I merged the two groups

jerry
resign miles austin
him and crayton are both good in the slot
but its like whenever austin gets an opportunity he capitalizes
and hes alot faster and can stretch the field
hurd isn’t bad, i remember some games when he made some plays but i dont think he’ll be able to crack the depth chart and will sit inactive with stanback
which leads me to…stanback, well maybe when hes heathy he can compete for a spot but i havnt seen anything that would confirm he could do that
i guess hes still a work in progress

for Austin for sure. A low round tender and he’s certainly gone. The question is whether a 2nd rounder is enough. Remember Miami tried to skate Welker through on a 2nd round tender. We know how that worked out for both sides. Not saying that Austin would leave and then lead the league in catches. But you get the point.

A first round tender would look him up almost for sure.

He looks like a player. Lets keep these types of guys around. The incremental cost is only $600K.

in that M. Night Shyamalan movie, where he was Mr. Glass and Bruce Willis was never hurt. Stanback just seems too fragile for the game.

I hope we keep Austin (and he becomes more like Bruce Willis) and we see if we can work out a trade for Crayton and Stanback. If you added up all of Crayton’s and Stanbacks good plays over the last 2 years, it might equal 1 good game.

This guy is loaded with tremendous talent and has the potential to be special. Letting him slip away would be foolish IMO.

I was so mad when we traded for Roy. Miles was playing very well. He could have been our #2.

That was a real simple game plan that they attacked us with," said Reed of the Cowboys’ offense. “I thought it would be more complicated, but it was a real simple game plan that they attacked us with. I mean we knew it. Looking at these coaches’ openings and talking about a certain someone from Dallas, I’m like, ‘Hold on now.’
"It’s just Garrett, Garrett, Garrett. I knew the plays we were going against. Maybe that was the game plan for us. But when you watch it on tape, it’s not as complicated as I thought it would be. I’m surprised people want to fire Wade Phillips down there and he’s the one calling the defense — and the defense is successful. The guy who’s calling the offensive plays isn’t getting the same turnaround. Maybe it’s the players.”

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfceast/0-7-56/Reed—Cowboys-had-a—simple—game-plan.html

Jerry can’t be happy..

I agree we need him to stay, so why not go all in and try to get a 3-4 yr deal done?

Tex would do whatever it takes to move back into the middle of the first round to secure a blue-chip quarterback. The Cowboys won’t win a single playoff game over the next few years with the beleaguered Tony Romo at the helm – or at least until a fire is lit under his fat a#$ via competition, see Donovan.

The off-season mantra for the Dallas Cowboys needs to be… it’s the quarterback stupid. Changing coaches, coordinators, offensive line components, receivers won’t matter until the most important position in all of sports in addressed.

Mortgage next year’s #1. Package Choice, Spears, or whatever it takes to get back into the range of a Brady Quinn (22), Jay Cutler (11) or a Joe Flacco (18). In addition, sign Byron Anton Leftwich as soon as the free-agent window opens.

I wonder how many times he’d have been sacked had he been under center when we played Baltimore. They got how many rushers unblocked? 12? 15? I’m sure Byron’s slow feet and huge wind-up throwing motion might have been able to avoid a sack once or twice……

The difference between Leftwich and Romo is between the ears and in the heart. Where as Romo quits and folds at the first sign pressure, see his career portfolio, Byron has shown a tenacity, which this soft team lacks. He’d be a major upgrade over Brad Johnson… but then again so would Larry King, Phyllis Diller, and other Johnson-like fossils. Not having a contingency plan for our distractible and under-achieving signal caller was the biggest mistake of the 2008 season. That, along with retaining the BStew, the most unqualified Coordinator in the entire NFL.

The Cowboys had Witten, but still the drafted Fasano and Bennett. They did the same at RB last year and the contingency became a necessity. Yet, at the most important position in all of sports, the great Jason Garrett had to work with a fossil and a failure.

Pay Romo and draft Brady Quinn. Draft Aikman and use a supplemental on Steve Walsh. Draft a quarterback every year and bring competition to the position. Lord knows Romo would rather be texting blondes about an episode of the Hills than playing a meaningful football game in December or January. Bring in competition for Van deVelde.

in henry’s spot
put henry at free and move hamlin to strong
o yea cut roy “thong”

off topic: browns hire mangini

It wasn’t the Raven’s defense that beat us, it was our defense. Our “simple” game plan put up 21 points on them late in the game.

As far as Austin, I wasn’t a believer before this season, but I am now. Lock him up. Hurd was looking pretty real himself before he got injured. As a matter of fact he was lighting up the Viking’s defense before and during the play he got injured on. I think they both figure into our plans.

lucky if we get a 5th for whole deal..