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  1. Releasing Dez Bryant is what stupid teams do. Dallas is a stupid team, so of course they released him. 

    For the "Dez never got open crowd", if you're curious you can check out WR Average YDS of Separation in 2017 which is a good ( not great, but certainly not bad ) indicator of how "open" a guy was. A few names from that list . . . 

    1. Antonio Brown - 2.6 yards
    2. Dez Bryant - 2.4 yards 
    3. A.J. Green - 2.4 yards
    4. Gronk - 2.2 yards
    5. DeAndre Hopkins - 2.1 yards
    6. Mike Evans - 2.1
    7. Alshon Jeffrey - 1.8

    Also, anyone that references 2015 in regards to Dez's stats is just being flagrantly dishonest and should be ignored. 

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  2. 3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

    Oh stop. Dez is not worth that many wins. He never has been. This offense was at its peak when he was not in the lineup in 2016. Dak did not have to worry about getting Dez the ball. Because we all know when he's not getting his way, he throws a hissy fit and causes issues on the sidelines. Dez is a one trick pony and he can't even do that well these days. He just is not worth the money we are paying. So move on. There is no real use for him here. Romo already mentioned how hard it was for them to get on the same page. It took long hours and dedication. Why? Because he does not know the route tree. It's hard for him to get open. So Romo had to learn how to just throw it up, which is not that natural to a QB.

    If we are definitely getting rid of Dez, I would have liked to sign Butler. He showed signs when Dez was not in the lineup. 

    While we are at it, move on from Witten as well. 

    Also, he's meeting with Jerry. That tells you the signs point to him staying more than if he was meeting with his son. Jerry is emotionally attached to these players. Like Witten for example. That meeting has supposed to have already happened weeks ago.

    There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to start.

    I didn't write that Dez is worth that much. I'm not a fan of the current roster and I don't like the moves they are making. Cutting Dez + Tyron having back problems is a recipe for disaster. This offense was bad for long stretches last season, and those numbers had nothing to do w/ Zeke going out.

    Dez is most certainly not a one trick pony. Dez's problem is that his QB can't do what he needs, which is to hit him on the move and let him get YAC without having to start from a stopped position. Dallas WRs were near the bottom in YAC, and most of that has to do w/ what Dak is capable of right now. Dez has never been an elite route runner, but the idea that the only thing he can do is run down field is idiotic and refuted by large amounts of evidence. 

     

  3. 2 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

    Read an article on CBS Sports and this mock draft day trades said we could get Earl Thomas for our 2nd and 4th round picks. And the market is not what Seattle thought it would be. I would do this hypothetical trade. Safety is a huge need. You aren't finding an Earl Thomas talent with either of those picks. And we have another 4th rd pick as well. He comes in and solidifies the back end of this defense right away.

    Blowing a 2nd round pick for 1 extra year of a safety is the type of move you make if you are going ALL IN like the Rams or Eagles. I'm fan with that, if that's the play. But don't tell me that Dallas should cut Dez, which would ensure the offense is not good enough to win the title for the next couple of seasons, then tell me we should burn a 2nd rounder for one extra year of a safety.

  4. On 4/8/2018 at 7:37 PM, Ebeye said:

    It is going to be a long rebuild. We don’t have the assets on the farm or much worth trading for. 

    I wish they would just blow it all the way up. Saw a tweet today that last night's attendance was the lowest since 2010. Fans are tuning out.

  5. 33 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

     

    This is the correct answer.  I'll spend $1M on a house but I won't spend $10K for the right to buy one seat and I love college football.

    Sports in general are doing themselves a long term disservice.  It's too expensive to take your family to these things and a generation from now, you're not going to have a generation of 30 year olds who fondly remember going to games with their dads.

    I endorse a similar view of this. Going to games is a communal experience, or it should be, and if the game atmosphere does not replicate that environment then it's not really any different than going to some random general assembly only you're paying a shit load of money for it. If the only interaction kids have with a sport growing up is watching their dads consume it on television, then it's not really any different than than being a fan of 60's style campy television series. 

  6. 8 hours ago, cmontexas said:

    Hernandez makes sense if we don't want to tie up 70 million at the guard position

    They are going to resign him, I can't see how they don't. I hope they don't take a guard in 1, but interior OL is really bifurcated in this draft. If they don't take one of the 3 first round quality Guards ( 4 if you think Williams is a Guard, I personally don't ) in the 1st round, there isn't really anyone after that until the 5th round w/ the exception of Va-Tech's Wyatt Teller, and he's a round 3 - 4 type guy only if you're running a lot of Power / BoB stuff. Not a scheme fit at all for Dallas.

    I would much prefer them take McGlinchey or Williams at 19 and just ride out an over-priced La'el Collins contract 

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  7. Mesero is a tricky restaurant for me. I think their food is great, yet every time I go there I get the bill and go "that cost 20% more than I think it should". Their margaritas are absolutely out of this world though.

  8. 3 hours ago, Amobie said:

    Collins took a "step back" because David Irving was playing the 3 tech and that pushed Collins to the 1 when he was on the field.  That's not a knock on Collins at all because Irving was a beast last year.

     

    I do agree that it's not Collins fault he got spun down to the 1 when he's clearly not that type of player. I personally don't think Collins is a high quality 3 down 3-Tech because he's been so mediocre against the run, but if he was just a 2-Deep DI pass rusher he's perfect for that. 

     

  9. 3 hours ago, Amobie said:

    The motherfucker played reps at LB, DE, SS, FS and CB.  I guess he didn't play nosetackle. Of all the things you can knock him on, position flex isn't one of them.  

    He's a safety that is able to rush the passer and was known for being disruptive.  That's why he had 4.5 sacks his freshman year and 9.5 tackles for loss.   Those numbers were cut in half last year but that's mostly because he was asked to be a cover guy and he did that very well.  He was always around the ball.  

    By this logic the uber athletic DT at a some random 3A high school that takes snaps at TE in the redzone has "positional flexibility" in college. Lining someone up at the 9-Tech spot while you have 3 other down lineman and telling them to hit mesh point as quickly as possible doesn't make some a DE. It's not like he was taking reps working on defeating hand-replacement moves, or developing a speed-to-power pass rush move. Same with LB - he's not stacking and shedding, he's not working on defeating OL blocks, he's not honing his scraping skills. The dude got lined up to the Field side of the play and got asked to hold the Boundary  . . . whether that was at the Wide-9, or whatever FSU's term for a $backer is, or at either SS or FS. That FSU defense that Kelly called relied on traditional split-field safeties as well, so let's not pretend he was doing something dramatically different between FS and SS.

    I personally don't think he can be a Man Corner, out wide or in the Slot, in the NFL - this is the biggest point of difference to me between him and Fitzpatrick. So if I don't think he can play Corner in man, he can't play DE, he can't play LB, he can't play the $backer if you run a lot of man ( i.e., the Cardinals), you're left w/ a guy that can play Safety ( FS or SS ). In fairness, I do think he could play that Earl Thomas Cover 1/3 FS, which not a lot of guys can do. 

    Positional flexibility for a DB comes down to 1 thing for me: are you the swiss army tool that allows me to change my coverage shell with just the players on the field by asking you to switch responsibilities or positions? If an inline-Y gets out of stance to become an F, can I rotate you down to man up against him? Vice-versa, if an F motions back to a Y and suddenly the offense is in 12 personnel, can I trust that you will man up against the TE and hold the boundary if there is a Sky call? Could I run a press-and-bail w/ you as my CB if the X or Z motions inside of the slot? Of these 3 things I've listed, I'd trust him to do the 2nd but that's it. 

    I wouldn't want a team filled w/ these guys, but having at least 1 of them on the field for you is an enormous benefit. 

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  10. 22 hours ago, DougO said:

    Rashaan Evans declined to run the 40 at pro day after not running at the combine. That won't make Dallas eager to draft him.

    I have the same view of him I do of Ridley - he's a specialist that I would take in the 2nd, but not the first. He's a great Mike with outstanding instincts in the run game, and good instincts in the passing game. If I'm Dallas, I'd love to have in the 2nd to sit in the middle of Sean Lee / Jaylon Smith, and then serve as an elite special teams guy and 2nd team move linebacker. 

     

  11. My hot take for Easter weekend is that I'd rather have Minkah Fitzpatrick than Derwin James if I'm Dallas ( based off of what I know, which certainly isn't a lot about the personal side ). James took a ton of plays off last season, his best season was 2015, I don't think he has positional flexibility.

    Fitzpatrick would be an split safety on 1st / 2nd, then on 3rd down you can put him wherever you need that week. He's already demonstrated he's a great slot corner in man, he's got all the instincts to make a killer robber safety, he would be great in 2nd level zone coverage as well.

  12. On 3/27/2018 at 6:20 PM, Patrick Bateman said:

    We need minimum 2 LBs, and most likely 3.  2 probably need to be ready to contribute on opening week, snaps and special teams.....

    We don't necessarily have to draft them, but we need em'.....

     

    How do they need 3 LBs?

  13. On 3/28/2018 at 12:16 AM, cmontexas said:

    Am I crazy for not being super impressed by Ridley?

     

    Callaway is far an away a better player; trouble several times and probably not draftable, but still

    No, I I wouldn’t take Ridley in the first unless I had a QB and system that relies on a WR getting quick separation out of their break, like SF or the Pats. 

     

    To me, he’s a route specialist, not a genuine #1.

  14. I can't remember the last game I dove into to the degree I have Zelda. Granted, I've got 3 kids 5 and under so I don't have a ton of time to play, but it's consumed almost all my playing time since the end of July. I just finished all 120 Shrines and I'm in process of farming to get the "Armor of the Wild" upgrades, then it's finally time to take on Gannon.

    Not really sure what's going to be next for me. My oldest loves Splatoon, but I'm not sure I'm down for it.

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