Watkins: Cowboys are in rebuilding mode

[tyke1doe]

Yup! Might as well get rid of Carr, Witten, and Romo if they are rebuilding.

Actually, that's not a bad idea. I like Romo, but let's face it: We're not going anywhere with him. We might as well get rid of him and truly commit to rebuilding. I fear to see what this defense is going to be like next year. You thought this past year as bad?

 

[Risen Star]

Agreed, RS

Picture the braintrust meeting after the season. If anyone in the room had any sense at all, then there had to be talk of how devastating injuries can be, and how a strategy of paying big bucks for big stars leaves no room for buying adequate backups. They must have discussed how relatively inexpensive a youth movement would be, while being more likely to stay healthy. They had to reference other franchises who have built through the draft, stayed young, had depth, and been successful.

Is this too much logic for Jerry's boys?

This is the same group that looked at their draft board last April and had to investigate as to why one of their top 10 rated players was on there and you expect that kind of foresight and preparation?

 

[mmohican29]

I still dont buy it, if this was a rebuild, bring in a new HC, and than let the rebuilding begin. you cant have a rebuild with a lame duck coach.

Agreed... + Romo= not a rebuild. The rebuilding should have started last year with Romo playing on the final year of his contract. You don't normally compete for SB's with a 35+ year old QB (when the team arounds him becomes of age).

It's a mixed bag with this team. From the coaching, the talent evaluation, the players, the schemes. It's completely pot luck. I think Jerry's banking on Tony staying healthy and effective while adding drafted talent. It's a long shot- but not impossible.

If we can rebuild this DLine, Lee stays healthy, Carter decides he wants it again, add a rangy safety, Claiborne turns the corner...

The Offensive talent is in place. And unlike most- I would now consider extending Murray with the Cowboys cap space multiplying.

It's going to be a tough year in '14. But '15 might be the year we get very relevant.

 

[TheSport78]

Calvin Watkins has been in rebuilding mode as a journalist for over a decade now.

 

[ShiningStar]

Agreed... + Romo= not a rebuild. The rebuilding should have started last year with Romo playing on the final year of his contract. You don't normally compete for SB's with a 35+ year old QB (when the team arounds him becomes of age).

It's a mixed bag with this team. From the coaching, the talent evaluation, the players, the schemes. It's completely pot luck. I think Jerry's banking on Tony staying healthy and effective while adding drafted talent. It's a long shot- but not impossible.

If we can rebuild this DLine, Lee stays healthy, Carter decides he wants it again, add a rangy safety, Claiborne turns the corner...

The Offensive talent is in place. And unlike most- I would now consider extending Murray with the Cowboys cap space multiplying.

It's going to be a tough year in '14. But '15 might be the year we get very relevant.

I agree. I think this team picks and chooses what is a rebuilt but doesnt do a overhaul Which is the correct word we should have been using after the whistle blew on the eagles game. Jerry should have shook Garretts hand and said "Overhaul is the word we are using this offseason, you are first".

THan i would have been screaming rebuild. THis is not a rebuild, its fixing certain positions and letting other positions hang around.

 

[Alexander]

This is the same group that looked at their draft board last April and had to investigate as to why one of their top 10 rated players was on there and you expect that kind of foresight and preparation?

They all got their heads together this time, you'll see. Besides, McClay has got this.

 

[Mrdude108]

@SullyBaldHead: The Cowboys are in no way, shape or form in rebuilding mode. This is a ridiculous concept to even entertain. Franchise QB is 34.

I guess he saw the article.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Dallas had a historically bad defense with Hatcher and Ware, can't do much worse without them.

When you have an elite QB like Romo, you don't have to surround him with a #1 defense like Seattle - it just can't be God awful. If our defense would've been at least average last year Dallas would've finished 10-6 or 11-5.

 

[Matts4313]

The second we hired Garrett and he cut About ~250M worth of starters, we entered rebuilding mode. He has turned over greater than 80% of the roster in 3 years.

Im glad some of you are finally waking up and seeing this. Quite impressive that we have been continually in the playoff hunt while rebuilding.

 

[percyhoward]

Dallas had a historically bad defense with Hatcher and Ware, can't do much worse without them..

Exactly. The Cowboys are rebuilding the part that needs to be rebuilt -- the defense.

 

[jnday]

This is the wrong time to rebuild. Rebuilding should have started before Romo's contract extension. At that point, at least they could have traded Romo for some draft picks. Now they are stuck with a QB that has a huge contract and there is no way to get rid of him without a big salary cap hit. Bad management at it's best.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Can't rebuild with Romo for at least two main reasons: his mammoth of a contract and the fact that get gets you to 6-8 wins by himself which puts you right in the middle/outside the top ten of the draft.

If we are rebuilding, we are doing a half *** job because while they rebuild, Romo is getting older and we may end up needing a new QB for that rebuilt team if he declines or gets injured again. I'm all for a real rebuild though.

I don't know but I have a feeling that when the Cowboys FO negotiate a contract they start from the top asking price first and work there way up, not down. I like Romo and everything, but to give him that outrageous contract seems to indicate to me that the Cowboys FO needs a lesson in math. I don't blame Romo though. I blame Jones who like to sign these big contracts and get very few dollars in return. Im wondering if Stephen Jones is going to be the same exact owner as well.

 

[Galian Beast]

I'm always stunned by how out of touch some of these posters are.

Rebuilding has less to do with the QB than they want to admit. Do these people think that Denver didn't rebuild before they won their super bowl with elway?

They absolutely did. So did Green Bay, though they ultimately got a different QB.

They aren't rebuilding the offense, they're rebuilding the defense, more particularly they are rebuilding the defensive line. They actually just rebuilt the secondary and linebacker corps in the last few years.

Don't try to overstate what this is.

 

[CyberB0b]

Rebuilding with what?

 

[starfrombirth]

The Commanders, by the way, are also aiming to lock up another Cowboys free agent in defensive end Anthony Spencer, who is coming off microfracture surgery.
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4725632/4725632

Pleeeeeasse let this happen!!

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The second we hired Garrett and he cut About ~250M worth of starters, we entered rebuilding mode. He has turned over greater than 80% of the roster in 3 years.

Im glad some of you are finally waking up and seeing this. Quite impressive that we have been continually in the playoff hunt while rebuilding.

LMAO

 

[OhSnap]

I must be following a different Cowboys team than everyone else. I coulda sworn they've added about 30 new players in the last 3 years but now I'm finding out they are just going into rebuild mode.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I still dont buy it, if this was a rebuild, bring in a new HC, and than let the rebuilding begin. you cant have a rebuild with a lame duck coach.

Maybe they don't consider Garrett a lame duck coach?

 

[TwoDeep3]

No need. They're people in more need of a blessing than me. I'm just not going to get all down about a few moves that have been recently made and act like everything is falling from the sky.

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You may be too young to remember.

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[Aurican]

LOL yes the never ending rebuild that will go on until someone competent does the rebuilding