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Joe Thomas should finish the year close to 10,000 IIRC. If he keeps the streak alive he'll pass 10K early next year.
The pass had just enough air under it that everyone in the stadium had time to see it go up, see how open the receiver was, and see that it was Agholor tracking it. It seemed like the whole place went silent for that splint second and then majorly exhaled when he didn't drop it.
If we finish with a lower draft spot than the Vikings, I don't see how anyone doesn't consider this season a huge success. We got Carson's rookie jitters out of the way in the first season instead of having to wait till next year. He will have 16 games of film to watch on himself to see exactly what he needs to fix in his first full NFL offseason. Then we get to see what kind of moves Howie is going to make to improve us going forward.
I know he drives you guys crazy with his hands. It seems he doesn't have trouble getting open at all. Would you guys find a way to keep him on your dynasty roster considering what you've seen of him this year?
Any chance they give the job to Smallwood or will they probably just draft someone to be the starter.
I would guess neither. They have a lot of holes to fill on ol and in the secondary that I doubt they will put the draft resources into a big ticket rb starter. I suspect a committee next year with Smallwood, sproles, and someone else (and maybe barner if he recovers well). Though my guess is that Smallwood would have a chance to emerge as the lead back.
Find a way? Probably not. But wouldn't necessarily write him off. Would depend on when keepers are due and what the other options are.
Not specifically no. But RB is that one position where a starter can come from anywhere.
Gase sure has done a nice job in Miami. Who would have thought that he would have taken that 6-10 team to a 10 or 11 win season and playoffs. I still can't figure out how Miami is in the playoffs but he probably has a lot to do with it. Might have been a good signing for us.
Dixon and Howard type guys can be had in the 4/5 rounds and can both be efficient starters. If a 3rd round prospect falls to us in the 4th I wouldn't be upset at all about taking him. We need a good RB in Petersons offense, he was very successful with them in KC, and I can't even imagine how good Murray would have been with him this year.
Agree with all except Murray. He wanted out. He would have been miserable and the fans would have made it worse. It made sense for both parties to move on.
There's not a single HC in the league or HOF who was succeeding with a rookie QB, bottom 3 WR's and bottom 3 CB's in a passing league.
If Chip stayed then for sure. I think most of the beef was with Chip and not the team. Once Chip left, not sure Murray would have been that unhappy here.
Ya, definitely lots of factors. I just think it's hard to deny that he's done a very good job there.
They don't fit all those very specific criteria exactly but Dallas has a rookie QB, WR's are 23rd in the NFL in yardage and they give up 6th most passing yards a game.
They wouldn't have traded him so easily if they guaged how much of a disruption he was going to be. Remember how everyone was basically calling him a quitter and a wuss for sliding? The fan base was not coming back on him. In turn he did not want to be here. Why play where you're hated?
Dallas has talent. Those WR's may be 23rd in yardage but one is top 10 in the league. Hell, how many positions, on offense, does Dallas have a top 5-10 guy? WR, RB, LT, C, RG and RT? No offense to what he's done this year but Dak is probably like the 5-6 best player on that side of the ball.
Plus that yardage stat is very misleading. With that line and Elliott, they're a run first team. They're third in the league with rushes and dead last in pass attempts.
Dak is 5-6 best player on the offense? Hater glasses on thick here.... Dak's a General out there, unheard of for a rookie.
I didnt get the impression that calling Dak 5-6 on that offense was an insult. May turn out to be incorrect long term, but with Elliott, Dez, Smith, Martin, Frederick it's not an unreasonable opinion.
What @Ted Lange as your Bartender said. Those names above are all rock solid, top 5 players in the league at their positions. As good as Dak has been, it's been because he has a great supporting cast.
Probably unless it was smallish rosters. Worth holding at least into the start of next year I think
You can't ask for a better situation or supporting cast for a rookie QB to step into. Dak has certainly impressed, but I haven't seen anything that leads me to believe he's a top 5 QB or ever will be. Calling him the fifth or sixth best offensive player on THAT team is hardly an insult
Miami played 5 teams with winning records: 1-4
Cowboys have beat GB/Pitts/TB/Det/Minny/Balt/Wash x2 all teams that were in the playoff hunt.
only thing i would question is he was supposed to be a QB guru and that is why they brought him there. Not sure if Tannehill has become what everyone thought he would be yet. also not srue how much of that is on Gase and how much is you can't make every potential QB a superstar
True. You have me mistaken if you think I don't see the talent on the Cowboys roster. They're legit and winning the SB unless something drastic happens.Bankerguy said:
Drastic like run into the Patriots? Hell I think the Packers beat them in Round 2.
Absolutely insane statistic. Even more so when you consider five in a row against teams coming off of byes
Yep, and if we can finish 7-9, I'd say that's a pretty good Rookie year for both QB and Coach. Hopefully when people have some time away from the season, that will be the narrative. My fear is the idiots on talk radio will keep pounding the Doug is an idiot drum and Howie is not a football guy so this team is doomed till they change.
Another meaningless game that can drop our 2nd round draft pick. Dallas also won't be playing all their starters. They say they will play all their 'healthy' starters, but have a feeling there will be lots of minor 'injuries' popping up on their report this week. I don't blame them, but I don't think we see their team at near full power this week.
Listening to Gargano this morning was cringe-worthy. Just rehashing every mistake Pederson made this year as reasons to dump him and hire Josh McDaniels. The last thing we need is to start a coaching carousel in Wentz's formative years. I think back to the offseason when the narrative was rebuilding year, rookie head coach with a placeholder QB (Bradford), maybe get Wentz some playing time, expecting a 5 or 6 win season (maybe 7). I also remember when Pederson was hired the talk was he would need some seasoning before he's ready to be a HC but the Eagles wanted him and were willing to give the time.
Yea it's ridiculous. Most of the failures this year can be attributed to a brand new Offensive scheme, a brand new defensive scheme, whole new coaching staff and drastic turnover on the roster due to the previous coach/GM screwing up. And yet we're still about to finish 7-9. Same as last year.
I'd also add that being down to their 4th or 5th RT didn't help much either. Yeah, Doug had some screw ups, but he's got to have a chance to correct them. As a fan I love the aggressiveness but it may not always be the best football decision. Maybe tone that down just a bit.
Always emotion is the future.
This is it, period. Sadly, this doesn't get clicks or cause people to call in. Talk radio has actually gotten worse. I never thought that could be a thing but it is. Ever since the 5 months of "trade everything for Mariota" radio hasn't been the same here.
josh huff says "see?"I love Carson Wentz. Buys all of his offensive linemen shotguns for a job well done this year.
Oh, the irony.
