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Each week, Jean-Jacques Taylor answers questions from fans as part of his weekly Cowboys newsletter. A sampling of his Q&A from this week is below:
Q: Who do you think the Cowboys will get to help address their defensive back needs, and how bad is it?
Gizmo Lynch
TAYLOR: Some of y’all seem to think you can fill every single hole during one off-season — and that’s simply not true. The Cowboys didn’t take free safety Rahim Moore in the second round because there was something about him they weren’t sold on during his visit to Valley Ranch, and they didn’t think any of the other safeties were appreciably better than the players on their roster. They took cornerback Josh Thomas in the fifth round and he should help in the dime defense. We’ve seen cornerback Terence Newman and Mike Jenkins play well. Part of Rob Ryan’s job is to get them to play well again.
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Q: What about the chances of picking up David Akers for the Philadelphia Eagles?
Bob Singleton
TAYLOR: Jerry Jones was scarred for life when he signed Mike Vanderjagt to a huge deal after a successful career with the Colts and Vanderjagt flopped. He ain’t doing it again. Besides, there’s a reason the Eagles drafted a kicker and are expected to release Akers. He missed a couple of huge kicks in the playoffs last season. The Cowboys already have Kris Brown on the roster. David Buehler will have to earn the job.
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Q: Jason Garrett seems to be holding players accountable for their performance. That is what any leader does in football and in life. Many Cowboys players have been stealing paychecks for years and it needs to stop.
Christopher A. Bryant
TAYLOR: I don’t think it’s a matter of stealing paychecks, because that suggests guys haven’t been trying. They quit mentally in the middle of last season for a couple of weeks, but they regrouped. I’d say for the most part this team played hard even though it hasn’t always played well. That said, I love accountability. If a guy isn’t playing well, there’s zero harm in sitting him down, but you need competition on the roster to do that. You can’t sit a guy when he’s backed up by a scrub.
Q: Who do you think the Cowboys will get to help address their defensive back needs, and how bad is it?
Gizmo Lynch
TAYLOR: Some of y’all seem to think you can fill every single hole during one off-season — and that’s simply not true. The Cowboys didn’t take free safety Rahim Moore in the second round because there was something about him they weren’t sold on during his visit to Valley Ranch, and they didn’t think any of the other safeties were appreciably better than the players on their roster. They took cornerback Josh Thomas in the fifth round and he should help in the dime defense. We’ve seen cornerback Terence Newman and Mike Jenkins play well. Part of Rob Ryan’s job is to get them to play well again.
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Q: What about the chances of picking up David Akers for the Philadelphia Eagles?
Bob Singleton
TAYLOR: Jerry Jones was scarred for life when he signed Mike Vanderjagt to a huge deal after a successful career with the Colts and Vanderjagt flopped. He ain’t doing it again. Besides, there’s a reason the Eagles drafted a kicker and are expected to release Akers. He missed a couple of huge kicks in the playoffs last season. The Cowboys already have Kris Brown on the roster. David Buehler will have to earn the job.
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Q: Jason Garrett seems to be holding players accountable for their performance. That is what any leader does in football and in life. Many Cowboys players have been stealing paychecks for years and it needs to stop.
Christopher A. Bryant
TAYLOR: I don’t think it’s a matter of stealing paychecks, because that suggests guys haven’t been trying. They quit mentally in the middle of last season for a couple of weeks, but they regrouped. I’d say for the most part this team played hard even though it hasn’t always played well. That said, I love accountability. If a guy isn’t playing well, there’s zero harm in sitting him down, but you need competition on the roster to do that. You can’t sit a guy when he’s backed up by a scrub.
