Stephen on DT Mazi Smith: "He didn't play as much as we would have liked (last season)

[ghst187]

Mazi will probably be out of the league in five years like taco

 

[KJJ]

He didn’t play much because he was a liability.

 

[KJJ]

Mazi will probably be out of the league in five years like taco

He won’t be seeing a second contract with the Cowboys and I’m confident of that. Just another mistake we’ve made on the DL.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Mazi will probably be out of the league in five years like taco

Or he could be like a lot of other players and improve in their first full offseason with their club.

 

[SwagSurfer]

I blame mazi on the jones', dq and Micah

 

[KJJ]

Or he could be like a lot of other players and improve in their first full offseason with their club.

He had a full offseason with us last year. The reviews on him were bad from day one and never got better as the season went on. He was given only 4 snaps against GB. He may end up being a worse pick than Taco.

 

[shabazz]

If Stephen Jones told me the sky was blue I would still check while simultaneously ensuring my wallet was still in my pocket.

If it was Jerry, I'd check my prison wallet too.

 

[DanTanna]

His one second delay on every friggin snap all the way back to Jr. High cannot be taught out of him. I'm convinced there is no place for him in the NFL let alone a first round draft pick. Wow.

 

[RS12]

Stevie"s sunshine pump in overdrive today. Is there anything they dont feel "real good" about?

 

[shabazz]

Or he could be like a lot of other players and improve in their first full offseason with their club.

I'm with you on this Fuzzy Blumpkin.......he's got to get another year at least before we can draw any conclusions.

The good part is that if he still struggles under a different DC, we'll be able to identify that the issue is with him rather than the coaching and scheme

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

His one second delay on every friggin snap all the way back to Jr. High cannot be taught out of him. I'm convinced there is no place for him in the NFL let alone a first round draft pick. Wow.

Why not?

 

[Mikexike]

I blame mazi on the jones', dq and Micah

Micah was gaslighting MAZI up to DQ and that's how we ended up with him, shoulda coulda had OL Bergeron.....

 

[shabazz]

Stevie"s sunshine pump in overdrive today.

I'd at least like to have been bought dinner before getting atrocitized by him again....

 

[1942willys]

I'm with you on this Fuzzy Blumpkin.......he's got to get another year at least before we can draw any conclusions.

The good part is that if he still struggles under a different DC, we'll be able to identify that the issue is with him rather than the coaching and scheme

there is that; we might be able to get rid of him in two years instead of waiting for three

 

[KJJ]

The Cowboys realized there was a problem with Mazi in training camp. They played him the entire game in the final preseason game, which you don’t see teams do with their first round pick. They knew he needed a lot of work. The fact he showed little to no improvement as the season went on was alarming. Everytime he was on the field we struggled even worse against the run. We’ll likely draft another DT if we see one we like.

 

[ghst187]

Or he could be like a lot of other players and improve in their first full offseason with their club.

I get that but dude couldn’t even play football and that was evident on his college tape too.
Slow off the snap, doesn’t require a double team, teams ran right at him, can’t even hold the point of attack. He was so bad that even as a first round pick being groomed to replace Hankins, they couldn’t trust him.

 

[shabazz]

there is that; we might be able to get rid of him in two years instead of waiting for three

There should be ZERO sacred cows on this team.......I just have to give any player more than just 1 season......just like Schoonmaker.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I get that but dude couldn’t even play football and that was evident on his college tape too.
Slow off the snap, doesn’t require a double team, teams ran right at him, can’t even hold the point of attack. He was so bad that even as a first round pick being groomed to replace Hankins, they couldn’t trust him.

He played well in Michigans read and react scheme. This notion that his college tape indicated he could not play football is nonsense.

I am not sure what Harbaugh, DQ, Durde, or Mazi were teaching, doing, or really anything specific. I am similarly sure that no one around here does either.

I do enjoy everyone ideating worst possible outcomes and pretending it is the only way though. People regularly struggle with ambiguity.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

There should be ZERO sacred cows on this team.......I just have to give any player more than just 1 season......just like Schoonmaker.

you can give up on whatever you want whenever you want. How you do that only speaks about you though. that is the rub.

 

[MikeT22]

Micah was gaslighting MAZI up to DQ and that's how we ended up with him, shoulda coulda had OL Bergeron.....

There’s a draft room video of the debate prior to making the pick. Mazi and Bergeron were the two targets.

But McClay was full blown going to bat for Mazi. McCarthy also gave Mazi the nod. Jerry seemed clueless as always, he just didn’t want to trade down and miss out on both Mazi and Bergeron, lol.