jobberone;3264222 said:
I think you're right about having problems against what is probably the best DL in the NFC. They just got outplayed although having Free in the game and a rusty Colombo mitigates that enough for me to question it a little. I still think it played a part; being overmatched.
And there is nothing to do about that except draft well over the next 3-5 years on the OL. It's been ignored too long, IMO. Most of the top picks have been on the defense and the offense seems to be paying a price for it. I could be wrong about that but over the last 13 years the offense has failed this club consistently. Even the 07 year it did in the end. It certainly did against MN this year. And it failed to get more than 25 points a game this year (and last year) scoring 22 points per game. From our yardage gained we should have scored at least 450 points and really right at 500 points.
So, IMO, it's not just the OL that needs addressing. It needs another primary WR that produces. And before people start saying I'm bashing RW I'm not. Just stating a fact and that fact is hurting us. RW may prove to be that #2 or even #1 WR next year but I'm not counting on it. That's why I'd either draft a WR who can become a #1/#2 WR or get one in FA. We should be able to get one in the second if not the first. I'd take OL in the first. JMO though.
Jerry Jones is well aware that this team has not drafted well at OL and that this is a concern for upgrade, just as he knew that Miles Austin was about to emerge at WR. That's why he called T.O. a progress stopper; while the media nation, and many of us, laughed, we now know that Jerry knew what he was talking about.
And at hte beginning of the year Jerry Jones talked about OL depth being his greatest concern, and need-for-evaluation in the preseason. As it stans, it was that very lack of depth that did the club in during the playoffs. So Jerry Jones knows.
The new thing we found about in 2009 is that Bennett is not living up to the expectation needed ot run a 2-TE based offense. The fact that the offensive coaching staff took a risk on that and got burned is their fualt. The fact that Roy Williams' decline contributed to that is further their fault, although they share htat with Jerry Jones, the GM.
So using hindsight and foresight, it's obviois this team has three big areas of upgrades ot address for 2010
1) Better coaching decisions from the offnsive coaches, all the way around
2) Better drafting of OL and WR, since these are big position areas of need that have largely been neglected/undershot by the scouts and GM for over a decade.
.......2a) Upgrades to the OL depth (through the draft).
.......2b) Upgrade to the starting #2 WR spot and WR depth as well (through the draft).
3) Upgrades to the S position and/or depth there (through the draft). [Note: While this is not an area that seemingly did Dallas in in 2009, it was the weakest part of the defense that was luckily masked by the tramendous play from the rest of the defense. However, this is an area gone largely neglectd/overshot as wee in the draft. ]
