Toughness left the building the day Jimmy Johnson walked out the door. There hasn't been anyone since who demanded the physical play that Jimmy demanded.
Being bigger, stronger, and tougher doesn't really matter. If the individual player doesn't use this to his advantage through physical play he's going to get steamrolled.
The offensive line has the best potential for that.
I am not sure 1 draft makes us a different hitting team. We have not been a top physical team for some time.
And with this current roster, Der Schottenheimer could get HC of the year consideration which would make us and Der Fatherland quite pleased
Das good!
You're on a roll today!
A large part of this is the personnel, though, which has basically the same FO people choosing the roster. It's hard to be physical in the trenches when you're outclassed and overmatched. I will give the FO points for effort on the OL, that is looking like a physical bunch of dudes, not so much on the DL side. Fingers crossed that our late late round DTs are winners.
Can't fix everything at the same time.
Well that's the point. Track record sez the Establishment, ie Jerry and company, are not going to invest much at the DT position and will continue to get punked in the defensive trenches. Maybe the new coaches can get him to change his stripes but that's unlikely. We'll have to get lucky with some late rounder picks in order to have a solid DT rotation.
Hopefully they make a move so we don't have to focus so hard on it next year, try and get ahead of the curve this year
