'Superhuman!' Cowboys Support Rookie Mazi Amid Slow Start: 'Everything We Wanted!'

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My first college coaching job was defensive line. I was amazed to watch these Avengers-sized human beings up close and personal, many with amazing athleticism and power.

I had one player who was 6'5" 305 lbs. and he had the most violent hands I had ever seen. He was so far above everyone else on our roster, it wasn't even fair. A few years later, he transferred to USC and I got to watch him at their practices. He would do a drill and I instantly saw that same power and quickness. Then, Leonard Williams went next in the drill. He was so much quicker and stronger than my former player it was laughable. That's what those guys are. They are Thanos.

What I also learned is that players who possess these unique skills and then demonstrate they are capable of it, BUT choose to not always do those things are usually not guys who will excel at the highest level.

Mazi is so strong and capable of powerful movement skills but continues to play slow off the ball, not use the techniques that the Michigan and Cowboys coaches have worked with him on, and then allows himself to be bullied on way too many plays. It was a flag on him pre-draft and has proven to be true.

Fear the player who can dominate and chooses not to.
 

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I hope Mazi turns out to be the best NT in the NFL. But if J'Vondre Sweat is on the board when we pick in the first round we should take him.
 

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Problem is if Dallas were just a average team- fine. But when you have hopes of a Super Bowl. This type of pick is one of thew worse type picks you can make. Putting lipstick on a pig? It's still a pig or in this case-probably a first round bust. He ends up just average? Equals a bust -for a first rounder.
 

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That's like a guy who had a fun night and finds out he now has VD.... "it was everything I wanted.... :facepalm::laugh:
 

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Fact is that you should never take a player that needs development in a serious way in the first rd.
Even a QB.
IT is clear he was always going to be a project
WASTING a pick in this way is bad management,
Are the idiots crying about too high expectations on this pick ready to acknowledge we could not have found someone equally athletic and so on later in the draft?
So never draft a player in 1st round.
Bold move Cotton let's hope it works out for them
 

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It's exactly what we thought we were getting. He wasn't a top 5 or even a top 10 pick. He was a late 1st rounder that we knew wasn't going to come in and start throwing guys around.

The draft is about the future. I guess some forget that. Instant gratification society we live in now.
The Cowboys had to know he would take time to develop. That was obvious from his college game footage.
 

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You're not playing fair. Using logic and providing specific examples is not allowed, all replies must be visceral and emotional in its base
That's why he got quiet. Old and stuck in his ways. Smh
 

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At least 4 starters plus the UDFA's. Yeah that really sucks.
lol ya 4 starters? 2 so so starters in the first 2 round reaches. And overshown not even sure how he’ll recover but he’s your best shot at solid . Who’s your 4 th Vaughn? Or is it Jalen brooks ? He hasn’t even seen the field .you’ve defended this garbage from the outset . Glad you like it . Jerry may give you a 5% discount
 

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lol ya 4 starters? 2 so so starters in the first 2 round reaches. And overshown not even sure how he’ll recover but he’s your best shot at solid . Who’s your 4 th Vaughn? Or is it Jalen brooks ? He hasn’t even seen the field
At this point, how can you be so sure your wrong? Because the arrow is pointing up on all of them. You seem to think they have already shown their best football when the truth is they just drafted 8 months ago. Read, watch and study what the team says about them and understand their plan. Quick shooting from the hip takes no effort and just fills the room full of hot air.
 

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My first college coaching job was defensive line. I was amazed to watch these Avengers-sized human beings up close and personal, many with amazing athleticism and power.

I had one player who was 6'5" 305 lbs. and he had the most violent hands I had ever seen. He was so far above everyone else on our roster, it wasn't even fair. A few years later, he transferred to USC and I got to watch him at their practices. He would do a drill and I instantly saw that same power and quickness. Then, Leonard Williams went next in the drill. He was so much quicker and stronger than my former player it was laughable. That's what those guys are. They are Thanos.

What I also learned is that players who possess these unique skills and then demonstrate they are capable of it, BUT choose to not always do those things are usually not guys who will excel at the highest level.

Mazi is so strong and capable of powerful movement skills but continues to play slow off the ball, not use the techniques that the Michigan and Cowboys coaches have worked with him on, and then allows himself to be bullied on way too many plays. It was a flag on him pre-draft and has proven to be true.

Fear the player who can dominate and chooses not to.
But our oil wildcatter GM is very high on him. And if anyone knows football players it's guys that spend their careers in the oil and gas industry. Our GM is a professional, I heard it here on this very site, so I'll side with him!
 

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I hope next year he can be upgraded to average jag. But good lord stop overdrafting based on physical size.
 

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At this point, how can you be so sure you’re wrong? Because the arrow is pointing up on all of them. You seem to think they have already shown their best football when the truth is they just drafted 8 months ago. Read, watch and study what the team says about them and understand their plan. Quick shooting from the hip takes no effort and just fills the room full of hot air.
We don’t need them to be good in a few years we need them to be impact players now. Projects are for late round picks. I watched the guard that these fools pass over for a TE with so so hands help pave the way for over 200 yards last week against our front.

I don’t trust them to get it right. I don’t need to invest a lot of time and effort into study about what the teams plan is . I have seen plenty of head scratching picks especially in round 2 to ? This organization.

If we’re gonna ever talk about this draft in the same light as last years then there will need to be drastic improvement in round 1 and 2 picks sooner rather than later

Right now the hot air is come from those defending this draft as it was.
 

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We don’t need them to be good in a few years we need them to be impact players now. Projects are for late round picks. I watched the guard that these fools pass over for a TE with so so hands help pave the way for over 200 yards last week against our front.

I don’t trust them to get it right. I don’t need to invest a lot of time and effort into study about what the teams plan is . I have seen plenty of head scratching picks especially in round 2 to ? This organization.

If we’re gonna ever talk about this draft in the same light as last years then there will need to be drastic improvement in round 1 and 2 sooner rather than later

Right now the hot air is come from those defending this draft as it was.
Torrance is graded terribly this year lol. Stop acting like you watch buffalo games
 
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