Tyrone Crawford is underperforming

[Frosty]

lol wut?

Romo had the two best seasons of his career after getting his money. Dez hasn't played a full game since his so to call it a mistake already is absurd.

Its not a mistake...There was/are some good players deserving of the money....but the money jinks them....Romo is awesome but I don;t think he has played a complete year since he got paid. Now Dez got injured......look at Marion Barber, Mile Austin and Jay Ratliff contracts.....now Crawford, even Scandrick just got paid and already injured, heck even Mincey got paid in the off season and he has been MIA since game 1......they deserved to get paid...it just don't pan out for the Cowboys for some reason.

 

[Beast_from_East]

The way they fought in every game. We are undermanned but we fight in every game. When coaching staffs lose the team they play like crap like we did under Wade. That won't happen with this team. Not with the leadership we have. Your evidence doesn't support your theory at all. We are/were undermanned. That doesn't mean the coaching staff has lost the team.

I don't think the coaching staff has lost the team, but at the same time I do not give the coaching staff a pass to lose every dam game because we are missing a couple of starters either.

Believe it or not, other teams around the league actually win games with key players out. The Steelers just won a game last week with some 3rd string scrub playing QB and they have had other starters miss time as well. And some of the mistakes we are making have nothing to do with missing key players, like everybody getting blocked on same level on the kickoff coverage team. Any idiot special teams coach in the pee wee leagues know that you don't have all your guys on the same level when you engage the blockers and you also maintain lane integrity and not intentionally move out of your lane to engage another blocker, like what happened yesterday.

That is all coaching my friend, has nothing at all to do with missing Romo and Dez........................Ergo, I don't give passes for losses for chit like this.

 

[burmafrd]

Its not a mistake...There was/are some good players deserving of the money....but the money jinks them....Romo is awesome but I don;t think he has played a complete year since he got paid. Now Dez got injured......look at Marion Barber, Mile Austin and Jay Ratliff contracts.....now Crawford, even Scandrick just got paid and already injured, heck even Mincey got paid in the off season and he has been MIA since game 1......they deserved to get paid...it just don't pan out for the Cowboys for some reason.

Witten. Tyron. Ware certainly got paid. You have a very selective memory. And now blaming Romo for being injured is just really stupid.

 

[RunDMC]

It's no secret the staff is inept when it comes to making adjustments, but Romo and Dez can cover up their deficiencies. That's what great players can do for you. I'd like to see things change, but they won't with Garrett. He will get a pass from Jerry this year.

 

[Awakened]

Seems to be a lot of overreaction going on around here. I'm not happy with the performance of the team, particularly the defense with all the pieces in place against the Giants. But I think Marinelli knows what a 3 on the DL looks like. If he believes Crawford can be great at the position, I'm willing to wait and see. I'm still hopeful this defense is going to be dominant within the next couple of games and stay that way for the rest of the season. I'm not saying I'm sure of it, but I'm hopeful. This defense has a chance to be the best defense we've had in a long time. Sure, we miss Scandrick - no doubt about it. But still - Hardy, Gregory, R. McClain, and Sean Lee all have proven that they can be great, so I'm hoping to see it happen.

 

[xwalker]

I was gonna say he's drawing the double teams that are supposed to be going after Hayden, sigh...

At the beginning of the season they used T. McClain at the other DT spot often in pass rush situations. They have not adequately replaced him. The kid they got from KC and Jack Crawford flash on occasion but T. McClain was an underrated player that they miss having on the DL. I think the plan was to minimize Hayden's snaps but when McClain got injured Hayden is back to playing more snaps at that how it seems. I need to check the snap counts to verify.

 

[FaSho]

I've noticed that. Crawford is always trying to get upfield and get after the quarterback.

Stay in your gap and be more disciplined and sound.

Isn't that Marinelli's belief though? Stop the RB on the way to the QB?

 

[kiheikiwi]

At the beginning of the season they used T. McClain at the other DT spot often in pass rush situations. They have not adequately replaced him. The kid they got from KC and Jack Crawford flash on occasion but T. McClain was an underrated player that they miss having on the DL. I think the plan was to minimize Hayden's snaps but when McClain got injured Hayden is back to playing more snaps at that how it seems. I need to check the snap counts to verify.

This is bang on, and the reason Crawford is playing well, but just not great - yet. He is doing well on splash plays, as Sturm pointed out. It's that darn pesky 1-tech. spot again. The F.O. at some point is gonna have to admit they were/are wrong. It does matter who is taking the double teams, it does matter who is stopping the run, thus allowing the 3-tech to get after the QB. It does matter when the DC's favorite "Golden Cock" just cannot play this many snaps per game (just like last year).
This is by far my biggest pet peev with the teams approach/drafting/free agent acquisitions etc. It burns me, it pisses me off, and I will never understand how they can be so wrong - and either can't see it, or won't. Get a fricken talented 1-tech next to Crawford and he will blossom. Hell, Marrinelli can keep his little pet to play sparingly if he must. But do something about it - this is just stupid.
You just paided your future 3-tech a bunch of money - on potential. Well, if you want him to reach that potential you better do something about the position that helps him achieve that. Not saying it has to be a 1st. rounder (but I would) but talented, as in not a 7th rounder or free agents .... its football not rocket science figure this **** out !!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh ! (Rant off !)

 

[JohnsKey19]

At the beginning of the season they used T. McClain at the other DT spot often in pass rush situations. They have not adequately replaced him. The kid they got from KC and Jack Crawford flash on occasion but T. McClain was an underrated player that they miss having on the DL. I think the plan was to minimize Hayden's snaps but when McClain got injured Hayden is back to playing more snaps at that how it seems. I need to check the snap counts to verify.

McClain was a very good backup, when he was actually on the field. Pushed the pocket and solid vs the run.

 

[30yrheel]

Lots of excuses for Tyrone, but the fact is he's not living up to his hype/contract

 

[CowboyMort]

Let's just get something straight for the record. Being from Boise St. doesn't mean I can't be objective. I've said it before...I'll say it again. I thought Crawford got drafted too high. Was shocked to see him drafted in the 3rd. I had a 5th round grade on him.

Now....that he is here...it's up to the coaching staff and front office to use him right. And that is turning into a colossal failure. He was a DE @ BSU...and the Cowboys turned him into a DT. IMO...that was a mistake.

And now you have the Cowboys over paying him. That was another Cowboys mistake.

You can hate me.....You can hate the system....But don't blame Crawford or me for the Cowboys bumbling ways.

He did play DE for the first few games last season. He was mediocre at best and after a few injuries they moved him to DT. From that point on he had a pretty good season. It certainly didn't look like a mistake last season.

 

[burmafrd]

Lots of excuses for Tyrone, but the fact is he's not living up to his hype/contract

The top players will still make plays even when they are surrounded by JAGS. He has not. Simple as that.

 

[burmafrd]

This is bang on, and the reason Crawford is playing well, but just not great - yet. He is doing well on splash plays, as Sturm pointed out. It's that darn pesky 1-tech. spot again. The F.O. at some point is gonna have to admit they were/are wrong. It does matter who is taking the double teams, it does matter who is stopping the run, thus allowing the 3-tech to get after the QB. It does matter when the DC's favorite "Golden Cock" just cannot play this many snaps per game (just like last year).
This is by far my biggest pet peev with the teams approach/drafting/free agent acquisitions etc. It burns me, it pisses me off, and I will never understand how they can be so wrong - and either can't see it, or won't. Get a fricken talented 1-tech next to Crawford and he will blossom. Hell, Marrinelli can keep his little pet to play sparingly if he must. But do something about it - this is just stupid.
You just paided your future 3-tech a bunch of money - on potential. Well, if you want him to reach that potential you better do something about the position that helps him achieve that. Not saying it has to be a 1st. rounder (but I would) but talented, as in not a 7th rounder or free agents .... its football not rocket science figure this **** out !!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh ! (Rant off !)

Every coach has a blind spot and the 1-tech is Marinellis. He really thinks just about any good sized body can get the job done. Now just about everyone else knows differently and it is rather interesting that Jerruh who certainly will go off the reservation on picks has not done one there. It would not take that much of an upgrade to make a difference but so far it seems Marinelli is almost trying to prove he is right no matter what. To the detriment of the team.

 

[kiheikiwi]

Lots of excuses for Tyrone, but the fact is he's not living up to his hype/contract

I really don't feel like this is Crawford's fault. Maybe the contract was a bit too rich, but that is done now. We have the DE's in place, if we do sign hardy. We need a talented 1-tech. Maybe the DE's Marinelli has playing inside can be functional at backup 3-tech. But it still comes down to a bigger bodied, more talented 1-tech to keep the double teams off of Crawford. Then I think he would have a chance to fulfill the potential they are now paying him for .....

 

[ccb04]

While certainly having potential...T. Crawford was paid prematurely IMO.

No excuses on who plays next to him, etc. He's getting approximately $9 mil per season (IIRC), to be an impact/disruptive player. Despite playing in just 2 games...Hardy leads the team in QB hits & is tied for the team lead with 3 sacks.

 

[Nightman]

DL for the next few years has some talent if we get Hardy signed

GHardy, TCrawford, RGregory, DLawrence

Find a 1T in the draft and look out

 

[casmith07]

This place never ceases to disappoint.

 

[kiheikiwi]

This place never ceases to disappoint.

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[coult44]

Can someone, anyone, tell me what Crawford did to earn that big payday? His career stats are less than 70 tackles and less than 10 sacks. In what 3-4 years? Even with an injury, there's no excuse for those kind of numbers from a guy who gets paid that much. Good players can get those kind of stats in one year. How much better or worse would we have been to use that money for DM?

In another topic, everyone of us have favorite NCAA teams. Don't give Floaty a hard time about Boise State players. Even if he is partial, who cares!!! We all push for our guys

 

[mattjames2010]

My evidence is 4 straight losses in 3 winnable games and blowing halftime leads in the three of those.

What's yours?

Just another poster unwilling to analyze games.