The Changing of the Guard (long)

[glimmerman]

With the ascendancy of Dak Prescott-- the Cowboys are in the process of reforging the core of this team. Older players are and will continue to be phased out. Last year-- it was Romo's release. This year it is Dez. Next year will be Witten. Sean Lee will be gone after two more years.

The FO is paving the way to make this team "Dak friendly". This is his team now. They thought Romo had 2-3 years left-- but his injury and Dak's surprise performance has forced them to accelerate the transition. It is a fact of life in any organization. The old leadership has to depart in order for the new leadership to establish its own identity.

Whether you like Dak or not-- the last two off-seasons have been about getting younger, and clearing the table of old guard leaders.

People say Dez getting cut is about the money. Wrong. It's about attitude and his ego/influence on the team. He's getting cut tomorrow because his antics/attitude/distractions outweigh his production and are getting in the way of Dak's development.

The only older players that you will see stick around will be "company guys" like Lee and Witten-- but they will be phased out too eventually. For better or worse-- the next 3-5 years of this franchise's success ride on their betting that Dak is "the guy".

If he stumbles badly-- it will take a season or two to recover, shift, and go in another direction to find a franchise QB. They are going to eliminate any and every excuse/hinderance that could possibly prevent Dak's success.

As much as we want defense in round one... prepare yourselves for a WR or OL. Defense will be addressed in rounds 2-4.

It is time for some of these Cowboys to prepare to ride off into the sunset. Witten and Lee are in there last years and I want them to help train there replacements. Would actually like to see them come back in a coaching role. Greats like this have experience to share. Always wanted to see Irvin come back and coach. The work ethic alone would push these players.

With that said our team is moving toward youth and after the rookie season Dak had its fair to assume he could be the future. But our staff has to move with this. The way we played this past year is a staff with no plan other than running the same Offense as his rookie year. Unfortunately defenses were ready for that. We had no answer with different field stretching plays or anything deep. Mixing things up is a must from our staff.

I wouldn’t be surprised with us in the draft going OL or WR but I think Defense is the way to go. Stop hiding our poor Defense with a great Offense. Don’t work in the playoffs. We had injuries and other problems that can be worked out in the offseason for Offense. Defense has to be improved and we came a ways last year. Finish it.

 

[McKDaddy]

People say Dez getting cut is about the money. Wrong. It's about attitude and his ego/influence on the team[/B]. He's getting cut tomorrow because his antics/attitude/distractions outweigh his production and are getting in the way of Dak's development.

Agree that this is an aspect of the decision that most folks have been overlooking. I could see Dak's frustrations with Dez during later part of year. He needed teammates talking to him not ranting.

Right or wrong, the organization has apparently come to the conclusion that they have to humble Dez to get him under control or he has to go.