Galian Beast
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Going forward in terms of what this years' draft gave us with our first pick was offensive consistency and the ability to plug and play going into the future.
We now have players at about 8/11 positions on offense that could easily make it to the pro bowl. The rest of the players on the offense are extremely solid players.
I would make two distinctions here. Upgrades during the Romo era and replacements post Romo.
For the next 2-5 years, I would say we can predominantly focus on improving the defense through the draft, something that is helped significantly if we're able to get Jaylon Smith on the field. There are a lot of IFs on our defense, but I actually don't think it will be that difficult to turn things around, especially if some of these players turn out. Defense could turn out to be pretty good this year, especially after we get our players back from suspension.
In the next few years we can probably get a WR to replace Williams, a RT to replace Free (if Green isn't already that guy). Ideally I would like to see us move away from the two tight end formation if it isn't going to be conducive to success for us. In this case I think we're pretty well positioned with Beasley at WR3.
After 2-5 years of investments in the defense with some peppering of the offense, we can focus on pluggin in a replacement QB and TE. I would say over the next 3 years, we should probably have 10 picks in the top 3 rounds going towards defense, and 5 on offense.
But that brings me to the next point. Consistency. This is something that I think is widely overlooked when it comes to this offense and when it comes to our first round draft pick.
When Elliott ran the ball 15 or more times, he ran for less than 100 yards a total of 1 times (91 yards on 18 carries).
When DeMarco Murray ran the ball 15 or more times in college, he ran for less than 100 yards a total of 18 times.
You give Elliott the rock and he always has success.
I could see him easily getting 1600 yards next year if he stays healthy and gets the carries. And with that, I think I've already spoken on how well the team does when we run the ball consistency. We win games, period, point blank.
DeMarco Murray had 4 losses in his career in Dallas when he ran for over 100 yards.
We now have players at about 8/11 positions on offense that could easily make it to the pro bowl. The rest of the players on the offense are extremely solid players.
I would make two distinctions here. Upgrades during the Romo era and replacements post Romo.
For the next 2-5 years, I would say we can predominantly focus on improving the defense through the draft, something that is helped significantly if we're able to get Jaylon Smith on the field. There are a lot of IFs on our defense, but I actually don't think it will be that difficult to turn things around, especially if some of these players turn out. Defense could turn out to be pretty good this year, especially after we get our players back from suspension.
In the next few years we can probably get a WR to replace Williams, a RT to replace Free (if Green isn't already that guy). Ideally I would like to see us move away from the two tight end formation if it isn't going to be conducive to success for us. In this case I think we're pretty well positioned with Beasley at WR3.
After 2-5 years of investments in the defense with some peppering of the offense, we can focus on pluggin in a replacement QB and TE. I would say over the next 3 years, we should probably have 10 picks in the top 3 rounds going towards defense, and 5 on offense.
But that brings me to the next point. Consistency. This is something that I think is widely overlooked when it comes to this offense and when it comes to our first round draft pick.
When Elliott ran the ball 15 or more times, he ran for less than 100 yards a total of 1 times (91 yards on 18 carries).
When DeMarco Murray ran the ball 15 or more times in college, he ran for less than 100 yards a total of 18 times.
You give Elliott the rock and he always has success.
I could see him easily getting 1600 yards next year if he stays healthy and gets the carries. And with that, I think I've already spoken on how well the team does when we run the ball consistency. We win games, period, point blank.
DeMarco Murray had 4 losses in his career in Dallas when he ran for over 100 yards.
