"You have to win in the trenches"

[Rockport]

Darren Woodson agrees with some of us here. Here's a quote from Darren Woodson that I read in the paper today.

"We can say what we want about Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, Miles Austin and Tony Romo but if you're not winning in the trenches, you are not winning a championship."

 

[pancakeman]

Repeat.

(That's a noun describing this thread, not a verb asking for more of this. )

 

[The Quest for Six]

"if you're not winning in the trenches, you are not winning a championship."

The man is a Genius.....really needs to be placed in the ring of honor..

 

[Rockport]

Repeat.

(That's a noun describing this thread, not a verb asking for more of this. )

There's many here who don't believe this. I guess you're one of them or just here to cause trouble?

 

[Derinyar]

I think he's just referring to the fact that you basically started this exact thread up like three days ago.

 

[Rockport]

I think he's just referring to the fact that you basically started this exact thread up like three days ago.

I'm a strong believer in this philosophy. Darren Woodson is one of my all time favorite Cowboys and I go back to the 60's teams. It baffles me that some folks don't believe this. Just plain ignorance.

 

[CATCH17]

I agree with all that but there is about 4 or 5 good O lines in the NFL.


I think we can give Romo more time this year than last.

Where I worry is if we go away from zone running.

We're not the 9ers. We'll never be able to consistently knock the other team off the ball on a power scheme.

If you aren't fully committed to getting studs all the way across the board then we need to have a pure zone scheme.

 

[Rockport]

I agree with all that but there is about 4 or 5 good O lines in the NFL.


I think we can give Romo more time this year than last.

Where I worry is if we go away from zone running.

We're not the 9ers. We'll never be able to consistently knock the other team off the ball on a power scheme.

If you aren't fully committed to getting studs all the way across the board then we need to have a pure zone scheme.

49'ers are a pretty good team. They got 2 offensive lineman in the 1st round of the draft in 2010. Mike Iupati and Anthony Davis. That's how you do it.

 

[koolaid]

Well good thing we drafted a lineman in the first round then.

 

[Risen Star]

Darren Woodson agrees with some of us here. Here's a quote from Darren Woodson that I read in the paper today.

"We can say what we want about Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, Miles Austin and Tony Romo but if you're not winning in the trenches, you are not winning a championship."

Oh, boooooo.

What does he know?

You build from the back in. Then try to get by with the cast of Grease 2 up front.

 

[Rockport]

Oh, boooooo.

What does he know?

You build from the back in. Then try to get by with the cast of Grease 2 up front.

I left that part out so as not to confuse the issue.

 

[Oh_Canada]

49'ers are a pretty good team. They got 2 offensive lineman in the 1st round of the draft in 2010. Mike Iupati and Anthony Davis. That's how you do it.

....And they got lucky and almost completely avoided the injury bug. Defense didn't look nearly as good the moment Justin Smith missed some time.

 

[iceman117]

49'ers are a pretty good team. They got 2 offensive lineman in the 1st round of the draft in 2010. Mike Iupati and Anthony Davis. That's how you do it.

Let them love skill positions but look at the Super Bowl last year, it was one of the trenches

 

[cowboys1981]

Trenches are where the battles are lost and won. We need to invest more in these areas on both sides of the ball. This is why I'm not at all upset with the Frederick pick. We finally have a true center that will hold up that "A" gap.

 

[CATCH17]

49'ers are a pretty good team. They got 2 offensive lineman in the 1st round of the draft in 2010. Mike Iupati and Anthony Davis. That's how you do it.

We have 2 first rounders as well.

They just found better players in the overall unit to match their style.

We'll be better this year though,

Outside of the 9ers none of the top NFC teams have the greatest OL.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

In order to win, you have to pass the ball more effectively than your opponent. Sometimes that can be done by 'winning in the trenches.' But often times there is no discernible difference in play in the trenches and it comes down to the team that can purely pass it more effectively. I've seen the Cowboys look bad in the trenches, but if the opponent can't execute the passing and can't stop the pass, they are not going to win.




YR

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Darren Woodson agrees with some of us here. Here's a quote from Darren Woodson that I read in the paper today.

"We can say what we want about Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, Miles Austin and Tony Romo but if you're not winning in the trenches, you are not winning a championship."

I bet the Green Bay offensive line confuses the heck out of him.

 

[CATCH17]

In order to win, you have to pass the ball more effectively than your opponent. Sometimes that can be done by 'winning in the trenches.' But often times there is no discernible difference in play in the trenches and it comes down to the team that can purely pass it more effectively. I've seen the Cowboys look bad in the trenches, but if the opponent can't execute the passing and can't stop the pass, they are not going to win.




YR

O Line got a lot of blame for the Washinhton game but I thought they did well in that game.


We had the middle of the field wide open all night and Garrett just kept throwing the ball down the sideline.

 

[Staubacher]

O Line got a lot of blame for the Washinhton game but I thought they did well in that game.


We had the middle of the field wide open all night and Garrett just kept throwing the ball down the sideline.

Yeah getting Garrett out of the playcalling and letting Callahan and Tony run plays will help A LOT. In preseason we saw Romo attacking the middle with Austin

 

[ClarenceDarrow]

As Cowboys fans, we should all be used to the team focusing on skill positions. The league has a salary cap, and you can't afford to pour tens of millions of dollars into QB, WR, CB, etc. and also have a ton of talent on the lines. Jerral and Co. have made a conscious decision to use their resources in the flashier side of the game and they have for years.

When all is said and done, though, it's not that fact that makes this team so mediocre, so I don't think harping on it is all that constructive.