Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (It's Charlie Time)
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I have to agree with you entirely on not being worried about JK committing to OSU. Once I read it I was not concerned in the least. For one, it is way too early to start losing sleep on prospects committing for 2017. Hell, I would be more worried if he had committed to us this weekend. With so much time before signing day and knowing that the best recruits will want to take all of their visits, why would I want him to commit so soon?
Just imagine this board's reaction if he had committed to us this weekend and once the recruiting season started JK would start taking all of his visits? This board would go absolutely nuts.
So yeah, let's relax on this a bit and go to the beach and enjoy our upcoming summer in our sandals. Heck, Charlie hasn't even had the opportunity to sit on JK's couch just yet...
Just imagine this board's reaction if he had committed to us this weekend and once the recruiting season started JK would start taking all of his visits? This board would go absolutely nuts.
So yeah, let's relax on this a bit and go to the beach and enjoy our upcoming summer in our sandals. Heck, Charlie hasn't even had the opportunity to sit on JK's couch just yet...
I'm not really down for any excuses in 2016. All of those you listed arewithin Charlie's control.
The first game of the season is a scary one IMO.
Yeah, man, it was good to get them out of the house. I was so stir crazy, myself, that I took a break from writing to take them.
Yes, in their own ways, each guy on this team is at a crossroads, Elliott and Hall included.
Not really. Elliott battled some injury bad luck while then managing to flash well in brief stints. Hall essentially has played poorly for much of 2 seasons. Major difference. But agree to disagree.
The coaches. There's a media poll as well, but I used the coaches.
Yes, he's trying to go from a player trying to get on the field to a player who is at a starting level.
It's one of the first crossroads of his career.
Hall is at a different kind of crossroad.
Ketch, nice column. Loved seeing the B12 first team picks. Am I being greedy in asking what a 2nd team looks like?
Torn on whether Malik will be better served this season diagnosing and then attacking or playing with his hair on fire. Obviously the former would be preferable if the rest of the D is capable of holding their own, as you said.
If anything, the team is at a crossroad as a whole, not Elliot per se. He did nothing but prove he deserved to be a starter with the limited time he was given. He's just waiting to show the world what he can do, when given the chance.
I think PJ Locke is the sleeper in this group. I believe he could also replace one of last year's starters as he improves.
I think PJ Locke is the sleeper in this group. I believe he could also replace one of last year's starters as he improves.
You seem very sure of that. Perhaps you're right. However, the Cowboys can't take a player and pass on one that will become greater. Some think they should take a QB. Who should they take, if he was there?
That would have required opinion on my part. Basically, there weren't enough first and second team players returning to put together more than a single team.
Randy Moss was the best player in the draft and everyone knew it. The issue is was off-the-field and he scared a ton of people.
Like I said, there are no great players yet on this team. Everyone on the team is at a personal crossroads.
The point of the first part of the column was to say 85 guys are at various crossroads and Charlie's rep suggests this is what he's best at, getting guys through crossroads.
No need to remind me of that. I sat there hoping, begging them to take Moss. Irvin's mess caused to Jerry to pivot. I also sat there watching in the '96 Draft ecstatic that Tony Brackens had fallen into their lap at 28 or whatever it was. I was overjoyed. Then the clock ticked down, and i knew they were about to do something stupid. They traded back 10 spots and drafted Kavika Pittman. This happened again '04 when the Cowboys needed a running back, and Steven Jackson fell to them at 21. I started tracking him at 10, hoping, pleading to the football gods that he'd fall to them. He did! And... of course they traded out and drafted Julius Jones.
You had to f'n remind me of that Brackens draft debacle. Then they doubled down on stupid by saying they felt Pittman was a better athlete.
Sorry man. I heard the real reason was because they didn't want to pay Brackens first round money. I also read they the passed on S. Jackson because Maurice Carthon told Jerry and Parcels that J. Jones was just as good. SMH.
Its stupid because Elliotts playing ability doesn't justify being picked at #4 OVERALL. And do you think drafting Elliott will propell Dallas to the super bowl? He is not a Todd Gurley type talent. They should take Jalen Ramsey or Myles Jack, of course just adding a defensive player won't propell them to the Super Bowl, genius. It's about laying down foundation pieces to build a high level defense. Why don't you think about building a good defense instead of just putting everything on the shoulders of the offense. Tony Romo is aging and nearing the end of his career, he badly needs the defense to complement his offense. Stupid is only thinking about the offensive side of the ball and not the bigger picture, but I'm not saying not to address the issue at runningback. But Elliott at #4 is laughable.
It doesn't really matter, because it seems like you honestly think the Cowboys have a good chance at making it to the SB next year, maybe they do but drafting Elliott will not automatically make them a SB contending team. The team must build on defense if Romo will have a chance at a championship.
Who would have thought Ibeh would have won honors? Coaching and playing time matter. We will have more players earn all conference honors than that IMO.
Wow, I merely said that I thought the Cowboys should take Elliot because he could have the highest impact. That's all I said, and you took that and made a bunch of assumptions that you assume I believe. First off, I don't think drafting any player at 4 will propel them to a Superbowl. I don't think they're even remotely close to being a SB team. Defense as a foundation? I've no problem with that. The problem is they need DE's, LB's CB's and they still haven't adequately addressed the 3 technique at DT. They have ALOT of problems. Jerry thinks Romo will play 4-5 years. Anybody who's rational knows at best he's got 2-3. Bigger picture? The Cowboys? When's the last time they've ever considered the big picture?
There has been a lot of talk that Jerry love Zeke. I don't see how you can pick a rb at the top of round one (especially a year after letting a pro-bowler go), but never bet against jerrah being jerrah and making a splash doing what he wants. i think henry at the top of round 2 makes a lot of sense. i think his lack of change of direction and pass receiving skills will keep him from going in the first, but he is a downhill runner who has good acceleration to the hole. seems like a perfect fit to me.
Let's not forget about them aiming for Quincy Carter when Drew Brees was there for the nabbing.
I apologize for making assumptions, I took the statement about drafting a defensive player would not make them a SB team the wrong way. They do need the positions you listed that's why I suggested Ramsey or Jack which fit the needs. A 3-tech DT is needed badly, its unfortunate that there isn't a sure fire elite defensive tackle in this class like in other previous draft classes. I completely agree with you Jerry never seems to grasp the greater picture from a developmental and team building standpoint.
Not necessarily, the Cowboys run game utilize's alot of zone read blocking concepts where change of direction is essential. The boys need a home-run hitter.
I encourage Cowboy fans to look up their drafting from 1995-2002. 1994 was a complete wash as well, save one: Larry Allen. He elevated that draft to a B alone because he was so dominant. From that time frame (95-02), was there a worst drafting organization? Maybe the Bengals. Its astounding how bad it was before Parcels got there. But Jerry wants to refute that it was Jimmy picking the players from 89-93? Laughable.
