Star-Telegram: Cowboys’ DB coach on board with Ezekiel Elliott over Jalen Ramsey

[the_h0wey]

Cowboys’ DB coach on board with Ezekiel Elliott over Jalen Ramsey

By Drew Davison

Baker, who is going into his fifth season with the team, remembered the 2014 season when DeMarco Murray carried the offense and the Cowboys owned the time of possession. That kept the defense fresh and the hope is that Elliott provides a similar type game.

“I remember what that was like when we were running the rock and the DBs were drinking a lot of Gatorade on the sideline. I loved that,” Baker said, chuckling. “So I’m all-in. And we ended up getting two DBs who we feel like are really good additions to the secondary. So I feel like we’ve gotten better also.”

In 2014, behind Murray and a strong running game, the Cowboys ranked first in time of possession by having the ball 32:51 of the 60-minute game. Last year, they possessed it 31:07 and were 13th in the league.


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Baker on board!

*** you think he would say? He needs his gig...

 

[Rogerthat12]

*** you think he would say? He needs his gig...

 

[Toruk_Makto]

You can also find high producing players out of the first round that play...OT, OG, OC, WR,TE, LB, DE, DT, CB, S and in some cases...yes...even QB.

But I guess we are not going to take those positions in the first round because someone said they can also be found in later rounds.

Just because you can find decent players in later rounds it does not mean you pass up on what the team feels like is a great player in the first round...especially passing up a player because you are drafting for NEED instead.

Except that you also push down RB due to injury risk, longevity and the understanding of opportunity cost. If many people wait to draft a RB...you can wait also and grab scarcer talent with the certainty that RBs will be there later.

But you knew that.

 

[jnday]

I didn't want Ramsey simply because there was a debate about whether he was best suited to play CB or S. I know he is a very good player but at 4, I want no questions about what you're getting. I didn't trust our coaches to develop him correctly and play him in the right spot. Mo was supposed to be can't miss and they couldn't get him right so I decided I'd rather have the RB which they seem to be able to use correctly.

I don't put that much thought into it. He is a DB. That is enough for me to say no when it comes to using top ten draft picks.

 

[jnday]

Except that you also push down RB due to injury risk, longevity and the understanding of opportunity cost. If many people wait to draft a RB...you can wait also and grab scarcer talent with the certainty that RBs will be there later.

But you knew that.

There was not a lot of elite talent at the top end of this draft . Zeke was one of a few. There was no way to find his kind of elite RB talent later in the draft. There is also nothing written in stone that he will get hurt and have s shortened career. It is only your opinion. There seems to be more posters that speak with 100% certainty this year than ever IMO. In reality, nothing is certain about any player in this draft., it is a roll of the dice.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Except that you also push down RB due to injury risk, longevity and the understanding of opportunity cost. If many people wait to draft a RB...you can wait also and grab scarcer talent with the certainty that RBs will be there later.

But you knew that.

Except that is your opinion... And your opinion is not as good as mine... But you knew that.. Or maybe you did not.

Now hold it down before you make me mad and I fart in your general direction.

 

[CowboyChris]

I'm fine with the pick but I would've taken Ramsey and still got high production from a tailback somewhere.

we have our Ramsey, we took him last year...his name is Byron Jones #31...you guys need to remember that...its like owning two left footed shoes. Elliott was the right choice between those two.

 

[JW82]

Watch the games. they scored every time they needed to. They could've score 30 if they needed to.

Teams came out throwing against us more often last season than they did in 2014. In the first half of games last season, our opponents threw 59.3 percent of the time (284 total pass plays), compared with 58.0 percent in 2014 (246 pass plays). Even through three quarters, our opponents passed more times last season (400 pass plays in 2015, and 381 plays in 2014) and at only a slightly lower rate (56.8 percent in 2015, and 57.1 percent in 2014). Teams weren't extra conservative against us last season, they were exploiting our biggest weakness.

 

[reddyuta]

Does anybody wonder why the Chargers Drafted Bosa? i feel they will waste his talent in the 3-4,i genuinely believe we would have drafted him .

 

[lkelly]

"Cowboys Coach Toes Company Line"

(insert picture of every Cowboy coach under Jerry except Jimmy)

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Except that is your opinion... And your opinion is not as good as mine... But you knew that.. Or maybe you did not.

Now hold it down before you make me mad and I fart in your general direction.

I don't think opinion means what you think it does.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

For the life of me I can't understand how someone hates Zeke at 4. The kid is the perfect prospect on and off the field

 

[Toruk_Makto]

There was not a lot of elite talent at the top end of this draft . Zeke was one of a few. There was no way to find his kind of elite RB talent later in the draft. There is also nothing written in stone that he will get hurt and have s shortened career. It is only your opinion. There seems to be more posters that speak with 100% certainty this year than ever IMO. In reality, nothing is certain about any player in this draft., it is a roll of the dice.

Lucky for us there was an elite talent in the draft at a position of need and then there was Zeke.

And actually the people against Zeke are the ones who understand nothing is certain.

It is these people applying history to say that a rb that high is more likely than not to be worth the selection.

The thesis is anathema to certainty.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I don't think opinion means what you think it does.

So that would be the "you did not know" option for you. Glad we clarified the situation.

However when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness, so you have that going for you.. Which is nice.

 

[Carson]

For the life of me I can't understand how someone hates Zeke at 4. The kid is the perfect prospect on and off the field

Because people get to caught up in the whole "defensive help" instead of the bpa approach

 

[AdamJT13]

Watch the games.

You don't think I "watch the games"? Seriously? Grow up.

they scored every time they needed to. They could've score 30 if they needed to.

You're obviously exaggerating. And your post has nothing to do with what I said.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Because people get to caught up in the whole "defensive help" instead of the bpa approach

You really think Zeke was in a different tier than Ramsey?

You're kidding yourself.

 

[tyke1doe]

If you buy the narrative that we lost those games because of RB TD production, we probably aren't going to agree on the recipe for the cure. The low TD totals were a function of the passing offense more than of the RB position in my book. A healthy Romo and the problem is fixed. If he's hurt, EE's TD marks at Ohio State will be a distant fart in a long forgotten windstorm in Dallas this season.

So how is it that D. Mac can rush for more than 1,000 yards with virtually no help from the passing game, yet when he scores 3 TDs, it's because of a woeful passing game?

I believe Ezekiel Elliott would have scored more than 3 rushing TDs behind this offensive line that also paved the way for a D Mac who didn't start the entire season to get 1,000 yards.

Yeah, I guess maybe we won't agree.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Because people get to caught up in the whole "defensive help" instead of the bpa approach

Zeke was not the BPA on most boards. They were on the Cowboys board because they are morons.

 

[Idgit]

So how is it that D. Mac can rush for more than 1,000 yards with virtually no help from the passing game, yet when he scores 3 TDs, it's because of a woeful passing game?

I believe Ezekiel Elliott would have scored more than 3 rushing TDs behind this offensive line that also paved the way for a D Mac who didn't start the entire season to get 1,000 yards.

Yeah, I guess maybe we won't agree.

Because you can get yardage from anywhere on the field, and you generally need to get to the goal line to score TDs. Granted, McFadden wasn't breaking long runs for pay dirt if that's your point. But most rushing TDs are not 20+ yard plays.