Interesting Lacewell quote on Ratliff

[gimmesix]

From the DMN:

"I thought coming out of training camp we were going to be great," Lacewell said. "No one wants to hear this now. This is the same fool who everyone says, 'We're glad he left town.'

"But we had probably, on paper, as good of a front four as we've had, with two excellent corners. Now, the one guy, the traitor, whatever his name is."

That would be Jay Ratliff, who now resides in Chicago.

"He would never speak to me again if I started talking about him," Lacewell said.

 

[dupree89]

Whatever the circumstances, I'm just glad he is gone. He was # 1 on my list of players I wanted GONE!
Now, the new # 1 is Miles Austin.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Day late, dollar short. That's been the story of this franchise for awhile.

 

[Zordon]

Day late, dollar short. That's been the story of this franchise for awhile.

this.

 

[T-RO]

Whatever the circumstances, I'm just glad he is gone. He was # 1 on my list of players I wanted GONE!
Now, the new # 1 is Miles Austin.

Miles isn't a traitor. He just has bad hammies. I applaud the hate for Rat because he earned it. But can we stop hating on our own guys when they HAVEN'T earned it?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Day late, dollar short.

Agreed. Turn the page already.

 

[brymatt94]

The rest of this article is very interesting as well.

 

[Idgit]

It really is pretty sad what happened to the slated front four. With Spencer and Rat both lost for the year without so much as a snap, Ware hobbled for half the year, so far, and the two top rotational guys also both lost before the season even really got started. Ouch. Throw in Hacher's pinched nerve, or whatever it ended up being, and our top 6 players on the DL have all been compromised, with 4 lost for the year. Ouch.

 

[dupree89]

But can we stop hating on our own guys when they HAVEN'T earned it?

No. Do you remember him walking back to the huddle when Dallas was trying to run a hurry up? I want to say it was a game against Baltimore. Cant wait til he is gone.

 

[T-RO]

No. Do you remember him walking back to the huddle when Dallas was trying to run a hurry up? I want to say it was a game against Baltimore. Cant wait til he is gone.

No. I don't remember that at all. Nor can I recall any firestorm of controversy. At all. When you have something concrete...get back to us.

 

[RastaRocket]

Miles isn't a traitor. He just has bad hammies. I applaud the hate for Rat because he earned it. But can we stop hating on our own guys when they HAVEN'T earned it?

You don't have to hate a player to want them gone.

 

[silver]

But the man who spent the majority of his 13 seasons with the club as its director of college and pro scouting still has the owner’s ear. Jerry Jones uses him as a sounding board, especially on defensive matters.

This pretty much sums up what's wrong with the organization.

 

[Fansince64]

No. I don't remember that at all. Nor can I recall any firestorm of controversy. At all. When you have something concrete...get back to us.

You must not have watched the last 26 seconds of the Baltimore game last year. Remember - clock stopped, Dallas with the ball on Baltimore 33, 26 seconds on game clock, Dallas has one TO remaining. Miles and Ogletree lined up wide right, Dez is wide left. Dallas snaps the ball, Romo comletes a pass to Dez for no yards while Miles and Ogletree run streak routes into the end zone. After Dez is tackled, there is 19 seconds on the clock. The remaining 9 offensive team members are trying to get lined up so Romo can clock the ball. The camera cuts to Ogletree and Miles who are leisurely jog trotting (I can walk faster than that and I am disabled and on a walker) back toward the line of scrimmage. Dallas is forced to let the clock run down to 4 seconds and then call their last TO and try a 51 yard field goal. No good and Dallas loses after only being able to run one play with 26 seconds and a time out left.

If you don't remember all of the complaints after that, all I can conclude is you slept through the entire week following the Ravens game or your famously selective memory is kicking in.


Monte Sliger

 

[IrishAnto]

Whatever the circumstances, I'm just glad he is gone. He was # 1 on my list of players I wanted GONE!
Now, the new # 1 is Miles Austin.

So do you work your way down a list until everyone's gone?

 

[Hoofbite]

The rest of this article is very interesting as well.

Not sure I get the "never speak to me again" quote.

Here's the full article.

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/...owboys-horrible-defense-is-nobody-s-fault.ece

Couple quotes:

“Now if you want to blame Jerry, the scouting department and Stephen [Jones] and all of those guys for not doing a better job of scouting walk-ons, of not knowing who is working down at the bakery or the service station, then you should get on them, heavily.”

I agree with him in general. The defense has a ton of street guys playing but that's not solely because of injuries. Beyond the front 4 they really didn't have much at all in the spring. Outside of Ware, Hatcher, Spencer, and Ratlif what was there? Solid expectations for Crawford? Prayers Nick Hayden didn't have to be called into a ton of action and then Kyle Wilbur who was going to be moving to DE in his 2nd season and didn't even really play as a rookie? A couple of guys they added to the active roster late last year?

Basically 4 starters and 1 depth guy in Crawford. Out of what would be projected a 10-man unit?

The started the year with nothing behind the starting players. Nick Hayden was actually signed early in the year but he's a carryover street free agent from 2012 when he was cut in the preseason because of injury and then waited by the phone for a call for most of the year after he healed. Wilbur had almost no experience at all and wasn't even drafted to play DL. Ben Bass was on the roster and he went to IR but he was called up from the PS at the end of 2012. Not exactly all that hard to replace at the beginning of August. Teams will be cutting lots of guys and trying to get them onto their own practice squads and you can vulture whatever play you want off a practice squad anyway.

They really didn't have anything at all to begin with. Of course you're going to have a ton of street free agents starting when you build half the unit full of street free agents. If you build your depth with street free agents, you'll be seeing them on the field a lot because that's just the nature of the game. They lost Crawford, Spencer, and Ratliff. That's significant but it shouldn't result in having like 7 street free agents on your DL.

“I hear people saying, ‘Oh, they’re running the wrong scheme,’” Lacewell said. “Well, someone needs to call the guy at Seattle, Pete Carroll, who worked with Monte and tell him they’re running the wrong scheme. They shouldn’t be in that. Call Mike Zimmer in Cincinnati and tell him they’re in the wrong scheme.

This is also part of the problem. Just assuming it will work for you as it works for others. Maybe they should call up Mike Zimmer and ask for the recipe.

Might have something to do with THREE 2nd round picks, TWO 3rd round picks and hitting a 4th rounder out of the park in Geno Atkins since 2010. 4 drafts and they've spent 3 of their 2nd round picks on the DL. Dallas has 3rd round Tyrone Crawford and 4th round Brandon Williams in that span. Of course, kind of hard to use a 2nd round pick on the DL when you trade it away or have to meet the once ever 4-5 seasons TE quota.

The defense is beat up badly but you don't get into a position where you're rotating street free agents as starters almost as soon as the season kicks off simply because you've had 2 starters and a backup go down. You get there because the guys who are playing behind your backups are street free agents as well and some guy currently walking the street can beat them out simply because he's more hungry. Thankfully Selvie was a very good acquisition.

 

[17yearsandcounting]

Just go away Lacewell.

 

[Sarge]

Miles isn't a traitor. He just has bad hammies. I applaud the hate for Rat because he earned it. But can we stop hating on our own guys when they HAVEN'T earned it?

I think people hate the fact that Austin misses game after game after game - perhaps not the person. He's being paid a lot of money to be missing so much time. Money that could have been spent elsewhere. That is what people are disgusted by, not actually Miles himself.

 

[daschoo]

You don't have to hate a player to want them gone.

Exactly, Miles seems like a decent enough guy but he's taking up money and a spot that could be better used elsewhere therefore I want him gone.

 

[IrishAnto]

Not sure I get the "never speak to me again" quote.

Here's the full article.

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/...owboys-horrible-defense-is-nobody-s-fault.ece

Couple quotes:



I agree with him in general. The defense has a ton of street guys playing but that's not solely because of injuries. Beyond the front 4 they really didn't have much at all in the spring. Outside of Ware, Hatcher, Spencer, and Ratlif what was there? Solid expectations for Crawford? Prayers Nick Hayden didn't have to be called into a ton of action and then Kyle Wilbur who was going to be moving to DE in his 2nd season and didn't even really play as a rookie? A couple of guys they added to the active roster late last year?

Basically 4 starters and 1 depth guy in Crawford. Out of what would be projected a 10-man unit?

The started the year with nothing behind the starting players. Nick Hayden was actually signed early in the year but he's a carryover street free agent from 2012 when he was cut in the preseason because of injury and then waited by the phone for a call for most of the year after he healed. Wilbur had almost no experience at all and wasn't even drafted to play DL. Ben Bass was on the roster and he went to IR but he was called up from the PS at the end of 2012. Not exactly all that hard to replace at the beginning of August. Teams will be cutting lots of guys and trying to get them onto their own practice squads and you can vulture whatever play you want off a practice squad anyway.

They really didn't have anything at all to begin with. Of course you're going to have a ton of street free agents starting when you build half the unit full of street free agents. If you build your depth with street free agents, you'll be seeing them on the field a lot because that's just the nature of the game. They lost Crawford, Spencer, and Ratliff. That's significant but it shouldn't result in having like 7 street free agents on your DL.



This is also part of the problem. Just assuming it will work for you as it works for others. Maybe they should call up Mike Zimmer and ask for the recipe.

Might have something to do with THREE 2nd round picks, TWO 3rd round picks and hitting a 4th rounder out of the park in Geno Atkins since 2010. 4 drafts and they've spent 3 of their 2nd round picks on the DL. Dallas has 3rd round Tyrone Crawford and 4th round Brandon Williams in that span. Of course, kind of hard to use a 2nd round pick on the DL when you trade it away or have to meet the once ever 4-5 seasons TE quota.

The defense is beat up badly but you don't get into a position where you're rotating street free agents as starters almost as soon as the season kicks off simply because you've had 2 starters and a backup go down. You get there because the guys who are playing behind your backups are street free agents as well and some guy currently walking the street can beat them out simply because he's more hungry. Thankfully Selvie was a very good acquisition.

Good post.

The drafting and the priorities assigned to positions picked have not been good enough for many years now.

PS. I think Nevis is a player too.

 

[loublue22]

You must not have watched the last 26 seconds of the Baltimore game last year. Remember - clock stopped, Dallas with the ball on Baltimore 33, 26 seconds on game clock, Dallas has one TO remaining. Miles and Ogletree lined up wide right, Dez is wide left. Dallas snaps the ball, Romo comletes a pass to Dez for no yards while Miles and Ogletree run streak routes into the end zone. After Dez is tackled, there is 19 seconds on the clock. The remaining 9 offensive team members are trying to get lined up so Romo can clock the ball. The camera cuts to Ogletree and Miles who are leisurely jog trotting (I can walk faster than that and I am disabled and on a walker) back toward the line of scrimmage. Dallas is forced to let the clock run down to 4 seconds and then call their last TO and try a 51 yard field goal. No good and Dallas loses after only being able to run one play with 26 seconds and a time out left.

If you don't remember all of the complaints after that, all I can conclude is you slept through the entire week following the Ravens game or your famously selective memory is kicking in.


Monte Sliger

I'm sure they were jogging because they just assumed our idiot head coach would actually use the timeout we had left.