But I think you’re generally harsh in your evaluations, especially with Gurode, Spears and Colombo. Only allowing a player to fall into the category of being a Hit or Miss once the jury has returned limits the evaluation process. I think Spears is a decent if not impressive end, given the system he plays in. If we had better coaching some of these players would be more highly regarded.

Agree that our safety play is still pretty awful. I’ve officially off the Hamlin bandwagon.

as a Monday morning quarterback your assessments are pretty absurd and when you consider that Jerry has to make the assessments before seeing their Sunday performances I think maybe he’s better at it than you, and that says a lot more about your assessment ability than it does Jerry’s.

It seems that you had some time on your hands and thought, “Wow, I’ll post an article. What can I do to create negative ‘stats’ that point the finger at Jerry.” When you make the assessments yourself and then reference percentages it means nothing really. Your measurement seems to be that all players must be long-term Cowboys and potential Pro-Bowlers to be a Hit. Anything less and they aren’t a contributor.

I think this team has the talent necessary to win in today’s NFL. This is not the same NFL as the 1990’s (see Raf’s article). Coaching seems to be lacking and not utilizing the talent effectively but I do not think the team, in its current state, is lacking in talent. Are we the most talented team? No, but we’re better than average I think.

With your assessment of the 2004 draft but isn’t that more of an indictment of Bill Parcells and not Jerry Jones?

Since Bill has left in 2006 here’s who Jerry has drafted:
1 26 26 Anthony Spencer Linebacker Purdue
3 3 67 James Marten Offensive Tackle Boston College
4 4 103 Isaiah Stanback Wide Receiver Washington
4 23 122 Doug Free Offensive Tackle Northern Illinois
6 4 178 Nick Folk Kicker Arizona
6 21 195 Deon Anderson Fullback Connecticut
7 2 212 Courtney Brown Defensive Back Cal Poly
7 27 237 Alan Ball Cornerback Illinois
2008 Draft
1 22 22 Felix Jones Running Back Arkansas
1 25 25 Mike Jenkins Cornerback South Florida
2 30 61 Martellus Bennett Tight End Texas A&M
4 23 122 Tashard Choice Running Back Georgia Tech
5 8 143 Orlando Scandrick Cornerback Boise State
6 1 167 Erik Walden Linebacker Middle Tennessee State
2009 Draft
3 5 69 Jason Williams Linebacker Western Illinois
3 11 75 Robert Brewster Offensive Tackle Ball State
4 1 101 Stephen McGee Quarterback Texas A&M
4 10 110 Victor Butler Linebacker Oregon State
4 20 120 Brandon Williams Defensive End Texas Tech
5 7 153 DeAngelo Smith Cornerback Cincinnati
5 30 166 Michael Hamlin Safety Clemson
5 36 172 David Buehler Kicker USC
6 24 197 Stephen Hodge Safety TCU
6 35 208 John Phillips Tight End Virginia
7 18 227 Mike Mickens Cornerback Cincinnati
7 20 229 Manuel Johnson Wide Receiver Oklahoma

Folks, you may not like Jerry much but that ain’t bad really. Our developmental QB in McGee, 2 starting quality RB in Choice and Felix, 1 great FB in Deon (who we don’t appreciate enough), 1 good 3rd TE in Phillips and a possible great 2nd in Marty B, 2 possible OTs in Free and Brewster, 2 good kickers in Buehler and Folk, 2 good CBs in Jenkins and Scandrick plus a useful 4th CB/special teamer in Ball, and 4 LB projects in the Williams’s, Butler, and Hodge.

That’s 17 players on the roster from these three drafts. I suspect that compares favorably to other drafts, given that’s almost 6 players per year.

By my count Parcells in 4 drafts got 19 players to stick. I’m including in that list Julius, Carpenter, Fasano, McQuistan, Pettiti, Hatcher, Watkins and Reeves, eight players many of us have had problems with.

Parcells does get credit for a great 2005 draft with DWare, MB3 and Ratliff and a good draft in 2003 with TNew and Witten (along with undrafted Romo). But his 2004 and 2006 drafts are essentially wasted unless the light turns on for Carpenter and Hatcher.

Jones since Parcells has had 1 OK draft with Folk, Deon, Ball and Spencer, 1 great draft with Felix, Jenkins, Scandrick, Choice, and Bennett, and then this last draft which will have some good players, though we know that Buehler is nice and Butler can provide a spark.

In other words, you can bash Jerry if you want, but make sure you give him the appropriate blame and credit based upon the facts :)

…you graded Gurode a “miss”. Are you kidding? He went to the Pro Bowl twice.

Ask Haynesworth if Gurode is a miss.

The rest of your post became meaningless after I realized that your judgment of football talent was greatly skewed.

How can an undrafted FA who makes the roster every year be a MISS? A 1st rounder who barely gets on the field I can understand, but a FREE AGENT who makes the team every year and produces pretty consistantly when thrown to, and is one of the teams TOP Special teamers? I’m talking about Sam Hurd, of course. What are you expecting from your FA’s?

… and that’s not the issue.

It’s the coaching that’s the problem.

Deep down inside, any proven coach would be salivating to possess the weapons our Cowboys currently have.

Undermines the rest of your point, which is somewhat valid but has been stated too many times.