McCarthy must have a very good plan

[America's Cowboy]

Nobody liked the performances in recent years of Byron, Witten, Heath and Maliek. Now that they are gone and signed to other teams, people are worrying?

I have faith in new head coach Mike McCarthy and his new but very proven coaching assistants.

 

[Bullflop]

If Dallas fortifies the defense well enough with some quality acquisitions, we'll be considerably better off this year. I'm liking what I've seen so far. A pair of good secondary defenders early in the draft should bolster the d-backfield. A quality DT to add via the draft should help us immensely. Hopefully, Luke Gifford will step up, stay healthy and shine this year at LB. With a few good breaks going our way, we should compete very admirably -- take heart.

 

[BigD_95]

With who we've let go and the restructuring of some key players, McCarthy must have a great plan in mind on how he's gonna put this team together. Is he planning for this year to make a run or is he looking at next year?

Well he said he wanted to have Cobb & Quinn back so I think he might be onto plan B

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth..... Mike Tyson

LLLOOOLLL, beat me too it or you could say even Gen. Custer had a plan leading into Battle of Little Big Horn.

 

[Rayman70]

another high production guy is Derek Wolfe. He's still out there. I doubt we do that though. The guy is a run stuffing machine. But he is 30. I rather focus on the draft now that we signed McCoy. Only other move I would make is I would sign a linebacker and Chris Harris.

 

[SSoup]

The offense is mostly set now. A #3 WR, a backup OL. Maybe another TE option if there are any we like in the draft (I suspect part of the reason we paid Jarwin real money, though, is because we took a look and decided there's no gold to mine there this year). Shake the trees for a veteran backup QB option after the draft when teams have already locked in on their new rookie QBs and their new free agent QBs. But that's about it, I suspect. Plus a flood of undrafted guys at each position, hoping to stumble onto a winning lottery ticket.

The rest of our resources, I think, go to the defense. That's probably most of our remaining free agent money (minus the money for a kicker). And perhaps 3 of our top 4, or 4 of our top 5 draft picks. I really think we're going defense-heavy in the draft. Which might mean a bunch of defensive draft picks or it might mean another stab or two at trades we hope pan out like the Robert Quinn one did last year.

(And I hope we're geared up to pay special attention to the undrafted rookie class this year, too, by the way. The pandemic business shutting down Pro Days and in-person visits and workouts is gonna lead to this being a year where so many guys who ought to be drafted in a normal year will fall through the cracks just because they were denied the visit or the in-person chance to impress and earn their way into the draft. So I hope we're ready to scoop up undrafted guys this year and find the gems.)

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Not for nothing, but McCarthy was a consistent winner in GB without using FA very much. Don't be surprised if the mode is similar here

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

With Mr. State Farm he can cover up some warts for you in GB but you will need to hit on your drafts picks and depend on rookies.

 

[CATCH17]

Not for nothing, but McCarthy was a consistent winner in GB without using FA very much. Don't be surprised if the mode is similar here

We don't have prime Aaron Rodgers.

 

[blueblood70]

There is no next year. It's always this year. The entire staff has poured over all the information they can find about the roster. They know crystal clear who they want and who they don't. And they are not going to overpay for talent.

Case in point - Randall Cobb. We already know McCarthy likes to draft WR's on day 2. It seems pretty clear the Cowboys think they can draft a WR this year (deep pool of talent) who can replace Cobb so why overpay for Cobb when they can have the rookie considerably cheaper?

then why over pay Cooper? I rather have kept cobb and found Coops replacement in the draft and use the money for defense..

 

[Ranched]

I wish we didn't have Rush as our backup. Should Dak go down, say goodbye to the season. I feel as though McCarthy is aware of that situation, but his hands are tied.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

I wish we didn't have Rush as our backup. Should Dak go down, say goodbye to the season. I feel as though McCarthy is aware of that situation, but his hands are tied.

This, said so much in another thread yesterday, we would be playing for a possible top 5 pick if Rush plays for any length of time.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I think hes putting together a plan to make a run in a couple years but be competitive at the same time. I dont see Dallas in win now mode like most people think. He got a 5 year contract for a reason.

LOL...…….He got a 5 year contract so he could win in year 5?

McCarthy is trying to win it all THIS year. That isn't even a question. The question is will that be realistic or not?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Then they're delusional, as they've been for some time. They had an 8-8 team and it now has less talent. I don't know what grand plan they're going to put together on defense when they're putting so much of the cap on offense (again). Same approach, new coach.

People are convincing themselves that McCarthy is God's gift to coaching who is going to work miracles. Hope isn't a strategy.

They didn't have an 8-8 team. They had Garrett and Marinelli. Coaching was the #1 problem. Now we are getting rid of all the scrubs that were the problem on the field and replacing them as we go here.

Are you saying that going from Garrett to McCarthy and these new coaches isn't worth at least 2 wins?

Afraid of losing guys like Heath and Collins? LOL

McCarthy alone will make better use of the weapons we do have like Jarwin and Pollard.

What were you some kind of Garrett lover? LOL

Coaching matters big time in Football. If you don't understand that, then you just don't get it.

 

[Aven8]

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth..... Mike Tyson

“When you go up against a big gorilla, you don’t hit him lightly. You hit him with everything you got!”........Jimmy Johnson

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

We don't have prime Aaron Rodgers.

We have prime Dak...don't be scared.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

We have prime Dak...don't be scared.

LLLOOOLLL

 

[AbeBeta]

With who we've let go and the restructuring of some key players, McCarthy must have a great plan in mind on how he's gonna put this team together. Is he planning for this year to make a run or is he looking at next year?

Stop placing meaning on the restructures.

Those deals are designed for automatic restructuring.

 

[Fletch]

With who we've let go and the restructuring of some key players, McCarthy must have a great plan in mind on how he's gonna put this team together. Is he planning for this year to make a run or is he looking at next year?

No plan. #seatofhispants

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

I hope you are right. It’s gonna take more than one year to undo this mess.

Exactly. As much as I would like to be in "win now" mode, I think it would be better to give him time to clean up Garrett's mess and see where we go from there....