Offseason hopes for offense & 3-4 or 4-3

[LatinMind]

my preference is 4-3, but aslong as strides are made twards a posistive way i wouldnt mind a 3-4 if its played the way its intended.

first ill start with the offense

releases
flozell
rivera
bledsoe
the entire stock of FB's dallas has.
fabini
the redheaded baby eater McQ.

Question marks
Terry Glenn
Terrell Owens

i have them as question marks because depending on who the coach is we could very well see another overhaul. it wouldnt be smart but thats a posisbility. besides releasing glenn would save dallas roughly 5.25 mil, because of the new CBA his 5 mil roster bonus can be prorated over the existing contract. owens will also save 6.5 mil. as his 3 mil can be put over 2 yrs. something to think about. will it be smart to get rid of either or both? probably not, but if a coach is hired for the long run maybe its better to start now that some talent can be developed for a could yrs down the line, while improving the team in the meantime. i would rather see a stable productive team then a 1 yr wonder.

FA signings
i think dallas has to sign 1 but preferrably 2 or 3 OL. considering the weakness of this draft. Most def. a guard, and a LT(i hope people really arent giving much thought about McQ. because "parcells likes him" in 4 yrs what has parcells shown to make people believe that he can put together a good OL?

LT Candidates im hoping for
Jordan Black UFA
he is basically the only other UFA worth mentioning other then Leonard davis, but i think Davis should be somebodies LG.

G Candidates im hoping for
Kris Deilman UFA
Eric Steinbach UFA
Floyd Womack UFA
Mike Gandy UFA gandy is actually a good guy to have as he can play guard and tackle and has.

Of course Dallas needs to get younger at the WR posistion. but i would rather have that in the draft as this is a weak yr in Fa for WR. theres one guy dallas should sign, but i think might be taken from dallas with a higher offer from another team looking for a young established inexpensive wr. and thats Patrick Crayton.

Theres actually somebody in FA who might be an upgrade over crayton and thats Kevin Curtis UFA

other WR's of interest
D.J Hackett RFA, but with seattle trying to resign Ingram hackett might be cut loose.
Ernest Wilford UFA
Chris Henry(imprending release)

not a very good crop to choose from.

QB(backup)
1 name Tim Rattay

As for the DRaft i have some hopes for a range of players to be in dallas, of course the fresno homer being that i am wished for paul williams and kyle young amongst others

paul williams wr
kyle young G
Levi Brown T
Sidney Rice WR
Brian leonard FB/RB
samson satele G
Doug free T
Manuel Ramirez G
Anthony Gonzalez WR
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DEFENSE

for a 4-3 change over not many moves as people think need to be made

DE
Ware needs to be on the DL at all times, sure he can be a LB but his forte is getting to the QB. thats what will make him great.
Ellis will be in dallas next yr, and willbe starting. he's jerry's leader, and he's a mainstay on this dallas team.aybe his last yr or the yr after, so dallas could develope canty more at LDE.
Spears needs to be a 2 gap DT. the guy is too slow to be on the outside. and having ellis and ferguson next to him, he's get alot of single matchups on a G.

DT
Ferguson needs a DT next to him, and i truely think dallas can have a player like shaun rogers, or booger mcfarland.
Jay Ratliff would be great on 3rd down passing situations because he's a pure passrushing DT. he's not as good against the run but he makes plays

LB
Akin can move back to his strong side posistion and continue to be the tackle machine that he is.

James, dallas is stuck with him. atleast for a yr. if he was released his bonus would be prorated over 4 yrs, which is 8 mil over 4 yrs. so dallas would roughly save 3 mil next yr by cutting him. but why do that? he can still play, he just needs to be coached better. or maybe slapped over the head(somebody call larry allen).

Carpenter can man the weakside. be dallas cover lb'er

Burnett can replace akin on passing downs when needed, but he will never be a big part of the defense.

CB
Henry, i say cut your loses with him. a broken down CB is a greenlight on 3rd downs for opposing teams as we saw this yr. or keep him to play the nickle CB? or FS. all those are possibilites

FS
i think Watkins came on late in the season and will be the starting FS in 07. remember he is a rookie making stupid rookie mistakes, but he came on late in the yr with int's and a couple fumble recoverys.

SS
i dont even want to talk about this.

FA Prospects for a 4-3 DEfense
DT and DE right now are slim until teams start releasing. the best DE that will be a UFA might be justin smith but if u seen the bengals rush defense u wouldnt think much about him.

LB
London Fletcher UFA
Randall Godfrey UFA

CB
i think aaron glenn might be history, or henry. i dont think dallas brings back both and they shouldnt.

Asante Samuel UFA but will cost a nice chunk of change
Nate Clements UFA see above

then there is a guy that is proven but not quite the markee name

Randall Gay UFA patriots nickle CB

DRaft Prospects for the 4-3
Amobi Okoye DT
Quentin Moses DE
Kareem Brown DT
Dan Bazuin DE
Paul Posluzsny LB
Marcus McCauley CB(i wouldnt like that tho)

Now for a 3-4, there are possibilites too but most of these FA pickup would be very pricey. and i dont think jerry would like to have most of his Cap dedicated to the defense

DL

dallas has plenty of DE's too many if u ask me, too bad all of them play below average in production. and they cant get off a block to save their life.

DT
dallas needs a backup to ferguson. they might have found one in bowen at the end of the yr. but guys like terdell sands is a UFA

LB
to me this is where dallas needs its help on defense. ellis i dont think would be as effective as a OLB in the 3-4 after his injury.

Im not a guy for the likes of adalius thomas because basically the guy is going to be around a 9 mil a yr guy. noway

Dallas would have to be fine with going with the lb'ers they have or draft. a guy like lamarr woodley but he stunk it up as a OLb when michigan played the 3-4. besides he's getting eatenalive already during the sr bowl practices.

of course dallas can stick with what they got on defense, but they better bring in some real good coaches.

 

[zrinkill]

Wow

You released half our offense .....

Wow

 

[Hostile]

I honestly don't care whether we run a 3-4 or a 4-3. Just give me 11 maniacs who want the other team's guys to be scared and in pain.

 

[LatinMind]

Wow

You released half our offense .....

Wow

releases
flozell
rivera
bledsoe
the entire stock of FB's dallas has.
fabini
the redheaded baby eater McQ.

complaing about that? u must have low hopes for this team

 

[LatinMind]

I honestly don't care whether we run a 3-4 or a 4-3. Just give me 11 maniacs who want the other team's guys to be scared and in pain.

exactly. im nto a fan of a 3-4, but if they can get a coach who plays that defense like pittsburgh or SD. i wouldnt mind at all

 

[zrinkill]

Just give me 11 maniacs who want the other team's guys to be scared and in pain.

ray2:

 

[theogt]

Why would you release every tackle on the team outside of Colombo? In my opinion, if you want to talk serious football it's not a good idea to start off with that sort of nonsense.

 

[LatinMind]

Why would you release every tackle on the team outside of Colombo? In my opinion, if you want to talk serious football it's not a good idea to start off with that sort of nonsense.

because u know "real" football? its my opinion. if u got a better opinion voice it, instead of trying to sit on your imaginary throne and think u know "real" football

and by the way have these tackles outside of colombo even showed they can block?

flo was babysat by fasano the whole yr. ill remind u that it was colombo that got most of the single matchups. when romo had to roll out of the pocket its no coincidence he rolled to the right side

 

[zrinkill]

releases
flozell
rivera
bledsoe
the entire stock of FB's dallas has.
fabini
the redheaded baby eater McQ.

complaing about that? u must have low hopes for this team

You left out where you said questionable cuts our 2 starting Wideouts ..... who is gonna catch the ball?

And we keep flozell and prolly fabini
and what did McQ do to deserve being cut?

 

[LatinMind]

You left out where you said questionable cuts our 2 starting Wideouts ..... who is gonna catch the ball?

And we keep flozell and prolly fabini
and what did McQ do to deserve being cut?

just questions for a coach. u know some coach might nt like the way them 2 fit in his plans if he's in dallas for the long haul. u never know about coaches.

if McQ was any good u dont think he could have replaced a immobile half deaf LT? did u see flo play the last month? actually the whole yr? the guy couldnt move laterally. when fasano wasnt in the game romo had zero time to throw because he had a RDE all over him. McQ is what he is a 7th rd pick. while he probably wont be released, he wont be starting any games.

lol i still dont get your crying about releasing hasbeens and scrubs. i guess complaining to complain is the new thing

 

[theogt]

because u know "real" football? its my opinion. if u got a better opinion voice it, instead of trying to sit on your imaginary throne and think u know "real" football

and by the way have these tackles outside of colombo even showed they can block?

flo was babysat by fasano the whole yr. ill remind u that it was colombo that got most of the single matchups. when romo had to roll out of the pocket its no coincidence he rolled to the right side

Actually Romo rolled to his left quite a bit. I think Flo underperformed, but he was coming back from injury. He'll likely have his contract re-worked, but I wouldn't cut him.

Fabini is under contract and is cheap for a quality veteran backup at the tackle position. He played well in every chance he had this season and pre-season. There's absolutely no reason to cut him.

Now's not the time to draft our future LT. I don't expect anything really from McQ, but I think Flo will be improved next season.

Rivera is gone, however, thank God.

 

[LatinMind]

Actually Romo rolled to his left quite a bit. I think Flo underperformed, but he was coming back from injury. He'll likely have his contract re-worked, but I wouldn't cut him.

Fabini is under contract and is cheap for a quality veteran backup at the tackle position. He played well in every chance he had this season and pre-season. There's absolutely no reason to cut him.

Now's not the time to draft our future LT. I don't expect anything really from McQ, but I think Flo will be improved next season.

Rivera is gone, however, thank God.

flozell injury wasnt a issue. he's just got lateral movement. and hasnt had it for awhile now. this isnt the first yr flo has had these problems. if he can get his deal reworked fine, but jerry doesnt do that. he doesnt want to disrespect the player by basically giving him less, but would rather let the player catch on with another team and get what he wants money wise. or a better deal then what dallas would give him.(see larry allen last yr). allen wasnt even offered to restructure. when asked jerry said i would never disrespect larry like that.

lol one thing i do agree on is thank god rivera will be gone, hopefully

 

[theogt]

flozell injury wasnt a issue. he's just got lateral movement. and hasnt had it for awhile now. this isnt the first yr flo has had these problems. if he can get his deal reworked fine, but jerry doesnt do that. he doesnt want to disrespect the player by basically giving him less, but would rather let the player catch on with another team and get what he wants money wise. or a better deal then what dallas would give him.(see larry allen last yr). allen wasnt even offered to restructure. when asked jerry said i would never disrespect larry like that.

lol one thing i do agree on is thank god rivera will be gone, hopefully

Oh, I agree that Flo has never been as good as expectations. He has problem with speed rushers on the outside which require lateral movement. I think he'll be better next year, though.

There's no way of knowing whether Jerry would or wouldn't re-work his contract. It's done in the business all the time and Jerry is a smart business man.

 

[LatinMind]

Oh, I agree that Flo has never been as good as expectations. He has problem with speed rushers on the outside which require lateral movement. There's no way of knowing whether Jerry would or wouldn't re-work his contract. It's done in the business all the time and Jerry is a smart business man.

but ill ask u when is the last time jerry has reworked a contract to lower a players cap hit? rather then just release him? i cant remember a time he did it

 

[theogt]

but ill ask u when is the last time jerry has reworked a contract to lower a players cap hit? rather then just release him? i cant remember a time he did it

I can't think of him doing it either. That has no bearing on whether he'll do it with Flozell, though. Heck, with the cap room we have he might not even attempt to re-work. That's more likely than him being cut.

 

[LatinMind]

I can't think of him doing it either. That has no bearing on whether he'll do it with Flozell, though. Heck, with the cap room we have he might not even attempt to re-work. That's more likely than him being cut.

he doesnt need to be cut, but will the next coach think he can use him? what if the next coach doesnt use the 2 te set? then what? those are all issues they have to consider. is aging immobile LT worth it to keep on the roster just to save a couple mil? or is better pass protection more important?

 

[theogt]

he doesnt need to be cut, but will the next coach think he can use him? what if the next coach doesnt use the 2 te set? then what? those are all issues they have to consider. is aging immobile LT worth it to keep on the roster just to save a couple mil? or is better pass protection more important?

Even if we draft an LT in the 1st round, Flozell would likely stay on the roster.

The only way he's going anywhere is if we sign a high-quality free agent LT. I just don't see that happening.

 

[LatinMind]

Even if we draft an LT in the 1st round, Flozell would likely stay on the roster.

The only way he's going anywhere is if we sign a high-quality free agent LT. I just don't see that happening.

i would hope the next coach does. 4 yrs of all these mediocre OL is enough. even with the defense being what it was this past yr. if the OL could have been able to block, dallas might have won all them games still.

 

[theogt]

i would hope the next coach does. 4 yrs of all these mediocre OL is enough. even with the defense being what it was this past yr. if the OL could have been able to block, dallas might have won all them games still.

I'd bet good money that RG is the only position that changes this season. I'd also bet good money that the O-line shows significant improvement over last year.

 

[LatinMind]

I'd bet good money that RG is the only position that changes this season. I'd also bet good money that the O-line shows significant improvement over last year.

i remember quite a few people saying that for the last 4 yrs. and at the end of that yr, they say it again. we complain all season about the OL, but in the offseason alot of people forget about the OL. until next season starts