Have Cowboys said if McGovern will be starter when healthy?

[ChuckA1]

How can they make him the starter with Peters coming on strong?

 

[john van brocklin]

Have the Cowboys said if McGovern will be re-inserted as starter when he is healthy? That will be an interesting thing to watch, between him and Peters.

I vote Peters
Jerry has the only vote that counts.

 

[Pass2Run]

Don't know why people here think 40 year man should be a disability or old. If he is a man who has been playing football for a living all his life, not like he is your 40 year old father .? He has been playing still at a high level recently. Better than some twenty somethings. Gimme a break.

Amen to that. Not everyone can do that. But it's apparent that Peters can.

I don't think McGovern starts, simply because Peters is better.

Although, they may use Peters as a swing tackle/swing guard some games so they can take less players on their roster at offensive line, and take more guys at another position.

 

[Maxmadden]

There is a reason OL players play every snap.

Rotating guards only increases the difficulty for your center and LT. Farnoik or McGovern will go back to backing up the RG. Farnoik was there before and I think he did an awesome job at switching from right guard to LG.

A short week is not the time to start mixing and matching. Farnoik starts and Peters gets a few more series. McGovern is ready but backs up this week. If and If, they want to switch the starting line up then next week would make more sense.

There will be no 3 man rotation at LG.

If we ever get to the point we have a comfortable lead I would be all in favor of rotating guards in for a couple of series, Martin could use a few series off. OL and CBs are the only two positions that play all the snaps on their side of the ball.

 

[jazzcat22]

I hope it's not a rotation, continuity is very important on the OL. Peters should take that job, fulltime once he gets in game shape.

I agree.
I posted about the rotation to get some riled up.

 

[Bullflop]

This offensive staff sees our o-linemen on a daily basis. I doubt they need us to tell them who to play, and where and when to do it.

Things are going along quite well, at this point in time. If it's not broken, let's not fix it . . .

 

[FVSTONE]

Have the Cowboys said if McGovern will be re-inserted as starter when he is healthy? That will be an interesting thing to watch, between him and Peters.

I think Peters is perfect playing alongside the young LT. Once Peters gets his game legs under him, he should start at LG.

 

[Vinnie2u]

This offensive staff sees our o-linemen on a daily basis. I doubt they need us to tell them who to play, and where and when to do it.

Things are going along quite well, at this point in time. If it's not broken, let's not fix it . . .

We do have alot of Keyboard Coaches..

 

[blueblood70]

LG is unknown with regards to who will play the position in the next game.

Farniok has been better than McGovern was in his 4 starts in 2021, but that's not a high bar of achievement.

McGovern only played 8 snaps in game 1 which is not enough to evaluate him.

Peters played 2 series in the Giants game.

They've have practice squad player Lindstrom active for games. He would have been the top backup OC.
- McGovern likely takes the place of Lindstrom because McGovern did play some at OC in the preseason.

If Peters in not going to start, then it's McGovern vs Farniok at LG.
- I would stay with Farniok at this point over McGovern coming off the injury.

LGBC im cool with that have packages for each. get them all snaps. i think by next week as you keep increasing peters snaps he can be 40 snap plyers then eagles the entire game )

 

[blueblood70]

Don't be surprised a 3 man rotation. Farniok, Peters, McGovern.

They could line up McGovern as T eligible. Then motion him into the backfield as a FB. Or put him in at FB and motion him to TE.
Either way, extra blocker.

yup thats what im thinking until peters is ready for the entire game against the SHEegales..Irony )

 

[xwalker]

Don't know why people here think 40 year man should be a disability or old. If he is a man who has been playing football for a living all his life, not like he is your 40 year old father .? He has been playing still at a high level recently. Better than some twenty somethings. Gimme a break.

If he signed before game 1, it would have been a higher probability that he stayed healthy than the probability of Tyron staying healthy.

Having said that, the odds of a 40 year old non-QB staying healthy for a full season are low based on statistics.

The other issue is that big players that are not with a team in the off-season tend to get significantly out of shape.
- Tyler Smith looked like a runt next to Peters. Like Manute Bol next to Shaq.
- Tyler Smith weighed 324 at the combine.
- I would bet money that Peters was over 350 when signed and I wouldn't be surprised if he was 380.

 

[xwalker]

If McGovern made it well through this week’s practices, I feel certain he will be the starter at LG. I think they value Peters as the primary backup at all line positions except center. It will take more than 7 snaps in one game to consider Peters sufficiently ramped up.

• Snaps played vs NYG
  • Peters 14 (22%)
  • Farniok 50 (78%)

It seems unlikely that Peters would go from 22% to 100% of snaps in 1 week, especially a short week.

The question is more likely who will start at LG between Farniok and McGovern.

Based on my game footage reviews, Farniok in 2022 has been better than McGovern in 4 starts for the 2021 season.
- Farniok has made plenty of mistakes, but physically he has looked reasonably good.
- McGovern during his 4 starts in 2021 was getting whipped both by speed & power.

 

[CWR]

Don't be surprised a 3 man rotation. Farniok, Peters, McGovern.

They could line up McGovern as T eligible. Then motion him into the backfield as a FB. Or put him in at FB and motion him to TE.
Either way, extra blocker.

That's true Philbin does like the musical chairs approach.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Why can't Peter's hold up physically?

Peters played a full season last year. Possible that he isn't ready in his near term conditioning, but once up to speed I've got no reservations on him as a starter. Our best option as 5th man.

Or more like the 4th man. Probably a better player today than Biadasz.

 

[buybuydandavis]

• Snaps played vs NYG
  • Peters 14 (22%)
  • Farniok 50 (78%)

It seems unlikely that Peters would go from 22% to 100% of snaps in 1 week, especially a short week.

The question is more likely who will start at LG between Farniok and McGovern.

Based on my game footage reviews, Farniok in 2022 has been better than McGovern in 4 starts for the 2021 season.
- Farniok has made plenty of mistakes, but physically he has looked reasonably good.
- McGovern during his 4 starts in 2021 was getting whipped both by speed & power.

22% last week looking good, 50% easy this week. Start Peters and give him the first half, and see how he looks. Since it's not his usual position, be a little extra conservative, but ramp him up as the presumptive starter.

 

[MRV52]

age

Really we are taking about a hall of famer and 9 time pro bowl player here. Age means nothing to this guy. Did he hold up last year with the Bears?

 

[StarMan2112]

I haven’t heard if Jerry’s decided yet.

 

[buybuydandavis]

The other issue is that big players that are not with a team in the off-season tend to get significantly out of shape.
- Tyler Smith looked like a runt next to Peters. Like Manute Bol next to Shaq.
- Tyler Smith weighed 324 at the combine.
- I would bet money that Peters was over 350 when signed and I wouldn't be surprised if he was 380.

Tyler Smith looks like a slim 324 without Peters standing next to him. He's a weird one. I was noticing how slim he looked during the game.

If Peters came in significantly fat, then we should be more conservative playing him, but a HOF player is less likely to show up as a fatso.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Really we are taking about a hall of famer and 9 time pro bowl player here. Age means nothing to this guy. Did he hold up last year with the Bears?

15 games started last year. Had a good season.

 

[Risen Star]

age

He's a little slow. You may have to explain further.