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Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again


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The way the Cowboys have tried to value OL talent has been a major flaw for a long time. They needed to value the unit and their overall depth more, adapt the OL to their schemes, not just plug and play and wonder why it isn't working right. Draft rankings and underwear Olympics don't make a great OL. They just end up with the most expensive OL that breaks down easily.

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On 2/1/2025 at 9:56 AM, Drew said:

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As a Texas fan I'd hate this, but it would be another really good hire for this Staff.

As much as we hated the HC search process and who they hired...gotta admit the staff is coming together really really well.

Twitter says they’re also talking to Ra’Shaad Samples who coaches RB at Oregon currently 

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1 hour ago, DougO said:

The way the Cowboys have tried to value OL talent has been a major flaw for a long time. They needed to value the unit and their overall depth more, adapt the OL to their schemes, not just plug and play and wonder why it isn't working right. Draft rankings and underwear Olympics don't make a great OL. They just end up with the most expensive OL that breaks down easily.

The issue hasn’t been drafting but coaching.  They have had shit o line coaches since Columbo left.  No college produces nfl ready o linemen from scheme anymore; it’s like QBs you have to project off tape and workouts.  
development is now a much more important role for coaches.

 

 

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45 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

The issue hasn’t been drafting but coaching.  They have had shit o line coaches since Columbo left.  No college produces nfl ready o linemen from scheme anymore; it’s like QBs you have to project off tape and workouts.  
development is now a much more important role for coaches.

 

 

Their problem with drafting is that they used too much draft capital on OL which ended up being part of the huge cap issues. They just don't manage it well. They end up being forced to draft for immediate need way too much when they fail to manage the OL ahead of the curve, and also extend questionable players because they lack other options. The better managed teams mine for OL later in the draft and are able to develop them. When you look around the league it's mostly the LT's that are top heavy in high round picks. 

Then you have to have OL types that fit your scheme and what you do. That's one of the ways they underutilize their talent, high draft rankings but not good unit fits. It's both coaching and drafting. But the better teams always seem to be able to cobble together solid OL units with far less spent on players other than the LT. 

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