House cleanup. Who needs to go?

more than serviceable as a backup in the NFL and he has shown that he could probably start on a few teams…

BTW – whose progress is he stopping?? if we had seen ANYTHING from McGee – i could see you making that argument

and I think the quality of his play has been somewhat overrated, maybe from post-Brad Johnson trauma, but I still think he’s a good backup. Unless the Cowboys are going to go young and think McGee is “the guy,” or they take a QB in the draft who will be the next “guy” when Romo retires, I’m not sure you get rid of Kitna yet. That said, it’s reasonable to ask whether he’ll be a good backup next year, or, at nearly 40, the next Brad Johnson.

Agreed on Davis and Colombo. Those guys are just done and are both liabilities. I can’t argue about the coaching; I still don’t understand why the Cowboys can’t grade and develop O linemen. Is it Houck? The scouts? JJ and his drafting?

Also agreed on Olshansky and Brooking. Wouldn’t be surprised if Brooking retires at the end of the season. Ball needed to go before the season even started; I’m baffled about why anyone thought he could do the job. He showed nothing last year to prove it. I have to confess, I’m pretty tired of Jenkins. It’s not because his coverage has fallen off, since I assume at least some of the problem revolves around the lack of pressure on QBs, but it’s the tackling and whiffing. Last night, at one point, I watched him whiff on yet another tackle. Deion was so good, he could get away with that crap. Jenkins? Not so much. Should he go? I don’t know.

I’m guessing MBIII will be gone next year. I love the guy, but he’s paid way too much to be a back up.

but upon review- there was heavy pressure up the middle on the first one, the 2nd one was clearly his fault as he threw to avoid Eagles that weren’t really there- not letting the pattern play out. Without Dez, he clearly wasn’t waiting for things to develop last game.

Now that he has some experience at the position, he seems to be getting better. I agree that Campo doesn’t seem to have his guys ready, which also makes me think Ball could be better than he has shown.

I think they need to get rid of Olshansky, Spears, and Hatcher. They need at least one dominant DE that will compliment Ratliff and Ware. Somebody like Richard Seymour in his prime, heck seymour now.

The two players who have to be gone immediately for me personally are Bigg and Colombo. They played attrociously last night. Their pass blocking is already very suspect and their run blocking last night was simply terrible. There was a play on the goal-line where Bigg literally just fell over as his guy took out Choice. And yes, we haven’t given up many sacks but that is because Kitna throws the ball to Felix or the TEs most pass plays on short drops where the pressure can’t get there. If he was running the same game plan as Tony I doubt very much that Kitna would still be playing. Tony has never gotten enough credit for making that offensive line look much better than it is.

And yeah, the defense needs a lot of trimming. Brooking, the DEs, and the safeties need to be overhauled. Thankfully Sean Lee looks like he can be a pretty good player despite the fact that he made some real rookie mistakes last night. The DEs will be a much harder problem to solve. My personal preference is looking in free agency and trying to get Cullen Jenkins. He could play DE and actually get after the QB a little. Then of course the Cowboys should look for DE help in the draft in the later rounds (I think Dareus and Fairley will be long gone by Dallas’s 1st round draft pick). Lastly, I think for the safety position that should be our target in round 2 or 3 of the draft. There will be some good value there and we seriously need to start investing some draft picks at that position (it would of course help a ton if AOA could turn into a starter).

I think Kitna should be brought back to Training Camp and let the best man be #2 between Kitna and McGee. People been talking him up a lot lately, but if he’s not ready, then keep Kitna.

What are you thoughts on Gurode? Through the season I really thought he was finished and just pathetic, but I was pretty surprised by his actual knowledge of leverage(maybe that is an obvious foul and I am giving him too much credit) maybe he could be serviceable for one more year if we can get a replacement RG and RT…Seems like having those 3 next to one another is like the 3 Stooges out there.

Watching Igor get blown off the line twice on that final drive was the final nail in the coffin for a dude who earlier in the year was celebrating 3 yard gang tackles.

I would add Sensi to that list. The guy takes horrible angles in pursuit(Minn game – Kleinsasser)

but I don’t know where we could find a replacement for next year

or its fans throw out the phrase “progress stopper” as much as the Cowboys and their fans?

Kitna has played well. Not bringing him back next year should be based on a belief that he can’t repeat this year again. Just based on this year’s performance alone I would say he should be brought back.

during camp and pre-season in regards to Crayton, Brooking and to a lesser extent RW and Ken Hamlin/Alan Ball. This was all before Ken Hamlin and Crayton got sent packing, Mike Hamlin got cut and Sean Lee kept getting hurt. You still see it pop up in regards to Brooking/Lee from time to time.

the GM.
We don’t change that, the rest is mental masturbation.

Barber is scheduled to make 5+million, Davis will make 6 million… so just by releasing two players we would be 5 million under the cap if it was 140 million. Plus you could try and get Roy and Newman to take a pay reduction saving (assuming you trim to 2 mill apiece) 9 million. If they don’t then you may release them, which would save Dallas 13 million…just saying….