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Published: 11 January 2012 06:10 PM
Brandon George, the Cowboys beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered your questions about the team in a chat at Wednesday.
With the talent on board, do you really think a new coach is going to fix the secondary?
No, it will take more than Jerome Henderson to fix the Cowboys' secondary. I really think they'll end up cutting Terence Newman and giving Orlando Scandrick a shot at the starting outside CB job. That said, Scandrick hasn't done anything to blow anyone away and it'll be interesting to see how he adjusts to that role full-time. He's been very solid as an slot CB, but he only had two sacks and one interception this season.
Does Terence Newman deserve to be back next year after such a dismal performance all year long?
As I just talked about, I don't think the Cowboys will bring Newman back next year. I think they'll go ahead and cut him. He really struggled over the last month of the season. He did play well early on but showed his age in December
.Any chance we hire an offensive coordinator now that Bill Callahan is on board as O-Line coach?
I don't see that happening. If that was the case, and the plan, the Cowboys would have hired Tony Sparanoalready instead of letting the Jets hire him as their offensive coordinator after Sparano was fired recently as Miami's head coach. Jason Garrett doesn't plan on giving up his play-calling duties as OC anytime soon
.Tony Romo and company have long been a victim of poor and overly conservative play calling from Jason Garrett. Would you agree, and is it time for an new offensive coordinator?
That has sometimes been a problem. However, I was looking earlier in the week at Garrett's play-calling inside the red zone this year and in goal-to-go situations and the Cowboys passed a lot more than they ran the football. I'm not so sure that would be classified as "conservative." You also have to remember that the Cowboys limited their deep passing this season because of a lack of trust in their offensive line. The OL had trouble blocking a pass-rush up the middle and that doesn't allow you to pass downfield as much
.How do you build and keep your offensive line?
The Cowboys have changed their philosophy on building their OL. It started this season. In the past, they've added free agents and tried to add veteran players to get the job done, and now the Cowboys have adopted a youth philosophy after seeing the success of recent Super Bowl winners (most all have young OLs). So, the Cowboys will use the draft primarily to build their OL and continue to bring in undrafted free agents to build depth there, such as a Kevin Kowalski this season.
Published: 11 January 2012 06:10 PM
Brandon George, the Cowboys beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered your questions about the team in a chat at Wednesday.
With the talent on board, do you really think a new coach is going to fix the secondary?
No, it will take more than Jerome Henderson to fix the Cowboys' secondary. I really think they'll end up cutting Terence Newman and giving Orlando Scandrick a shot at the starting outside CB job. That said, Scandrick hasn't done anything to blow anyone away and it'll be interesting to see how he adjusts to that role full-time. He's been very solid as an slot CB, but he only had two sacks and one interception this season.
Does Terence Newman deserve to be back next year after such a dismal performance all year long?
As I just talked about, I don't think the Cowboys will bring Newman back next year. I think they'll go ahead and cut him. He really struggled over the last month of the season. He did play well early on but showed his age in December
.Any chance we hire an offensive coordinator now that Bill Callahan is on board as O-Line coach?
I don't see that happening. If that was the case, and the plan, the Cowboys would have hired Tony Sparanoalready instead of letting the Jets hire him as their offensive coordinator after Sparano was fired recently as Miami's head coach. Jason Garrett doesn't plan on giving up his play-calling duties as OC anytime soon
.Tony Romo and company have long been a victim of poor and overly conservative play calling from Jason Garrett. Would you agree, and is it time for an new offensive coordinator?
That has sometimes been a problem. However, I was looking earlier in the week at Garrett's play-calling inside the red zone this year and in goal-to-go situations and the Cowboys passed a lot more than they ran the football. I'm not so sure that would be classified as "conservative." You also have to remember that the Cowboys limited their deep passing this season because of a lack of trust in their offensive line. The OL had trouble blocking a pass-rush up the middle and that doesn't allow you to pass downfield as much
.How do you build and keep your offensive line?
The Cowboys have changed their philosophy on building their OL. It started this season. In the past, they've added free agents and tried to add veteran players to get the job done, and now the Cowboys have adopted a youth philosophy after seeing the success of recent Super Bowl winners (most all have young OLs). So, the Cowboys will use the draft primarily to build their OL and continue to bring in undrafted free agents to build depth there, such as a Kevin Kowalski this season.