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Analyst Laufenberg cites OL problem

By Barry Horn / Reporter
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1:13 PM on Mon., Oct. 17, 2011 | Permalink


Yakking this afternoon on 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys radio analyst Babe Laufenberg mentioned against the Patriots yesterday "the offensive line was awful to a man."

He mentioned Kyle Kosier's painful Plantar Fasciitis and the overwhelming inexperience of rookies Tyron Smith, Bill Nagy and Kevin Kowalski as well as novice second-year pro Phil Costa.
 
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I think Jerry is the only one in the civilized world who didn't see this coming.
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And if you listen to some people, it's not that the interior sucks or the tackles need to be flipped, it's the inexperience.

Yeah.
 
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I'm not calling for the tackles to flip this year, but it needs to happen as soon as possible.
 
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Cr122 said:
Analyst Laufenberg cites OL problem

By Barry Horn / Reporter
bhorn@dallasnews.com | Bio
1:13 PM on Mon., Oct. 17, 2011 | Permalink


Yakking this afternoon on 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys radio analyst Babe Laufenberg mentioned against the Patriots yesterday "the offensive line was awful to a man."

He mentioned Kyle Kosier's painful Plantar Fasciitis and the overwhelming inexperience of rookies Tyron Smith, Bill Nagy and Kevin Kowalski as well as novice second-year pro Phil Costa.
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Gee Babe,,are they suddenly inexperienced or might a qualified GM saw this coming?
 
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Gee Babe,,are they suddenly inexperienced or might a qualified GM saw this coming?
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At the beginning of the season when the OL was mentioned being a liability, the sheeple started naming how we just drafted Tyron, Arkin, Nagy and re-signed Free and acted like 'what more do you want?". That's all well and good, but having neglected the position for half a decade or longer makes it tough to have a good line by addressing it all in one season.

Going forward if we can add another piece or two and then have these guys gain experience it may turn into a solid unit. But this year it's going to be our weak link due to all the years of ignoring it.
 
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Sheik said:
I'm not calling for the tackles to flip this year, but it needs to happen as soon as possible.
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I dont think there's much doubt Smith will go to LT in the offseason, and Free will go back to RT

Might have happened this year had they had a real offseason where they could have spent some time working with Smith there.
 
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And if you listen to some people, it's not that the interior sucks or the tackles need to be flipped, it's the inexperience.

Yeah.
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It might just be that. Sometimes there are growing pains. The run blocking stinks, no doubt about it. Most of these young guys just arnt strong enough yet. They need a full offseason or two in the weight lifting/training program, in addition to experience. But for alot of most of the games, the pass protection has been improved over last yr and the end of 2009.
 
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Koiser was making Smith look a lot better than he was. Koiser is hurting and Smith falls off. Free has looked sub par due to playing next to a laundry list of guards this year. It's not that Smith is a LT and not a RT and Free isnt a LT but is a RT it is more like, we got our anchors, but didn't have the draft picks to get the Guards to go with them.

I highly doubt that GM Jerry really wanted to pull the trigger on letting go of Gurode, but either he was back against the wall with the cap or Garrett / Stephen wanted it this way.

This wasn't a 1 year project guys...

Most folks had us at under 8 wins this year due to the rebuilding process alone.
 
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