things that I think

[mmillman]

Roy Williams is a poor fit in the cover 2 scheme as he is not suited for patrolling the deep half.

Brady James is a poor fit in the cover 2 as he cannot cover or get deep in the zone.

Dallas needs to start thinking about a young dynamic wr to grow with Romo. T.O. and Glenn are getting to the age when injuries and performance severely deteriorates.

The OL if left intact and barring injuries should dramatically improve with Adams a year further from his injury, Gurode, Kozier, and Columbo will improve.

Romo will improve if his psyche isn't to badly damaged. A full pre-season as the "man" and some better tutelage from Garret and maybe Turner.

Dallas needs to "unleash" Ware this season in order for the Defense to approach their potential.

Dallas should stay out of free agency. Too much money chasing too few players.

Parcells left enough talent that Dallas can draft the best players available and don't have to reach. That being said, a trade up with Jones' buddy Davis to net Calvin Johnson would allow Dallas to part with Owens.

Dallas made big mistakes in passing on Jackson and Maroney in past drafts. Jones and Barber both have limitations that slow down the offense.

Does Dallas need a fullback?

Can Watkins be the guy?

Spears and Canty looked better playing inside.

Carpenter looks like he could be a good pro.

:starspin

 

[Dcowboy84]

Roy Williams is a poor fit in the cover 2 scheme as he is not suited for patrolling the deep half.

Brady James is a poor fit in the cover 2 as he cannot cover or get deep in the zone.

Dallas needs to start thinking about a young dynamic wr to grow with Romo. T.O. and Glenn are getting to the age when injuries and performance severely deteriorates.

The OL if left intact and barring injuries should dramatically improve with Adams a year further from his injury, Gurode, Kozier, and Columbo will improve.

Romo will improve if his psyche isn't to badly damaged. A full pre-season as the "man" and some better tutelage from Garret and maybe Turner.

Dallas needs to "unleash" Ware this season in order for the Defense to approach their potential.

Dallas should stay out of free agency. Too much money chasing too few players.

Parcells left enough talent that Dallas can draft the best players available and don't have to reach. That being said, a trade up with Jones' buddy Davis to net Calvin Johnson would allow Dallas to part with Owens.

Dallas made big mistakes in passing on Jackson and Maroney in past drafts. Jones and Barber both have limitations that slow down the offense.

Does Dallas need a fullback?

Can Watkins be the guy?

Spears and Canty looked better playing inside.

Carpenter looks like he could be a good pro.

:starspin

Well you gave out a lot of info here, lets see if i can comment on all of them:

Both Roy and Bradie James' ability in the cover 2 are based on the success of the pass rush by the defensive front. We all saw the Super Bowl, and the Bear defense looked bad b/c they had no pass rush.

I agree we need a good young WR, but i wouldn't count out Hurd and Austin, with some more experience and grooming i think especially Austin could be very good.

I agree with your comment on the o-line, we just need to replace Rivera, and keep our fingers crossed on Flo, i really like him but it makes me nervous sometimes.

Totally agree about Romo

Totally agree on Ware, lets hope Carpenter can be the threat on the other side to help free Ware up sometimes.

Agree on FA, unless the Ravens were to let Thomas get away (not likely).

I agree that Parcells left a lot of talent, but trading w/ Oakland, only happening in Madden.

Jackson and Maroney are both great backs, but i really like our tandem, and i think improving the o-line will make them that much better.

hard to say on the fullback position, but hoyte definitely has potential

I believe Watkins showed his potential more and more as the season drew to a close. I think he will be a good FS for us.

I don't remember Spears and Canty playing inside very much, but if they did and they looked better it was probably b/c Ware was outside along with hatcher and they had more attention on them. I think Spears and Canty are both DEs and wouldn't do well as DTs. Spears would be the better of the two though.

Totally agree with the Carpenter comment. The Atlanta game and the Seattle game showed us that.

 

[Hostile]

Roy Williams is a poor fit in the cover 2 scheme as he is not suited for patrolling the deep half.

No matter what else is said about Roy, I think he will be working on this aspect all off season.

Brady James is a poor fit in the cover 2 as he cannot cover or get deep in the zone.

No need to worry about LBs covering in a cover 2 as much as in a Nickel. In a Nickel I agree, James is a liability. Not his primary assignment to cover in a cover 2 if he is the MLB. His primary assignment would be the ball carrier.

Dallas needs to start thinking about a young dynamic wr to grow with Romo. T.O. and Glenn are getting to the age when injuries and performance severely deteriorates.

I totally agree. If we do go WR in round 1 though, I fear that means bye bye to Glenn when his 5 mil bonus is due. I'd like to see one more year from this corps, but won't bark if we get a WR to grow with Romo...at all. I do think he needs to look to Witten more, as Troy did with Jay. Think mismatches when you have a dangerous TE. One reason why Norv coming doesn't disturb me.

The OL if left intact and barring injuries should dramatically improve with Adams a year further from his injury, Gurode, Kozier, and Columbo will improve.

I hope this is a focus area of improvement in FA and the Draft. I like Kalil the Center out of USC a lot. Would move Gurode to RG if we got him.

Romo will improve if his psyche isn't to badly damaged. A full pre-season as the "man" and some better tutelage from Garret and maybe Turner.

I don't think you could damage his psyche. That is one thing about him I truly love.

Dallas needs to "unleash" Ware this season in order for the Defense to approach their potential.

Abso-freaking-lutely. Couldn't agree more.

Dallas should stay out of free agency. Too much money chasing too few players.

I don't agree with this. You can't focus all fixes on the Draft, and we have more than 1 need area.

Parcells left enough talent that Dallas can draft the best players available and don't have to reach. That being said, a trade up with Jones' buddy Davis to net Calvin Johnson would allow Dallas to part with Owens.

We would give up way too much to make that deal.

Dallas made big mistakes in passing on Jackson and Maroney in past drafts. Jones and Barber both have limitations that slow down the offense.

Teams with 2 backs approaches like ours just competed in the Super Bowl. Maroney, also in a 2 back offense missed by a game, as did Bush, also in a 2 back offense. Just food for thought.

Does Dallas need a fullback?

Yes!

Okay, that is more from my heart than anything else. I acknowledge it isn't the critical need of days long gone. Still if we find a good one available and draft him on day 2 or at the end of day 1 I wouldn't bark.

Can Watkins be the guy?

Yes, he can, but if Laron Landry or Reggie Nelson are there and deemed best on our board we shouldn't pass on them.

Spears and Canty looked better playing inside.

This definitely might happen if we go back to a 4-3.

Carpenter looks like he could be a good pro.

I, for one, am not at all surprised. I was surprised by the premature announcement of his bust status.

 

[mmillman]

I know that it is "Maddenesque" about the trade with Oakland, but I am not so sure Al Davis is "all there" and Jones has a good relationship with him.

Impact players are hard to come by and separate the good teams from the average teams. Lately we have done a lot of moving down and passing players that can make an impact. Jackson and Maroney are two that come to mind recently.

I was hootin and hollering with joy when they traded their first round pick to Buffalo for Losman and the next year it turned into Ware.
I go back far enough that I watched the draft on ESPN when Dallas took a late flyer, I believe it was a 4th, on Herschel Walker.

My favorite player in College at the time was a Heisman trophy winner from Navy but had a commitment to Vietnam. Dallas took a gamble on him and some might say it paid off.

Hennings, while not the same impact, was the same type of gamble.

My point is that when you are drafting in the 20's it is time to get creative.

This is a weak free agency class and mediocre players will be paid like all-pro's. Dallas should save their money and wait for the eventual strong class, when more teams are tight to the cap and then splurge.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Roy Williams is a poor fit in the cover 2 scheme as he is not suited for patrolling the deep half.

Brady James is a poor fit in the cover 2 as he cannot cover or get deep in the zone.

Dallas needs to start thinking about a young dynamic wr to grow with Romo. T.O. and Glenn are getting to the age when injuries and performance severely deteriorates.

The OL if left intact and barring injuries should dramatically improve with Adams a year further from his injury, Gurode, Kozier, and Columbo will improve.

Romo will improve if his psyche isn't to badly damaged. A full pre-season as the "man" and some better tutelage from Garret and maybe Turner.

Dallas needs to "unleash" Ware this season in order for the Defense to approach their potential.

Dallas should stay out of free agency. Too much money chasing too few players.

Parcells left enough talent that Dallas can draft the best players available and don't have to reach. That being said, a trade up with Jones' buddy Davis to net Calvin Johnson would allow Dallas to part with Owens.

Dallas made big mistakes in passing on Jackson and Maroney in past drafts. Jones and Barber both have limitations that slow down the offense.

Does Dallas need a fullback?

Can Watkins be the guy?

Spears and Canty looked better playing inside.

Carpenter looks like he could be a good pro.

:starspin

I agree with you. RLW is a poor fit in a cover2. I'd much rather see us move away form Cover2 but it probably won't happen.

I agree with you on James. He too is a poor fit for Cover2 but more so for a Tampa2. Many don't realize the difference between the two coverages. He's a poor fit for either IMO. He's a better fit for a 43 MLB because he scrapes better then he transitions into coverage.

I agree that we need to look at a good young WR. However, I don't see us being able to go away from TO in the next season. If we can bring in another good young receiver this year, maybe the 08 season. Depends on what happens with Glenn.

On the OL, I don't really see Adams improving much. I think a position change is probably in order for him and that means a new LT. That, IMO, is a priority. Rivera is done. The good thing is that it should not be difficult to plug that hole through FA IMO. Kozier could be an issue depending on what kind of OL scheme we run. Remains to be seen.

Romo will be fine. I don't see him as a weak minded player. He needs to become more disciplined but he should be fine. The bigger question is, does Romo fit in the traditional Norv Turner timing offense? I don't know.

I do think that Ware will be allowed more freedom as he matures. I can see him matching up across the LOS to find the most advantageous blocking assignment.

I think there are players out there that can help us in FA. It's really a question of what scheme we play. If we stay in a 34, then we need LBs and another NT. Maybe a another good safety. If we go to a 43, then I think we need an 1 Technique DT and probably another pass rushing DE or OLB. Offensively, we need OL help, we need to decide what we are going to do at back up QB and we need a FB.

If Norv is the guy, we need a FB. Norv's offense uses the FB a great deal in the offense. He's not just a blocking back.

Watkins may be the guy. He has the range to play in a cover2 but the thing that interests me is that he probably has the range to play in a 46 as well. That would really be interesting to me.

I think Spears can play as a 3 Technique DT but I don't believe Canty can. He's too big and doesn't play with enough leverage. His Pad Level just sits too high to be effective as a DT IMO. I think his future is either as a DE in the 34 or ideally, as a LDE in a 43 IMO.

I think Carpenter can play OLB in a 43 or a 34. I think Carpenter could also play ILB in a 34 or could be a Zero Technique LB in a 46. Regardless, I think he will be a good player for us.

 

[mmillman]

My point about Williams is that he is not being used properly and a Cover 2 scheme will keep him more in deep coverage and further away from the line of scrimmage.

Brady can't cover most TE's or RB's. Another liability in the pass defense. The MLB needs to get deep in his middle zone for the cover 2 to be effective and Brady is not capable of that.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

My point about Williams is that he is not being used properly and a Cover 2 scheme will keep him more in deep coverage and further away from the line of scrimmage.

Brady can't cover most TE's or RB's. Another liability in the pass defense. The MLB needs to get deep in his middle zone for the cover 2 to be effective and Brady is not capable of that.

More so in a Tampa coverage scheme (Which really is more like a Cover 3) for Brady.

 

[mmillman]

I speaking more to the type of Defense Chicago runs because I suspect our coordinator will be Rivera. A good coach takes the talent he has and molds the team around that, not the other way around.

Urlacher is special and he makes that defense work. Brady is not special against the run and certainly doesn't make up for it against the pass. All year long TE's and RB's made him look slooooow. In the playoffs did you see Stevens run away from him down the middle? Stevens is 6'7" and runs a 4.7 at best and made Brady look like a DL was covering him.

At least Roy is an outstanding run defender and has WR's concerned about coming over the middle. You put him in a position to make an impact and that is attacking not sitting back and playing passively.

If I was coaching Ware, I would have him attack every down. Rush the passer or attack the RB. Why take an all pro pass rusher and turn him into a mediocre cover LB on any play?

 

[Hostile]

I know that it is "Maddenesque" about the trade with Oakland, but I am not so sure Al Davis is "all there" and Jones has a good relationship with him.

I don't think Davis is so far gone that he'd make a stupid trade though. Where is there evidence of this? Wrong evaluations of talent? Yeah. That has happened.

Impact players are hard to come by and separate the good teams from the average teams. Lately we have done a lot of moving down and passing players that can make an impact. Jackson and Maroney are two that come to mind recently.

I was hootin and hollering with joy when they traded their first round pick to Buffalo for Losman and the next year it turned into Ware.
I go back far enough that I watched the draft on ESPN when Dallas took a late flyer, I believe it was a 4th, on Herschel Walker.

My favorite player in College at the time was a Heisman trophy winner from Navy but had a commitment to Vietnam. Dallas took a gamble on him and some might say it paid off.

Hennings, while not the same impact, was the same type of gamble.

My point is that when you are drafting in the 20's it is time to get creative.

This is a weak free agency class and mediocre players will be paid like all-pro's. Dallas should save their money and wait for the eventual strong class, when more teams are tight to the cap and then splurge.

Creative also means trading down and stockpiling picks. Impact players can happen in any round. Calvin isn't the only impact player out there. Busts can also happen in any round. Calvin could bust. Then what do you do about how much you have paid? Whine I suppose.

Herschell was a 5th round choice in 1985.

 

[sonnyboy]

Dallas needs to "unleash" Ware this season in order for the Defense to approach their potential.



:starspin

Surprised everyone agrees with this one.
Doesn't anyone value his coverage abilities.
I'd have him shadow the TE when he wasn't playing deep middle next to Roy Williams.:laugh2:


Seriously, this is one of two things our next DC needs to articulate to Jerry.

1) How are you going to utilize/maximize Ware as a pass rusher? I.E. Stunts, placement, delayed blitz?

2) How are you going to utilize Roy? How often will have to cover a WR 40 yards downfield? How are you gonna effectively keep him in the box?