Replacing Sean Lee And Why It's Not All Bad

silver · May 29, 2014

links18 said:
Like if Romo goes down, it gives Weeden a chance to redeem himself? Would that be "not all bad" too?

That all but guarantees the first overall pick in next year's draft. Not bad at all.

packpitts · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
Players are going to get blocked. Holloman has to keep his head on a swivel. It wasn't Wilber's fault Holloman ran into him.

The cut back is there, he's the Mike. Can't expect him to make it to the flats with that cut back open up the middle..., that's the OLB's job. If everybody gets blocked then its up to the FS!

packpitts · May 30, 2014

packpitts said:
The cut back is there, he's the Mike. Can't expect him to make it to the flats with that cut back open up the middle..., that's the OLB's job. If everybody gets blocked then its up to the FS!

The CB has to protect the corner and make the RB cut back, who ever gets blocked must stand his blocker up and hold his ground filling the hole. Help should be coming from the OLB and FS!

IrishAnto · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
Players are going to get blocked. Holloman has to keep his head on a swivel. It wasn't Wilber's fault Holloman ran into him.

Holloman had a good game.

Will he have a bad play/get beaten from time to time?

Don't they all?

AmishCowboy · May 30, 2014

NeonDeion21 said:
Not disagreeing, but Lee's absence allows another the chance to step up.

Hopefully, Hitchens or Holloman can decently replace him, and we can move on from Sean, though I feel really bad for him

Wayne02 · May 30, 2014

AmberBeer said:
This team is no more snake bitten than any other team. Lee's out for the year. Quit the whining and move forward.

Not whining my man, just frustrated.

itsaboat · May 30, 2014

packpitts said:
The cut back is there, he's the Mike. Can't expect him to make it to the flats with that cut back open up the middle..., that's the OLB's job. If everybody gets blocked then its up to the FS!

It's still not an excuse to run into your teammate

itsaboat · May 30, 2014

IrishAnto said:
Holloman had a good game.

Will he have a bad play/get beaten from time to time?

Don't they all?

That's my point. Holloman didn't have a good game. He made some plays but he also made mistakes and gave up plays. Some people here don't/won't realize that.

xwalker · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
That's my point. Holloman didn't have a good game. He made some plays but he also made mistakes and gave up plays. Some people here don't/won't realize that.

Did you expect him to have a mistake free game? He was a college Safety the played some LB in his final college season. He practiced all of training camp as an outside LB. He missed several games and weeks of practice with an injury. His 1st time to ever practice or play MLB came after Lee was injured. After all of that, he was probably better in that final game at MLB than veteran Ernie Sims was in any game of the season. Holloman's performance was probably better than several games that Bruce Carter played in 2013.

NeonDeion21 · May 30, 2014

xwalker said:
Did you expect him to have a mistake free game? He was a college Safety the played some LB in his final college season. He practiced all of training camp as an outside LB. He missed several games and weeks of practice with an injury. His 1st time to ever practice or play MLB came after Lee was injured. After all of that, he was probably better in that final game at MLB than veteran Ernie Sims was in any game of the season. Holloman's performance was probably better than several games that Bruce Carter played in 2013.

Yes to all this.

itsaboat · May 30, 2014

xwalker said:
Did you expect him to have a mistake free game? He was a college Safety the played some LB in his final college season. He practiced all of training camp as an outside LB. He missed several games and weeks of practice with an injury. His 1st time to ever practice or play MLB came after Lee was injured. After all of that, he was probably better in that final game at MLB than veteran Ernie Sims was in any game of the season. Holloman's performance was probably better than several games that Bruce Carter played in 2013.

Not at all. I like Holloman and his potential. I wanted to point out he made mistakes as well. Sims was awful last season so it's not saying much.

packpitts · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
It's still not an excuse to run into your teammate

Your teammate let himself get blocked and is not where he needs to be!

TrailBlazer · May 30, 2014

If holloman steps up in a big way, that's the only way you can spin this into a positive. He would have to be damn good which I don't foresee.

itsaboat · May 30, 2014

packpitts said:
Your teammate let himself get blocked and is not where he needs to be!

So in your opinion it's ok Holloman ran into Wilber because Wilber was getting blocked?

KJJ · May 30, 2014

Lee has missed games every year with injuries but we've had him for at least part of the season every year and he's contributed to some wins. What makes his season ending injury such a crippling blow is the defense just lost Ware and Hatcher this offseason. The defense hasn't taken the field in any single game the past 4 seasons without all 3 of those players. The Cowboys lost their pass rush from last season and their best pass defender who led the team with 4 int's in 2013. There isn't an LB in the league who's been better in coverage than Lee who's led all NFL LB's the past 4 seasons with 11 int's two of which were returned for scores. Several have been trying to put a positive spin on the loss of Lee but like Ware he was one of the teams leaders.

The loss of the Cowboys top 3 defensive players from last season 2 of which provided 17 of the teams 34 sacks in 2013 and the other who provided a team leading 4 int's has already put the Cowboys hopes for the 2014 season more than halfway down the toilet. The Cowboys are going to be scrambling all season moving players around on defense trying to find something that will keep the team in contention by Dec. We all know more injuries will occur it happens every season with this team. FANS keep trying to put a positive spin on Lee's loss but not even a great defense can survive the loss of their top 3 defensive players.

packpitts · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
So in your opinion it's ok Holloman ran into Wilber because Wilber was getting blocked?

No, my opinion is Holloman took the correct angel to get to the RB, any running around Wilber is easy TD to the corner... There's no cutback up the middle, because Holloman did his job!

itsaboat · May 30, 2014

packpitts said:
No, my opinion is Holloman took the correct angel to get to the RB, any running around Wilber is easy TD to the corner... There's no cutback up the middle, because Holloman did his job!

Fair enough but it still doesn't excuse not taking a quick look to see what's around you.

casmith07 · May 30, 2014

packpitts said:
Wilber should not be there! He should be causing the RB to cut back into Holloman, but he took the wrong angle and lane giving up the outside...

Exactly. Besides the obvious hold on Wilber, too. Jesus.

casmith07 · May 30, 2014

itsaboat said:
Fair enough but it still doesn't excuse not taking a quick look to see what's around you.

Have you ever played football? You can't just "take a quick look around" in the middle of a play like that, ESPECIALLY as a linebacker.

IrishAnto · May 31, 2014

itsaboat said:
That's my point. Holloman didn't have a good game. He made some plays but he also made mistakes and gave up plays. Some people here don't/won't realize that.

And my point is even the best players make mistakes in every game.

Nobody is perfect.

I'm sure he can get better with experience and at this point in time might just be our best option to replace Lee.

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