SI's Andy Benoit thoughts on Cowboys FA

[DeaconBlues]

Why do people confuse Nolan Carroll with Bradley Fletcher?

Hush, he's on a roll.

 

[viman96]

So everyone that has issues with me considering Carrol a JAG disagrees? Most would consider him at best a serviceable CB which is the definition of a JAG.

 

[Idgit]

Hush, he's on a roll.

Seriously, though. I think most of the reason people don't like Nola Carroll is because they remember Bradley Fletcher getting burned badly, they hear PHI fans saying 'good riddance,' and they assume they are the same people.

 

[DeaconBlues]

I've grown to hate the term 'JAG.' One, because it sometimes gets confusing in context because of Jacksonville. Two, because people now use it to mean everything from 'quality starter I don't like' to 'overpaid starter who's actually pretty good, but did I mention he's overpaid' to actual JAGs.

Add "progress stopper". Used whenever a fan likes player A, but the coaching staff has decided on player B.

Annoys the hell out of me.

 

[viman96]

Why do people confuse Nolan Carroll with Bradley Fletcher?

Fletcher is a train wreck and it is not surprising he is not on an NFL roster.

 

[Idgit]

So everyone that has issues with me considering Carrol a JAG disagrees? Most would consider at best a serviceable CB which is the definition of a JAG.

I disagree that he got embarrassed here, if that's what you're asking. Dez came back strong on the ball in what was otherwise fairly decent coverage. We've seen Dez do that dozens of times.

I consider Carroll a cut-rate Brandon Carr. And Carr was a cut-rate premium CB himself. But for an affordable boundary CB who plays both zone and man passably well, and a guy who can fill in in the slot and has a little size to him, Carroll was a decent and inexpensive piece in a secondary that needed some decent inexpensive pieces. I see nothing to complain about whatsoever in signings like this.

 

[viman96]

I am OK with him being depth on the roster but do not see him as a starter.

 

[lukin2006]

I'm not worried about the offensive line. if Collins is healthy we'll be fine at LG. I think everyone suspected we needed an upgrade at RT, or at least younger and more athletic...

 

[Tass]

Everything we do is magic!!!!

Eeoh...eeoh...eeoh...eeoh

 

[Idgit]

I am OK with him being depth on the roster but do not see him as a starter.

Ah. Me, either. I'm assuming he's a guy who comes in on 3rd downs, moves Scandrick into the slot, and we let him handle the outside coverage. And maybe a guy who gets some snaps in the slot himself if we want the DBs on the field but want a guy with a bit of size inside. Or an injury replacement CB.

We definitely need to draft a better long-term option fairly early on.

 

[LocimusPrime]

I've grown to hate the term 'JAG.' One, because it sometimes gets confusing in context because of Jacksonville. Two, because people now use it to mean everything from 'quality starter I don't like' to 'overpaid starter who's actually pretty good, but did I mention he's overpaid' to actual JAGs.

 

[tyke1doe]

I like Jags. Oh, wait, I meant Cougars. Never mind.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

What "growth" has Carroll shown the last two seasons? He was dreadful last year.

This reads like a homer here wrote this:

- Carroll is good
- Leary not so good, not a big loss
- Collins is a stud, most talented kid at his position in the league
- Jones is so good he makes it easier for the Cowboys to plug any schmuck in

LOL.

100% right on.

 

[TNCowboy]

So everyone that has issues with me considering Carrol a JAG disagrees? Most would consider him at best a serviceable CB which is the definition of a JAG.

So were the guys we lost. Carr, Wilcox, and Church have always been jags. Claiborne had the ability to be more than that, but he never showed it on a consistent basis.