Twitter: MM says McGovern starts at LG Sunday (Clarence Hill Jr)

[Clove]

This is one thing I like about this coaching staff. If something isn't working, they don't GAD who it is, they will swap you out. Cowboys are trying everything they can on the OLine, and I applaud them for it.

 

[gimmesix]

Maybe this will light a fire under Williams to be better and work harder.

Who's to say he doesn't work as hard as he can. I hate that assumption about players, that if they are not good enough it's simply a matter of not working hard enough. It's more likely that Williams maximizes what he's got.

 

[MichiganCowboyFan]

Wow…totally unexpected but the right move. Who replaces CM in the jumbo package?

CW is faster than CM, but weaker. CW more likely to speed out to the flat and catch a pass. CM is a meat mauler like Ron Leary but less penalties and better in pass pro

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Just putting a band aid. If they wanted the best 5, Collins would be LG and Steel back to RT.

 

[John813]

Good. Shows most of the team that even a 4 year starter isn't safe if they can't keep the penalties/bad plays down

 

[MichiganCowboyFan]

2nd Round bust. Thanks for confirming.

2011-nobody
2012-traded away for a terrible CB (Claiborne)
2013- Escobar... lol
2014- Lawrence... oft injured, overpaid, will be off the team this offseason
2015- Gregory... oft suspended, will be off the team this offseason
2016- Jaylon Smith.... 'nuff said
2017- Awuzie... gave up too many completions, gone from the team
2018- Williams... holding 52, ten yard penalty, lol
2019- Trysten Hill... literally a nobody, gone from the team this offseason
2020 - Trevon Diggs... first good second round pick in over a decade?
2021- Kelvin Joseph... injured most his rookie year.

 

[Praxit]

....I guess they got tired of Zeke's 30 yd runs, ...getting called back.

 

[Whirlwin]

Wow.. if true this is a monster move either way. If McGovern flops it means the coaches don't know what they're watching in practice and if he balls out it means they took 10 weeks to see what most of us saw in September.

I agree. I’m glad they didn’t think about moving Martin

 

[Denim Chicken]

 

[America's Cowboy]

Good move. But if Tyron Smith is able to play, I would have rather moved La'el Collins to Left Guard and plugged in Terence Steele at Right Guard while leaving Connor McGovern to play FB while perma-benching Connor Williams and keeping him as a backup to Guard and Tackle.

My best starting 5 Olinemen:

LT Tyron Smith
LG La'el Collins
C Tyler Biadasz
RG Zack Martin
RT Terence Steele

Hulk Package FB: Connor McGovern

Backup Guard and Tackle: Connor Williams

Backup Center: Matt Farniok

 

[McKDaddy]

At least the time it takes the organization to come around to what the Zone knows is getting shorter.

Good to see the organization making changes when there are obvious shortcomings. You can't always fix the issue but to stubbornly just stick with original decision is just .... insane.

I have long recognized that CMc is a more powerful player. That alone should make him an upgrade even allowing that you are losing experience.

 

[Doomsday77]

hmmm, but we lose an element of McGovern as FB/WR/TE, etc......I am kind of surprised why not Collins...this kind of takes a few of the pages out of the play book for Moore

Maybe, just maybe we won’t need a 295 lb. fullback to block with this move…

 

[JD_KaPow]

Haven't read the whole thread, so maybe these things have been discussed, but a couple thoughts.

• I wonder if they have thought that Mac would be a little (not a ton) better at LG but were worried about their ability to back up other positions (C, RG) effectively and would prefer putting Mac at less injury risk.
• I don't see why they couldn't run their Mac packages the same as before: put CW in at LG for the play and have Mac do all the things he's been practicing. Rather than asking CW to learn all that stuff quickly. I don't think it would be a problem for line continuity, they're all very familiar with having CW in there.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Who's to say he doesn't work as hard as he can. I hate that assumption about players, that if they are not good enough it's simply a matter of not working hard enough. It's more likely that Williams maximizes what he's got.

This exactly. I could work harder than Jerry Rice and be the greatest locker-room guy in history and be willing to work through any aches or pains or injuries, and I'd still get broken in half in my first play on the field. The idea that we can take anything we see on the field and attribute it to players' mental states is absurd. The same with being able to tell if they're "living up to their potential." You have no idea what their potential really is.

 

[McKDaddy]

Personally think this will be a "push" move this season, CW suffers for bad anchor technique so big DTs give him fits, it is possible CM will have trouble with 3T type DTs, and there are more dynamic 3T in the NFL than dynamic Fat boy DTs

He played in a number of games at G last year and did just fine. Sure, everyone gets beat occasionally but I expect CMc to be an upgrade.

 

[JustChip]

That's not my idea of MAJOR shake up. Booger coming out of retirement and suiting up on the OL to replace Williams, now that's MAJOR!

Please don’t give him any ideas!

 

[quickccc]

McGovern has looked like he is progressing in games he has started and played. Time will tell.

yeh that was at RG,.. now we get to see if he has or can improve his game at LG,.. a role he was struggling at in camp.

Right. Time will tell.

 

[JD_KaPow]

That's not my idea of MAJOR shake up. Booger coming out of retirement and suiting up on the OL to replace Williams, now that's MAJOR!

McCarthy's still trying to keep a lid on that move, but Jerry's already told his liquor store guy about it.

 

[MaineBoy]

So now they’re running the Cowboys like a real football team ? Why you gotta confuse me after all these years…

 

[phildadon86]

yeh that was at RG,.. now we get to see if he has or can improve his game at LG,.. a role he was struggling at in camp.

Right. Time will tell.

He will be next to Tyron. Tyron made CW look good at times. We will see as you said. McGovern is more of a Ron Leary type. I find the timing funny because we are going up against a team with a horrible run defense and we put in a run blocking G for that game. Bout time.