News: Scout says Cowboys defense short on talent

[WoodysGirl]

Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY Sports 11:01 a.m. EST December 6, 2013


"They're not very talented," a high-ranking scout for another NFL team told USA TODAY Sports recently, speaking on condition of anonymity for competitive reasons. "That's why they're 32nd (in yards allowed)."

"Their D-line is a bunch of backups other than (DeMarcus) Ware, and he's hurt," the scout said. "Linebackers are hurt, and they don't have any safeties. They have a young guy (rookie J.J. Wilcox) who's going to be OK. They've struggled at corner. The LSU guy (Morris Claiborne) hasn't played that good. (Brandon) Carr – he's OK, but he's not worth what they paid him."

"They should be better on offense," the scout said of the Cowboys, who are tied for the division lead with Philadelphia at 7-5. "Defense – they are what they are."

-->> http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ent-defense-monte-kiffin-brandon-carr/3890371

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To this I say, "No duh!"

 

[foofighters]

Lol..."Breaking News!" I am pretty sure we've all known this for a long while now. I am being snarky to the media. Not the OP.

 

[Tabascocat]

This guy Tom needs to get his own piece on 60 Minutes. What ground breaking research and many thanks for shedding light on this

 

[cowboys2233]

Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY Sports 11:01 a.m. EST December 6, 2013


"They're not very talented," a high-ranking scout for another NFL team told USA TODAY Sports recently, speaking on condition of anonymity for competitive reasons. "That's why they're 32nd (in yards allowed)."

"Their D-line is a bunch of backups other than (DeMarcus) Ware, and he's hurt," the scout said. "Linebackers are hurt, and they don't have any safeties. They have a young guy (rookie J.J. Wilcox) who's going to be OK. They've struggled at corner. The LSU guy (Morris Claiborne) hasn't played that good. (Brandon) Carr – he's OK, but he's not worth what they paid him."

"They should be better on offense," the scout said of the Cowboys, who are tied for the division lead with Philadelphia at 7-5. "Defense – they are what they are."

-->> http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ent-defense-monte-kiffin-brandon-carr/3890371

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To this I say, "No duh!"

Remind me to never hire this guy. The D-line is a bunch of backups other than Ware? Um, you might be overlooking a guy who many consider to be the best DT this year in Hatcher? Oh, and Ware is perfectly healthy. Oh, and so is Lee. And Brandon Marshall seems to have a very different opinion of Carr. Call me crazy, but I'll take the word of a top notch receiver who has gone head to head with Carr over some "scout" who is not even willing to put his name to his comments.

 

[reddyuta]

 

[The Natural]

Hope Wilcox is inserted back into the starting unit soon

 

[Seven]

Is it true if you fart close to an open flame there's a darn good chance you could set your pants on fire?

 

[CaptainMorgan]

And Brandon Marshall seems to have a very different opinion of Carr. Call me crazy, but I'll take the word of a top notch receiver who has gone head to head with Carr over some "scout" who is not even willing to put his name to his comments.

Jedi mind tricks. Marshall is just being nice

 

[03EBZ06]

Thanks Tom for such an enlightening and revealing article, I'm sure fans around the USA learned something new from it...........NOT!

 

[Matts4313]

Remind me to never hire this guy. The D-line is a bunch of backups other than Ware? Um, you might be overlooking a guy who many consider to be the best DT this year in Hatcher? Oh, and Ware is perfectly healthy. Oh, and so is Lee. And Brandon Marshall seems to have a very different opinion of Carr. Call me crazy, but I'll take the word of a top notch receiver who has gone head to head with Carr over some "scout" who is not even willing to put his name to his comments.

Ware himself said he started the season less than 100%, and even made the comment this week that he was just now starting to feel like his old self. Lee is on the injury report and has missed a couple games.

 

[Crown Royal]

Lost all credibility when he commented on the defensive line.

Not that the idea is wrong; our front 7 has been pretty poor if you exclude Hatcher and Lee, maybe a bit of surprise by Selvie. Secondary has been very good except for Claiborne and Heath.

 

[Zordon]

Hope Wilcox is inserted back into the starting unit soon

i agree. there are going to ruin him too if this love affair with the rkg heath doesn't stop soon.

 

[guag]

 

[Deep_South]

The scout didn't notice Jason Hatcher. That's funny.

 

[pugilist]

can't cover guys forever.. but yeah Clai has been really bad in zone and man.. big disappointment

 

[xwalker]

Oh, and Ware is perfectly healthy.

No, Ware is still struggling with neck/shoulder/stinger issues. His quad might be fine, but he has had problems with stingers and weakness in his upper body all season. I've seen many times where the OT hit his facemask and he immediately became useless on that play and went to the sideline for several plays afterwards. He still has good burst, but he struggles to get off blocks because he can't properly "hand fight" with the OLineman.

I don't think Ware will ever be 100% again due to the chronic stingers and his age.

 

[StarBoyz83]

The scout didn't notice Jason Hatcher. That's funny.

Hes been good this year but Nobody will notice him next year.

 

[cowboys2233]

Ware himself said he started the season less than 100%, and even made the comment this week that he was just now starting to feel like his old self. Lee is on the injury report and has missed a couple games.

So Ware making the comment that he feels better than he has in a long time actually means he's injured? Or Lee being cleared to play and that he says he feels no adverse effects from his hamstring really means he is going to be significantly hampered by this injury? What the heck kind of sense does that make? They were injured. They aren't anymore. Injuries heal. So to suggest that our defense isn't very good because of all these injured players who actually aren't injured is just idiotic. If this "scout" wants to dig up some other reasons, fine, but this line of reasoning makes no sense at all and just sounds like some random guy who doesn't have a clue about the current status of this team.

 

[TTexasTT]

Riveting tale, Tom

Real cutting edge stuff.

 

[tyke1doe]

Da - uh!