igtmfo
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Just thinking ..
1. The great blogger Vela was talking about how D. Anderson's injury last year hurt us so much. (see below) ... so why is Deon still on special teams and risking losing his freaking head ?!, when he was/is a ++factor on offense? (And .. we have only Julius Crosslin (?) on the practice squad to replace him?)
To quote Vela late last season:
"I’ve written on many occasions the past few years about Dallas’ search for a fullback to replace Daryl Johnston. Some stats in the newest - and best — Scientific Football ‘08 illustrate how Deon Anderson’s shoulder injury hampered the Cowboys’ passing game, particularly the ways the team used Jason Witten, and how Anderson’s return can improve them.
We know that the Cowboys have been a two tight end heavy team the past few years. I doubt this is by design. The ’90s Cowboys relied mostly on what the team now calls its 21 package, with a fullback, a tailback, one tight end and two receivers.
The Bill Parcells Cowboys would have preferred this as well, but could not locate an adequate fullback in the draft. Lousaka Polite stuck around a while but never had the pop to excel as a lead blocker. The team had some success converting Oliver Hoyte from linebacker to fullback but he lacked the speed and receiving skills to play extensively.
The Cowboys appeared to have found their man when they drafted Anderson last year, but he went on IR after only four starts with a rotator cuff injury. Without him the team had to rely a lot more on their 12 packages, which have one back and two tight ends.
From this look the Cowboys use a traditional tight end, who lines up next to an offensive tackle, and an F-back, who flexes up and down the line, eventually lining up as a second tight end on the line; on a wing outside the first tight end; or in the backfield as a lead blocker." ....
2. My second thought: Felix got impaled trying to block on Tony's INT, I mean, run over, in one of the only plays when he had to stay in and protect ...
My thought is that T. Choice will be our every down RB, in case Barber or Anderson can't go. Tashard was exceptional in preseason as protector for the QB, made good choices about who to block, and blew them up when he could ...
I kind of don't want to be chicken little, but Barber is nicked, and Deon Anderson is a freaking nut and will probably get injured running into a concrete pylon, or be suspended for fighting, or something this year especially playing every offensive down and kickoffs (punts too?) .. so we should all be worried and thinking about this scenario ...
No dis on Felix, but I wonder if Tashard will be a lot more of a factor this year than we draft finks thought ... Tashard may be a FB, if not RB, in packages, in either case ...
Any thoughts, fears, hopes about Tashard? He seems to be real stout, and he will probably have to shoulder a hell of a lot of the load one way or the other ..
1. The great blogger Vela was talking about how D. Anderson's injury last year hurt us so much. (see below) ... so why is Deon still on special teams and risking losing his freaking head ?!, when he was/is a ++factor on offense? (And .. we have only Julius Crosslin (?) on the practice squad to replace him?)
To quote Vela late last season:
"I’ve written on many occasions the past few years about Dallas’ search for a fullback to replace Daryl Johnston. Some stats in the newest - and best — Scientific Football ‘08 illustrate how Deon Anderson’s shoulder injury hampered the Cowboys’ passing game, particularly the ways the team used Jason Witten, and how Anderson’s return can improve them.
We know that the Cowboys have been a two tight end heavy team the past few years. I doubt this is by design. The ’90s Cowboys relied mostly on what the team now calls its 21 package, with a fullback, a tailback, one tight end and two receivers.
The Bill Parcells Cowboys would have preferred this as well, but could not locate an adequate fullback in the draft. Lousaka Polite stuck around a while but never had the pop to excel as a lead blocker. The team had some success converting Oliver Hoyte from linebacker to fullback but he lacked the speed and receiving skills to play extensively.
The Cowboys appeared to have found their man when they drafted Anderson last year, but he went on IR after only four starts with a rotator cuff injury. Without him the team had to rely a lot more on their 12 packages, which have one back and two tight ends.
From this look the Cowboys use a traditional tight end, who lines up next to an offensive tackle, and an F-back, who flexes up and down the line, eventually lining up as a second tight end on the line; on a wing outside the first tight end; or in the backfield as a lead blocker." ....
2. My second thought: Felix got impaled trying to block on Tony's INT, I mean, run over, in one of the only plays when he had to stay in and protect ...
My thought is that T. Choice will be our every down RB, in case Barber or Anderson can't go. Tashard was exceptional in preseason as protector for the QB, made good choices about who to block, and blew them up when he could ...
I kind of don't want to be chicken little, but Barber is nicked, and Deon Anderson is a freaking nut and will probably get injured running into a concrete pylon, or be suspended for fighting, or something this year especially playing every offensive down and kickoffs (punts too?) .. so we should all be worried and thinking about this scenario ...
No dis on Felix, but I wonder if Tashard will be a lot more of a factor this year than we draft finks thought ... Tashard may be a FB, if not RB, in packages, in either case ...
Any thoughts, fears, hopes about Tashard? He seems to be real stout, and he will probably have to shoulder a hell of a lot of the load one way or the other ..
