wow !!!
Some of the koolaide drinkers on this site give me a hard time because I do still see problems with this team and inadequacies in some of the players they think are budding stars. I also still see problems with our very old and stubborn coach, though I absolutely love everything about our draft and FA acquisitions this year. I think his actual coaching job last year, including the way he dealt with players, fell far short of "genius" and "HOF."
However, I prefer to consider it realism, not negativity...you, on the other hand, are way way way over the top to the point of insanity.
I don't question Zimmer's ability...on the other hand I wonder how he got as good a results as he did in the past with the pathetic talent that was the Cowboys...an undersized and under talented DL, overrated LB's who were not playmakers or run stuffers, and a secondary with no FS and no RCB. Some claim Zimm ruins players or holds them back...I'll believe that when any of our former #1 picks like Carver, Pittman, Ellis, Ekuban, etc make the pro bowl playing for another team. Zimm is not the problem...lousy players were the problem, and that is gradually being addressed in a responsible manner.
I still believe those predicting 11-4 or 10-6 this season are insane because we still have plenty of problems on both sides of the ball that a plethora of rookies is not going to fix, not this year anyway. However, we are a better team...we do have better talent, and only a total collapse will prevent us from attaining at least an 8-8 record, imo, with a bright future on the horizon.
Some of your comments are ridiculous...Bledsoe is not star in this league, but he IS an upgrade over Vinnie. Henson, even if he never becomes a starter, has cost us very little as developmental QB's go. Dumping on coaches who simply complement Parcells philosophy is silly. Our right side is improved on offense by Rivera and by Vollers entering the year as starter over Tucker, not to mention better depth. The LB's are bigger, if not better...only time will tell.
Last year, most people not wearing rose colored glasses knew we were going to stink because Vinnie is no longer a QB who can be counted on for 16 games...he gradually got worse all year. The way things began with the Carter fiasco, brought on my himself, was certainly an omen, and the fact that we never addressed the RCB spot in the offseason was a joke.
There is great reason for fans to be upbeat this season, though they need to be realistically hopeful.
