Repeat after me: Cowboys want Felix Jones to get more touches

[Cr122]

Repeat after me: Cowboys want Felix Jones to get more touches
Posted at 2:19 PM on Fri., Oct. 8, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Jerry Jones understands why Felix Jones' productivity has been such a hot topic this week. It has to do with Tennessee's Chris Johnson, who was selected two spots after the Cowboys took Jones, coming to town Sunday.

Yet even if the Cowboys weren't playing the Titans, Jones, the owner and general manager, wants to see Jones, the running back, get more touches because he believes the running back can produce Johnson-like numbers.

"Absent the injury issue, which faces every player, there's no doubt in my mind the more times frankly Felix gets the ball the more chance we have at big plays," Jones said.

Jerry Jones said he has not had to deliver that message to the coaches, particularly assistant head coach Jason Garrett, who calls the plays. The emphasis has been on Felix Jones getting more touches this year since training camp began.

Garrett, however, has not been as forthcoming with his decision on whether Jones would get more touches.

"He's probably being coy with our strategy," Jerry Jones said. "I don't have that kind of communication going on with him. And I know from the get go, from the time Jason got here that his mantra was that he adapts the system to the skills of the player, not the skills of the player to the system."

 

[Sheik]

I'm so sick of this F'ing subject. If you want him to touch the ball more, put his ugly ass in the game.

 

[Cr122]

I'm so sick of this F'ing subject. If you want him to touch the ball more, put his ugly ass in the game.

lol Sorry mate, not much more to post.

 

[Sheik]

Not @ you, it just seems like we've all been screaming for this very thing for a couple years now.

 

[Cr122]

Not @ you, it just seems like we've all been screaming for this very thing for a couple years now.

I know it, just run him until he can't run no more.

I want to see if Felix can do this or not, and I am betting he can.

 

[Cythim]

This is just a smoke screen. Why would we tell Tennessee our plan is to run Felix more?

 

[sbk92]

This is just a smoke screen. Why would we tell Tennessee our plan is to run Felix more?

Because we have no leadership at the top. Just an oil salesman playing GM.

 

[Cr122]

Because we have no leadership at the top. Just an oil salesman playing GM.

lol

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Because we have no leadership at the top. Just an oil salesman playing GM.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[dbair1967]

Because we have no leadership at the top. Just an oil salesman playing GM.

That oilsalesman playing GM has assembled one of the more talented teams in football, and rarely do we lose someone of significance to another team via free agency.

Jerry was terrible from 94-02, but after dumping Campo for Parcells he's been pretty damn good as a GM.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

That oilsalesman playing GM has assembled one of the more talented teams in football, and rarely do we lose someone of significance to another team via free agency.

Jerry was terrible from 94-02, but after dumping Campo for Parcells he's been pretty damn good as a GM.

That's pretty much my take on it.

If someone wants to say, "Jerry was a horrible GM from the mid 90's until he hired Parcells," then I'm nodding my head in agreement.

 

[sbk92]

That oilsalesman playing GM has assembled one of the more talented teams in football, and rarely do we lose someone of significance to another team via free agency.

Jerry was terrible from 94-02, but after dumping Campo for Parcells he's been pretty damn good as a GM.

Parcells put together the team. Not Jerry. If Jerry could do it, he wouldn't have had to hire Parcells. We wouldn't have gone over a decade bringing in no talent whatsoever.

Put your team cap down for a second. What makes more sense? A first ballot hall of famer who improves every team he touches showed up here and was responsible for the immediate turnaround of the team or the guy who drove the team into the dirt and kept it there for a decade suddenly got smart the moment an all timer arrived in the building?

Jerry Jones has never and will never put together a championship contending team. The reason being he doesn't know talent, doesn't know what a good team even looks like and doesn't respect the normal power structure in any successful football team.

He's an oil salesman rich enough to play fantasy football with the Cowboys roster. Nothing more. He'll never be anything more than that.

 

[dbair1967]

Parcells put together the team. Not Jerry. If Jerry could do it, he wouldn't have had to hire Parcells. We wouldn't have gone over a decade bringing in no talent whatsoever.

Put your team cap down for a second. What makes more sense? A first ballot hall of famer who improves every team he touches showed up here and was responsible for the immediate turnaround of the team or the guy who drove the team into the dirt and kept it there for a decade suddenly got smart the moment an all timer arrived in the building?

Jerry Jones has never and will never put together a championship contending team. The reason being he doesn't know talent, doesn't know what a good team even looks like and doesn't respect the normal power structure in any successful football team.

He's an oil salesman rich enough to play fantasy football with the Cowboys roster. Nothing more. He'll never be anything more than that.

So basically, you dont think they've added any talent since Parcells left, because he was soley responsible for everything good. But anything bad that happened, that was because of Jones meddling or being stupid?

Parcells did a great job of rebuilding the culture here, and especially helping to upgrade the talent base. But he wasnt without faults. He drafted some really lousy players too. Or have you forgot about players like Jacob Rogers and Bobby Carpenter? (To name a few)

 

[MichaelWinicki]

So basically, you dont think they've added any talent since Parcells left, because he was soley responsible for everything good. But anything bad that happened, that was because of Jones meddling or being stupid?

Parcells did a great job of rebuilding the culture here, and especially helping to upgrade the talent base. But he wasnt without faults. He drafted some really lousy players too. Or have you forgot about players like Jacob Rogers and Bobby Carpenter? (To name a few)

I've said before the best thing Parcells gave the organization was the mind-set. Build for the future... Don't hang on to the older player to the determent of the younger player. That in itself has a resulted in a big paradigm shift for Jerry & Co. Adams, Hamlin and yes, the Crayton trade were those types of moves.

Parcells' eye for talent was so-so.

 

[dbair1967]

Parcells' eye for talent was so-so.

I thought he was so-so as a coach here too. At best.

 

[sbk92]

So basically, you dont think they've added any talent since Parcells left, because he was soley responsible for everything good. But anything bad that happened, that was because of Jones meddling or being stupid?

Parcells did a great job of rebuilding the culture here, and especially helping to upgrade the talent base. But he wasnt without faults. He drafted some really lousy players too. Or have you forgot about players like Jacob Rogers and Bobby Carpenter? (To name a few)

Any evaluator has draft busts. It's idiotic to mention it as if that's proof of something negative. Parcells, Jimmy, Landry, Belichick, Pioli, Wolf, Walsh, Newsome. They all have their fair share of busts.

But the franchise QB is here because of Parcells. The lead receiver is here because of Parcells. The all pro safety valve TE. The pro bowl edge rusher and nose tackle. Basically all the key cogs of this team are here due to him.

Yes, anything good during that time was Parcells. Anything bad was more than likely Jerry. Because their resume says that's true. I'm not some moron who thinks Jerry was laughably bad for ten years and then suddenly became a quality talent evaluator the very moment Parcells stepped in. That doesn't happen. You either can evaluate talent and it'll show up over a ten year period or you can't and it won't. Jerry can't, and it didn't.

Would a single team in this league interview Jerry Jones for their GM position? The answer's no. Because he isn't a real GM. He didn't pay his dues. He has no prior background in scouting.

In short, he's a fraud.

And so is his son.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Any evaluator has draft busts. It's idiotic to mention it as if that's proof of something negative. Parcells, Jimmy, Landry, Belichick, Pioli, Wolf, Walsh, Newsome. They all have their fair share of busts.

But the franchise QB is here because of Parcells. The lead receiver is here because of Parcells. The all pro safety valve TE. The pro bowl edge rusher and nose tackle. Basically all the key cogs of this team are here due to him.

Yes, anything good during that time was Parcells. Anything bad was more than likely Jerry. Because their resume says that's true. I'm not some moron who thinks Jerry was laughably bad for ten years and then suddenly became a quality talent evaluator the very moment Parcells stepped in. That doesn't happen. You either can evaluate talent and it'll show up over a ten year period or you can't and it won't. Jerry can't, and it didn't.

Would a single team in this league interview Jerry Jones for their GM position? The answer's no. Because he isn't a real GM. He didn't pay his dues. He has no prior background in scouting.

In short, he's a fraud.

And so is his son.

But shouldn't some of that credit be given to the Tom Ciskowski who I think was brought on board a year before Parcells? Also some needs to be given to Ireland.

I think the position of GM is going to be made or broken based on upon the quality of the team's scouts and how much latitude they are given in the drafting process. We've been told that scouts have much more input in the final selection of who gets drafted– as opposed to the teams coaching staff.

Maybe Jerry hasn't gotten any better as a GM (even though after this length of time you'd have to be very closed minded to say that he hasn't), but the team seems to have better scouts and a better process for selecting talent.

The bottom line is, regardless of who gets credit or who doesn't, the team's talent pool has increased by leaps & bounds over the last five years. Parcells should get credit. So should the scouting department. So should Jerry & Co. for realizing the previous system was flawed and allowed changes to be made.