Still got nothing

[iceberg]

whatever title i wind up putting here i promise i didn't come up with until after writing all this. i mean, what can i say? what can any of us say? yes teams falter when they lose a star. even 2. but i've seen them keep playing and from time to time put up a win just the same. it happens every week in the NFL. on any given sunday any team can win.

except a romo-less cowboys.

but for all the money, draft picks and talent we've put on the line over the last few years, we should be better even after losing star players. we just don't give to give a damn across the board and even when we get close, it's just a dream, winning, anymore. i don't know if i'm to the point of accepting losing but i don't know if i can say the same for the team. i don't mean select players.

i mean the romo-less cowboys.

trust me when i say i don't like to write that but here we are. 2-6 and a 180 from anywhere close to where we thought we would be. even in losing murray and having a relative unknown at that position in regard to expected production, no one, NO ONE, pictured. this.

so damn it i want romo back too and will gladly huddle on a ladys lap and cry like a child if it would help. poor kid. (video reference you've either seen or not) poor me. poor us. however, i can't just say this is because we are "the romo-less cowboys" because to be honest, the first 2 games were far from pretty but the ugly wins we covet but don't show off. kinda like bad prom dates.

so this season did in fact start off on shaky ground and like building a subway in LA, it all came down on us.

let's start with the loss of murray. i hated it but like many accepted the $ of it all. i wanted the consistency and cohesion we'd developed and to come off the rushing title and take that into the next season. of all times to do it, we do it now. maybe this hurt us not so much in having murray around, but in other players thinking "well ****, win the title don't get signed, what's up with that?" maybe it broke a chemistry that can be rather fragile in the NFL. i don't pretend to think murray would have come close to a title again let's not dance on crazy-blades here. but i do think "the team" would have been intact and losing that we may never know what it did to the team.

whatever it did it's killing us, the fans. us romo-less cowboys.

1 more week i keep telling myself but this would still be at best, 10-6. when you put it like that hey - we're onto something. there are seasons we've have hugged dez's monkey to sniff 10-6 and hell, mark this as one of them. i'd hug the foo-poo out of that monkey if it would turn things around but like aikman said about oronde gadsdens monkey - always a distraction and proves the teams mind is *not* on football.

that unfortunate fact shows on the field each and every week. we seem to have ate our hype and came back for seconds and thirds and somewhere along the way found a huge bucket of apathy to suck down. again we do have players trying but those are the rare ones and the ones who are not putting forth the effort, well that's wearing out those who are.

all that is a serious lack of leadership, not talent. if anything to me the more talent you have the greater the need for a leader. romo has done that and to the level he's performed even the most ardent bashers must admit he carried this team in recent years. we're getting a look at life after romo and already in this season that was to be ours, i can see that fuse lit and time running out.

with a light mission impossible theme in the back of my mind, we're moving on to tampa and salvaging whatever memories we can from this. if anything in the loss to philly we did fight. now maybe we can win one, just one, before romo comes back. what he will have left to come back to however i don't see him flipping a switch and making it all better given how we played when we were the romo-lead cowboys for (2) games to start this nightmare.

draft position? i'm not even sure we know what we can get out of the draft but to me at this point our top 3 priorities are:

1) qb
2) rb
3) wr

order them up how it makes you happy but i'll stick with that order myself. i want romo back also and i want another year or two with him leading the helm and not getting busted up like a drunken hooker telling police she refuses to be taken in. but we're not likely to have that so we must find someone we feel is next, right or wrong, and stop the stop-gap measures.

rb. we bungholio'd this one. not a single starting rb on this team was even thinking about being a cowboys this year. i'm all for roster churn but at what point do you realize there are no more straws in seattle?

wr. yes we have dez and when dez is on we are the shizz. but after that we're hit and miss and really lacking in depth. i don't put all this on the wr's cause we've been jojo the wondernut at qb and the effortless plays you see is not just talent but repetition and that won't come unless they have time to gel.

we saw that with murray gone and the cohesion-loss is what is killing us i think.

anyway, back to my monday. and if anyone is curious no, none of this had led me back to drinking.

yet.

as for a title of this rant/vent/rage/emotional outburst...hmmmmm....

 

[Sydla]

After watching that game last night how could offensive positions be the top three priorities in the draft?

This team has no safeties. They are pretty weak at LB and their interior DL is trash. Oh and their CBs are pretty bad too.

 

[jwithrowcpd]

I'd argue that our biggest need is LB considering Lee's unknown health going forward and McClain is a free agent after this year and hasn't looked good. That just leaves Hitchens who is a good role player, but is not an impact type player. I'm crossing my fingers that we can land Jaylon Smith in the draft.

 

[iceberg]

I'd argue that our biggest need is LB considering Lee's unknown health going forward and McClain is a free agent after this year and hasn't looked good. That just leaves Hitchens who is a good role player, but is not an impact type player. I'm crossing my fingers that we can land Jaylon Smith in the draft.

hey - i'm still reeling in a state of shock. i don't put LB as high up there because we do have players we've acquired the last few years who have been upgrades over the ones we let go. are we there yet? dunno. i know our defense needs work. but we do have $ and talent on the DL but yea, LB could use some love also.

safety - i'd not argue that point either but jones is becoming pretty damn good back there. we're also minus scandrick let's not forget he'll be back. i hope. and lee - love him to death but yea, he will go down as an enigma wrapped in a mystery shrouded by confusion.

also - when i said not sure what we can get out of the draft i meant - draft *and* FA. i have no idea what $ we'll have but hardy is going to get a chunk and then what $ would we have left over.

i do think we need to resolve our backup qb position. if we keep cassel in that role i'm ok with it HOWEVER - we're still avoiding grooming a qb in that regard.

we need a lot to be sure. that's just where i started because that's a core to build around and i think that's what we need, the core. we have a solid OL and DL i believe and the rest will just need to come in around it.

as for what or who we need, that will be a long and varied list given how this season has done and in many ways, we're all right.

 

[perrykemp]

I'd argue that our biggest need is LB considering Lee's unknown health going forward and McClain is a free agent after this year and hasn't looked good. That just leaves Hitchens who is a good role player, but is not an impact type player. I'm crossing my fingers that we can land Jaylon Smith in the draft.

I think you have to into next year working under the assumption that Lee isn't there (even thought he will be on the roster and playing, you have to 'plan' for no Sean Lee) and McCLain isn't offered a new contract.

So basically a redo of the LB corp.

 

[Sydla]

Yeah I don't see these additions at LB. McClain is likely gone. Lee is an unknown. Hitchens is a good situational LB. The rookie has some talent but needs work.

You basically need 3 new LBs next year, at least 2. And even if Jones goes to FS, Wilcox or Church are liabilities. And you need DL help. How anyone can continue to watch Hayden get smacked around out there and don't see we need a real talent at DT is beyond me.

There are going to be A LOT of holes to fill this offseason.

 

[robjay04]

I see this as a draft that we can truly go for the BPA regardless of the position besides maybe our OL.

Just because you have a top 10 pick doesn't mean you will get a QB. I don't know much about this upcoming draft but I know drafts in the past, if you don't have a top 3 pick, you are not getting a premier QB. A top 3 pick is a possibility but I don't see it as realistic, I think we will sneak out a few wins when Romo comes back..

Corner is going to be a glaring need and possibly a position we will have to use 2 of our top 4 picks on, I also think wide receiver is a glaring need with Williams entering his final season. It's really still too early to talk about the draft since so much is unsettled, I don't see a consensus number one pick like an Andrew Luck playing today but I see another defensive heavy draft. Only way we pass on defense is if a receiver falls in our lap.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

You build off defensive line.

The trenches. That's never changed. A basic.


No pass rush = nothing can work behind them.
Get another DE or two.

Half of these could have been won of we got to qb 2 more times in each game.

 

[iceberg]

I see this as a draft that we can truly go for the BPA regardless of the position besides maybe our OL.

Just because you have a top 10 pick doesn't mean you will get a QB. I don't know much about this upcoming draft but I know drafts in the past, if you don't have a top 3 pick, you are not getting a premier QB. A top 3 pick is a possibility but I don't see it as realistic, I think we will sneak out a few wins when Romo comes back..

Corner is going to be a glaring need and possibly a position we will have to use 2 of our top 4 picks on, I also think wide receiver is a glaring need with Williams entering his final season. It's really still too early to talk about the draft since so much is unsettled, I don't see a consensus number one pick like an Andrew Luck playing today but I see another defensive heavy draft. Only way we pass on defense is if a receiver falls in our lap.

yea, again - i see those as the ones to address, not just in the draft. hell, maybe one of the (2) young RB's will pan out. but let's find out *this* year i would hope. agreed on too early. i am just rambling this am before work really kicks in.

 

[ShiningStar]

i think some players arent as good as fans thought. I think most coaches need to go and again, im not sold on Stephen, the mere fact he cant stand up to his dad with the arguement "whatever you say dad, the last 20 years will prove you wrong"

im more afraid Stephen will be the next best same thing we ve seen for the last 20 years.

 

[Stash]

whatever title i wind up putting here i promise i didn't come up with until after writing all this. i mean, what can i say? what can any of us say? yes teams falter when they lose a star. even 2. but i've seen them keep playing and from time to time put up a win just the same. it happens every week in the NFL. on any given sunday any team can win.

except a romo-less cowboys.

but for all the money, draft picks and talent we've put on the line over the last few years, we should be better even after losing star players. we just don't give to give a damn across the board and even when we get close, it's just a dream, winning, anymore. i don't know if i'm to the point of accepting losing but i don't know if i can say the same for the team. i don't mean select players.

i mean the romo-less cowboys.

trust me when i say i don't like to write that but here we are. 2-6 and a 180 from anywhere close to where we thought we would be. even in losing murray and having a relative unknown at that position in regard to expected production, no one, NO ONE, pictured. this.

so damn it i want romo back too and will gladly huddle on a ladys lap and cry like a child if it would help. poor kid. (video reference you've either seen or not) poor me. poor us. however, i can't just say this is because we are "the romo-less cowboys" because to be honest, the first 2 games were far from pretty but the ugly wins we covet but don't show off. kinda like bad prom dates.

so this season did in fact start off on shaky ground and like building a subway in LA, it all came down on us.

let's start with the loss of murray. i hated it but like many accepted the $ of it all. i wanted the consistency and cohesion we'd developed and to come off the rushing title and take that into the next season. of all times to do it, we do it now. maybe this hurt us not so much in having murray around, but in other players thinking "well ****, win the title don't get signed, what's up with that?" maybe it broke a chemistry that can be rather fragile in the NFL. i don't pretend to think murray would have come close to a title again let's not dance on crazy-blades here. but i do think "the team" would have been intact and losing that we may never know what it did to the team.

whatever it did it's killing us, the fans. us romo-less cowboys.

1 more week i keep telling myself but this would still be at best, 10-6. when you put it like that hey - we're onto something. there are seasons we've have hugged dez's monkey to sniff 10-6 and hell, mark this as one of them. i'd hug the foo-poo out of that monkey if it would turn things around but like aikman said about oronde gadsdens monkey - always a distraction and proves the teams mind is *not* on football.

that unfortunate fact shows on the field each and every week. we seem to have ate our hype and came back for seconds and thirds and somewhere along the way found a huge bucket of apathy to suck down. again we do have players trying but those are the rare ones and the ones who are not putting forth the effort, well that's wearing out those who are.

all that is a serious lack of leadership, not talent. if anything to me the more talent you have the greater the need for a leader. romo has done that and to the level he's performed even the most ardent bashers must admit he carried this team in recent years. we're getting a look at life after romo and already in this season that was to be ours, i can see that fuse lit and time running out.

with a light mission impossible theme in the back of my mind, we're moving on to tampa and salvaging whatever memories we can from this. if anything in the loss to philly we did fight. now maybe we can win one, just one, before romo comes back. what he will have left to come back to however i don't see him flipping a switch and making it all better given how we played when we were the romo-lead cowboys for (2) games to start this nightmare.

draft position? i'm not even sure we know what we can get out of the draft but to me at this point our top 3 priorities are:

1) qb
2) rb
3) wr

order them up how it makes you happy but i'll stick with that order myself. i want romo back also and i want another year or two with him leading the helm and not getting busted up like a drunken hooker telling police she refuses to be taken in. but we're not likely to have that so we must find someone we feel is next, right or wrong, and stop the stop-gap measures.

rb. we bungholio'd this one. not a single starting rb on this team was even thinking about being a cowboys this year. i'm all for roster churn but at what point do you realize there are no more straws in seattle?

wr. yes we have dez and when dez is on we are the shizz. but after that we're hit and miss and really lacking in depth. i don't put all this on the wr's cause we've been jojo the wondernut at qb and the effortless plays you see is not just talent but repetition and that won't come unless they have time to gel.

we saw that with murray gone and the cohesion-loss is what is killing us i think.

anyway, back to my monday. and if anyone is curious no, none of this had led me back to drinking.

yet.

as for a title of this rant/vent/rage/emotional outburst...hmmmmm....

 

[StylisticS]

We need a linebacker, maybe two, we will need a corner, we will need a safety, we need help on the d-line and that's just the defense. On offense, we need another WR opposite Dez and we'll need a RB. Man we have so many holes on this team. This team is a 2-14 to 4-12 team without Romo for an entire year and that's being nice.

 

[iceberg]

damn dude - harsh.

 

[Stash]

damn dude - harsh.

'I'm only funnin''



Trying to lighten an otherwise somber mood just a bit.

But I'm right there with ya.

 

[iceberg]

'I'm only funnin''



Trying to lighten an otherwise somber mood just a bit.

But I'm right there with ya.

just kinda nut shot i didn't need but that's fine. it's a monday morning.

 

[Stash]

just kinda nut shot i didn't need but that's fine. it's a monday morning.

Sorry if I offended, it wasn't my intent.

 

[LandryFan]

You build off defensive line.

The trenches. That's never changed. A basic.


No pass rush = nothing can work behind them.
Get another DE or two.

Half of these could have been won of we got to qb 2 more times in each game.

I know a couple of games don't tell everything, but the team may have found a player in David Irving, and he cost nothing. He's a 22 year old rookie, to boot. Haven't heard much mention of him on here, but the very early returns are encouraging.

 

[DenCWBY]

The sad part is if you look at tis board, there are so many positions we need filled and so many levels of the FO and coaching this falls on as well. If you can ID the specific problem, it makes it much easier to fix. We cannot do that since the finger is pointing in so many different directions.
One thing I'll agree. WE have to start looking for another QB immediately. Romo is great but he is like a feather in a hurricane on the field.

 

[TrailBlazer]

Romo can't be depended on to play a full season anymore. To go into the year without a top notch backup is an egregious error by the FO. Can't happen again. Find his successor or find a backup QB.

 

[iceberg]

The sad part is if you look at tis board, there are so many positions we need filled and so many levels of the FO and coaching this falls on as well. If you can ID the specific problem, it makes it much easier to fix. We cannot do that since the finger is pointing in so many different directions.
One thing I'll agree. WE have to start looking for another QB immediately. Romo is great but he is like a feather in a hurricane on the field.

that in itself *is* the problem as we are 100% lacking in leadership. other teams have been hit with injuries and have done better than this. looking at what we *have done* we can't get any worse. as you say - not any ONE person we can look to outside leadership in general.

and that's the coaching. they have done a horrible job this year of keeping it together.