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AMERICAS_FAN;3264259 said: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. ]
I agree with this especially on the OL and WR. Not so sure about safety. I'm not certain Mike Hamlin won't be a better player for us than Ken Hamlin. Ken should have it all over him and in the end I suspect his experience will win out. I'm not certain a rookie at S from this years draft will be able to start over Hamlin and Sensabaugh. So I don't think they'll go that route. We don't have a high enough pick to get a starting safety in the draft this year, IOWs.