I dont disagree with him. Theres more than a handful of pretty good players here.
The defense needs a full overhaul, probably starting with the coordinator (I think going back to a 43 is the fastest way to get better)....but they will have high picks and if by some miracle they use free agency, I'm not sure a full blow up is the answer.
They could however begin to be smarter about paying guys huge money who have mailed it in...
-JSmith needs to be off the field....
-Pollard needs to get more carries...
-I would still look into dealing Cooper....
-They need to stop carrying dead expensive weight like Crawford...
-Get better at recognizing when guys are done and stay away.
(The Cooper thing is only about dealing from a strength to improve a weakness quickly. It's not hate. Relax)
I agree.
Jerrah has to move very deliberately with all these needed changes.
People who want to attack the organization for what has happened thus far this season have no idea what Jones knew going into this coaching staff change from Garrett. He may have known the house cleaning was not finished.
We have to assume McCarthy had scouted the Cowboys before taking the job. He surely took the job knowing the core guys had already been signed except Dak.
And we have no way of knowing if Big Mike agreed or not with the signings. What we now see and what is being said by the owner has to be said to protect his equity in the franchise.
Jerrah may understand the need to get out of some of these deals now with the shrinking cap coupled with the poor play. But you just can't start firing and cutting and plummeting the team off a cliff.
As much as we are wanting more change..how it has to be obtained is a big issue. Do you really want to lose out over the rest of the year and look for a Top 3 draft pick?
If you do that..team profits will surely drop even more than anticipated and that has a domino effect on the operation. Remember..the Cowboys are only one asset of the overall financial holdings by the Jones.
Fans only look at the W-L records. The Jones family has to look out for the entire portfolio.
I think Jerrah knows mistakes have been made with the FAs they signed and have failed to help the team. They were never going to be key players in the long run. More just short term fixes until younger players could be developed.
But now with Daks injury..and the dismantling of the OL..two of the biggest assets we had been betting on to be there to build on are gone. This was totally unexpected and makes the whole time table of these
investments in jeopardy.
Now the team has to decide what is the new plan. Do you still hang on to the old blueprint and play Dak and give him his big deal? Has the team play connected to Dak being sidelined mean to get that back..we must sign Dak no matter the cost?
Or do you say no and try to find a new QB at a cheaper cost and take the money and fix the defense with the money not paid to a Prescott contract?
To muddy the waters more..how do you fix the defense quickly? Taking 3-4 years to do it means the high priced offensive players will waste their best years waiting for the defense to improve.
Is the defensive problems simply the coach or the scheme not fitting the players? Can the players still work with a different or a better scheme using the current players? The rest of the season has to be committed to answering that question.
I fall in the fans group that thinks it's now unaffordable to pursue Dak at his asking price. Money has to be shifted to the defense immediately and since the cap is not going to increase like it has for the last 5 years..
That money has to come from the offense. There is going to need to be some trades some redos and some releases to do it with any expediency.
I would expect to see a flurry of activity this off season by this team. McCarthy has next year and the year after that to re-establish his reputation and the team's.
After that..the Jones will move on.
They are never going to repeat what they did with Garrett.
Just my 2 cents.
