Stephen Jones says the 1 priority in the offseason is to find a backup Qb

[JoeBoBBY]

I hope not. I don't think he's any good and all the partying and off the field crap doesn't help. You can find someone better than him in the draft. If Manziel is on this team I'm seriously not going to be happy.

there just isnt something right about Johnny football.....

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Yep. This team would have probably fallen short of expectations even with Romo.

Agreed.

The first two games of the season with Romo weren't dominating performances by the offense. We had Romo dumping off a lot passes and an offense that wasn't strong.

 

[dreghorn2]

Sigh.

Always fixing last seasons problems with this FO. Then next season, new problems will arise and will spend the next off-season fixing those.

This is what people mean when they say this organization is reactive, not proactive.

Cannot, repeat, cannot like this post enough.

100% sir, year after year these guys try to fix the 'one thing' that held them back the year before.

 

[Tabascocat]

The only QB of those three to stand a chance in our antiquated offense is Johnny Football, which is a no thanks from me!

I think Kaeper has a chance to start for someone else again but RG3 is all but done IMO.

 

[ConstantReboot]

According to Mickey Spagnola who interviewed Stephen Jones today, The backup Qb position will be the teams #1 priority in the offseason.

Don't be shocked if the Cowboys start dangling draft picks to get a backup qb they really want.
I have a feeling Johnny Football will be a Cowboy for like a 3rd or 4 th rd pick or something. If Stephen says it's the #1 priority I don't think they will be taking a chance that someone gets released, That sounds like they will be making some phone calls and being very proactive in getting a quality backup.

Thoughts?

One year too late. It was obvious from last year that we needed a backup QB. Weeden wasn't going to cut it and it was obvious. Now we learned from that mistake by wasting an entire year.

 

[Omegasupreme]

If Jason is still running the show then the clues to who will be considered for the backup QB center around these factors:
1. Do they have experience in the Coryell offense trained preferably by Norv or Linehan? Bob Bratkowski, Cam Cameron, Brian Schottenheimer, and especially Hue Jackson (because of the current success of the Bengals offense) are also considered worthy mentors of Jason's interest in a player.
2. Did they attend a school that has experience in distance and timing routes?
3. Do they or did they attend a high character school like Baylor?

My guess is that the QBs with most of those qualities would be RG3, Taylor Hernike, or AJ McCarron (would have to be a very valuable trade)

But if Jerry saw that Weeden and Cassel were erroneously trusted with the keys to the Ferrari based on Jason's "Norvs stamp of approval" and Jerry is reconsidering the Garrett's (Judd and Jason and whatever influence Jim still has) talent standards (as evidenced by this season's wave of non-RKG players and the failure of Garrett players such as Streets and T.Williams), he might seek the backup QB on his own...like Manziel or someone from his favorite schools like Oklahoma, Arkansas, A&M, or Boise St.

Ultimately, if Jason is still coaching and is unyielding that his "system" is the absolute monarchy of the offensive part of the team, then no matter who the QB is, aside from one who can scramble well, the speed and talent around Dez has to improve or the QBs in Jason's system will continue to encounter the failure that Romo, Weeden and Cassel did this year. Streets runs a 4.55 and gets knocked out of his patterns and Terrance Williams, plays scared, runs only a 4.5 and doesn't catch the ball above his chin. Most successful Coryell offenses have WRs who run under 4.4 (see the Manning Colts and Warner Rams). Dallas has WRs who would be great at high percentage offenses like the WCO: tall, good RAC and prefer close high percentage passes.

To be sure, look at this basic description from Wikipedia of the players required for Jason's Coryell offense contrasted with a Walsh WCO:

"The Coryell offense attacked vertically through seams, while the West Coast offense moved laterally as much as vertically through angles on curl and slant routes.[24] The Coryell offense had lower completion percentages than the West Coast offense, but the returns were greater on a successful play. "The Coryell offense required more talented players, a passer who could get the ball there, and men who can really run—a lot of them," said Walsh.[25] He said the West Coast offense was developed out of necessity to operate with less talented players. He noted, "[Coryell] already had the talent and used it brilliantly."[25]

 

[DandyDon1722]

I really hope we take Derrick Henry or Ezekiel Elliot in the first round and then draft the best QB available in the 2nd round.

First mock I saw today on ESPN was McShay has us taking the OLB Jaylen Smith from Notte Dame at 5. I hear he's a monster if anybody knows about him.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I'm really thinking it's going to wind up being RGIII or Johnny and I think Johnny is going to be the guy.

Sadly... I agree

 

[Gaede]

Has anyone even watched Maziel play lately? The dude has looked really goodand has been playing the position well. Going through his progressions like a veteran and leading the team on scoring drives. I know he has some immaturity and off the field issues, but if you could fix that...

I agree. I'm all for rolling the dice Manziel. If the team is only looking for veterans, for sure. At least if Romo goes down, we'll either do really badly (and get a top pick) or do really well (and develop our future QB). Either way, we'd get some entertainment and none of this boring crap

 

[yimyammer]

That says a lot about what they think about Cassel (thank gawd), he better start getting the olde resume cleaned up since it sounds like he's out of a job

 

[MichaelWinicki]

This team could have had the best backup QB in the NFL and it wouldn't have made much difference.

OK, so what do all these teams have in common?

Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Miami
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Detroit
San Diego
Tennessee
Baltimore
Dallas

There's not a single winning team on the list.

And they start from a -2 turnover differential for Chicago to -15 for Dallas.

Many underestimate how negatively powerful a -15 turnover differential is.

Again, the best backup QB in the NFL (Hasselbeck?) wouldn't have made much difference.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Sadly... I agree

Hugely disagree.

I can't see The Browns cutting the guy this quickly.

AND he has shown a little bit of life.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

That says a lot about what they think about Cassel (thank gawd), he better start getting the olde resume cleaned up since it sounds like he's out of a job

Cassel was only on a one year deal anyway.

 

[reddyuta]

This team could have had the best backup QB play in the NFL and it wouldn't have made much difference.

OK, so what do all these teams have in common?

Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Miami
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Detroit
San Diego
Tennessee
Baltimore
Dallas

There's not a single winning team on the list.

And they start from a -2 turnover differential for Chicago to -15 for Dallas.

Many underestimate how negatively powerful a -15 turnover differential is.

Again, the best backup QB in the NFL (Hasselbeck?) wouldn't have made much difference.

In this sorry *** division? we would be leading it and looking to seal it before the final week with someone like Hasselback..how many close games have we lost?with horrendous QB play our D kept us in many games ,we would have gone over the hump with a good Backup.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

In this sorry *** division? we would be leading it and looking to seal it before the final week with someone like Hasselback..how many close games have we lost?with horrendous QB our D kept us in many games ,we would have gone over the hump with a good Backup.

To get crushed in the playoffs?

I'm not looking for a crawl into the playoffs.

 

[yimyammer]

OK, so what do all these teams have in common?

They all love Fonzi?

 

[yimyammer]

Cassel was only on a one year deal anyway.

right, I was just surprised to hear Steven come out and say this given their tendency to pump their players and not make anyone feel uncomfortable, at least publicly

 

[rick2248]

First thing the Jones need to do this offseason is Hire a Football Guy to Run the Team because Father and Son are Dumb and Dumber that's why this team has not seen a SB on 20 years !

 

[MichaelWinicki]

First thing the Jones need to do this offseason is Hire a Football Guy to Run the Team because Father and Son are Dumb and Dumber that's why this team has not seen a SB on 20 years !

I'd sooner expect you'll see a money-tree grow in your yard overnight.

 

[DandyDon52]

No, the priority is finding a QB to lead this team into the future... or do these morons still believe Romo can last an entire season at this point in his career and carry this team to a championship. Delusional front office making the decisions off hope is just par for the course with this franchise.

yeah no telling who the jones boys get for the bkup, these are the same guys who went out and got weeden, and then
brought in moore, but refuse to play him.

We will have better higher picks , but no telling who these guys draft or get in FA.
And Romo will be the starter next year, and the year after, and getting a young guy to develop is a joke, as they have never developed
a QB !
In fact QB's seem to play worse the longer they are with the cowboys.