The reason he left Jac is due to low pay for his position. A media contact was telling nick that he is a good coach and can be a ball-buster. Check it out when they have finished their live broadcast and it comes up within the first 15 minutes of the show.

Someone with the Cowboys found a 2-for-1 coupon to the ankle surgery store. Cornerback Terence Newman and wide receiver Patrick Crayton each had surgery on their ankles. According to the Dallas Morning News, each player should be ready to participate in the offseason program when it starts in March.

Newman had surgery on his left ankle. He missed six games this season, due to a groin injury that required surgery in October. Despite his time on the sideline, Newman led the team with four interceptions.

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I hope Coach Joe D makes an impact on our field position. Is Hudson Houck a legacy hire of Jerry’s and therefore untouchable?

Also, the difference in the numbers seems small in regards to what the Cowboys did vs opposing teams. But we often seemed to be in the hole. What am I missing?

to go! This O-Line is too big and too good to play as poorly as they did. Joe D is a great hire and hopefully the beginning of more qaulity changes to come.

It’s been widely believed that Jason Garrett declined an interview invitation from the Lions, but the NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reports that Garrett did meet Monday with the 0-16 team’s brass.

who a top candidate to replace Houk would be?

Eric Williams these days. Let some of them tangle with him.

I know some were talking, including myself on what tender should be placed on Austin. Here are the numbers… I think a second round tender should be placed on him at the least..

Low tender – $1.010 million
Second round – $1.545 million
First round – $2.198 million
First- and third-round – $2.792 million

I believe it was George Allen who first started calling the Kicking and Punting teams ‘special’. I think he was also one of the first to recognize that this group could play a key part in winning and losing a game. The players here were not just the flotsam and jetsam left over from starting O and D, they were ‘special’.

This past season, especially in the early part of the year, I was always on the edge of my seat when our D was on the field because they always seemed to bend, bend, then break. It was just a matter of time. They got better, and as we know in the Ravens game, the D reverted to their former selves.

Special teams was like that all year. I dreaded seeing our ST go out there because all too often, it meant something good was going to happen for the other guys.

I hope Joe D changes our Karma.

Garrett gets the in-house blame for the Cowboys’ backup QB catastrophe this season. He lobbied for Brad Johnson while there were internal discussions about exploring other options (Chris Simms, etc.).

And the team’s two highest-profile offensive players publicly pointed the finger at Garrett at the end of the season. (T.O. did it in the middle of the season, too.)

If Garrett returns to Valley Ranch, his relationship with the receiving corps would be rocky at best. It might be better for everybody involved if he got Mike Shanahan’s old job in the Rocky Mountains."

he is also mentioned in the rams HC search. I do not know if he is willing to wait until the end of next year for another opportunity. I think if he is offered the Den HC position he will take the job.

most 3-4 D’s have been that for a few years and have had a chance to weave out poor players. Dallas pretty much went with every player they drafted in 2005.

What do we see as positional weaknesses? I’m just focusing on D.

Safety position is a weakness. However, we are not going to be able to draft an elite one so we’re just going to have to draft smart. I’d also like to see 2 or 3 2nd and 3rd year Unresitricted FA safties in camp fighting for roster spots.

Watkins is done, Roy Williams is done, Keith Hamlin is simply a decent safety. Dallas’ struggles at this position, along with the value we see in Brian Dawkins, Palamalu, and Reed only further strengthen my sense that Darren Woodson is a hall of fame player who played a significant roll in the development of the contemporary safety position.

DE’s … i don’t get it. Marcus Spears dissappointed me when he lined up as a DT. What is the productivity we should get from the DE? 8 sacks a year? What bums me out is that neither of our starting DEs seem able to win one on one pass blocking match ups. They should win those at least some of the time. If Ratlif or the OLBs didn’t win, there wasn’t going to be any pressure.

We need someone to slide in to Zach’s position if he leaves. Burnett? Time to show it.