A scouts perspective

A scouts perspective

Friday, November 30, 2012

Don't fall for this team

I'm going to start this saying that I think Dallas loses to the Eagles at the death star Sunday night. All I needed to know is most "experts" picked the Cowboys to win and people are taking the koolaid that with some players returning from injury, things will change and this team will suddenly be able to fix their problems and get it together.

What in this teams history, meaning under Jason Garrett and Jerry make you think this team is any way capable of doing that?

So they will lose and the season will be all but mathematically lost eventhough we've known this for weeks regardless.  So what would a good organization do at this point?  How about finding out if you have any young players in need of playing time to see what you have there?  Maybe find out if Lance Dunbar can replace Felix Jones as backup runner with 10-12 carries and trusted in pass protection?  What about if Dwayne Harris can become the 3rd wide receiver and play outside with Austin in the slot?  And maybe we can see what that athletic rookie tight end James Hannah can do for a struggling offense, bless John Phillips but he's not a receiving threat at all.  Oh and speaking of a struggling offense which has been blamed on a poor offensive line, how about benching the 64th rated most efficient offensive tackle in the NFL, that would be Doug Free for Jeremy Parnell. According to twitter @DCBlueStar, Parnell has played 158 snaps with 1 sack, 2 hits and 6 hurries. And if that David Arkin is a prospect, give the kid a shot to play on Sunday or cut him from the roster.

Give looks off other teams practice squad and shake up the bottom of the roster, create uncertainty Jason Garrett and use the only power tool you have in your set, change the playing time for players underperforming.

Unfortunately, this team is not doing any of that because this is a poorly run organization that has a solid front loaded core team that has accepted losing as not that big a deal. This mentality is confirmed by the total lack of accountability in all 3 phases of the organization, ownership, coaching staff and the players.

Instead, we will hear the company line that they will battle hard but still lose, miss the playoffs and enter another offseason of frustration with salary cap jail on the horizon, roster filled with underperforming veterans, an aging core, no organizational identity and no confidence in the GM to turn it around.

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