Dallas Cowboys News And Notes

Or, this is one of those “pre-posted” stories scheduled to pop up online at a certain time.

Your last story was worse than the stuff I read on here – broken remotes, kicked-in TV screens, etc., from frustrated fans. Our guys take out their frustrations on inanimate objects.

I hear crap about how we’re not America’s team anymore all the time from Steelers fans that I work with. You know, the Texans colors are red, white and blue. I wonder if that’s some sort of subtle jab at our claim of America’s team.

The writer hand an interesting analysis, but I found the final paragraph a little odd (bold emphasis min):

At 29, Witten has some incredible career numbers for a tight end. He’s still relatively young and a player the Cowboys can count on for years to come.

I worry that Witten’s a relatively old 29.

The writer notes that Witten’s targets per game for the last eight games dropped 31% from the first eight games, which he attributed JW being bracket covered. Any place to get real data on this? Curious to know if he was double teamed more in 2011, particularly the last 8 games, than years prior.

If true, there is some solace in what looked like a serious drop-off. However, it was oft mentioned that Robinson flourished because Dez was constantly doubled. In a 3-wide w TE set, seems like Miles should have been getting a lot of single coverage, too.

we need to use our first 2 picks on the OL.

the saints have at best an average def. The offense is so good they are never out of a game. Brees is rarely touched and his WR run wild against any defense.

The def makes 1 or 2 plays a game and the saints get ahead early.

OL,OL,CB,DE and sign 1 FA at CB or DE.

How are the pats the number 1 seed with that def?

A great off!!!

Deal rumored close to being done. Link

if it’s important to improve our pass rush, it’s clearly at least as important to defeat the opponent’s pass rush, but actually moreso. the qb is the linchpin of the team. you dont trade protection of a qb who missed 8 games in the past 2 years, and who played 6 games with cracked ribs and a punctured lung, for a better pass rush. you dont trade protection of the qb to get a better secondary. first and foremost, you MAKE MOVES TO PROTECT THE QB, then you shore up the pass defense and the pass rush. somebody please wake up

But Dallas Cowboys fans are already focused on next season LOL. That’s a Cowboys fan only hope.

Spagnola is a Jerry lackey. If Jerry told Mickey that bulls didn’t have balls Mickey would write about it. Mickey is also a puppet scared to say something negative about Jerry. I have much more respect for Gosslein and Galloway who aren’t afraid to take Jerry to task.

Jerry is incapable of running the Cowboys. See the Texans and Bengals as examples.

Why is being America’s team so important to Dallas fans ? Winning to me is more important.

Changes to the coaching staff won’t matter with Jerry as gm and the team lacking talent.

Ware and his .5 sack away from 20…on a losing team………wasted career in Dallas

Romo is good but I too believe he has peaked.

As Wade would often say after another crushing defeat…“I saw some good thangs” ……well. I saw a team a long ways away from real superbowl contention. Tyron and Lee were young pluses. Ware and Witten, Jerry has betrayed you.

that Wade Phillips, among other veteran coaches, are being considered for the Bucs HC position. Should we craft a letter of recommendation for him? He can take Campo with him.

Guards and CB are 2 relatively deep positions in this draft. That is good for us. Try using FA to shore up some other positions.

The media can’t criticize Tony because there is nothing to criticize and since, for the most part they hate us, they’ll find something else to criticize about us.

We must protect Tony at all costs by signing OL men in FA and/or by drafting DeCastro if he’s there at #14.

I’d like 1 FA and 2 FA signings for O and D, respectively. Get Nicks or Grubbs. Get Campbell if possible or Avril/Jones. Look at FA secondary help as more become available. Not sure about Grimes and Finnegan.

Draft BPA to fill our many needs.

Acquire Sparano and Haley, both, and maybe 2012 won’t look like 2011.

But what exactly would Haley do?

What a crock of ….. Anyway… They dog Romo and they don’t look around at the rest of the leagues QBs and notice that every QB, with out an exception have bad games. Some far worse than others. Romo played extremely well considering he played numerous games banged up.
Demarco Murray, ended up in the worst place possible on his last play of this season, with his foot being rolled over by a 300 lb lineman. I don’t think that means he will be an injury waiting to happen when he gets on the field. He played lights out ever since he got the chance to start.

And while the Cowboys knew it would have growing pains, the offensive line should have performed better

This after mentioning all the injuries the team had to play through? come on man

2003 NFL Draft Bio
All-America and All-Conference pick as a senior and honored as the Thorpe Award winner as the nation’s top defensive back. Finished the season with 54 tackles, 5 INTs and a team leading 14 pass breakups. Explosive, shut down corner with great playing speed. Displays top footwork off the line, fluid hip movement and loses nothing in transition. Quickly plants and breaks on the ball, possesses a great burst of closing or recovery speed and makes a lot of plays on the ball.

40-Time? 4.39
Victor Cruz? 4.49

Yet he couldn’t chase down Cruz in a championship game… he needs to move to the slot or be replaced obviously… 5th overall pick in 2003… he had a good run but he is not the same guy we drafted even when healthy. I think he also gets gassed easily playing in the LCB spot, he needs to be fresh to be effective and maybe we’re better off with bringing up a Mario Butler or using Ball in the slot and Scandrick at LCB.

Tully kid? Any words outside of the usual youtube video (which everyone above the age of 12 has as well)?