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Gosselin: 'I'm more optimistic about the Lions right now than the Cowboys'
11:10 PM CDT on Thursday, September 23, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Dallas Morning News writer Rick Gosselin was interviewed on KTCK-FM radio on Thursday to discuss the Cowboys and the issues they’re facing as they prepare for the Houston Texans. Here are some highlights:
Out of the entire NFL, which team would you pick as the most disappointing?
Cowboys. I picked the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl. And for them to start out 0-2 and going to Houston, I mean, you’re probably looking at 0-3. You know, I thought the schedule was so tough that 11-5 would have been a great season. The Cowboys, however, could not give away the W’s and they have already given away two of the W’s that people have penciled in. It’s going to be very, very tough. I think the best they can possibly do right now is 10-6 and I don’t know if that’s good enough.
I was in Detroit over the weekend. Detroit is 0-2. I’m more optimistic about the Lions right now than the Cowboys. The Lions should have beaten Chicago, could have beaten Philadelphia and they were playing with a backup quarterback. I mean, they have hope. I’m not sure where the hope is right now in Dallas, at least for a Super Bowl contender.
You’ve mentioned in the past that the members of the offensive line of the Cowboys could potentially get old at the same time. Is that what’s happened here?
Well, you know, they’ve been playing with 30-year old linemen for a long time. I would think so but that would show up in the pass blocking where you got to be more agile. Run blocking is more power. You can be older and still be a powerful player. What they’re doing right now doesn’t fit the style they’re suited to play with as an offensive line.
If you had to pick the biggest reason the Cowboys are struggling right now, what would it be?
I watched this team beat up on New Orleans back in December and this is roughly the same team. There’s talent on this team. There’s talent on this team to win the division and contend for Super Bowls in January. I think coaching is a big part of the problem right now…across the board. I think they got out-coached the first week and I think they’re going to be out-coached on a regular basis. This is a talented football that’s not playing up to par.
If there is a coaching change at the end of the year, what kind of coach will Jerry Jones be looking for?
Well, Jerry wants to be the face of the organization, that’s clear. I mean, you see him being interviewed during the week, you see him being interviewed in the locker room after the game. I can’t remember the last time I quoted a general manager in the locker room after a game. And I’ve been doing this for The Dallas Morning News for 18 years. I can’t remember the last time I quoted a general manager after a game. It’d have to go back to 1991 when I was covering the Cowboys, when I was quoting Jerry. He wants to be the face. You’re going to have a hard time getting a high-profile coach, a proven coach, a Gruden, a Cowher or even a Dungy, to come to this town because Jerry wants to be the face.
11:10 PM CDT on Thursday, September 23, 2010
SportsDayDFW.com
Dallas Morning News writer Rick Gosselin was interviewed on KTCK-FM radio on Thursday to discuss the Cowboys and the issues they’re facing as they prepare for the Houston Texans. Here are some highlights:
Out of the entire NFL, which team would you pick as the most disappointing?
Cowboys. I picked the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl. And for them to start out 0-2 and going to Houston, I mean, you’re probably looking at 0-3. You know, I thought the schedule was so tough that 11-5 would have been a great season. The Cowboys, however, could not give away the W’s and they have already given away two of the W’s that people have penciled in. It’s going to be very, very tough. I think the best they can possibly do right now is 10-6 and I don’t know if that’s good enough.
I was in Detroit over the weekend. Detroit is 0-2. I’m more optimistic about the Lions right now than the Cowboys. The Lions should have beaten Chicago, could have beaten Philadelphia and they were playing with a backup quarterback. I mean, they have hope. I’m not sure where the hope is right now in Dallas, at least for a Super Bowl contender.
You’ve mentioned in the past that the members of the offensive line of the Cowboys could potentially get old at the same time. Is that what’s happened here?
Well, you know, they’ve been playing with 30-year old linemen for a long time. I would think so but that would show up in the pass blocking where you got to be more agile. Run blocking is more power. You can be older and still be a powerful player. What they’re doing right now doesn’t fit the style they’re suited to play with as an offensive line.
If you had to pick the biggest reason the Cowboys are struggling right now, what would it be?
I watched this team beat up on New Orleans back in December and this is roughly the same team. There’s talent on this team. There’s talent on this team to win the division and contend for Super Bowls in January. I think coaching is a big part of the problem right now…across the board. I think they got out-coached the first week and I think they’re going to be out-coached on a regular basis. This is a talented football that’s not playing up to par.
If there is a coaching change at the end of the year, what kind of coach will Jerry Jones be looking for?
Well, Jerry wants to be the face of the organization, that’s clear. I mean, you see him being interviewed during the week, you see him being interviewed in the locker room after the game. I can’t remember the last time I quoted a general manager in the locker room after a game. And I’ve been doing this for The Dallas Morning News for 18 years. I can’t remember the last time I quoted a general manager after a game. It’d have to go back to 1991 when I was covering the Cowboys, when I was quoting Jerry. He wants to be the face. You’re going to have a hard time getting a high-profile coach, a proven coach, a Gruden, a Cowher or even a Dungy, to come to this town because Jerry wants to be the face.
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