Yakuza Rich
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- I’m a fan of the moves we made on the O-Line. I think Blogging the Boys brought up a good point about the 2004 Chargers O-Line under Houck, who went to a youth movement starting two rookies (one of which was a 7th round pick who started at right tackle).
- I don’t hate Gurode, I just was not in love with him as a center. He was good for about 2-3 stinkers a year and to me that’s an issue when it’s your center who touches the ball every snap. Furthermore, he didn’t call the line adjustments.
- I think much of it is just another case of ‘fans of hating Jerry Jones’ rearing their ugly heads again. We’ve got people questioning how Andre Gurode was treated because he made the trip to Minny and was cut later on? Seriously? You act like he’s not a multi-millionaire and he had to pay for his own travel. Cry for the guys who make a lot less money and lose their job because of the economy.
- I’m actually happy, borderline thrilled the Eagles signed Vick to a big deal. I think people lose sight that this is a guy that may have given up dog fighting, but the rest of him probably hasn’t changed much from the last time he was given a gazillion dollars by the Falcons. I mean, it’s not too long ago that people were buying Ron Mexico jerseys. Combine that with the fact he’s never consistently beat teams in the pocket, he’s injury prone and north of 30…I think it’s a positive for the Cowboys.
- I think what I like about the ‘new’ O-Line is that we are not one dimensional anymore. The ‘old’ O-Line often struggled with speed rushers and couldn’t do much in the way of pulling or screens. Obviously, an Alex Gibbs type O-Line tends to be too small and be one dimensional in the other direction. But, we also had an issue with the O-Line wearing down as the season went along. I don’t think we have that this year.
- I think right now it’s pretty obvious, if this team wants to make the playoffs, the offense will have to carry them early on.
- I do believe we have the best ‘skill positions’ out of 12 personnel as a whole. Romo, Felix, Witten, Bennett/Phillips, Miles and Dez…that’s pretty darn good IMO.
- I think a big key for us is to get Jason Witten going early. He seems to get off to some slow starts although I think it’s partially due to the O-Line over the years. I think he’s a guy that needs to get going early and open things up for Dez and Miles. Then when they focus on him underneath, send him on deeper pass patterns. I honestly believe that this is *huge* for us.
- I’ve gotta say, this is the most optimistic I’ve been about this team in a long, long time. I don’t understand why other ‘fans’ seem to go out of their way to chastise fans for being optimistic about their team. This ain’t baseball, parity is rampant in this league every single season.
Anyway, I just like the way the organization is being run. I think the concept of ‘the best players will play’ is a simple one, but usually ignored in the world of big money contracts and timid coaches. I think all of those player practices Romo had will pay off. I think Mike Woicik will make a difference, even with the lockout. I think Romo heard the players liking Kitna’s fiery leadership…and I think that has put some fire in the belly.
I think Felix is…going to be sick. I think the players are dying to play for Rob Ryan and I actually think he’s going to be here in 2012. I think Dez, Miles and Witten are going to be extremely tough to defend. And I think we are due for some good breaks to come our way.
To me, that’s one of the big things that separate football from other sports. With football, there is a lot of unknown going on because there are things like ‘assignments’ and ‘responsibilities’ and how if somebody fails their assignment or responsibility…it can make a great player look like a poor player.
We don’t really deal with that in baseball or basketball or even hockey.
With that, football often times becomes about the feel a fan has for the team. I don’t think anybody can quite predict the success a team will have that season. But, I think one can get a feel for how the organization and team is being run.
My feel tells me that we are close to nirvana. We are close to the other fans of other teams being jealous really soon.
YR
- I don’t hate Gurode, I just was not in love with him as a center. He was good for about 2-3 stinkers a year and to me that’s an issue when it’s your center who touches the ball every snap. Furthermore, he didn’t call the line adjustments.
- I think much of it is just another case of ‘fans of hating Jerry Jones’ rearing their ugly heads again. We’ve got people questioning how Andre Gurode was treated because he made the trip to Minny and was cut later on? Seriously? You act like he’s not a multi-millionaire and he had to pay for his own travel. Cry for the guys who make a lot less money and lose their job because of the economy.
- I’m actually happy, borderline thrilled the Eagles signed Vick to a big deal. I think people lose sight that this is a guy that may have given up dog fighting, but the rest of him probably hasn’t changed much from the last time he was given a gazillion dollars by the Falcons. I mean, it’s not too long ago that people were buying Ron Mexico jerseys. Combine that with the fact he’s never consistently beat teams in the pocket, he’s injury prone and north of 30…I think it’s a positive for the Cowboys.
- I think what I like about the ‘new’ O-Line is that we are not one dimensional anymore. The ‘old’ O-Line often struggled with speed rushers and couldn’t do much in the way of pulling or screens. Obviously, an Alex Gibbs type O-Line tends to be too small and be one dimensional in the other direction. But, we also had an issue with the O-Line wearing down as the season went along. I don’t think we have that this year.
- I think right now it’s pretty obvious, if this team wants to make the playoffs, the offense will have to carry them early on.
- I do believe we have the best ‘skill positions’ out of 12 personnel as a whole. Romo, Felix, Witten, Bennett/Phillips, Miles and Dez…that’s pretty darn good IMO.
- I think a big key for us is to get Jason Witten going early. He seems to get off to some slow starts although I think it’s partially due to the O-Line over the years. I think he’s a guy that needs to get going early and open things up for Dez and Miles. Then when they focus on him underneath, send him on deeper pass patterns. I honestly believe that this is *huge* for us.
- I’ve gotta say, this is the most optimistic I’ve been about this team in a long, long time. I don’t understand why other ‘fans’ seem to go out of their way to chastise fans for being optimistic about their team. This ain’t baseball, parity is rampant in this league every single season.
Anyway, I just like the way the organization is being run. I think the concept of ‘the best players will play’ is a simple one, but usually ignored in the world of big money contracts and timid coaches. I think all of those player practices Romo had will pay off. I think Mike Woicik will make a difference, even with the lockout. I think Romo heard the players liking Kitna’s fiery leadership…and I think that has put some fire in the belly.
I think Felix is…going to be sick. I think the players are dying to play for Rob Ryan and I actually think he’s going to be here in 2012. I think Dez, Miles and Witten are going to be extremely tough to defend. And I think we are due for some good breaks to come our way.
To me, that’s one of the big things that separate football from other sports. With football, there is a lot of unknown going on because there are things like ‘assignments’ and ‘responsibilities’ and how if somebody fails their assignment or responsibility…it can make a great player look like a poor player.
We don’t really deal with that in baseball or basketball or even hockey.
With that, football often times becomes about the feel a fan has for the team. I don’t think anybody can quite predict the success a team will have that season. But, I think one can get a feel for how the organization and team is being run.
My feel tells me that we are close to nirvana. We are close to the other fans of other teams being jealous really soon.
YR
