JG made me chuckle, then the more I thought about it you may be right. Here is my take.

JG is building a solid environment and has a basic, if unspectacular game plan. He also is building and acquiring good talent on offense. Your right, our offense fools no one and our concept is to beat the man in front of you, I wish we could tweak that a bit, but hears the rub.

JG is terrible at adjustments, from seeing last year I would say that's a short term and long term problem. In the short term, we have no "in-game" adjustments that the great coaches have, this is where JG can be greatly out coached. In the long term, JG is not good at tweaking the game plans to the strengths of backups that are replacing injured starters, as we saw with the QB situation last year. I believe Cassel even mentioned he couldn't find anyone to work with him when he came to Dallas.Moore, while not being great, was better than Cassel or Weeden, yet it took him most of the season to see that, so his player evaluation is also suspect.

If we gave Scott Linehan a little more leeway in managing the game and making adjustments, along with tweaking the offense, which was the reason he was brought here in the first place, we might have something. If that is already the case and Scott Linehan is managing the game and not making the adjustments, well that could be the problem also.

I really don't think JG has much to do with the defense, at least that's my best guess.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Funny how a positive note brings so many nancies out to whine.

 

[slick325]

On another note..............I watched him play last year and I was not impressed. Did NOT seem like a hard worker or any kind of terror out there. Just sayin.

He played like a rookie after coming back from his high ankle sprain. Go back and read camp notes from last year as well as preseason reports. The high ankle sprain set him back big time.

Granted, it is his own fault for not working his tail off to get back to TC form if not better than that...

 

[CowboyRoy]

He played like a rookie after coming back from his high ankle sprain. Go back and read camp notes from last year as well as preseason reports. The high ankle sprain set him back big time.

Granted, it is his own fault for not working his tail off to get back to TC form if not better than that...

I just dont see him as a high energy, high motor guy with leadership abilities. There were plays late in the game when he got in at the end of the season and I could see he would make a first effort then give up. Might be nothing, or it might be something.

 

[slick325]

I just dont see him as a high energy, high motor guy with leadership abilities. There were plays late in the game when he got in at the end of the season and I could see he would make a first effort then give up. Might be nothing, or it might be something.

We'll see how things play out. Players tend to get better by their 2nd season. We'll see if he improves soon enough.

 

[CowboyRoy]

We'll see how things play out. Players tend to get better by their 2nd season. We'll see if he improves soon enough.

You mean after missing 4 games with rust? I wouldnt judge him too hard until at least mid season. That is if he doesnt fail a drug test between now and then.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Yeah, they always do.

Then after half the season has passed, it's panic time, and how bad they really are.

I wish this wasn't so true...

 

[DC Cowboy]

It truly is amazing to me the amount of negativity that still lingers on this board like a hot fart four hours after Taco Bell. How soon they forget about 2014 going into a season with arguably more talent. Last years rookies should make a jump. The young players from 2014 should be significantly better following two years of experience. This years crop of rookies have the potential to contribute. The key really is Romo. If Romo can stay healthy, they could break offensive records. And sometimes, having a really good offense makes a good enough defense. Time will tell.

I guess they would rather read an article talking about how much we suck. All Gil did was relay his thoughts about what he saw in practice/OTAs. He has forgotten more than we will ever know. So when he said Zeke looks like he is picking things up rapidly that goes in line with an article about him coming off the field telling OSU coaches what they should be doing based on what he is seeing on the field. All Gil did was reassure us about his football knowledge/intellect. We all seen articles about how Dak was basically a one man show in college and if not for him his team would have been terrible. Are we really surprised that Gregory is showing well? He was predicted to be a 1st round pick IF not for the off the field issues. Same thing with Beasley, the man flat out balls and has crazy athletic abilities ... so what is the issue with what Gil wrote/reported?

A lot of fans would be happy to read that about their team coming from Gil. I don't get some of you some times.

 

[DC Cowboy]

If Dak plays QB this year, we are screwed, so him doing well in OTAs isn't exactly proof of a great season ahead.

not sure how you got that from the article. All he said was Dak appears to be ahead of the schedule as far as his "development" is concerned and he talked about his intangibles.

 

[DC Cowboy]

That's because Dallas will play last place team schedule rather than 1st place schedule the prior year.

Our schedule isn't a cake walk. we play the same teams the rest of the NFC East play except TB and San Fran. Now Tampa Bay is an up and coming team that shouldn't be taken lightly. Who knows what the 49ers will be.

 

[Techsass]

Thank you DC. Man it's not even pre-season yet and we're already into the doom & gloom mind set.

This year's schedule actually looks tougher than last year's to me. I'm still thinking at least 9-10 wins without any wacked out luck coming our way. Hopefully the Guy upstairs has made His point about Jerry shutting the window on His favorite team.

 

[SportsGuru80]

Show me on the field come August/Sept.

 

[links18]

not sure how you got that from the article. All he said was Dak appears to be ahead of the schedule as far as his "development" is concerned and he talked about his intangibles.

DAK's potential has zero bearing on the upcoming season. The title of the article was about a rebound season.

 

[CCBoy]

I really enjoy Gil's comments about the Cowboys over time. He's a legitimate source of good observations.

He brings up a question, and as to Cole Beasley and T Williams. Just who will get the most total yardage this season?

 

[CowboyRoy]

I guess they would rather read an article talking about how much we suck. All Gil did was relay his thoughts about what he saw in practice/OTAs. He has forgotten more than we will ever know. So when he said Zeke looks like he is picking things up rapidly that goes in line with an article about him coming off the field telling OSU coaches what they should be doing based on what he is seeing on the field. All Gil did was reassure us about his football knowledge/intellect. We all seen articles about how Dak was basically a one man show in college and if not for him his team would have been terrible. Are we really surprised that Gregory is showing well? He was predicted to be a 1st round pick IF not for the off the field issues. Same thing with Beasley, the man flat out balls and has crazy athletic abilities ... so what is the issue with what Gil wrote/reported?

A lot of fans would be happy to read that about their team coming from Gil. I don't get some of you some times.

Its pretty hilarious to listen to you cats go on and on about forgetting about 2014 when you cant even remember 2015 which was the year after 2014. We just went 4-12. If that didnt give you a clue as to how bad this team and the head coach is without Tony Romo, then you will never get it.

And its probably waaaay too much to ask you to remember 2011-2013 being major disappointments at 8-8. And please dont respond with some garbage about how we were lucky to go 8-8 with the talent we had those years.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Show me on the field come August/Sept.

The ONLY reason anyone is predicting rebound is because Romo is still upright. One hit or tweak of the back and everyone will be writing about how the Cowboys are headed for another top 5 pick.