ClappingCarrot
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No no no no no. We are drafting well.
Stephen Jones told me so.
Stephen Jones told me so.
And became investors in his business.More concerned on why they paid Jaylon.
Darius Leonard, Calvin Ridley, Lamar Jackson, and a bunch of good offensive linemen.Well, who did we miss out on? That's the bigger question.
No it wasn't. The entire defense fell apart if Lee got hurt for like 5 straight years.
So no link, not confirmed, complete speculation.Mike Fisher reported it on The Fan a few weeks ago.
It's not the end all for receivers or corners, but it's not good for running backs or linebackers for sure.Stenosis is not the end all. Once the inflammation comes off the nerve he will be fine. He took a shot that injured a disc in his neck. Probly a bulge.
Man this whole history of neck problems seemed to pop up out of no where. Is it just me? I know there are some fans who follow the draft real closely and they probably new of the concerns but I feel like most people didn't even know he had a history. I remember one time during his rookie season his neck plate was brought up by the announcers but they said it was just for looks and style.
Strongest part of an all-time bad defense doesn't mean anything. The entire defense was garbage.Your recollection isn't exactly accurate.
We transitioned from 3-4 to 4-3 during Eberflus tenure and the LB group was probably the strongest part of our defense during his time here.
Even Bruce Carter played well under Eberflus.
I don't think it's any accident that our LB play has seemingly gotten steadily worse since he left.
We made a mistake letting Eberflus walk.
Man this whole history of neck problems seemed to pop up out of no where. Is it just me? I know there are some fans who follow the draft real closely and they probably new of the concerns but I feel like most people didn't even know he had a history. I remember one time during his rookie season his neck plate was brought up by the announcers but they said it was just for looks and style.
Plus, Dallas has actually drafted better than the vast majority of the league over the last 6-7 yearsWhy did we draft Taco Charlton, Greg Ellis over Randy Moss, Julius Jones over Stephen Jackson, two number 1's for Joey Galloway...The check writer wants to be Jimmy at evaluating talent and he just isn't...
Strongest part of an all-time bad defense doesn't mean anything. The entire defense was garbage.
Bruce Carter sucked, and never even came close to reaching his potential.
He's been gone two years. The LBers were the best they've been in a decade last year. This year, our best one is hurt.
I agree that we should have kept Eberflus (just made him DC), but he didn't get anything out of the LBer group that their talent didn't allow.
You are missing the fact that Carter wasn't good, especially not relative to his athleticism. He was a first-round talent whose only good season came in a contract year.Carter's worst season in Dallas his 3 years as a starter was 70 tackles. he had 9 TFL that year. Also had 5 INterceptions in his last year in Dallas.
the 4 years after he left Dallas, he had 71 tackles combined and 5 tackles for loss in those 4 years.
What am I missing?
You are missing the fact that Carter wasn't good, especially not relative to his athleticism. He was a first-round talent whose only good season came in a contract year.
If anything, the fact that Carter didn't stick for a long time, and wasn't productive earlier in his career is an indictment of Eberflus' coaching.
He was not solid in Dallas, and number of tackles is not indicative of good LB play. He only had more the year before b/c he missed two extra games in his contract year anyway.Actually his best year for tackles was the year before his contract year. He just had more INT's during his contract year and it was probably a result of the switch to 4-3 which was responsible for that rather than his contract situation.
He was a solid LB in Dallas who fell off the map the minute he left. This is counterintuitive to what happens to most of our players who seem to get better when they leave Dallas.
He was not solid in Dallas, and number of tackles is not indicative of good LB play. He only had more the year before b/c he missed two extra games in his contract year anyway.
The guy never cared about football and never played particularly hard. He was a part of the problem on those teams. He's a poor player to defend.
Linebacker was a pretty good strength on this team before we let Matt Eberflus walk....
Just saying.....
Many of these questions are pretty easy to answer, although not all.Who cares? They drafted him. He's a Cowboy now. Maybe let's root for him to remain healthy and productive as long as possible instead of rueing the day the Cowboys took him. Whether you agreed with it or not, that pick isn't remotely the reason this defense sucks.
A more appropriate question might be why did Dallas sign Monte Kiffin way past his prime, Marinelli way past his prime, Richards off being fired? Why did they play Byron Jones at safety when he was clearly a corner and sit Jourdan Lewis when he's so obviously better than Brown?