There was no reason to draft Tyron’s replacement before this year

aikemirv · Aug 26, 2022

TheMarathonContinues said:
This weird narrative that’s going around media and fans is the Cowboys should’ve addressed tackle before now. First off the narrative is a lie. They have addressed tackle in the middle of the draft. Now if the argument is they should’ve addressed it in the first round? The only time it made sense was Slater over Parsons and that would’ve set this team back years.

So when was this suppose to happen? When we drafted Lamb? Diggs? When?

Lamb - we did not need a WR to be honest!

fivetwos · Aug 26, 2022

big dog cowboy said:
The Cowboys needed to address that position this year but clearly didn't think forward enough to realize that Collins and Williams needed replaced also. Can't fix 3 holes with only 1 first round pick.

No you cannot, which is when teams typically turn to free agency.

Mr_437 · Aug 26, 2022

They should've used a premium pick on a OT this past draft, I stated that plenty times during the offseason because we knew Tyron was gonna miss games and Ball was a unknown. They should've been drafting OTs in the mid rounds before Ball to develop, but they figured it out.

BAT · Aug 26, 2022

Philbin is utter trash.

He and McCarthy have watched this OL go from NFL's most dominant to the tatters it is now in 3 short seasons.

Cowboys OL when McCarthy/Philbin inherited the team.

LT - Tyron Smith
LG - Connor Williams
C - Travis Frederick
RG - Zack Martin
RT - Lael Collins

Both CW and Lael regressed under Philbin/MM.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...-that-existed-when-mike-mccarthy-took-the-job

darthseinfeld · Aug 26, 2022

big dog cowboy said:
The Cowboys needed to address that position this year but clearly didn't think forward enough to realize that Collins and Williams needed replaced also. Can't fix 3 holes with only 1 first round pick.

Dont know how they didnt figure Williams needed to be replaced. He was underwhelming and going into the last year of his contract. At that point they should have seen enough of McGovern to know he wasn't the answer either

CowboyRoy · Aug 26, 2022

Dre11 said:
Who were those backup guards and Tackles? I'm not talking about guys that were looking for huge dollars and start like Armstead.

Why not? Pay Armstead. Problem solved.

Jarntt · Aug 26, 2022

TheMarathonContinues said:
This weird narrative that’s going around media and fans is the Cowboys should’ve addressed tackle before now. First off the narrative is a lie. They have addressed tackle in the middle of the draft. Now if the argument is they should’ve addressed it in the first round? The only time it made sense was Slater over Parsons and that would’ve set this team back years.

So when was this suppose to happen? When we drafted Lamb? Diggs? When?

Come on. That's so off base. We used a 4th rounder on an OT in 2021 and before that the last player we drafted to play OT was Green in the 3rd round of 2015. We also signed Collins in 2015. Our free agent signings have all felt like half-assed attempts to bring in a short term backup. We absolutely should have addressed the problem more seriously before this year. We are playing at OT an UDFA and an All Time great who is an injury waiting to happen with a first year 4th and 5th rounder backing them up. It's ridiculous.

darthseinfeld · Aug 26, 2022

aikemirv said:
Lamb - we did not need a WR to be honest!

What OT where we drafting with the pick we used on Lamb?

darthseinfeld · Aug 26, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
Why not? Pay Armstead. Problem solved.

Now that is an idea I could have gotten behind. At that point Tyron would have been tradeable

cowboyec · Aug 26, 2022

drafting tyler smith WAS/IS the plan.
only question now is...do they move him out there now or break him in at guard.
my guess is...they'll move him out there now.
why wait.

ChuckA1 · Aug 26, 2022

They should have brought in a good LT FA this off-season. No excuse for not doing that as Smith has a recent history of injury problems.

BAT · Aug 26, 2022

Cowboys should have taken an OL in the 4th round.

Daniel Faalele fell to 4th round, he was projected as 2nd rounder.

Good value.

Cowboys have enough technique players, need more nasty take no prisoners physical OL.

rags747 · Aug 26, 2022

TheMarathonContinues said:
This weird narrative that’s going around media and fans is the Cowboys should’ve addressed tackle before now. First off the narrative is a lie. They have addressed tackle in the middle of the draft. Now if the argument is they should’ve addressed it in the first round? The only time it made sense was Slater over Parsons and that would’ve set this team back years.

So when was this suppose to happen? When we drafted Lamb? Diggs? When?

Common sense is not looked upon favorably here, only Ken, Nancie and Karen responses of the sky is falling will be appreciated going forward. Ty…

exciter · Aug 26, 2022

TheMarathonContinues said:
This weird narrative that’s going around media and fans is the Cowboys should’ve addressed tackle before now. First off the narrative is a lie. They have addressed tackle in the middle of the draft. Now if the argument is they should’ve addressed it in the first round? The only time it made sense was Slater over Parsons and that would’ve set this team back years.

So when was this suppose to happen? When we drafted Lamb? Diggs? When?

Agree! Just an aside…. A precursory look, this look to be a really weak draft class.

Dre11 · Aug 26, 2022

CowboyRoy said:
Why not? Pay Armstead. Problem solved.

You're cutting Tyron and paying Armstead 5 year 87.5 million 43 million up front...lol

Dre11 · Aug 26, 2022

ChuckA1 said:
They should have brought in a good LT FA this off-season. No excuse for not doing that as Smith has a recent history of injury problems.

Like who? Everybody talk about ringing opening, who were you paying?

CowboyRoy · Aug 26, 2022

darthseinfeld said:
Now that is an idea I could have gotten behind. At that point Tyron would have been tradeable

No, just cut him. Save 12million and put it towards Armstead.

CowboyRoy · Aug 26, 2022

Dre11 said:
You're cutting Tyron and paying Armstead 5 year 87.5 million 43 million up front...lol

Yes

darthseinfeld · Aug 26, 2022

Mr_437 said:
They should've used a premium pick on a OT this past draft, I stated that plenty times during the offseason because we knew Tyron was gonna miss games and Ball was a unknown. They should've been drafting OTs in the mid rounds before Ball to develop, but they figured it out.

They did. The problem is the guys that were to play went early. There were rumors that they wanted to move up for Cross if he got within striking distance. He went 9th though. Tyler is likely their future at LT. Just not the present. Their failure is they didn't have a contingency plan for a guy that absolutely needs one

ChuckA1 · Aug 26, 2022

Dre11 said:
Like who? Everybody talk about ringing opening, who were you paying?

I'm not the GM, so I don't remember who was available. That's their job and they screwed it up

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