Cowboys got a “ton of information” from Rob Ryan before lockout started

[Bonecrusher#31]

Cowboys got a “ton of information” from Rob Ryan before lockout started

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 13, 2011, 7:33 PM EDT

The disappointing Cowboys defense has a new leader and a new version of the team’s 3-4 defense. A long work stoppage will make things tougher on defensive coordinator Rob Ryan to teach, so he did as much work as possible in February.

“At some point, most everybody was in there,” linebacker Sean Lee told the Dallas Morning News. “They were making sure they had all the information they could get to take with them into the offseason. I thought we did a really good job preparing for this. I don’t think we’re going to lose a step because of that.”

The NFL discouraged any teaching sessions from teams that were out of the ordinary, but never seemed interested in enforcing the policy. Lee says Ryan gave them a “ton of information” but the league has bigger things to worry about right now.

And the Cowboys defense should be better off because of it.

“Whenever we do start again,” Lee said, “we’re not going to be learning from scratch.”

 

[sbk92]

That's good. And smart.

But you know there will be guys, like Lee, who really study that information and will be that much more advanced when it comes time to play.

And then you'll have guys who don't do the studying. They'll get lazy with the time off and fall behind.

It's human nature. When you're dealing with that many players, you'll have some of both.

 

[Rock Slamdance]

Agreed. And when the season does start, we will find out real quick who fell on what side of the fence.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I can just imagine Mike Jenkins in that room. "yeah, yeah coach, I got it".

 

[Rock Slamdance]

I can just imagine Mike Jenkins in that room. "yeah, yeah coach, I got it".

I see guys like Ratliff, Lee, Ware, James, absorbing it, along with bubble guys.

 

[DoomsdayDefense]

This is encouraging. I've yet to read something about Rob Ryan that has caused me an ounce of concern or worry. It remains early, however.

 

[Cr122]

That's good. And smart.

But you know there will be guys, like Lee, who really study that information and will be that much more advanced when it comes time to play.

And then you'll have guys who don't do the studying. They'll get lazy with the time off and fall behind.

It's human nature. When you're dealing with that many players, you'll have some of both.

This is one of the reasons I'm a big Lee supporter, he'll be a big film room guy, and as long as his knees hold up he'll be an excellent player for us.