Tony Romo has never had so many legitimate weapons

[Galian Beast]

Wide Receiver
1. Dez Bryant
2. Miles Austin
3. Terrance Williams
4. Dwayne Harris
5. Cole Beasley
6. Danny Coale

Tight Ends
1. Jason Witten
2. Gavin Escobar
3. James Hanna

Running Back
1. DeMarco Murray
2. Joseph Randle
3. Lance Dunbar

When Danny Coale or Cole Beasley is the worst receiver on your team... you know you're sitting pretty. There is never going to be a situation where Bryant or Austin is on the sideline and we have to get upset because "HE" is in the game, i.e. Manuel Johnson, Sam Hurd, Jesse Holley, Kevin Ogletree.

James Hanna is better than John Phillips, who was better than Martellus Bennett (pass catching). And Escobar should be better than James Hanna. I think this is a serious upgrade, where there were times that someone like Bennett was in the game, and you really wouldn't want us to pass to him.

All of our running backs have significant experience catching the ball. I think Randle had the fewest receiving yards out of the 3 of them, with about 917 receiving yards in his college career (but did that in 3 years). I think we should throw to the running back a lot less, unless we get linemen out in space, and our receiver block better in the future, but it is nice to have all three of our running backs be potential receiving threats.

There isn't a single skill position player who you would think, "Tony, don't throw the ball to him." I think you can argue that nearly every skill position player we have is a potential playmaker, or at the very least is a solid option. I think that's really new to our offense.

Romo hasn't had more than 3 legitimate receiving options since 2006 and that was Owens, Glenn, Witten, and Crayton. I think this is a significant upgrade to that. If we make a couple more adjustments at the line, which should have upgraded every offensive position on the team since the days where we were really successful on offense.

 

[Eddie]

Not for nothing ... but I'm not ready to anoint ANY of the NEW weapons as legitimate.

Not yet.

 

[DOUBLE WING]

Not for nothing ... but I'm not ready to anoint ANY of the NEW weapons as legitimate.

Not yet.

This. And Romo needs time to throw to them.

 

[RastaRocket]

Not for nothing ... but I'm not ready to anoint ANY of the NEW weapons as legitimate.

Not yet.

Ba da bing.

This. And Romo needs time to throw to them.

Ba da boom.



I like the promise, but there is work to do.

 

[Eddie]

I think the RB has the most opportunity to make an immediate impact.

The other guys ... we'll see.

 

[Ratmatt]

All those weapons,and no protection.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Doesn't mean a thing if the OLine can't protect him. We'll have to wait and see before we crown anyone. Until then, judging by their history...still a fraud until proven otherwise!

 

[Parcells4Life]

Assuming the Cowboys get the OL totally solidified via FA, this will be the most diverse offensive team in football. They have the weapons to spread you out and the backfield to play smash mouth.

Monte's defense should easily be able to have 24-28 points at least to play with a game which is probably why we didn't get the DL until next year when Jerry may mortgage the whole draft for Clowney.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Doesn't mean a thing if the OLine can't protect him. We'll have to wait and see before we crown anyone. Until then, judging by their history...still a fraud until proven otherwise!

The same thing would've been true of any offensive linemen we drafted. For all rookies, the jury remains out until we see production or not. But it's OK to be optimistic.

 

[DFWJC]

It's like the perfect looking $100k car that barely has a working engine, but already had the best body,stereo, leather, best accessories...and the owner went out and now bought a great new car-tv, ipad, rims, and even better stereo.....and somehow thought it made things better.

Give Romo a line and he had more than enough weapons already

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

This. And Romo needs time to throw to them.

Exactly. All the weapons in the world won't help if Romo only has a second to read the defense before he has to run for his life.

 

[tm1119]

If Livings, Bernadeau, and Free/Parnell are starting its irrelevant unfortunately. Hopefully we can get at least 1 of Moore, Clabo, and Winston and I will feel a lot better.

 

[Galian Beast]

We've definitely given Romo the building blocks for an offensive line. It's crazy to think that Frederick wouldn't be better than Costa was the last two years. Even Costa was improving in the second half of the year. So Frederick could even replace one of the guards. Probably Bernadeau. Leary could also be an option in there next year.

If we can sign someone like Winston, I'd say stop complaining about the offensive line for the most part.

As for whether or not the receivers are legitimate. I think we saw it with Laurent Robinson already. If someone has talent, and comes in at that 4th receiver position, they have a lot of free reign to display their talent. I think it's not a huge assumption to believe that Escobar and Williams will be able to do that. You have them focus on doing what they're good at, and they should be able to contribute immediately.

I think that guys like Coale and Beasley will be able to contribute a lot more next year as well.

As for Randle, I would say that running back is simply the easiest position to transition to in the NFL. His role will be smaller, but I have no doubt that he will be able to contribute day one.

 

[Galian Beast]

The offensive line continued to struggle run blocking (much of that had to do with Murray being injured as well), but they definitely got better pass blocking, which was helped by Dez Bryant stepping up in the second half.

In the first half of the season Romo's quarterback rating was 82.2. In the second half it was 98.4. So this was a marked improvement overall in our passing game. You improve that with the addition of healthy players, Frederick, and upgrades at tight end and wide receiver.

 

[Kilyin]

Please compare the players to who we have had before. You can be either critical or you can be snide and cynical. Huge difference.

I was mainly joking with you, but it does reiterate the fact that you can't call anyone a weapon until they've at least stepped on the field in the NFL. I like your optimism though.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Weapons weapons everywhere and oh shoot here comes another free rusher up the middle. Romo has historically been great at avoiding edge rushers and spinning out (he's patented the blind side spin) or stepping up. It's the pressure right up the middle that's killed him, perfect example being the final interception against Washington.

 

[CF74]

All you guys forget that all but Tyron Smith was either injured or playing injured along the o-line. I believe our interior will work itself out and they will all finally be healthy with the only true concern being RT, which thank God is not Romo's blind side. We are getting a FA right tackle, it's just a matter of time.

Everybody is coming back healed and rested by the time camp starts, I believe we are set as best as we can be. If our interior still sucks best to believe they will be looking for a guard next off season...

By the way, who is Darrion Weems and when did he sneak in?

http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/Darrion-Weems/aefe2a71-e58b-417d-9550-3135372c8f85

 

[Risen Star]

Not for nothing ... but I'm not ready to anoint ANY of the NEW weapons as legitimate.

Not yet.

I wouldn't call Beasley, Coale or Hanna weapons either. Those guys are young unheralded prospects just looking to make it in the league.

And if you want to include Lance Dunbar, then any skill position player on an NFL roster classifies as a weapon.

 

[CF74]

All you guys forget that all but Tyron Smith was either injured or playing injured along the o-line. I believe our interior will work itself out and they will all finally be healthy with the only true concern being RT, which thank God is not Romo's blind side. We are getting a FA right tackle, it's just a matter of time.

Everybody is coming back healed and rested by the time camp starts, I believe we are set as best as we can be. If our interior still sucks best to believe they will be looking for a guard next off season...

By the way, who is Darrion Weems and when did he sneak in?

http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/Darrion-Weems/aefe2a71-e58b-417d-9550-3135372c8f85

Oh and how could I forget, we got the best Center in the draft, FINALLY!!!!:starspin

 

[Risen Star]

All you guys forget that all but Tyron Smith was either injured or playing injured along the o-line. I believe our interior will work itself out and they will all finally be healthy with the only true concern being RT, which thank God is not Romo's blind side. We are getting a FA right tackle, it's just a matter of time.

Everybody is coming back healed and rested by the time camp starts, I believe we are set as best as we can be. If our interior still sucks best to believe they will be looking for a guard next off season...

By the way, who is Darrion Weems and when did he sneak in?

http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/roster/Darrion-Weems/aefe2a71-e58b-417d-9550-3135372c8f85

Well that was fast. It's the "Continuity is fine once everybody gets healthy" portion of the offseason.