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The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread
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moontayle
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That's all well and good but it's not as if he's all by himself in that department. NFL teams pay a lot of money to people who's sole purpose in life is to care for the bodies of their players, but sometimes there's just nothing that can be done. Did you know that the Rams actually had less people on IR at the end of the year than the Eagles? That, discounting Sean Lee, Dallas had the same number of people on IR? That their injury report by the end of the year didn't really look all that dissimilar from everyone else?
Players, coaches, and teams have all been trying to crack that injury nut for decades. Chip isn't really doing anything special, he's just the loudest about what he's doing. The truth is that Football is a violent sport, does horrendous things to a man's body, and that some guys just can't get a break. If Bradford isn't injured at some point this year, it won't be because of some magical concoction that Chip brewed him in the bowels of Lincoln Financial Field, it'll be because he finally caught a break on the injury front.
Saints are 30-40 million over the cap at the moment. Perhaps the worst franchise in the NFL.
Muurloen
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NM... you are talking out of your ass again.
Let me fix that for you.
NM... you are talking out of your ass again.
Let me fix that for you.
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And yes Muurloen it is a hopeless franchise for the foreseeable future. Get used to perpetual mediocrity.
notice how they are the ONLY franchise with negative spending $?
notice how they are the ONLY franchise with negative spending $?
No it hands down belongs to that shithole in New Orleans wholiterallycannot improve their team any further this year.
i'd rather be a fucking Jags fan than a Saints fan right now. At least one team has the CHANCE to improve next year.
i'd rather be a fucking Jags fan than a Saints fan right now. At least one team has the CHANCE to improve next year.
Fadaar
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Bucs depending on how the QB situation pans out should have a much better year than last year. Jags are definitely on their way up as well, give Bortles more targets and he'll light it up.
Chanur
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I cannot believe I am going to defend Murray a bit to the same people that were here ridding his dick to the playoffs all year. There is some truth in the statement that the Cowboys Oline is probably good enough to get any warm body RB in there to run 800-1000 yards. That being said its a long fucking cry from that to 1850 yards. Murray put the team on his back and carried them to their best play since 2009 and a real legitimate Superbowl shot. If you think any other RB is going to step in there and provide so much to a team for under 8 million I think you are delusional.
There is also no way on earth Peterson will be going to the Cowboys. First off his contract calls for twice the money than they were willing to pay Murray. Second Peterson has been rattling the saber about wanting guaranteed money. Peterson is also 3 years older than Murray and he basically has not played in a year. There is no telling what he is going to look like on the field, though I suspect he will probably be okay its a risk. With no more big talent RB's out there this leaves the Cowboys having to likely spent a draft place on an RB instead of their woeful defense. There is no way the never was from the Raiders is going to carry the Cowboys the way Murray did. There is little doubt the Cowboys just got worse, the only question is how much? A little or a lot.
Murray of course will not make the same kind of production from the Eagles but he should not have to splitting the duties with Matthews and maybe Sproles. This is a good long term set up for the Eagles at RB. The real coup of course is that the Cowboys made themselves weaker and strengthened their main competition in the division.
There is also no way on earth Peterson will be going to the Cowboys. First off his contract calls for twice the money than they were willing to pay Murray. Second Peterson has been rattling the saber about wanting guaranteed money. Peterson is also 3 years older than Murray and he basically has not played in a year. There is no telling what he is going to look like on the field, though I suspect he will probably be okay its a risk. With no more big talent RB's out there this leaves the Cowboys having to likely spent a draft place on an RB instead of their woeful defense. There is no way the never was from the Raiders is going to carry the Cowboys the way Murray did. There is little doubt the Cowboys just got worse, the only question is how much? A little or a lot.
Murray of course will not make the same kind of production from the Eagles but he should not have to splitting the duties with Matthews and maybe Sproles. This is a good long term set up for the Eagles at RB. The real coup of course is that the Cowboys made themselves weaker and strengthened their main competition in the division.
Gravel
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It's weird, because I swear the complaints about Bradford were:
- He's injured. A lot.
- He can't (or maybe I should say won't) throw a long ball
- He had no help on offense
The injury thing you can't do anything about. Like said above, that's just luck.
His long ball is a conundrum. I think he's something like #33 in attempts over 20 yards. Why he doesn't throw them I have no idea. Is it because he can't, or won't?
The last one is where I can't understand Eagles' fan enthusiasm. Kelly has gutted your receiving corp. If the biggest complaint about a guy is that he never had any good receivers to throw to, why would you sign him after getting rid of your best receivers?
Muurloen
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Cant throw the ball deep if you have no time to allow your WR to run deep enough.
Gravy
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Xevy
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Vegas currently has us favored to win the Super Bowl. I think both vets will add and we had Reggie and Ahmad hurt last year and still went deep. Nothing but better chances with The U Two. Now we need a line.
No one here is saying Murray is bad or that the Cowboys didn't want to re-sign him. But paying $21 mil guaranteed for a RB in today's NFL is retarded. If the Cowboys get AP, they won't pay him what's he getting currently either - he'll take what the Cowboys think he's worth and play behind the best O-line in football or he will go somewhere else.
Like I said, their Plan A has always been replacing Murray with a drafted RB. The guy from the Raiders has been mentioned by them for at least 2 weeks to be a "home run" threat - he's not a replacement for Murray.
Murray's production was almost all from A) Linehan/Garrett's commitment to running the ball and B) increased production because of the O-line getting a 3rd All-Pro player (Murray led all running backs in Yards before Contact, the clear indicator of how good your O-line is blocking. Compared to 30th for LeSean McCoy in Philly.) He also had a lot of garbage yards from games the Cowboys were leading huge but Murray didn't want to come out of the game (Bears and Colts games come to mind).
Late in the year and in the playoffs it was Romo/Dez/Witten/Beasley who were moving the chains, Murray was just the complimentary piece. His YPC was way down in the low 3s at that point as his body was breaking down.
Convo
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I didn't like that we gave up picks. But the guy who helped Bradford to rookie of the year is in philly so my guess he pushed for him. Also Chip said they went back and watched every throw Bradford made in the nfl. He's confident. He needs to win 12 games next season since he's won 10 the last 2.
I'm also not sure this applies to Bradford (and maybe why a change of scenery was required) but I've seen first hand how badly an ACL injury can cripple the confidence of a QB
Agenor
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Ritley
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Indy is a pretty big threat assuming two things:
1. The O-Line improves a decent amount, both in the run and in pass protection.
2. At least minor improvement in the defense.
I honestly don't think Gore will help that much, but I see Johnson putting up good numbers with Luck. The drop in production last year for Johnson looked to be mostly due to the team, not an actual decline in his play.
1. The O-Line improves a decent amount, both in the run and in pass protection.
2. At least minor improvement in the defense.
I honestly don't think Gore will help that much, but I see Johnson putting up good numbers with Luck. The drop in production last year for Johnson looked to be mostly due to the team, not an actual decline in his play.