Dallas Cowboys Offseason: Looking Forward By Looking Back, PFF Style

….a consistent bag of trash for us in the secondary.

Actually after the 2008 season he didnt have good things to say the organization Dallas.

He’s the 3rd corner, which is basically a starting position in today’s NFL. That being said, he spent a lot of time starting for an injured Mike Jenkins and other various injuries in the secondary. Jenkins’ 2010 I’ll also give him a mulligan on, mostly because everyone on the defense sucked that year. Hard to blame him for collapsing.

to cut Gurode, and Davis had as much to do with the money they were being paid as their performances. They were declining and making a lot of money in the meantime, were they not (not sure what Davis’ salary was)? I think it was all part of cap hell this year. Unfortunately, Romo’s rib and hand were the casualties.

That said, I supported the retooling, too. If I had it to do again, not sure what I’d want. I do know that the Cowboys have to continue to improve that line if they don’t want another year of Romo being used as a punching bag.

I’m a little surprised by the grades on Phillips and Fiammetta.

Too many people here get down on a guy for whatever reason, and think just because he isn’t getting double digit sacks or eight or nine TDs that he isn’t good. There’s lots of little things that you don’t notice when you watch the game. Birddog is the only one here that’s a pro-scout, the rest of us are amateurs. Yeah, Bennett’s been a pretty damn good player the past two years, Phillips hasn’t. All of the sudden we expect Phillips to do what Bennett did…that doesn’t sit well with me. Spencer hasn’t been on this list once, and he gets labeled a “JAG,” and a guy that’s easily replaceable.

he’s good against the run and can cover. He’s not going to be cheap to resign, other teams know he is a good player.

Bennett graded higher than Witten and Phillips. But if it is third and 6 and I need a first down my preferrence would be Witten , Phillips then Bennett. No way Bennett is a better TE than Witten.

may appear to be good players because Newman and Walker played so poorly.

and who’s tra battle? i don’t even remember that fella, he played S or what?

god, why couldn’t we at least get Boldin or Holmes
to this day, I cannot go through a whole day without thinking about trading our 1st round pick for that bum
I just imagine the what if, what if we had Clay Matthews, what if we had Michael Oher, what if we had Percy Harvin, what if we had Vontae Davis

I don’t think I will ever get over that

especially if the team is considering moving ratliff to de

1) To all the people who called for Tony’ head saying we can with Kitna, NO YOU CAN’T! I don’t want to hear it. When Tony played in 2010, the team was starting to quit on Wade, but remained competitive in all the games. When Tony went down, Kitna QB’d the team to back to back embarrasing losses (Jags and Pack). Kitna also single handedly cost us the Cardinals game with 2 first half pick sixes. I don’t care if his record was 4-5 in Romo’s absence, he had the bennefit of playing after the coaching change and the rest of the team playing for their jobs after Wade getting the boot.

2) If you believe McGee can serve as QB #2, I want what you smoke.

3) Jenkins was a rookie in 2008, it was expected he’d struggle. He made the Pro-Bowl in 2009. He struggled in 2010 because he was injured and trying to make up for horrible play at FS. I don’t recall seeing his name on the 2011 list.

4) Phil Costa got WORSE his second yr. I’ll be shocked if he’s starting at C next season.

5) Fine, Fine, Fine, Anthony Spencer isn’t as bad as a lot of us believe him to be. I take this to mean, that unless he walks in FA, Dallas will not use a 1st or 2nd on Spencer’s replacement.

6) Doug Free shouldn’t be on this list come next season, if he is, I might try and trade him for a pick.

7) Not surprised Roy E Williama wasn’t cut after 2009, Jerry didn’t want to admit he crapped the bed just yet. By November 2010, that trade flat out blew up in his face with the way the team bottomed out in Green Bay.

8) Quinton Coples in the 1st rd, Jared Crick in the 2nd rd or Kendall Reyes in the 3rd Rd is strong possibility. If you don’t believe me, see Marcus Spears above.

9) There will be several new starters at OL and DB. Don’t rule out a G/C in the first rd, and don’t rule out a Safety either.

really just someone elses opinion. It’s not necessarilly fact. PFF grades each player on each play, but it’s their opinion of how good the player did each play. It’s not factual information.

…I see a clear correlation between poor performance and team cuts. The only caveat is “bad” contracts have kept some bad players on the team. I’m sure every team has these bad contracts, but it add fuel to the fire that we try to avoid high priced free agents (Carl Nicks) and improve through the draft (especially with the rookie wage scale).

Costa’s bad number speaks volumes to me…how did Kowalski grade out?…I wonder if the Boys will take a flyer on Wells or Myers? Centers (even great ones can be had for a lower price tag)…I’m thinking we target a veteran Center.

you only need to look at the final record to show the effectiveness of the moves Jerry has made. If you want to look further than that, you’d have to start with the big games. It really doesn’t matter what you did against St. Louis and Seattle. It matters what you did against playoff teams, esp. in your own division. We were 0-4 against the two best teams in our division. I left out Washington because their qb is Rex Grossman, and probably won’t ever start again anywhere. Our defense was routed by and large in those games (in 3 out of 4 games). So just based on those games you need better players on defense. Because those same players sucked just as bad with a different DC. So, outside of Ratliff, Ware and Lee every other position needs to improve. Either by player development (like Carter) or a new player.
You can try to candy coat it anyway you want. The pass defense was not nearly good enough. The pass rush was good at the begining of the year but was bad when it counted.
The interior line needs improvement.
But if Jerry has learned his lesson from the late 90s. The replacements need to be young, not a 30+ yo player that will most likely get worse every year of his contract. Now if you want to sign a 1-2 year stop gap to protect yourself that’s fine. But the preference should be for young players.

that both Kirkpatrick and Jenkins fall to us?

if we drafted both of them this draft would anybody have an issue with spending two high picks on arguably two of the 3 highest rated corners in this draft?