Speak for The 'Boys, dude. We've had plenty more exciting times in the past three years than you guys have had. Even then, the majority of exciting times for the Cowboys have unfortunately been Bill Parcells' press conferences.
We've been to the playoffs within the past 3 seasons. Have the Texans?
Landry was by far the best coach to ever coach. Canning this guy was horrible. I bet all Cowboys fans around the world are still crying.
I didn't like the way it was handled but Jerry wasn't left with many options. Landry refused to step down and refused to come in order to be told to his face. Sad to see him go? Sure. Crying because we felt he was our best option? Not even close.
I actually won a bet after Jimmy Johnson was hired. I bet we'd have a Super Bowl trophy within 5 years (only took 4) under Jimmy.
I moved to Dallas and have no doubt that we will beat them next year. On offense they are horrible. Big Bill won't submit to the fact that they are too old on that side of the ball. Although they drafted Henson they won't give him a chance and Bill has no intentions in the future of the team and doesn't care.
So based on how our offense looked in '04, you can tell how we'll be in '06 (after two offseasons and two drafts)? Amazing.
Washington has reconized they need to find their future QB, whether if it is Ramsey or the Cambell guy they drafted.
If Ramsey is the answer, why draft Campbell? If Campbell is the answer, how is he proven?
Also they are too old and strugling at the WR position.
Funny how at the beginning of '04, many (outside of Dallas) thought with Johnson, Glenn and Bryant the strength of the offense would be the WR position. Replace Bryant with Morgan and tack on another year for Johnson and Glenn and suddenly it's weak.
On Defense they are switching to the 3-4, but don't quite have the personell yet to run it.
We're not switching to the 3-4 full time. In '05 we'll run a mix of both.
[qutoe]What are they going to do with their undersized lbs?[/quote]
I don't know...keep sending them to Hawaii each February?
What is going to become of Glover and how is he going to fit in that system?
With added depth, he won't have to worry about playing 70 snaps a game. That will help his stamina throughout the season. In the 4-3, he'll play his normal DT position. In the 3-4, he could play either (how well he plays has yet to be determined).
The Cowboys went into the draft wanting either Spears or Ware, they luckily ended up with both of them, which should bold well for their future, great job with the draft for once in a long time they had a good draft, but the are switching to the 3-4 without having the complete personel yet
If you compared the drafts between our two teams over the past 3 years, you might be surprised.
Is spears going to be their NT if not then who
Spears will play DE in both schemes. Jason Ferguson (FA signee from the Jets) will play NT.
Ware is going to have to learn how to play standing up
After playing some OLB in college, how will this be a problem?
and they have alot of undersized lbs.
Kevin Burnett - 6'2, 240
Ryan Fowler - 6'3, 245
Bradie James - 6'2, 240
Dat Ngyuen - 5'11, 243
Keith O'Neil - 6'0, 230
Scott Shanle - 6'2, 245
Al Singleton - 6'2, 228
Kalen Thornton - 6'3, 250
I see two that I might classify as "undersized". O'Neil and primarily a special teams player. Dat Ngyuen has been to the Pro Bowl. I don't think his lack of ideal height has hurt his career. That's two out of 8. Not exactly what I would call "a lot".
They signed a brown cb that shows promise, but whats their answer at safety with the retirement of the great woodson (very underated player) and speaking of safeties Roy Williams strugled last year with the adsence of woodson and really strugles in defending the pass.
We've added Anthony Henry as well as Aaron Glenn. The secondary is already improved.
With Woodson's retirement, Williams will move to his natural position of SS (replacing Woodson). That leaves the FS spot open...the easiest position on the defense to replace. And we still have the June 1st cuts to go. And besides, who said we needed to answer every question on our defense in one year? Your OL still sucks. What did the Texans do to improve on that?
I also agree and have agreed before they have had a fantastic draft and it should serve them well, but they need to do that on a more consistent basis. They took two potentialy wonderful players, which have to prove they can play in the 3-4, which I think they will, especially Spears, Ware has to prove he can play standing up and with this level of competition.
What rookie from this past draft
doesn't have to prove they can play in this league? "Potentially" we took 8 wonderful players. It's how they end up that matters.
If they did sign a FA rb from the bears, don't expect him to make much a difference since the bears didn't have a stout running game last year and were one of the teams to take a rb in the first round, also this is a mute point since Jones will get most of the carries anyways (don't get me wrong I love some of the players the cowboys have and jones is one of them)
Anthony Thomas is an upgrade over Eddie George. There is absolutely no reason to debate this. Besides, we're taking about depth behind Julius Jones. A player that many feel will have a great future. If Thomas doesn't pan out, then we drafted Marion Barber as well.
I also beleive Bledsoe is a better qb, but he isn't going to be much of a difference maker. He will provide them 2 years at best, then what. Henson will be like 28 years old and back to square 1, when during that time Washington and New York will be developing the qbs for the future, again putting them behind in the division.
I don't agree that Bledsoe is better than Vinny. I think it's a push at best. But how would we be "back to square 1" if Henson is 28? Are you suggesting that he'd be past his prime and we'd be back to looking for a QB of the future? 2 years from now David Carr will be 28. Will it be time for the Texans to start looking again?
Those might not be the answers you were looking for.