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Quick run through a ton of opinions that will vary in popularly. They are worth at least what you pay for them....
Jason Garrett should be demoted/fired/beheaded:
I get the angst with the season and I have always been lukewarm on Redball. He's a good manager type but I hate "process" people. You know when a process works? When the people executing it are good. No amount of process is full proof. See this 2015 season. Nick Saban's process works quite well. Go geta bunch of guys more talented than the other guys then line and beat the lesser talented guys. Solid friggin process but also common sense which is what really works.
All that being said, it serves no one well if you kneejerk and fire a guy you were throwing parades this time last year. Garrett has went from Red-headed Landry to less fun Campo all in one season. Calm down guys, calm down. He is as medicore as he always has been as a Coach. He still knows enough offense to get you middle of the league offensive performances. But he does have some mgmt strengths. But as much as I would be clapping up a storm if he were fired I also realize that would be rather bad for the organization right now(since Sean Payton has committed to another year at least on the Bayou). I give this staff of main performers another year. The lower level coaching positons I'd be looking for upgrades were I Garrett. He's probably not the type but I would be hoping for sparks elsewhere and maybe even a little fan leeway with some new coaching blood at a few positions. I'd ask Jerry to take on/pay hugely Lovie Smith as asst head coach/LB or something to get another defensive guy in the building. Someone Rod can work well with. And after TWill/Street have failed to meet expectations I'd be looking for a WR coach. Our Wr can flat out block but ask someone other than Dez to get open and you better hope they man covered Beas. TWill can get open if you let him run from one side of the field to the other or run a long comeback. But you can forget him and those 3 step drops. Devin Street got open in pre-season once or twice I think. Brice Butler has shown promise as a big guy with good speed but still not sure knows how to run routes or stay healthy.
OMG better RB is the answer:
Sorry guys, but this one is just a non-starter. DMC finished 4th in the league in rushing. Murray got his Coach/GM fired. Running games are about the system/OL and the back. You don't go crazy overpaying backs or drafting them really high. If Lamar Miller wants 4 years 18m.. sign him. But r1 is a no go at RB. You don't go get Lamar Miller claiber WRs/DL/CB/S for 4.5m a year. You gotta draft them or spend 50m. And we won't even talk QB. There are about 20 decent QB in football. 5 more cans who can hold down the fort in a system and another dozen who can play a game or two before they are exposed. Beyond that guys really can't get you through a full game.
We must draft X,Y,Z:
IF Goff is there I agree wiht this sentiment. Other than that it gets down to flavors and value and further evaluation. Goff has passed all the tests. He may fail as a QB ... most do, but he has checked every box and won't be playing any more football before the draft. I believe he is 100% lock to go 1st so he is out of play for us. Moving from 4 to 1 is completely unreasonable for Dallas unless Romo announces his retirement before the draft. Going 4 to 1 is Commanders for RG3 level desperation.
Bosa, Lynch, Tunsil, Treadwell, Hargreaves ...lotsa good players at 4 that various among us will fall in love with. They don't HAVE to pick any of them. They MUST pick a good football player. Busts at 4 haunt you. See CLE.
This is the worst season ever!!!:
It is the worst season compared to expectations in decades. That's totally fair. At the same time this is actually FAR better than those Campo late season, try hard meaningless wins that crept us down the draft. It is like we failed open book tests. You lose 8 out of the first 10 so you know how to lose. Keep doing it! No one cares that you won 4 games if you win a SB a few years later. As bad as this season was, the off-season looks amazing!! Lots of comp picks thanks to letting a zillion people wlak without repalcement last year and VERY high picks every round that matters. Guys were mockign us three 1st round types all last year and were insane.. yet it happened. Collins, Gregory and Jones were all legit R1 mocks. All ended up in Dallas. So crazy happens!!! Now you got 2 picks in top 35 and SHOULD get two R1 guys.
Greg Hardy:
I don't think Greg Hardy is a monster. I think he has been unfairly abused for one bad night where he committed a crime but it was mutually combative and he paid very dearly for that mistake. He may be a bad guy; he may be a good guy. He is likely a mix of both as are 99% of us. Most people if they are honest has done something as stupid or more stupid than what Hardy did that night. He is in the rare percent who must eat that soup sandwich every day, all day years later.
But whether Hardy is a victim or not matters little to me when it comes to the salary cap. If he wants to come back as a value I love him. If he wants too much, he can leave. It really is that simple. He is easily our best DL. But he might not be even next year. And DLaw and Gregory are REAL cheap. 3T is the key position in this defense and with Crawford severely limited by injury, Gregory wasn't that good as a 3T. I give him legit starting DE money but not franchise DL money.
Back up QB:
Dallas is obviously going to alter the position as they did throughout the season. Cassel is very unlikely to come back. If you get an answer in the top 5 that guy is at least the back up next year. After R1 that guy is the #3. Does the team believe in Moore? I like him at the #3 but not the number 2. Arm too limited for me. A guy who plays 16 games has to have a much stronger arm. Btu as 3rd guy who can help break down film and eventually become a QB Coach? I like that.
What about RG3 or Manziel???:
If I am Jerry/Stephen/Will I am going to look at bringing one of those guys in. Being too cocky is not something that scares me, I am scared to death of a lack of talent on the team. The 90's Cowboys were crazy Cocky. So were the 70's Cowboys. They also had plenty of talent. Give me that. McClay should be in charge of evaluating those QBs and with RG3 there should be some medical input. ACLs can take over a year to get right. If right, he might well be the guy. Certainly the one you'd prefer dating your daughter. But both could be success stories as they have talent if healthy and sober and mentally locked in. And what I really do like is my back up QB needs to be able to run a Romo system. He needs to be able to play 1 read ball and then if that read fails he needs to buy time for options 2,3,4 at times. Those break a defense's heart and often turn games around. That is a must yet I can't go get Wilson, Cam, Mariotta or Jameis. And the best athlete at QB in this draft is a Div 2 dude who's played very little QB because of injury and upperclassmen. Maybe he's the next Brady but it might take 4 years to find out and Romo is an old dude in football years. He walks around like a grandpa.
So count me in on Manziel or RG3 even if I know it could end really, really bad. Because it could also end in a Super Bowl or 2. The upside is there.
Jason Garrett should be demoted/fired/beheaded:
I get the angst with the season and I have always been lukewarm on Redball. He's a good manager type but I hate "process" people. You know when a process works? When the people executing it are good. No amount of process is full proof. See this 2015 season. Nick Saban's process works quite well. Go geta bunch of guys more talented than the other guys then line and beat the lesser talented guys. Solid friggin process but also common sense which is what really works.
All that being said, it serves no one well if you kneejerk and fire a guy you were throwing parades this time last year. Garrett has went from Red-headed Landry to less fun Campo all in one season. Calm down guys, calm down. He is as medicore as he always has been as a Coach. He still knows enough offense to get you middle of the league offensive performances. But he does have some mgmt strengths. But as much as I would be clapping up a storm if he were fired I also realize that would be rather bad for the organization right now(since Sean Payton has committed to another year at least on the Bayou). I give this staff of main performers another year. The lower level coaching positons I'd be looking for upgrades were I Garrett. He's probably not the type but I would be hoping for sparks elsewhere and maybe even a little fan leeway with some new coaching blood at a few positions. I'd ask Jerry to take on/pay hugely Lovie Smith as asst head coach/LB or something to get another defensive guy in the building. Someone Rod can work well with. And after TWill/Street have failed to meet expectations I'd be looking for a WR coach. Our Wr can flat out block but ask someone other than Dez to get open and you better hope they man covered Beas. TWill can get open if you let him run from one side of the field to the other or run a long comeback. But you can forget him and those 3 step drops. Devin Street got open in pre-season once or twice I think. Brice Butler has shown promise as a big guy with good speed but still not sure knows how to run routes or stay healthy.
OMG better RB is the answer:
Sorry guys, but this one is just a non-starter. DMC finished 4th in the league in rushing. Murray got his Coach/GM fired. Running games are about the system/OL and the back. You don't go crazy overpaying backs or drafting them really high. If Lamar Miller wants 4 years 18m.. sign him. But r1 is a no go at RB. You don't go get Lamar Miller claiber WRs/DL/CB/S for 4.5m a year. You gotta draft them or spend 50m. And we won't even talk QB. There are about 20 decent QB in football. 5 more cans who can hold down the fort in a system and another dozen who can play a game or two before they are exposed. Beyond that guys really can't get you through a full game.
We must draft X,Y,Z:
IF Goff is there I agree wiht this sentiment. Other than that it gets down to flavors and value and further evaluation. Goff has passed all the tests. He may fail as a QB ... most do, but he has checked every box and won't be playing any more football before the draft. I believe he is 100% lock to go 1st so he is out of play for us. Moving from 4 to 1 is completely unreasonable for Dallas unless Romo announces his retirement before the draft. Going 4 to 1 is Commanders for RG3 level desperation.
Bosa, Lynch, Tunsil, Treadwell, Hargreaves ...lotsa good players at 4 that various among us will fall in love with. They don't HAVE to pick any of them. They MUST pick a good football player. Busts at 4 haunt you. See CLE.
This is the worst season ever!!!:
It is the worst season compared to expectations in decades. That's totally fair. At the same time this is actually FAR better than those Campo late season, try hard meaningless wins that crept us down the draft. It is like we failed open book tests. You lose 8 out of the first 10 so you know how to lose. Keep doing it! No one cares that you won 4 games if you win a SB a few years later. As bad as this season was, the off-season looks amazing!! Lots of comp picks thanks to letting a zillion people wlak without repalcement last year and VERY high picks every round that matters. Guys were mockign us three 1st round types all last year and were insane.. yet it happened. Collins, Gregory and Jones were all legit R1 mocks. All ended up in Dallas. So crazy happens!!! Now you got 2 picks in top 35 and SHOULD get two R1 guys.
Greg Hardy:
I don't think Greg Hardy is a monster. I think he has been unfairly abused for one bad night where he committed a crime but it was mutually combative and he paid very dearly for that mistake. He may be a bad guy; he may be a good guy. He is likely a mix of both as are 99% of us. Most people if they are honest has done something as stupid or more stupid than what Hardy did that night. He is in the rare percent who must eat that soup sandwich every day, all day years later.
But whether Hardy is a victim or not matters little to me when it comes to the salary cap. If he wants to come back as a value I love him. If he wants too much, he can leave. It really is that simple. He is easily our best DL. But he might not be even next year. And DLaw and Gregory are REAL cheap. 3T is the key position in this defense and with Crawford severely limited by injury, Gregory wasn't that good as a 3T. I give him legit starting DE money but not franchise DL money.
Back up QB:
Dallas is obviously going to alter the position as they did throughout the season. Cassel is very unlikely to come back. If you get an answer in the top 5 that guy is at least the back up next year. After R1 that guy is the #3. Does the team believe in Moore? I like him at the #3 but not the number 2. Arm too limited for me. A guy who plays 16 games has to have a much stronger arm. Btu as 3rd guy who can help break down film and eventually become a QB Coach? I like that.
What about RG3 or Manziel???:
If I am Jerry/Stephen/Will I am going to look at bringing one of those guys in. Being too cocky is not something that scares me, I am scared to death of a lack of talent on the team. The 90's Cowboys were crazy Cocky. So were the 70's Cowboys. They also had plenty of talent. Give me that. McClay should be in charge of evaluating those QBs and with RG3 there should be some medical input. ACLs can take over a year to get right. If right, he might well be the guy. Certainly the one you'd prefer dating your daughter. But both could be success stories as they have talent if healthy and sober and mentally locked in. And what I really do like is my back up QB needs to be able to run a Romo system. He needs to be able to play 1 read ball and then if that read fails he needs to buy time for options 2,3,4 at times. Those break a defense's heart and often turn games around. That is a must yet I can't go get Wilson, Cam, Mariotta or Jameis. And the best athlete at QB in this draft is a Div 2 dude who's played very little QB because of injury and upperclassmen. Maybe he's the next Brady but it might take 4 years to find out and Romo is an old dude in football years. He walks around like a grandpa.
So count me in on Manziel or RG3 even if I know it could end really, really bad. Because it could also end in a Super Bowl or 2. The upside is there.
