SFloridaCowboy
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Does a stud RB do it all without a great OL or does a great OL make a average RB look good?
Would Derrick Henry have done better than Rico Dowdle? For sure, because he is a stud RB. Rico is a quality backup, a complimentary back, but is not impact player. He has no runs over 25 yards. A stud sizzling RB would make this Cowboys team much better.
In 1988, a terrible Cowboys team, Herschel walker led the NFC in rushing. That is because a young Herschel transcended any sub-par OL. He was an elite RB.
When Jimmy Johnson took over in 1989, he asked his new OL coach to evaluate his inherited OL. Tony Wise said that Mark Tuinei and Nate Newton were talented, but the technique used was bad, that RT Kevin Gogan was too slow to start at RT ( he did start on one winning Super Bowl Cowboy team at guard and left as a free agent for very good career with Raiders), that center Tom Rafferty was overwhelmed at center. Yet with all these weaknesses, Herschel led the NFC in rushing with over 1500 yards in a full 16 game schedule with 50 pass catches.
The Boys do not need all high draft picks to establish a great OL. Nate Newton and Mark Tuinei were both free agents, Stepnoski and Erik Williams were 3rd rounders; Larry Allen was a 2nd rounder. They need great coaching and time to develop. Doug Free as a 4th rounder who became a solid starter for many years, but he did not start in his first two years while he developed. Perhaps the current RT would make a very good guard, Guyton goes to RT, and Asim Richards in his 3rd year starts on the left side.
A thorough re-evaluation of the BOY's OL is necessary.
Perhaps a back with breakaway speed who can come up with some big impact plays, as opposed to the grind it out Dowdle, will make the OL better, open more space for Ferguson and the Cowboys' receivers.
I saw how the 1976 Cowboys were missing an impact RB. Adding Tony Dorsett dramatically changed their offense. He was a feared home run hitter who hit homers. Today's Cowboy team has one home run hitter, in Lamb. Dowdle is a singles hitter. Would Dak have had a great rookie season without a young Zeke?
With all of the above said, there is one player in the draft who can provide instant stud offense as a rookie, who is superb at breaking tackles, yards after contact, with breakaway speed, durable, and light years above any other impact offensive player. He is built like Emmitt Smith with far greater speed. He comes from the potato state program the Boys are enamored with, Ashton Jeanty.
Now there will be a team that may trade above our slot to grab him just to rub it in that the Boys are in a steep decline, so all the talk of the draft should be on stud defensive linemen and talk that good RB's can be had in later rounds.
The rebuilding of this team starts with a sizzling, impact offensive threat who will make our less than top end QB not need to be the hero. Get the OL retrained into the tactics employed by the great 92-95 teams.
Would Derrick Henry have done better than Rico Dowdle? For sure, because he is a stud RB. Rico is a quality backup, a complimentary back, but is not impact player. He has no runs over 25 yards. A stud sizzling RB would make this Cowboys team much better.
In 1988, a terrible Cowboys team, Herschel walker led the NFC in rushing. That is because a young Herschel transcended any sub-par OL. He was an elite RB.
When Jimmy Johnson took over in 1989, he asked his new OL coach to evaluate his inherited OL. Tony Wise said that Mark Tuinei and Nate Newton were talented, but the technique used was bad, that RT Kevin Gogan was too slow to start at RT ( he did start on one winning Super Bowl Cowboy team at guard and left as a free agent for very good career with Raiders), that center Tom Rafferty was overwhelmed at center. Yet with all these weaknesses, Herschel led the NFC in rushing with over 1500 yards in a full 16 game schedule with 50 pass catches.
The Boys do not need all high draft picks to establish a great OL. Nate Newton and Mark Tuinei were both free agents, Stepnoski and Erik Williams were 3rd rounders; Larry Allen was a 2nd rounder. They need great coaching and time to develop. Doug Free as a 4th rounder who became a solid starter for many years, but he did not start in his first two years while he developed. Perhaps the current RT would make a very good guard, Guyton goes to RT, and Asim Richards in his 3rd year starts on the left side.
A thorough re-evaluation of the BOY's OL is necessary.
Perhaps a back with breakaway speed who can come up with some big impact plays, as opposed to the grind it out Dowdle, will make the OL better, open more space for Ferguson and the Cowboys' receivers.
I saw how the 1976 Cowboys were missing an impact RB. Adding Tony Dorsett dramatically changed their offense. He was a feared home run hitter who hit homers. Today's Cowboy team has one home run hitter, in Lamb. Dowdle is a singles hitter. Would Dak have had a great rookie season without a young Zeke?
With all of the above said, there is one player in the draft who can provide instant stud offense as a rookie, who is superb at breaking tackles, yards after contact, with breakaway speed, durable, and light years above any other impact offensive player. He is built like Emmitt Smith with far greater speed. He comes from the potato state program the Boys are enamored with, Ashton Jeanty.
Now there will be a team that may trade above our slot to grab him just to rub it in that the Boys are in a steep decline, so all the talk of the draft should be on stud defensive linemen and talk that good RB's can be had in later rounds.
The rebuilding of this team starts with a sizzling, impact offensive threat who will make our less than top end QB not need to be the hero. Get the OL retrained into the tactics employed by the great 92-95 teams.
