Twitter: The Triplets 2.0

[THEHEREAFTER]

BOOM

Dez has "game speed"...Don't get it twisted. He can/will run by you and away from you. He's 10x better than a finesse track type receiver. He's just a playmaker.

 

[Trouty]

Dez has "game speed"...Don't get it twisted. He can/will run by you and away from you. He's 10x better than a finesse track type receiver. He's just a playmaker.

Speed and quickness are different.

"BOOM" was more about a great Dez post, rather than a specific point. But I digress

 

[ShortRound]

Damn I got chills reading that. The phone call from Emmitt to Irvin at 3am. Dak calling out Dez. Thank you for posting.

 

[Nova]

Dez is 42nd ranked in receiving yards so far in 2016.
Dez was 121th ranked in receiving yards in 2015.

Clearly injuries have affected his performance over the past couple of seasons.

Over the past 3-4 weeks we've seen a glimpse of what Dez can do in this new offense. He is perfectly suited for that role.

IMHO Dez is somewhere in in the top 4-10 WRs in the NFL. No shame in that.

Yeah that's fine.

I've thought/known Dez to be underrated for a few years. Injuries have taken their toll, sure but I still consider him a high quality receiver.

But he's not some spry young guy anymore, and things for WRs can go down hill really quickly.

It's not blasphemous to think that Dez won't quite be Dez by 2018 when he turns 30.

 

[Hardline]

So Dez is a top 5-7 receiver. And?

I got the three you listed, in that order, then Evans and Dez. Is that not elite?

Dez can be taken out of a game if a defense wants to. Those three guys I mentioned destroy defenses no matter how much the defense tries to shut them down.

 

[knightrider94]

Dez can be taken out of a game if a defense wants to. Those three guys I mentioned destroy defenses no matter how much the defense tries to shut them down.

Julio Jones has been eliminated from multiple games this season, multiple. Doesn't mean he isn't a "great" or "elite" receiver. But then again, I don't understand these labels and rankings either. I thought winning was all that mattered.

 

[jday]

Dez is 42nd ranked in receiving yards so far in 2016.
Dez was 121th ranked in receiving yards in 2015.

Clearly injuries have affected his performance over the past couple of seasons.

Over the past 3-4 weeks we've seen a glimpse of what Dez can do in this new offense. He is perfectly suited for that role.

IMHO Dez is somewhere in in the top 4-10 WRs in the NFL. No shame in that.

He missed time due to injury, this offense is loaded with skill position players, and this offense is predicated on the run...so in terms of measuring his ability as a receiver, that stat is pretty useless.

 

[stilltheguru88]

I'm not entertaining any Dez slander right now. He's playing how I expect him to play. Anybody thinking Julio would be beasting with Dak is funny. Keep catching every catchable pass in the area and I'm A1

 

[CCBoy]

FRISCO, Texas — Once, there were three great Cowboys.

The quarterback was blonde of hair, blue of eyes and square of jaw. It was as if he were cast by a Hollywood filmmaker to be the captain of America's Team. The running back had the gall to think he could be the most productive runner in league history before he ever had his first NFL carry. He told teammates that. And damn if he didn't live up to his word. The wide receiver had a self-appointed nickname: The Playmaker. He worked harder than anyone, and partied harder than anyone, too. He wore fur coats, diamonds and sunglasses.

"The Triplets," they called them.

Today, there are three potentially great Cowboys.

The rookie quarterback is a prodigy and an accidental superstar. He has stunned the world simply by doing everything the right way. The first-round running back with the crop top and thick beard leads the NFL in rushing yards and jersey sales as a rookie. He shows off his abs and leaves cleat marks on defenders. The wide receiver is gifted almost beyond understanding. With a background you wouldn't wish on anyone, he plays every game as if the moon were full.

"The Triplets," they're calling them.

It's an interesting term for these groups of three.

The originals did not look alike, act alike, play the same position or come from the same school. Nor do the present-day versions.

But, as the term implies, they are of the same blood.

Emmitt Smith talks about having a "kinsman's respect" for Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin. Aikman considers Irvin a brother and speaks of how proud he is of the man and father Smith is.

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Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott spend more time together than most married couples. They practice together, attend meetings together, then go have dinner together. Prescott says his relationship with Dez Bryant is "amazing," and that he "loves Dez like a brother." Of Prescott, Bryant says, "I'm being honest. I don't want to say anything bad about anybody, but he's a lovable guy. Everybody loves him. Not taking away from the guy who was there before him; it's just who he is."

Every so often when Prescott, Elliott and Bryant are playing at AT&T Stadium, they look up and see three names side by side in the Cowboys Ring of Honor:

88 MICHAEL IRVIN 1988-1999

8 TROY AIKMAN 1989-2000

22 EMMITT SMITH 1990-2002

They can be forgiven for momentary daydreams.

✦✦✦

In the early 1970s, many of America's oil barons were looking to get out. Oil production had peaked in the U.S. and then dipped, and shortages prompted price increases. Layoffs swept the industry.

That's when Jerry Jones asked to be dealt in. A wildcatter is what he would be. With the wink of an eye and a slick smile, he leveraged himself and started drilling in Oklahoma. He hit a gusher, and before long he was buying America's Team.

In that black gold was a valuable lesson.

"If you can go in a different direction than the others, that's an advantage," he says.

More than 40 years later, Jones applied the lesson to his Cowboys. Jones wanted to recreate the Triplets, but he also wanted to take his team in a new direction. Specifically, he wanted to buck the trend of spread offenses that was sweeping the NFL. He wanted an offense that could lead the NFL in percentage of runs.

Now that's exactly what he has. That, and an 11-1 record, the best in the NFL.

Jones knew he could get better value with draft picks used on players who fit better in a throwback offense, and he knew defenses wouldn't be as prepared to handle an offense that wanted to maul them rather than toy with them.

So the Cowboys invested heavily in offensive linemen. Then in 2015, they planned on selecting running back Todd Gurley before the Rams surprisingly chose him with the 10th overall pick. The next year, the Cowboys were picking fourth. That all but assured them the first crack at the best running back, and they picked a bruiser in Elliott from Ohio State.

The next step was to find an eventual successor to Tony Romo. The Cowboys struck out in an attempt to trade up for Paxton Lynch, and then watched Connor Cook go off the board before they could pick him. So they settled for Mississippi State's Prescott.

Jones had his new Triplets...

http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/the-triplets-2-0/

 

[DogFace]

Damn good read. As fans we've endured a lot. This time is special.

 

[Proximo]

Dez can be taken out of a game if a defense wants to. Those three guys I mentioned destroy defenses no matter how much the defense tries to shut them down.

Well, that right there is what we call an uninformed opinion.

All three of those "elite" WR's have had plenty of unspectacular games.

There is no WR in the game "destroying" defenses week in and week out.

You apparently have an active imagination though, so that's cool.

 

[yimyammer]

Then in 2015, they planned on selecting running back Todd Gurley before the Rams surprisingly chose him with the 10th overall pick.

I don't recall ever hearing this, does anyone else?

 

[yimyammer]

Very good read:

yes it was, Bleacher Report seems to have upped their game

 

[big dog cowboy]

This thread is full of win.

"Dez I heard about your loss. I want to let you know I've been through it. First and foremost, I want to let you know nobody, I mean nobody, can tell you how you are supposed to feel. There aren't any words to comfort someone except he is in a better place than this world and there is not anything to say to make you feel better right now. Please know I'm here for you brother. I love you man and anytime you want to talk about this or anything, my ears are open. I know I'm young, but I've been through damn near everything so I don't hesitate. Today is your day. This game is the only thing that gives me peace. That's why I'm so passionate about it, and I know you are the exact same way. Let's go have a day and honor your dad."

--Dak

And this is AWESOME!!!

 

[Texas_Pete]

I don't recall ever hearing this, does anyone else?

This surprised me too. Gurley behind our OL would have been a beast.

 

[erod]

Dez was never fast. His speed isn't wha tmakes him great. It's his strength, hands and catch radius. And increasingly he's becoming an effective route runner. It's the wide receivers that rely on their speed that will fall off a cliff. Dez after his elite days pass will transition into a better late career Brandon Marshall.

That doesn't make him a "triplet 2.0". That makes him just another decent NFL receiver soon.

And the dude gets hurt more often than Romo.

 

[gimmesix]

Very good read:

The Triplets 2.0 were Romo, Murray and Bryant in 2014. Too bad Dallas didn't get that combination working right until Romo's last "healthy" year and Murray's contract year.

Hopefully, the Triplets 3.0 will have more staying power, although Bryant is further along in his career than when Aikman, Smith and Irving became the Triplets.

 

[Texas_Pete]

 

[HappyOnions]

I personally love Dez's role in the offense. I don't think we're ever going to see him put up elite numbers again e.g. Julio, Brown, AJ Green, etc. but since he's come back healthy, there hasn't been many guys in the league who have come up with more big plays than him.

He might not ever kill it on the stat sheet again, but now he's coming up in big moments: TD catch against Pittsburgh to give us the lead, TD against Philly to tie the game late, big play against Minnesota and the go ahead TD in the 4th, big 3rd down catch in the 4th against Washington, etc.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

That doesn't make him a "triplet 2.0". That makes him just another decent NFL receiver soon.

And the dude gets hurt more often than Romo.

Dez had one of the most productive starts in NFL History. And he looks to be returning to that level of production after a fight with injuries.

Dez so far has done more to be part of any group of triplets than Dak or Zeke has. Unless you think being a triplet is something you earn after 12 games.

You're embarrassing yourself and insulting our history.