SB Nation User Blog: quincyyyyy

Dan Williams is becoming one of the top NT's in the draft

quincyyyyy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:51:50 -0000

Dan Williams is becoming one of the top NT's in the draft

Childress describes Brett Favre's groin

quincyyyyy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:40:34 -0000

Childress describes Brett Favre's groin

Pure hilarity. I don't know what this man was thinking. He must be the most clueless man on earth.

Poll: Does Austin have what it takes?

quincyyyyy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:59:51 -0000

Austin is about to go up against one of the best secondaries in the NFL. Their yards per attempt is 4th, and they rank third in ints. Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown are arguably the most potent CB duo in the league. If there was ever a test to truly see if Austin is the real deal here it is.

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Poll

How will Austin do Sunday night?

I figured out the reason why Miles Austin is so hard to tackle!

quincyyyyy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:34:39 -0000

He sweats like a pig! If you look at his head shots during the game the guy is sweating bullets.

However, the DMN blog disagrees:

In two explosive starts, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin has shown one weakness. He sweats profusely.

Wrong. It is a strength. He is able to slip and slide through tackles. Being slicked up the way Austin is is the same reason why it is so hard to tackle a greased up deaf guy.

Draft Notes

quincyyyyy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:08:08 -0000

Scott Wright of NFLDC and Don Banks of SI discuss the effect of the collective bargaining agreement (or lack thereof) on the draft and the possible influx of juniors.

Even without a particularly huge influx juniors, just glancing over SI's top 50 prospects (seniors and juniors) this figures to be a deep draft especially if you are in the market for a DL or tackle (and Miami's Jason Fox is not even mentioned). There also seems to be some talent at QB that should be evenly spread thoroughout the first 3 rounds. With such a deep draft it would be a good year to win the Superbowl.

Speaking of tackles Cowboys scouts are one of two teams to travel north to a division III school to look at this small school OT prospect.

Two other underrated OT prospects.

Bradford opts for surgery and plans to get ready for the draft.

Early this month playmaking junior WR Dez Bryant was declared ineligible and is likely to enter the draft because of some unfortunate meddling by former Cowboy Deion Sanders. (Edit: poster below points out that Deion would not have known any better)

great list of all the senior prospects by NFLDraftScout.

Time to swallow my pride: Thank you Bill Parcells

quincyyyyy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:55:30 -0000

Bill Parcells was an average coach during his tenure here, and an equally mediocre "talent evaluator." However, he did something that I think most coaches would not have done: he kept rookie Miles Austin on the 53 man roster. If anyone remembers preseason 2006, besides from one long td pass from Romo against the Saints in a pre-season game, Austin did literally squat in training camp or in the other preseason games. He should have been cut, but thankfully Parcells saw his raw talent and kept his fellow New Jersey native. And for that thank you Tuna.

Looking back at some Grizz quotes on Miles Austin from '06

quincyyyyy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:08:11 -0000

This is probably not fair, but I thought I'd have a little fun. I looked at Grizz's roster evaluations from '06. Lucky our coaches didn't take his advice...

And the opposite happened when I chose vet Terrance Copper over rookie Miles Austin.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2006/9/2/163117/8505

But once Skyler Green sealed his own fate with the fumble, I figured Copper would grab the sixth spot at WR. I can tell you one thing though, Miles Austin shouldn't get too comfortable, there may be some trading left to do, and at the latest when Marcus Coleman comes back, he could be vulnerable.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2006/9/2/184121/4645

But I have to give props to Terry with this Quote from '06 that really nailed it:

Loved the fact Miles Austin made it, this kid will be a big time player in a few years.

How to Fix the Dallas Cowboys

quincyyyyy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:05:45 -0000

Get a new coach...

Seriously though, there is no individual player that stands out to me as someone we need to replace as soon as possible. Overall our players just need to play more disciplined football. However, there are depth improvements that could be made...

Round 1: Draft a D-linmen

This really depends on what happens with Marcus Spears whose contract is up after this season. He is good against the run, but inconsistent against the pass. One option would be to draft Terrence Cody to play NT and move Ratliff to end. They could aslo go the DE route and draft Corey Wootton out of Northwestern or the big athletic Vince Oghobaase out of Duke, who could earn a first round grade if he looks good in his off season work outs.

Note: LT tackle is a possiblity here if the coaches don't think Doug Free could be Flo Adams' successor. I'm going to operate under the assumption he is.

Round 2: Draft a speed reciever who can return punts as well.

Is Miles Austin the answer? Who knows, but you can't have too much speed, and we need a punt returner. Jacoby Ford out of Clemson is one of the fastest players in the draft, and Jordan Shipley would be a good option as well. Both of these prospects are great punt returners, the latter taking two to the house this season.

Round 3: Get a backup center (a.k.a getting rid of Corey Procter)

Every time Gurode looks like he is hurt a collective gasp sweeps across Cowboys nation. That is because Proctologist, who can be easily overpowered, has shown last year he is incapable of starting on a consistent basis. To replace him J.D. Walton out of Baylor seems like a good option, although he may end up being a second rounder so the Cowboys may have to trade up to get him. Another option here is Ted Larsen out of NC state. Both of these players could play guard so there won't be a need to keep on overpaying for Montrae Holland.

Round 4: Get a Tackle

Whether or not Free can eventually be Flo's successor is up for debate. What is not is that McQuistan will never be able to be a starting tackle in this league. Adam Ulatoski of Texas should be available here. Kyle Calloway out of Iowa is another good prospect who may be more of a third round prospect. If we wanted to go the Calloway route one could take Larsen here and Calloway in the third.

Final Note: I don't expect us to use all 7 picks this year, as there should be 11 drafted rookies from this year showing up to training camp in 2010, including UDFA Kevin Ogletree who made the 53 man roster this year. We may draft another CB in the later rounds, but beyond that we'll use the rest of our picks for trades.

Jerry Jones finally admits he is also a coach

quincyyyyy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:55:01 -0000

Jerry Jones finally admits he is also a coach

"I candidly can't coach Ball out of that,"

Poll on the next head coach

quincyyyyy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:04:13 -0000

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Poll

Who will be the next Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys?

Joe DeCamillis

7 votes

Bill Cowher

39 votes

Mike Shanahan

57 votes

RHG

8 votes

Mike Holmgren

31 votes

John Gruden

19 votes

Todd Bowles

0 votes

Jerry Jones

14 votes

Other

11 votes

186 votes | Poll has closed