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I just don't understand it. I mean, the Cowboys are really doing a bang up job putting together a monster defense. Even on the offensive side of the ball, they have brought in one, possibly two Pro-Bowl TEs, top notch WRs, and a RB corps that, when healthy, can match up with some of the best....and how about our two-headed monster at QB?? Man, are they hot, or what?
This brings me to the one area of the team that, for whatever reason, they can't get right. Yes, the offensive line....and I mean offensive. So many bad decisions have been made in this area in just the past three years, you could write a book about it.
The worse, by far, has been 2nd rd. pick, Jacob Rogers. Not just for where he was taken, but the prevailing attitude about him at the time he was chosen. PFW said at the time what many other publications were saying, "Tends to coast in games & lacks passion...intensity & passion for the game are concerns". Isn't one of the first criteria for drafting a player, especially one that high in the draft, is that he likes to play football? Jerry Jones said it just the other day on MNF about TO, "He's one of those players who are passionate about the game. You don't have to kick him in the rear to get him to play". Wow, JJ, wish you would have thought about that before you took Rogers.
The very next pick for the 'Boys in that 2004 draft was Stephen Peterman. OG-OT Sean Locklear was sitting there ripe for the picking. Many teams had him #1 OG on their boards, but not us. We take Peterman, who, a few days ago, we let go. Where's Locklear these days, you ask? I don't think he saw much action in 2004, but then started all 16 games in 2005 at RT....ouch. Looks like he'll be there for the next several years. If he can start for one of the best OLs in the NFL, I think he could have solved our RT problem for the forseeable future.
Next, our Free Agent offensive line choices the past two years: We had the choice last year between signing Mike Wahle or Marco Rivera, both past Pro-Bowl OGs for Green Bay. We took Rivera. He ended up having back surgery & a so-so year. Wahle started all 16 games for the Panthers, and added another Pro-Bowl to his resume.
This year, we had a chance to get either Pro-Bowl OC-OG LeCharles Bentley, or up & coming OT Kevin Shaffer. Cleveland got them both. Bentley, unfortunately, had a knee injury first day at TC. Shaffer looks to be a solid addition to the RT position. Both are young up and coming players who appear to be ready to anchor the Brown's OL the next 6-7 years.
The Cowboys? They went out & got a has-been in Jason Fabini, and a never was in Kyle Kosier. Fabini will be lucky to make the team, and Kosier is a shell of what we had at LG for over a decade in Larry Allen.
Whatever the reason is that the Cowboys just can't put together a quality offensive line, I hope they figure it out soon. Because it seems to be the only thing between the Cowboys & another Super Bowl.
This brings me to the one area of the team that, for whatever reason, they can't get right. Yes, the offensive line....and I mean offensive. So many bad decisions have been made in this area in just the past three years, you could write a book about it.
The worse, by far, has been 2nd rd. pick, Jacob Rogers. Not just for where he was taken, but the prevailing attitude about him at the time he was chosen. PFW said at the time what many other publications were saying, "Tends to coast in games & lacks passion...intensity & passion for the game are concerns". Isn't one of the first criteria for drafting a player, especially one that high in the draft, is that he likes to play football? Jerry Jones said it just the other day on MNF about TO, "He's one of those players who are passionate about the game. You don't have to kick him in the rear to get him to play". Wow, JJ, wish you would have thought about that before you took Rogers.
The very next pick for the 'Boys in that 2004 draft was Stephen Peterman. OG-OT Sean Locklear was sitting there ripe for the picking. Many teams had him #1 OG on their boards, but not us. We take Peterman, who, a few days ago, we let go. Where's Locklear these days, you ask? I don't think he saw much action in 2004, but then started all 16 games in 2005 at RT....ouch. Looks like he'll be there for the next several years. If he can start for one of the best OLs in the NFL, I think he could have solved our RT problem for the forseeable future.
Next, our Free Agent offensive line choices the past two years: We had the choice last year between signing Mike Wahle or Marco Rivera, both past Pro-Bowl OGs for Green Bay. We took Rivera. He ended up having back surgery & a so-so year. Wahle started all 16 games for the Panthers, and added another Pro-Bowl to his resume.
This year, we had a chance to get either Pro-Bowl OC-OG LeCharles Bentley, or up & coming OT Kevin Shaffer. Cleveland got them both. Bentley, unfortunately, had a knee injury first day at TC. Shaffer looks to be a solid addition to the RT position. Both are young up and coming players who appear to be ready to anchor the Brown's OL the next 6-7 years.
The Cowboys? They went out & got a has-been in Jason Fabini, and a never was in Kyle Kosier. Fabini will be lucky to make the team, and Kosier is a shell of what we had at LG for over a decade in Larry Allen.
Whatever the reason is that the Cowboys just can't put together a quality offensive line, I hope they figure it out soon. Because it seems to be the only thing between the Cowboys & another Super Bowl.
