The Psyche of Cowboys Nation and more

A really interesting topic: at times you can see such a wide array of difference of opinion that you kind of get the idea that maybe someone is seeing a totally different team or player... There isn't a single person that's always right or wrong, I've been guilty of being wrong several times (I wanted Bradie James off the team after his 2nd year, thought that Brewster was a good potential pick, I thought that Flo was finished and more), but I'll always defend my opinion.

Which is the basis of blogs like this one, to post, comment and defend your position.

So what's the point of this post? Well, I've been seeing such conflicting differences in point of view that I felt inclined to poke Cowboys Nation and provoke a conversation/discussion about such topics.

So, without further ado, those topics are:

"Dez Bryant was the best Cowboys receiver."

How can someone make such a claim? Because he made more big plays? Is that all? Dez Bryant was the Y receiver in a limited playbook. Sure, the guy made a lot of good plays, but the fact is that he was a very limited player.

On the other hand, Austin played the X, Y and slot positions, and ran every kind of route. And had some really good numbers.

In 2010 the Cowboys had a lot of problems which forced the team to look for ways to increase the amount of 3 and 4 step drops and reduce the amount of long throws. Some of Bryant's big plays came on that kind of plays, 3 or 4 step drops, but throws with a lot of air in them. That's the kind of throw that you can only make if you aren't expecting immediate deep help, which means that the helpers were looking somewhere else and I'm guessing that they weren't looking at Roy...

That, IMO, is the basis for why Miles Austin was the best Cowboys receiver and why he should continue to be for as long as Dez doesn't show that he can handle a bigger role.

What say you, Cowboys Nation?

"Stephen Bowen is a good pass rusher"

There is merit in standing by that position by itself, it isn't backed up by sacks, but the guy can generate pressure and force early throws, but that opinion is often followed with this one:

"A replacement for Anthony Spencer is a bigger need than DE"

My opinion is that they're very similar players, both above average performers in every area of their games, but one guy is considered starting material and the other isn't. And I can't see why.

What say you, Cowboys Nation?

Sure, there are more examples of differences of opinion, but most have been examined to death and I'm not going there (Ratliff to DE (HA!)). But you can look at them in the comments section bellow, a good back and forth would surely follow.

Houck equals Young?

I keep going back and forth on why they're keeping Houck and I can't find many reasons. At first, Free didn't take well to the coaching change, his first training camp under Houck was described by more than one source as bad. Brewster continues to look like guard material (the guy can't run), but strangely the team continues to try him at tackle. And the overall level of play of his unit wasn't that good. It was rather bad, actually.

So, why are they keeping him on the staff (there's even talk that he's going to be promoted)? I think that Garrett is a bright coordinator who has made a series of good calls as a Head Coach, so I don't believe that this is a case of him being stupid or how he's seeing something that isn't there.

There has to be something, and I can only think of someone that's developing under Houck and how the team doesn't want to see what happened with Free under a new line coach.

Could it be that the team already thinks that they have something cooking for the RT position? Could that be Sam Young or are you a Jermey Parnell guy?

Throwing a mock to the wall.

With the 1st pick, I've made myself clear, I want this lineup in 2-4 fronts in the nickel and dime: DLine: Ratliff and Jordan; LBs: Ware, Spencer, Butler and Lee. That's a good lineup for Rob Ryan to play with.

1st Round (9): Cameron Jordan, DE.

With the 2nd pick I want a trade down to the middle to late 2nd, I'm thinking that someone could want to jump up in front of a team (Redskins?) for one of the 2nd Round QBs (Mallet? Ponder? Devlin? Gabbert?). And I say: do it, not for X amount of picks, just change position, the Cowboys 4th Round pick for X team's 3rd Round pick and the Cowboys 5th Round pick for X team's 4th Round pick.

That way the Cowboys end up with a mid to late 2nd Rounder, two 3rd Round picks, one 4th and the rest remains the same.

2nd Round (x): Danny Watkins, OG.

Would you be willing to exchange Watkins and another 3rd Round pick for Ijalana? I wouldn't do it, as I don't think that Watkins will make it to the 3rd Round, he's showing that he can play every inside position along the OLine and start right away.

3rd Round (71): Ahmad Black, SS.

He's indeed small, but with all of the deep cover-2, cover-3, cover-4 and cover-6 that Rob Ryan likes to employ, size is less important than cover skills and this guy has the best cover skills out of any safety prospect in the 3rd Round.

3rd Round (x): Marcus Gilbert, RT.

Want competition for Young and Parnell, here you have a good one (and you would get 4 top 100 players).

4th Round (x): Niles Paul, WR.

Miles Austin is the X receiver, Dez Bryant is the Y and Niles Paul in the slot? I would forget about Roy Williams real quick.

6th Round: Da'Rel Scott, RB.

7th Round: Anthony Sherman, FB.

What say you, Cowboys Nation?