Latest Casualty Of The Cowboys 2009 Draft: Stephen Hodge
by Dave Halprin on Nov 14, 2010 12:30 AM CST
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PrintThe Dallas Cowboys 2009 draft class is turning into an epic fail. Wade Phillips helped oversee this draft, so the fact that very few of these guys have been able to help the Cowboys out is part of the issue with Wade Phillips' demise. No fresh infusion of talent, no competent backups for injury, very few guys even making a minor impact so far.
The latest casualty - Stephen Hodge. Hodge was drafted to be a hybrid safety/linebacker who should at least have been a special teams ace. It never panned out, injury kept Hodge from ever exploring the possibilities of his football talent. Dallas reached an injury settlement with Hodge.
We've detailed the carnage that is the 2009 draft previously.
Below, we update the list.
Jason Williams - Was a special teamer and got in on some on nickel and dime packages.
Robert Brewster (PS) - The Cowboys brought him back to the practice squad. Seeing that they just invested a roster spot on OT Jeremy Parnell (plucked him from the Saints' practice squad), that could be all the project they want on the outside. We all know they're planning on drafting four offensive tackles in 2011 right?
Stephen McGee - He's kind of active every now and then when the team doesn't take advantage of that emergency-third quarterback rule.
Victor Butler - Special teamer and gets in on the rotation behind Anthony Spencer and DeMarcus Ware.
Brandon Williams - Always inactive. Probably just a number crunch thing but this guy turned heads in camp and is said to have a good pass-rushing burst.
DeAngelo Smith - Trivia question: Who did David Buehler beat in a footrace in the '09 camp? Yeah, this guy didn't make the cut that year. Don't think that race had anything to do with it.
Mike Hamlin - Whodathunkit? Was it the Matt Forte touchdown? The presence of Danny McCray and Barry Church?
David Buehler - After last season, Buehler arguably shared the '09 cool rookie crown with the team's later 6th-rounder. His booming touchbacks are not automatic anymore. His placekicking accuracy is still a work in progress.
Stephen Hodge - Never could shake the injury bug, spent most of his time in the trainer's room. The Cowboys just reached an injury settlement with him.
John Phillips - On IR. Admit it. We all miss him. The TE/FB situation has been a turnstile. He's likely the class of this class.
Mike Mickens -See "Deangelo Smith" minus the Buehler race thing and add that Mickens remained on the practice squad until the Bucs snagged him last November.
Manny Johnson (PS) - In his second-year on the practice squad. After seeing his buddy Holley get the call during his second year on the P-squad, Johnson has got to have some hope the team will someday do the same for him. It's a logjam at the wideout position right now. The Cowboys, though, love them some WRs on special teams units.
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Just heard
Jerry thinking of trading our number 1 for Braylon Edwards.
Redskins Suck
by BleedBlueStar on Nov 14, 2010 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Manny Johnson could make the 53 next year...if he's here.
RW & Hurd might be gone. Ogletree has taken a step back, but the WR corp could look like this:
Austin
Bryant
Ogletree
Holley
Johnson
"Sometimes you have to ask yourself, do you really wanna win or just look good losing?"
by MicThaRock on Nov 14, 2010 12:55 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Big deal...it was a bad draft class, but that's what you get when you don't have a first rounder.
One bad draft class does not set an organization back years…but several in a row does. The Cowboys have been good with the draft as of late. You brink 6 to 7 guys in every year (not including UFA’s) and a few stick every year, you’re doing OK.
2009 Victor Butler and John Phillips were not bad drafts, in addition to Kevin Ogletree.
We seem do a good consistent job with UFA’s…2010 saw Phil Costa, Barry Church and Bryan McCann were pretty good undrafted free agents this year.
we had our shares of udfa`s and late rd picks
turning heads in camp and impressing and making the team.
Where do we start? Alan Ball a 7th rd`er made the team and was groomed slowly to fill a need, so far epic fail, Jessie Holley ?a reality star from the streets actually makes the team?great story!if you win the SuperBowl…not so much at 1-7, Leon Williams? I`m guessing udfa? great depth at LB there, Saddler McQueen?Parnell?Ogletree? yeah that 4.37 speed is really paying dividends?McCray? Church Udfa`s are playing great!for a 1-7 squad but not for a Super Bowl team, Lissemore ditto hard to expect a late rd pick to help out a team with title aspirations, Gronkowski?Costa? Is it any wonder we`re 1-7?
Jerry is That You?
Dallas is at the bottom of the league because its talent acquisition program (draft, free agency, and undrafted free agents) SUCKS. It is not just the 2009 draft; it is picking the wrong guy and moving up at a high cost to pick the wrong guy. Bottom line problem with the Cowboys is their inability to get the right players. One could write a book on the last six years and where Dallas could have gone but did not. This is why we suck
by Iowacowboy on Nov 14, 2010 8:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly. I posted this somewhere else
They’re rating system especially for O-linemen sucks. Look at all the O-line guys that were drafted at around the spot we held in the 2nd round in 2009. Look at how many of them are either starting or contributing with starts. Andy Levitre has started 24 games for the Bills. Phil Loadholt has started 23 for the Vikes. Sebastian Vollmer has started 16 for the Patriots including all of them this year. Louis Vasquez has started 22 games and I think all this year for the Chargers. Antoine Caldwell has started some games for the Texans. Tyronne Green and TJ Lang have started some games for their respective teams. All of these guys were taken around the spot we traded out of in the 2nd round or AFTER where we drafted in the 3rd round. That’s right. AFTER we drafted practice squad player Robert Brewster. Where did we have these guys on our board?? Our board said that guys that are now starting in this league weren’t even worth drafting before Robert Brewster. That’s an indictment of our entire scouting dept. IMO.
You can do a lot of things in life. You can't stab a teammate with a pair of scissors. - Kevin Smith
So a back up TE, and a LB and a WR who can't get on the field constitute a good draft?
Jerry Jones sucks as a General Manager. Period. Full Stop.
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by Seanrude on Nov 14, 2010 8:13 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL Period. Full Stop.
Jerry Jones sucks as a General Manager.
I remember during the process of the 2009 draft
I was in my hotel in Vegas and later at the airport waiting for my flight and 5Blings was tearing apart almost every pick of that draft. There were other posters that just couldn’t understand why he was so critical when “we have no idea if it’s going to be a good draft for at least 3 years”. Some of them spent more time attacking him than they did talking about the draft. Who’d of thunk that you’d pretty much know it was a horrible draft after only 1 year later?? Hell, I think we could tell after training camp right after that draft. Most of those guys just can’t play
You can do a lot of things in life. You can't stab a teammate with a pair of scissors. - Kevin Smith
Jerry Wants So Badly
. . . to outsmart the rest of the league
BS
that whole 2009 draft was pathetic, at least use your 12 picks to get Delmas Chung Loadholt Volmer Wallace Knox so we could have something
but I think Phillips is going to be a future starter and I love Butler but 2 out of 12 picks is awful
Buehler is actually getting better too
by Archie Barberio on Nov 14, 2010 1:45 AM CST reply actions
Just imagine ...
David Buehler may be the best linebacker we drafted since DeMarcus Ware.
by One.Cool.Customer on Nov 14, 2010 1:46 AM CST reply actions
Now that's putting the 2009 Draft in perspective
You’re quite the comedian OCC, but I couldn’t help but laugh and cry with that zinger, as it that was a gut punch too.
"The biggest thing we talked about is Going Forward. Like I said, the Giants are going to be at the Meadowlands at 4:15 on Sunday afternoon. We’ve got to get ready for them. So what we need to do is learn from what happened in the past and Go Forward, starting this morning with our meetings, our walk-throughs and our practice."
-Jason Garrett, November 10th, 2010.
Nice One
Buehler may turn out to be not very good at field goals and just average on kick offs.
Its ironic to some extent...
the team went out and tried to draft guys who would churn the bottom of the roster and play on ST, which is imo a big step towards holding players accountable – a team needs new blood every couple of years to keep that fire.
Yet we failed! In our mission to essentially draft backups! If some of these picks are hits, this team would be in much better shape and Wade Phillips may still be employed. One competent olineman, and a couple good STers would’ve made this a success considering we were handicapped from the start with the Roy trade.
The failure of this draft is squarely on the shoulders of Jerry Jones
He panicked with the news of Romo’s injury against Arizona 2 years ago that his response was to add a high priced (in more ways than one) WR from the worst team in the NFL. That trade not only hamstrung this franchise financially, but it also deprived this team of having more young talented players challenging for starting positions. The result we are a top heavy team with talent at the skill positions but not much depth or youth in the trenches. That Roy Williams trade really did decrease the window of opportunity for this team to compete for a Lombardi trophy.
"The biggest thing we talked about is Going Forward. Like I said, the Giants are going to be at the Meadowlands at 4:15 on Sunday afternoon. We’ve got to get ready for them. So what we need to do is learn from what happened in the past and Go Forward, starting this morning with our meetings, our walk-throughs and our practice."
-Jason Garrett, November 10th, 2010.
The RW trade was jerry's worst decision as a gm
Could you imagine any professional GM for any team doing this trade and keeping his job?
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 8:11 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
What Makes the RW trade so bad
is that Jerry made the precise same mistake before and Roy would have most likely been available for free anyway at end of season and Jones paid a king’s ransom in salary to boot.
Jerry the GM and talent acquisition head is the SOLE problem with the Cowboys. Until this changes, nothing else will matter and there will not be championship football again in Big D. Never until Jerry the GM gives up the ghost.
That's the most amazing thing
Deion Sanders has made many remarks all but coming right out and saying Detroit was going to cut Roy Williams at the end of the season. Deion is good friends with the Lions’ GM.
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 8:23 AM CST up reply actions
That is the worst part
If Jerry just had to have the guy why the hell couldn’t he just wait till the guy got cut and then sign him?? Who else was really lining up to give $9 mill a season to a disappointing former 1st round draft pick?? Panicked was the right word for it and it hurt us.
You can do a lot of things in life. You can't stab a teammate with a pair of scissors. - Kevin Smith
Key . . .
. . . is that you take the chance he would have been a FA. Especially when you now know Jones was set to pay the guy over market so it is not like we would have had any competition for his services; he is a Longhorn and openly expressed love for the Boys . . . Jones made HUGE mistake here.
Yep
And I won’t even call this that 20/20 hindsight thing. Lots of fans were saying the SAME thing when we did it. He mortgaged the 2009 draft because he had to have his big shiny toy early. 19 catches for 198 yards. Was it worth it Jerry??
You can do a lot of things in life. You can't stab a teammate with a pair of scissors. - Kevin Smith
Yes Rohpuri
and this trade is an example of a failed overall talent acquisition strategy. It was impulsive panic move . . . you trade talent for picks, not picks for talent. Dallas is so bad at its picks that it then makes the wrong conclusion that spending the pick for RW or Brewster or a flyer on a linebacker is OK to do . . . compare the Patriots rebuiding efforts around Brady . . . stockpile picks and move them into future years
That's just it
the team went out and tried to draft guys who would churn the bottom of the roster and play on ST
You can’t draft guys to “churn the bottom”, you gotta draft guys to challenge your starters in a year or so.
The reason this draft is being dissed hard is the whole approach they took. You just can’t draft a guy and say, “he’s gonna be my 40th guy we take to the game and play two special teams.” You draft a guy to push a starter and if he ends up being your 40th guy, then fine for a couple of years. But if he hasn’t shown something more by year three . . .
Parcells used to say he" learned that from Coach Landry." Jerry must have forgot it, and Wade must not have learned it.
"We'll see." --Bill Parcells
by Uncle Angus on Nov 14, 2010 7:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Insanity
Doing same thing, expecting different results. Drafting for backups? Heard that before. Trading high picks for aging fast and talented WRs? Heard that before. Relatively high draft pick on an offensive lineman that can’t play? Been there and done that. Hybrid safety/linebacker? Recall this strategy before. Relying upon an old retread at ILB? Oh yes, this is a golden oldie. Old geezer at backup QB to drive the bus? Yep, that is tried and true failure for our Cowboys. Has been at HC that hasn’t proven craapola? Yep, this is a repeat times about four. (not Garrett but Wade)
I think the GM is insane.
Blaming the Roy trade is BS
Yes it cost us a first rd pick. Whoopie. That draft was crap and nothing would have changed it; probably would have had another Carp for the first pick anyway. Basically that draft was nothing but projects and you can only expect that maybe one out of 5 projects ever amount to anything. Which is what we got with the 2009 draft.
Roy Williams Trade Closed Dallas' Superbowl Window
You don’t think that 1st round pick mattered?
Here are 4 players that were on the board when we would have had our #20 pick that ended up going in the 1st round.
- Clay Mathews (pro bowl linebacker) – Pick number #24
- Michael Oher (OT, hrm I can’t remember, does this team need a talent infusion at O-line?) – pick number #23
- Percy Harvin (pro bowl WR) – pick number #27
- Hackeem Nicks (soon to be pro bowl WR) – pick number #29
Any one of those guys would have been difference-makers on this team. Instead we got Roy Williams who is on pace to get a mere 600 yards this year after a pathetic 590 yard perfromance last year.
When you combine that with how we traded down from our 2nd round pick instead of selecting any of the starting NFL O-linemen availiable… that trade/draft slammed shut our SB window.
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 8:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Post of the Year
Thanks for this BED . . . I don’t have the heart to go back and research what might have been but this is why a global strategy with an over the horizon perspective is so important in building championship football teams. You have to think long term and coordinate the strategy. Jones is impulsive and a dumbass GM
Clay Mathews Says It All
Can you imagine him as another pass rushing threat?
Agreed--the 2009 draft was a major blow
Round 2 (51 overall): This is who was available and the number at which they were picked:
• (51) Andy Levitre OG
• (52) David Veikune DE
• (53) LeSean McCoy RB
• (54) Phil Loadholt OT
• (55) William Moore S
• (56) Fili Moala DT
• (57) Paul Kruger OLB
• (58) Sebastian Vollmer OT
• (59) Sherrod Martin CB
• (60) Will Beatty OT
• (61) Sean Smith CB
• (62) Sen’ Derrick Marks DT
• (63) Cody Brown OLB
• (64) Richard Quinn TE
Round 3
In Round Three we had two picks that we used to pick Jason Williams (69) and Robert Brewster (75). Before the RW trade, we had two picks in this round.
So minus that trade and the trade with Buffalo in Round 2, we would have went into that round with two picks: 3(69) from Cleveland that we acquired in the 2008 draft and 3(82), the pick we traded to Detroit for RW. Starting at 3(69), this is how the third round shook out:
• (69) Jason Williams OLB
• (70) Michael Johnson DE
• (71) Matt Shaughnessy DE
• (72) Terrance Knighton DT
• (73) Derek Cox CB
• (74) Glen Coffee RB
• (75) Robert Brewster
• (76) DeAndre Levy OLB
• (77) Antoine Caldwell C
• (78) Louis Vasquez OG
• (79) Kraig Urbik
• (80) Kevin Barnes CB
• (81) Roy Miller DT
• (82) Derrick Williams WR
• (83) Brandon Tate WR
• (84) Mike Wallace WR
• (85) Ramses BardenWR
• (86) Asher Allen CB
• (87) Patrick Turner WR
• (88) Lardarius Webb CB
• (89) Jared Cook TE
• (90) Christopher Owens CB
• (91) Deon Butler WR
• (92) Jerraud Powers CB
• (93) Corvey Irvin DT
• (94) Ryan Mouton CB
• (95) Rashad Johnson S
• (96) Keenan Lewis CB
• (97) Tyrone McKenzie OLB
In these three rounds, we could have had at least two starters and possibly 3 or 4. The bungling of the 2009 draft was enough to cripple this organization for years to come. Instead of building upon a good or solid draft, we now have to go back and make up for this lost one.
"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication." --Roger Staubach
People ask, "How did we let the safety, ILB, and O-line get so bad?"
Well, you only have so many draft picks a year. And there are only so many years that the “core” of a team is active before they need to retire. When you absolutely blow drafts like we did in 2006 and 2009 you won’t have the players.
How long is the window open for this “core” group of players? The Demarcus Ware/Tony Romo Cowboys? Probobly about 8 years, right? About 8 years is pretty average for a core group, 10 if you get really lucky. Well folks, this is year 5. And out of those 5 years we’ve absolutely blown 2 drafts.
That’s how you slam your superbowl window shut. When we should be building a team around a great core, we instead sh*t the bed on draft day and throw guys like Alan Ball out on the field because we don’t have anyone else.
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 10:07 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Two Blown Drafts
. . . and other critical mistakes. Taking Felix is probably in that category. This was the best running back draft in NFL history so it makes more sense to drop down and grab later talent (Jamall Charles, for example) I am not saying Felix was a mistake per se; what I am saying that in a running back rich draft you should plan to use a lower round pick to grab your talent because so much talent drops (that is why we got Choice where we did) . . . then we overpaid MBIII makng him not tradeable . . . then there is the Martellus mistake . . . that is, not trading him for a high pick in a stronger draft. One could write a book . . . it is the failure to have an overall strategy . . . this of course comes with a committed GM with a long term contract
Instead...
with have a GM with a lifetime contract, who should be committed.
Rabid and luvin' it
by lonewolfz28 on Nov 14, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
he don't have the same contract with a 1.2 billion dollar stadium
the Dallas Cowboys are his bread & butter so he’s going to have to prove something in order to sell it again. no more winning the offseason Hype Bowl & expecting people to show up.
people are already wearing bags, giving lap dances at games & calling for him to step down so its only going to get worse until they actually win something more then a wildcard game against a beat up team. these 9-7 or 10-6 seasons that end in the other team punching them in the mouth won’t cut it from now on. thats the “culture” Jerry sold the fans & now they want him to pay up.
If Romo is an “elite” or “franchise” QB then lets see it when its playoff time, sorry but beating a banged up Eagles squad was cool last year but its time to see him carry this team when things aren’t perfect. i’m tired of hearing how great some of these players are only to watch them fall flat on there face everytime. put up or shut up, shiney stats don’t mean crap when your losing.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
baloney
Roy Williams = Harvin/Nicks. They’re all 3 WRs, did you know?
One of the 3 is a young, PROVEN Pro Bowl veteran. Who would you take?
RW is having a great season. He’s getting the catches that Nicks/Harvin would have so the yardage would be the same.
Just because you don’t like the situation isn’t proof of its value.
Would Clay Matthews have pushed James or Brookings off the roster? Is Matthews a 3-4 ILB?
It would’ve been nice to have Oher, though.
Blaming RW trade . . .
. . . no one is blaming the trade; however, it is accurate to say the trade was a colossal mistake. You simply did not need to overpay this guy and overpay in draft picks; he would have been available in free agency and if this did not work out then so be it. You can’t make these mistakes and build championship football; you can’t write off an entire draft class and expect to build a championship football team. Ever wonder why Dallas has no depth at oline? Why it has to rely upon AARP rejects at ILB? Why it can’t find in house safety projects to feed into the roster? The talent acquisition department at Cowboy Headquarters is broken and in shambles. Jerry is a DICKHEAD talent acquisition person. Thus the Cowboys are at the bottom of the league and no significant sniff of championship football for 15 ffffffing years. Say it all together now NO championship football for 15 years. good grief.
+1
…and this franchise has never gone more than 15 years w/out winning a Super Bowl… Until now. sigh
You all might want to start paying attention to your 2nd favorite teams for the next 20 years. Jerry has hijacked this team from winning any titles for a long time to come.
The NFC East has won 11 Super Bowls; oddly none of those have come courtesy of the Eagles.
by gee-roj on Nov 14, 2010 9:00 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
2009 seems worse than it is because we drafted so many players
I still think if Buehler, Phillips, Butler and Wiiliams work out, it’s a decent draft. No team has every pick work out, like Parcells said, draft is a 50/50 proposition
In Romo we Trust
i hate to say it
and i mean i HATE to say it, but I totally agree with Terry. He’s absolutely right.
Also, Stephen Hodge got injured. How is that a blown pick?
i think it had more to do with trading the Ranch for a WR then anything
like Jerry didn’t learn his lesson about trading the Ranch for a skill player but somethings never change with him.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
Buehler is not working out. Phillips is a backup TE. Butler and Williams barely get on the field
Phillips, Butler and Williams are 3 out of how many picks? Something less than 50/50 at this point
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I seem to recall the reaction
on BTB after the draft was basically what the hell just happened here. As each pick was profiled most came to be a little more comfortable with what it appeared the team was trying to do. A year and a half later we are back to what the hell happended.
I really like the was Phillips plays ( when not injured ) and the others mentioned above should make it is not a total write off, but some of the players that were discussed on BTB were available at times we were picking and are now performing well for the teams that got them. Four or Five hits out of Twelve picks is really sad.
Parcells drafted right.
Only mistake he made was Julius Jones over Stephen Jackson
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Huh?
Bobby Carpenter? Jacob Rogers? Stephen Peterman?
by One.Cool.Customer on Nov 14, 2010 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
D-Ware!
:D
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True Dat
. . . the only reason Dallas ended up with Ware is because they passed on Stephen Jackson the year before. Tuna loved Ware and was very nervous of Ware; Jones the GM deserves credit for Ware over Tuna.
Felix Jones, Mike Jenkins, MartyB, Roy Williams
should i keep on? if it wasn’t for Bill Parcells this team would still be looking for a winning record, you know it & so does everyone else. one thing is still the same with all these bad picks & thats Jerry Jones personnel decisions are about the worst in the NFL.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
To put how bad this draft is in perspective
There are more 2010 undrafted rookies, just the UDFAs, than 2009 draft picks.
2010 UDFAs:
McCray, McCann, Church, Gonkowski, Costa.
2009 draft picks:
McGee, Butler, B.Williams, Buehler
Want to add insult to injury? More of those UDFA’s are active on game day than 2009 draft picks.
OUCH!
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 9:51 AM CST reply actions
The most I look at how this team is structured, the more pessimistic I get
I’m beginning to think Jerry Jones’ teams will forever be fringe contenders. They don’t build like championship teams do. Instead they’re an interesting side-show. 9-7 teams that make wildcard games then get beat out by the real powerhouses.
You don’t build superbowl contenders the way Jerry works. And Jerry is too stubborn to ever change, he wants to do it “his way” more than he wants to win.
So, what was the Wade Phillips era like?
44-6
by Blue Eyed Devil on Nov 14, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
+1
it doesn’t matter if Garrett is truely a great coach or not bc Jerry is still the puppet master. personnel decisions and structure are the 2 most important things in winning in the NFL. teams that can draft well can survive the worst of injuries & look at the Steelers or Giants for proof. half the Giants OL & other key starters are out but it won’t slow them down from running the ball or winning games. the Steelers had an option QB (Dixon) but they still win 3 out of 4 games against some good teams.
we were missing 1 key OL (colombo) & couldn’t even score enough to beat the Redskins, pathetic. Jerry won’t have any choice but to change unless he plans on paying for that $1.2 billion dollar stadium with boxing matches, college football games or concerts. the fact that the Dallas Cowboys are his bread & butter it doesn’t leave him with the same freedom to make ignorant decisions like he did at Texas Stadium. sure he says he won’t fire himself but he also said he wouldn’t make a midseason coaching change but we saw how that turned out. the wick on Jerrys candle is burning low & he’s running out of time fast bc he can’t sell any hype until they actually win something worth buying.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
thats what happens when you draft poorly or trade the Ranch for another Wr.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
2009 worst draft ever
im not even kidding
but I also put some blame into our current situation on the great Parcells drafting Barbie and blowing that whole 2006 draft as well
watching Nick Mangold or Antonio Cromartie right now also makes me sick
by Archie Barberio on Nov 14, 2010 12:16 PM CST reply actions
Parcells wasn't the first to grab a LB from Ohio St.
there known for having some of the best in the country. he also picked a lot of pro bowl players that are here & if it wasn’t for him we would still be looking for a winning record. if that pick makes you sick then how does the 2008 & 2009 drafts make you feel? we had 2 first round picks in 2008 & passed on 2 of the best RBs in the NFL, CJ2K was also Wades choice but Garrett/Jerry loved them some Felix “can’t break a tackle” Jones.
the personnel decisions Jerry responsible for will make any coach look awful & just bc they play with a little effort isn’t a whole lot to be excited about unless this is like Buffalo.
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
In college terms this is like having 85 scholarships, and using about 70 of them on recruits,
and the rest on walkons who bring maybe special teams to the table on gameday. We’ve put ourselves on probation, people. Not even USC has lost that many scholarships.
i think it starts with Jerry trading the Ranch for Roy Williams
you would think Jerry has learned his lesson about trading the Ranch for skill players but somethings won’t ever change. they went into that draft with no real possibly of drafting the better players so our GMs stratagy was to get special teamers & possible backups but it was just another step to this organizations collapse.
it only took Jerry 3 years to tear down what Bill Parcells built up & sooner or later the fans have got get tired of seeing this “culture” Jerry brings to Dallas. Jerry is like Lucy & all the fans are like Charlie Brown, if you think things are going to change with a different puppet on the sidelines then i have some ocean front property in Arizona i don’t mind selling you.
we won’t ever know what Garrett’s true potential is until he becomes the goat in Dallas & moves on to another organization to install his plan, not Jerrys. i have loved this franchise long before Jerry bought it & i can’t ever remember it being structured so pathetic. sure the early/mid 1990’s were great when you could just have the deepest bank account & win but since the salary cap era Jerry has struggled to assemble a roster with winners. i hope these players understand they costed someone there job & allowed Jerry/media to blame another coach for the problems in Dallas but sooner or later it can’t always be the coaches fault.
Jerry feels the pressure from the fans & rightfully so but if people keep settling for medoricy then the real “culture” change won’t ever occur in Dallas. don’t look now but the Steelers are strong contenders to get there 7th super bowl win in JerrysWorld. /puke
the definition of insanity should have a picture of Jerry Jones next to it. he has no idea what he is doing or that its wrong...
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