I think the article commends the Cowboys scouting department to accentuate the issue with Jerry Jones. They've been good, but the Cowboys approach has been disjointed. As you point out, the lack of aggression in free agency. But it is also the contradiction that the team builds through the draft, but then trades draft picks away for players that are long shots at best.
They threw away a 4th round pick on Trey Lance. Then spent another one on Mingo. I think most of the players they traded for this year was long shots to make the team. If you have a great scouting department, then why not keep your picks and trust your scouts to find good players even late in the draft?
I would also argue that some of what is perceived as great drafting is more great marketing. Every year we hear about a player who is the steal of the draft. Then we watch him play and we scratch our heads. Eric Scott is a good example. So was Caelen Carson. We see this every year. I remember the video of Mazi leaping up stairs in a fete of athleticism which was basically hyping his selection by Dallas in the first round. Mazi leaps up stairs better than he plays football.
Dude, seriously, I'm sitting here reading this and you guys just say one thing and then it it gets negated by the next thing you say... it makes no sense, Jerry Jones is supposed to be bad, but he hired the right people that are doing a good job ,which is it if he's hiring the right people that means
I know this is going to shock your system and probably go over your head ,
do you really think Jerry Jones woke up one day and said you know what today I'm going to bring Trey Lance over here, because I felt like it I woke up with lance on my mind while drinking coffee and eating his McMuffin?
like HE made this decision all by myself ? the he alone wanted Lance? OR woke up one day and I was thinking about Mingo in the shower LOL IYNYK
so, I'm going to bring Mingo over here I'm going to make a bad trade or a bad draft that I get blamed for all the bad things even though someone in this post someone in this thread someone who created that story to begin with the gaslight fans are the very reason these players are here,
so, Jerry Jones gets blamed for all the bad decisions but you're trying to tell me that his coaching staff his scouts in this very department that you say are great or not the ones that brought these names to Jerry and said we need this guy in the draft right we need Taco we need HILL, weenie bingo we need Lance you're trying to tell me that Jerry made these decisions randomly independently by himself that the Jones family woke up one day and ignored all this good advice and just did this?
Is that what you're trying to sell me that anything good that happens with this team must be Jerry's people even though he hired these people right but all the bad decisions are on the Jones family because you hate them so it must have been their fault only independently by themselves made these decisions?
See how hypocritical that is you guys need to stop it!!
these decisions are all made because of the scouting department ,because of the people who breakdown video, people who are scouring for possible players that need to be added to this team, and they bring the names to Jerry, and yes he has the final say ,and yes I'm not saying these were not bad trades Mingo was the worst one out of all of them...
I can live with Trey Lance I can live with bringing over Milton..
In a quarterback starved league sometimes you just need to take a chance I mean you're trying to tell me that Lance was such a bad deal that both the 49ers who used three first round picks to move up and get him that Jerry was really stupid for going for 1/4 rounder and then turns around the charger signed him for $6 million I mean if Jerry's the only blind person in the NFL other people be making the same mistakes...
So lastly in summarization Jerry made these decisions because of things that were whispered in his ear during meetings people have meetings don't think that this is only ran by a monarchy Jerry sits there on a pulpit makes these decisions by himself the very same people that you're patting on the back like all the coordinators of the past and the present all the scouting department and will mcclay a past and present have brought these names to Jerry and yes he chose to overdraft or over used draft picks that probably should have been less..
But Jerry's not doing this on his own that is a fact if you think that that's why these posts never make any sense you're saying that every person that Jerry hire is doing a good job except when a bad decision is made and that's all on Jerry..
This is why it's a group effort these decisions were made by the staff and finalized yes by the Jones family but all the good ones do also finalized by the Jones family you're telling me that they finally got good safeties in here but now we're not patting Jerry on the back that must have been will McClay that must have been Dan Quinn you mean the same Dan Quinn, who begged for Mazi and Nashon wright types..
You get that right the same bad mistakes that collectively Jerry and Dan Quinn made with these players and more I'm not going to list them all they made for the good players and bell and Thomas, Hooker and DONO..
It's the same way hill was a bad pick but OSA was a great one., I mean that trade down to get Micah Parsons and also pick up ossa that was both Jerry Jones and will mcclay the same way picking Hill and Mazi were both people they're all making these mistakes or these positive things collectively you can't nitpick and cherry pick the bad ones blamed on the ownership and all the good ones you pat on the back to the people he hired..
So just maybe you should see both sides of this they're doing this collectively and yes the only thing Jerry's doing wrong is he trusting these people too much somebody needs to tell him don't give a fourth for Mingo because somebody there had to know that that was a bad thing and they should have told him you think Jerry would have resisted offering A 5 or A 6 for this guy or waiting till he became free this year and not have to give anything for him these same people are giving him bad advice or no advice he doesn't do these things on his own..
