superpunk;1522502 said:
That's a bit of a stretch for that statement, although an encouraging stretch.
It's best if we don't need him. he can just be a luxury we trot out occasionally.
That statement just belies his insecurity. It'd be like if your wife caught you with porn, and threw a fit, and said "You've got your women right there - what do you need me for?" (when it's blatantly clear what we need her for - cookies!)
Ellis is whining out essentially the same mantra, no matter hw much his reporter friends
defend him. "You've got your LB (as though ellis' disdain for the position is unknown...) what do you need me for?"
Lay off the estrogen.
Go Anthony Spencer.
To me, there is an enormous amount of fallacy with this line of thinking. Your philosophy approaches this issue as if Spencer's ability is set in stone.
That's because when Dallas Cowboys fans get excited about a new player their devout homerism takes complete and utter control (see Drew Henson) of their ability to reason and they become blinded by this overwhelming excitement that occurs in almost every tribe of football fans.
It's a phenomenon we see all the time.
We see this in places like Green Bay, with a player like Terry Glenn, where their really not too high on a player and they think he's washed up. But when they let him go, and he plays for someone who believes in him, and he knows they believe in him
because they pay him money; he plays well - very well!
This concept is not hard to grasp.
And he (Greg Ellis) has a valid, if not sound, argument about his health and ability to get in there and play if he's 90% or whatever.... I can almost promise you that a 85% Greg Ellis is going to play that position better than a 100% Anthony Spencer; simply due to experience alone (and Greg is not done yet). Not to mention, what if Spencer gets hurt?
Then what?
Greg Ellis has value; especially at the LB spot. He's the best guy to play opposite of Ware. Sure you can rotate him in and out, but that's how you preserve the talent of a player like Ellis. And that's what we want.
He's a much better OLB than DE and he can have a longer career playing that position, too.
If you look at the defensive performance from last year, it went down tremendously after Ellis' injury. He's an asset to the team. But he's never had a great team to play on. And he was thriving at OLB last in his first year.
What do you think he could do in his second year?
Face the facts; don't blame Ellis (he was misled), we've sucked for the past 10 years. Yet, still, he likes being a Dallas Cowboy. And he's been wearing the star for almost a decade. And he really does have an opportunity to help this team - and push it over the top; to the next level.
If you don't believe that, you're not thinking about depth and rotation and situational circumstances. All of these things things should be taken into account.
These knee-jerk responses lack thought.
If we don't have Greg Ellis, the small chance that we have of winning the Super Bowl gets even smaller. Pay the guy. We have the money. And let's move on to making this team the most talented team
throughout the roster.
I find that most Ellis bashers lack sense. Think about the big picture. And try stepping away from the knee-jerk reactions. First, consider that Ellis is an asset to our team; if only for depth purposes.
Then go from there.....
