Time to Start Over - Laundry list of needed changes

[Nirvana]

The offense has been terrible for sure and Romo is a part of it...after all he is supposed to have more input. But the playcalling and scheme drive me crazy.

People are expecting miracles from this guy. Only way they win last night was if Romo played a perfect game and the offense scored on every single possession. No other quarterback in the league has do deal with that pressure. Even the Jaguars' defense can stop someone a few times a game.

Having to have your offense be perfect to win a game will mean failure in the end no matter who your quarterback is.

That being said...Romo needs to step it up.

Romo doesn't do the things that the great ones do pre-snap. He may try to, but the great ones make the right adjustments pre-snap, and get the ball down the field consistently. The potential may be there, though. A guy like Gruden could be the difference.

 

[the playmaker]

Lockers to be cleaned out at season's end:

Offense: Romo, Witten, Murray, Austin, Orton, Andre Smith, Tanner, Leary, Bernadeau, Weems, Waters

Defense: Ware, Hatcher, Heath, Spencer, Bosworth, Hamilton, Hayden, Pellerin, McCray, Nevis, Lawrence, Matt Johnson

Offices: Garrett, Wade Wilson, Woicik, Kendall Smith, O'quinn, Henderson, Eberflus, Dooley, Callahan, Brown, Bloom, Bech, Baker

.... and a NEW REAL GM noooooooo???????

 

[IrishAnto]

I don't care how it works. Get rid of them. All of them.
They will never amount to a pile of monkey crap. None of them.
Collectively they have proven to be nothing. Absolute 0's.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them, and adjust accordingly.
I have held the faith for as long as I can. I am now done with these circus freaks.

You don't care how the salary cap works so choose to ignore the realties of how the NFL does business these days.

Sounds like a plan Jerry would dream up in one of his less lucid moments.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Lee is a good player. So he stays. But only one more strike. If he gets hurt again. Hit the bricks.

Agreed, I do think Lee is a great player. But, great don't mean diddly when you are in street clothes during a game.

 

[ufcrules1]

So you suggest selling out and getting a QB in the draft while ignoring the fact that our DL and Safety positions are weak? Let's not forget the mastermind behind this years failure...you know...they guy sitting up in his box drinking burbon.

No, I didn't suggest that at all. What I wanted to do last year was trade Romo for a #1 pick in 2014, grab Alex Smith (Decent enough QB), potentially trade away one or 2 other vets, and then start rebuilding those lines you are talking about in 2014. That is now a pipe dream since none of the vets are worth very much and we signed Romo to a long term 108m contract. And people wonder why our team is constantly stuck in mediocrity.

 

[foofighters]

and watching the cap has done what? so your in cap heck for 2 years, they need to do it. They cant keep spending so much on players who suck like the wind

Good, now you're seeing it. We haven't really been watching our cap. Jerry's been giving bad contracts for years hurting our cap. However, if we just flat out ignore the cap now and cut loose with some of these guys, we will be hurting for far longer than two years. The issue is Jerry. We can cut loose with the whole team and start over but don't expect much to change as long as Jerry is still the GM.

 

[foofighters]

Agreed, I do think Lee is a great player. But, great don't mean diddly when you are in street clothes during a game.

I like Lee too but he was injury prone before we drafted him, wasn't he?

 

[foofighters]

No, I didn't suggest that at all. What I wanted to do last year was trade Romo for a #1 pick in 2014, grab Alex Smith (Decent enough QB), potentially trade away one or 2 other vets, and then start rebuilding those lines you are talking about in 2014. That is now a pipe dream since none of the vets are worth very much and we signed Romo to a long term 108m contract. And people wonder why our team is constantly stuck in mediocrity.

Do you actually think Romo would have been had for a #1 pick? The only GM that would have done that is Jerry.

 

[Falcon554]

I like Lee too but he was injury prone before we drafted him, wasn't he?

He was HURT when we drafted him lol

 

[Hook'em#11]

I like Lee too but he was injury prone before we drafted him, wasn't he?

He might of been. I don't follow too much college football. If , at all. So, beats me. Guess that isn't a good thing.

 

[RS12]

Tony is not going anywhere. He just signed a huge contract. Hatcher will get a huge one too.

You are probably rght on Hatcher. Another bad contract to an over 30 year old guy with injuries.

 

[DeaconMoss]

At this point I'd be happy if Jerry gave the HC job to Gruden and then let him try to fix it. See Reid, Chiefs.

I don't want Gruden to leave the booth. I enjoy his commentary. So I say no. Call me selfish

The next coach of the Dallas Cowboys is Bill Bates.

 

[Falcon554]

Do you actually think Romo would have been had for a #1 pick? The only GM that would have done that is Jerry.

At this point I dont care if its a 7th, they need to start dumping contracts. Dump them all and start over in 2016

 

[dart]

its time to clean house - but will it happen - DOUBTFUL
but please just say no to Chuckie - I think it would be a big mistake bringin him in here or any of the announcers Cowher

the have been to gone to long IMO

the players have changed the game forever

the teams gave them to much in CBA

its like a big frat house now

they don't have any pride to play hard

they just don't care any more its more about SHOW ME THE MONEY AND I MIGHT PLAY WITH INTENS\ITY

 

[IrishAnto]

At this point I dont care if its a 7th, they need to start dumping contracts. Dump them all and start over in 2016

They can't just dump contracts.

Maybe you should get more acquainted with the rules of the salary cap!

 

[jnday]

Im sorry but at this point who cares about the cap? they need to dump all these high paid players. If that means going 3-12 who cares, not like these guys have done much better. Blow this team up and I mean UP!!!! take a nuke to it and start over in 2 years please

The time to blow the team up has passed when Romo signed his deal. I was all for trading him and several others, then give it a couple of years for the salary cap to play out. I thought Romo was in decline, but I didn't think his arm was this weak. Blowing the team up was a good ideal up until the Romo signing, which most fans supported. Another missed opportunity to fix this team once and for all has passed. Now, the decline will be much slower and it will be harder to rebuild. Jerry at his best.

 

[dragon_mikal]

Romo doesn't do the things that the great ones do pre-snap. He may try to, but the great ones make the right adjustments pre-snap, and get the ball down the field consistently. The potential may be there, though. A guy like Gruden could be the difference.

I think Romo can read a defense as good as anyone. I just think the plays are trash. It seems that the routes are either short outs or long developing monstrosities that don't have time to develop. The middle of the field is hardly attacked in favor of more difficult sideline routes.

What happened to the slant? Other teams abuse this team with them but when does this offense use it?

Last night felt like they didn't gameplan or practice at all. That's how bad it looked.

It just looks like Callahan or whoever rolls a dice and that is the play they run. No attention to how the defense has been reacting or where the rush is coming from or what down and distance it is...just run that play. Period.

 

[dragon_mikal]

Do you actually think Romo would have been had for a #1 pick? The only GM that would have done that is Jerry.

Uh...yes. He would have been. A quarterback of his caliber would be grabbed by a team in a heart beat.

He got was he was worth. End of discussion.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I thought the Romo deal was full of clauses and options. $40 million of the contract is fully guaranteed. Half of that amount becomes fully guaranteed on the third day of the 2014 league year with the other half guaranteed on the third day of the 2015 league year.

 

[foofighters]

Uh...yes. He would have been. A quarterback of his caliber would be grabbed by a team in a heart beat.

He got was he was worth. End of discussion.

I can't see a team selling out for Romo. There is too much media hate towards Romo and I can see other teams fanbases going nuts for a GM doing this.