Looking elsewhere for coaching

[Praxit]

Who Returns:

RB Rico Dowdle
DE DeMarcus Lawrence
QB Trey Lance
CB Jourdan Lewis
DL Chauncey Golston
DE Carl Lawson
WR KaVontae Turpin (RFA)
Safety Markquese Bell (RFA)
Safety Juanyeh Thomas (ERFA)
Center Brock Hoffman (ERFA)

Who Walks:

DT Osa Odighizuwa
OG Zack Martin
LB Eric Kendricks
WR Brandin Cooks
QB Cooper Rush
RB Ezekiel Elliott
P Bryan Anger

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-2025-mock-draft-head-coach-free-agency/

..keep Osa and Kendricks. Cooks for good price. Martin is old now, so is Dlaw.

Rico should be cheap for return.

 

[Carson]

..keep Osa and Kendricks. Cooks for good price. Martin is old now, so is Dlaw.

Rico should be cheap for return.

Dowdles market is around 8-10 million per right now sadly

 

[CCBoy]

Irvin thinks the team needs another head coach because of a lack of discipline.

“I just think it’s time to go in another direction. And I hear these late surge to stay with Mike McCarthy. I’m not on that bandwagon. What I believe is this team needs more discipline. I’m not saying Mike McCarthy is not a good coach, Xs and Os coach. But I think the team needs more disicpline,” Irvin said.

Irvin believes McCarthy can’t be the coach to turn around and be a disciplinarian now.

https://larrybrownsports.com/football/michael-irvin-cowboys-move-on-mike-mccarthy/644591

 

[RonWashington]

It’s going to be a long several months for fans as this team which has a problem with opening their wallets in the first place tries to navigate out from under what will likely be their first sub-.500 season since 2020. The first step will be to determine what the coaching staff looks like, and then to move on to players to fit their scheme.

Head Coach Hire: Joe Brady, current Bills OC​

In our most recent Mike McCarthy Replacement Rankings, Brady wrestled the No. 1 spot away from Detroit’s Ben Johnson, so we roll with him in our initial mock offseason. Brady runs a passing offense that is huge on pre-snap motion (66% this year) and a West Coast attack, which Dak Prescott has run under McCarthy. The run game is a zone scheme, which has worked in Dallas in the recent past.

Brady’s first order of business is bringing in a defensive coordinator, and for that we’ve pegged Dennis Allen. Allen was the DC in New Orleans when Brady cut his teeth in the NFL as an assistant. As DC in New Orleans, he stewarded a top unit that led to him succeeding Sean Payton as head coach.

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-2025-mock-draft-head-coach-free-agency/

For what it’s worth Dennis Allen is local from Hurst , Tx suburb Dallas . Joe Brady is an interesting name . The Bills at certain points have looked unstoppable.

I noticed the names Rex Ryan Ron Rivera Mike Vrabel being thrown around the Jets search . Dallas should avoid all three .

I like like Dallas to fix this offense with a young OC turned HC .

 

[eromeopolk]

It’s going to be a long several months for fans as this team which has a problem with opening their wallets in the first place tries to navigate out from under what will likely be their first sub-.500 season since 2020. The first step will be to determine what the coaching staff looks like, and then to move on to players to fit their scheme.

Head Coach Hire: Joe Brady, current Bills OC​

In our most recent Mike McCarthy Replacement Rankings, Brady wrestled the No. 1 spot away from Detroit’s Ben Johnson, so we roll with him in our initial mock offseason. Brady runs a passing offense that is huge on pre-snap motion (66% this year) and a West Coast attack, which Dak Prescott has run under McCarthy. The run game is a zone scheme, which has worked in Dallas in the recent past.

Brady’s first order of business is bringing in a defensive coordinator, and for that we’ve pegged Dennis Allen. Allen was the DC in New Orleans when Brady cut his teeth in the NFL as an assistant. As DC in New Orleans, he stewarded a top unit that led to him succeeding Sean Payton as head coach.

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-2025-mock-draft-head-coach-free-agency/

You really want the no.1 pick in the 2026 draft do you?

 

[CCBoy]

Draft positioning is only one element, and might not mean as much as you think. A week ago, the Cowboys held the 14th overall pick in the draft and they moved back one spot to 15th after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. If they lose to Philadelphia, they could move back up a bit.

The Cowboys should end up somewhere around the 14th spot and it shouldn’t matter too much if it’s +/- three spots in either direction (somewhere in the 11th to 17th range). The way the Cowboys draft, it likely won’t matter much in the grand scheme of things, and here is why,

Every team evaluates players differently. That is the beauty of the draft. We find out rather quickly that GMs like to do their own thing and it doesn’t take long for the teams to shake up the draft.

The Cowboys are no different. If you look at a couple of recent drafts, they have caught us off guard with some of their selections. Tyler Smith is a good example. Many projected him as a second-round pick and claimed the Cowboys reached for him at 24, but now just a few years in, this All-Pro guard is regarded as one of the best linemen in the league. Because the Cowboys have their own unique draft board, there’s a decent chance the player they select could be that same player regardless of whether they pick 11th or 17th.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ition-eagles-micah-parsons-trades-will-mcclay

 

[CCBoy]

Here is where Jerry Jones is a good GM...yes, you heard that correctly:

The Cowboys have done a great job capitalizing on early draft missteps and landing some remarkable talent in the middle of the first round. In the Jerry Jones era, look at the players the team has scored from picks 11 to 17.

• 1990 Emmitt Smith, 17th overall (Hall of Famer)
• 2003 DeMarcus Ware, 11th overall (Hall of Famer)
• 2014 Zack Martin, 16th overall (eventual Hall of Famer)
• 2020 CeeDee Lamb, 17th overall (multi-year All-Pro)
• 2021 Micah Parsons, 12th overall (multi-year All-Pro)

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ition-eagles-micah-parsons-trades-will-mcclay

 

[CCBoy]

The defense has been hit hard with injuries.

• DeMarcus Lawrence - out most of the year
• DaRon Bland - out most of the year
• Sam Williams - out all year
• Trevon Diggs - out the second half of the year
• DeMarvion Overshown - out the last part of the year
• Micah Parsons, Marshawn Kneeland, and Eric Kendricks - missed multiple games this year

Yet despite all of that, look what we are seeing on defense. It’s far from a finished product, but things are starting to come together.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ition-eagles-micah-parsons-trades-will-mcclay

Ted Nguyen

@FB_FilmAnalysis


Saw this today and was shocked (I was a 2024 Zimmer believer) The Cowboys have the top third-and-long defense in the league.


11:32 PM · Dec 23, 2024

 

[CCBoy]

The recent good play from the defense has taught us a lot about the type of coach Zimmer is and how keeping him around would be a good idea.

What about the offensive coaching staff or Mike McCarthy? Are we seeing some things start to come together? This is a very important decision for the Cowboys in the offseason and getting it right is far more important than a couple of extra spots in the draft order.

 

[CCBoy]

After failing to make it past the Divisional Round of the playoffs for the fourth straight year as Cowboys head coach, Mike McCarthy entered the 2024 NFL season on a bit of a hot seat. Often that type of pressure comes externally from a disgruntled fan base or media criticism, but the fact that nearly the entire coaching staff, including McCarthy, was playing on the final year of their contracts didn’t help.

McCarthy is known for coaching playoff teams. In 13 years with the Packers, McCarthy took the team to the playoffs nine times. Green Bay did make it to four NFC Championship Games under McCarthy, advancing to (and winning) only one Super Bowl. In Dallas, McCarthy has seen similar regular season success followed by postseason struggles. After a 6-10 debut season with the Cowboys, McCarthy led the team to the playoffs with three straight 12-5 seasons. In those three postseason appearances, McCarthy’s squad has only won one game, failing to make any NFC Championship Game appearances.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2024/12/nfc-coaching-rumors-cowboys-vrabel-johnson

 

[CCBoy]

Everyone around here should realize by now, that most of us will hate the 'safe and comfortable' choice they will end up making

Dedication is not all futile.

 

[CCBoy]

Exactly. Why would someone with options come here? They won't. It will be a washed out retread like Big Mike or a totally desperate and unqualified newbie (Garrett).

Oh, there are personal payoffs, opportunities, and high payoffs for player and family. Community is progressive as well.

 

[CCBoy]

After failing to make it past the Divisional Round of the playoffs for the fourth straight year as Cowboys head coach, Mike McCarthy entered the 2024 NFL season on a bit of a hot seat. Often that type of pressure comes externally from a disgruntled fan base or media criticism, but the fact that nearly the entire coaching staff, including McCarthy, was playing on the final year of their contracts didn’t help.

McCarthy is known for coaching playoff teams. In 13 years with the Packers, McCarthy took the team to the playoffs nine times. Green Bay did make it to four NFC Championship Games under McCarthy, advancing to (and winning) only one Super Bowl. In Dallas, McCarthy has seen similar regular season success followed by postseason struggles. After a 6-10 debut season with the Cowboys, McCarthy led the team to the playoffs with three straight 12-5 seasons. In those three postseason appearances, McCarthy’s squad has only won one game, failing to make any NFC Championship Game appearances.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2024/12/nfc-coaching-rumors-cowboys-vrabel-johnson

He is inept in today's style play and has shown this over time...

 

[blueblood70]

Dowdles market is around 8-10 million per right now sadly

don't be delusional at all it is not if you look at his real stats his complete year he has no big burst he has no long game he doesn't have the big play ability he is just one of those workhorse type guys and he is nowhere in that range more like 4:00 to 6:00.. You guys always overvalue things but when you really look look hard at the real number he's nowhere near the 8 to 10 million range that was a offseason in which some of the better running backs got that money but let me remind you he's not one of those guys he has not one special treat he's a workhorse type back I'd like him here and I'm not offering any more than three years 12 million because he's also older.

It just makes me laugh out loud seriously makes me snicker when someone says he's priced himself into 8 to $10 million range no this is like saying Cooper Russ has played himself into a starting job somewhere that's been being said for how long around here the guy's not even got a job offer anywhere and by the way if we lose Rico you know how many ricos are available there are a lot of players like him you can have for under $4 million all the time every offseason you all just need to stop being so myopic and look at your own players oh he's on a run he's look how good he is no he's not he's a solid steady player but he is not in that range you just spoke up that's insane if a team pays him that kudos I want them to take him away so then Jerry has to go get 2 running backs this offseason because it won't be a big loss please don't live in the moment Rico is not as good as you're making him seem he's just steady....

How much did Kansas City pay to pick Kareem hunt off the street do we do we need to have that discussing cream hunt was available all offseason wasn't on a practice squad wasn't on a team and then he was used as a starter their entire year you wanna guess what his salary was that's what you can get almost every offseason pretty much anywhere the problem is we didn't use Rico from the start like the workhorse he was they should've used him last year like that and yeah he deserves a small contract and that's a lot of money three years 12 million if he doesn't take it I'm gonna help him pack and push him right out the door you guys are now overvaluing and overreacting to the running back market because we need one so desperately you think they all look great now...

2024-2024. Kareem Hunt signed a 1 year , $1,210,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including an average annual salary of $1,210,000. In 2024, Hunt will earn a base salary of $1,008,333, while carrying a cap hit of $820,833.


And I'll bet you right now how do you did like we did with McFadden in 2015 if you choose a guy like dalvin cook and you commit to running him 20 * a game you just hand the ball off like Kansas City did the cream Hut you're gonna get very similar statistics this is just about the law averages you keep giving add a ball an average running back will get you those kind of numbers,

 

[CCBoy]

don't be delusional at all it is not if you look at his real stats his complete year he has no big burst he has no long game he doesn't have the big play ability he is just one of those workhorse type guys and he is nowhere in that range more like 4:00 to 6:00.. You guys always overvalue things but when you really look look hard at the real number he's nowhere near the 8 to 10 million range that was a offseason in which some of the better running backs got that money but let me remind you he's not one of those guys he has not one special treat he's a workhorse type back I'd like him here and I'm not offering any more than three years 12 million because he's also older.

It just makes me laugh out loud seriously makes me snicker when someone says he's priced himself into 8 to $10 million range no this is like saying Cooper Russ has played himself into a starting job somewhere that's been being said for how long around here the guy's not even got a job offer anywhere and by the way if we lose Rico you know how many ricos are available there are a lot of players like him you can have for under $4 million all the time every offseason you all just need to stop being so myopic and look at your own players oh he's on a run he's look how good he is no he's not he's a solid steady player but he is not in that range you just spoke up that's insane if a team pays him that kudos I want them to take him away so then Jerry has to go get 2 running backs this offseason because it won't be a big loss please don't live in the moment Rico is not as good as you're making him seem he's just steady....

How much did Kansas City pay to pick Kareem hunt off the street do we do we need to have that discussing cream hunt was available all offseason wasn't on a practice squad wasn't on a team and then he was used as a starter their entire year you wanna guess what his salary was that's what you can get almost every offseason pretty much anywhere the problem is we didn't use Rico from the start like the workhorse he was they should've used him last year like that and yeah he deserves a small contract and that's a lot of money three years 12 million if he doesn't take it I'm gonna help him pack and push him right out the door you guys are now overvaluing and overreacting to the running back market because we need one so desperately you think they all look great now...

2024-2024. Kareem Hunt signed a 1 year , $1,210,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including an average annual salary of $1,210,000. In 2024, Hunt will earn a base salary of $1,008,333, while carrying a cap hit of $820,833.


And I'll bet you right now how do you did like we did with McFadden in 2015 if you choose a guy like dalvin cook and you commit to running him 20 * a game you just hand the ball off like Kansas City did the cream Hut you're gonna get very similar statistics this is just about the law averages you keep giving add a ball an average running back will get you those kind of numbers,

I still have full faith in the scouting department as well as the medical staff for the Dallas Cowboys, both.

 

[DAL1180]

I wouldn't mind seeing if Dabo Sweeney wanted to make the transition but I doubt he will leave Clemson.

He's more of a joke than McCarthy. This is the NFL not the All Cupcake Conference.

 

[BoyzBlaster]

Oh, there are personal payoffs, opportunities, and high payoffs for player and family. Community is progressive as well.

Any coach whose idea of a high payoff is a situation in which failure is guaranteed, as is the fact it will be one's final HC job because he's going to look like an incompetent puppet, is either naive or doesn't really care about winning, i.e., an unqualified newbie or a burnout looking to get one last pay check.

 

[CCBoy]

Any coach whose idea of a high payoff is a situation in which failure is guaranteed, as is the fact it will be one's final HC job because he's going to look like an incompetent puppet, is either naive or doesn't really care about winning, i.e., an unqualified newbie or a burnout looking to get one last pay check.

That can be learned tossing quarters.

 

[CCBoy]

Dowdles market is around 8-10 million per right now sadly

When free agency rolls around, Dowdle will be one of the in-house guys the Cowboys have to make a decision on. He's earned a good payday, probably in the $3-5 million range annually. However, if the Cowboys do bring him back, they should still pursue an upgrade in the draft. Getting a top guy in the building and re-signing Dowdle should be the Cowboys plan.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...dle-wide-reciever-cornerback-draft-free-agent

 

[CCBoy]

He is inept in today's style play and has shown this over time...

Brandin Cooks still has some ability as an older guy, but the Cowboys don't use him correctly, which pretty much makes him irrelevant at times. The same can be said for KaVontae Turpin in terms of proper usage. Jalen Tolbert and Jalen Brooks keep having a flash here and there, but nothing has been consistent.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...dle-wide-reciever-cornerback-draft-free-agent

Over throwing him into triple coverage for an interception sound familiar?