Starting to worry about O-line

[diefree666]

Leary is a great guard. The only issue is the degenerative knee problem that he supposedly had.

Leary is NOT A GREAT GUARD. He is a very good one NOT great. Zach is a great guard and Leary can barely carry his shoes.

 

[Screw The Hall]

Mack is a linebacker. Against a long-armed defensive end.......oh Lord.

He's the defending Defensive Player of the Year for Christ's sake.

 

[diefree666]

He's the defending Defensive Player of the Year for Christ's sake.

I guess Deware was only a LB to erod. Not pass rusher, etc.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Leary is NOT A GREAT GUARD. He is a very good one NOT great. Zach is a great guard and Leary can barely carry his shoes.

 

[diefree666]

Just had to demonstrate the difference between a good guard and a great one.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Just had to demonstrate the difference between a good guard and a great one.

To yourself maybe. If you want to call what Leary is "very good", that is fine with me. My point doesn't change.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Leary is a great guard. The only issue is the degenerative knee problem that he supposedly had.

He's not a 'great' guard. Zack Martin is a great guard. Marshal Yanda is a great guard.

Leary is a very solid guard. Very good in pass protection and above average in run blocking...has his moments..both good and bad.




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[cowboyblue22]

I am not as worried about the o line as I am the secondary and the pass rush

 

[CowboyRoy]

He's not a 'great' guard. Zack Martin is a great guard. Marshal Yanda is a great guard.

Leary is a very solid guard. Very good in pass protection and above average in run blocking...has his moments..both good and bad.




YR

Maybe you and the other guy can argue with each other how you think Great should be defined. Im not interested.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Maybe you and the other guy can argue with each other how you think Great should be defined. Im not interested.

Then don't reply to my posts.



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[alicetooljam]

7 pages of worrying about the o-line? Least of

Shuffling Collins to RT and Chaz Green to LG has really messed up the chemistry on the line. Watching the 1st team offense last night, it was clear they are far from being proficient at their positions.

Dak had a clean pocket to throw in maybe 3 times out of the 16-17 times he dropped back.

I really think letting Leary go will come back and bite us this year. Or it might be the defense again, not sure.

Seriously? The oline is the least worrisome aspect of this team...

 

[CowboyRoy]

Then don't reply to my posts.



YR

Did you say something?

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Did you say something?

Snore.




YR

 

[rpntex]

Shuffling Collins to RT and Chaz Green to LG has really messed up the chemistry on the line. Watching the 1st team offense last night, it was clear they are far from being proficient at their positions.

Dak had a clean pocket to throw in maybe 3 times out of the 16-17 times he dropped back.

I really think letting Leary go will come back and bite us this year. Or it might be the defense again, not sure.

As I posted in another thread, Dallas didn't just "let Leary go". According to multiple unconfirmed reports, Leary was upset that the Cowboys refused to accommodate his trade demands last season. Plain and simple, he wanted out after that. regardless. Dallas actually lost him last season during camp, even though he ended up starting the majority of the season.

You're forgetting how few snaps this unit has had in the preseason. Despite that, they looked like a line that had been together 5 years against the Colts. Last night, they looked more like what they are - a unit that has taken few snaps in the preseason.

 

[rpntex]

Not at all.

With all due respect, you do look a little foolish. Not because you have a concern about Collins at RT, but because you keep "moving the goalposts".

First, it was "Mack isn't a DE - he's a LBer". When that point was countered , your reasoning became "Mack wasn't giving his best effort".

What's next?

 

[stilltheguru88]

So we're worried about an at worst top 10 unit on their best day, in the league? . How many teams would trade their 5 for our 5?

 

[SportsGuru80]

Cooper is the starting LG folks. Chaz Green needs to remain a swing tackle.

 

[GORICO]

Leary is significantly better than Collins. Not really close. In fact, he was as good last year as the big three.

erod-- i bet the cowboys would have paid Leary his 9 million and cut Tyrone crawford 9 million a year if they had to do it over again???

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

I wish we would've took a chance on Greg Robinson. Detroit got him for a seventh rounder and he was the number 2 overall pick three years ago

 

[erod]

With all due respect, you do look a little foolish. Not because you have a concern about Collins at RT, but because you keep "moving the goalposts".

First, it was "Mack isn't a DE - he's a LBer". When that point was countered , your reasoning became "Mack wasn't giving his best effort".

What's next?

The Raiders are a 3-4 base team that plays variations of coverage schemes. Does anybody actually think Mack is a DE in a 3-4 system? Marcus Spears and Igor Olshanksky play defensive end in 3-4 alignments, not guys like Mack or Von Miller. On 3rd-and-long, they put their hand down wide in a 4-man rush, yes. But Mack drops into coverage and plays OLB much of the time. That is not a defensive end.

And superstar veterans go out and bang around a little bit during the preseason, but they are largely just trying to avoid what happened to Edelman, Ware, Meredith, and Hitchens. The preseason needs to be re-thought.

My position isn't that Collins is terrible at right tackle. He's just average at best. He's above average at left guard, which is where I wish they'd leave him. I'd rather have four above average linemen and a weakness at right tackle than three above average linemen and two questions at guard and tackle. Dak is sturdy enough and it's not on his blind side.