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Besides, Briles just signed a 10 year contract with Baylor, so he is out of the conversation.
 
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The thing about drafting O Linemen high is that they last a long time, assuming that aren't busts. So if we add Cyril Richradson this year and a young tackle to groom behind Free. Those two guys plus Frederick and Smith will alll be in their primes when we draft Romo's replacement, let's say Christian Hackenberg in the 2016 draft, when Romo will be 36 and 2016 is also the first chance where we can actually save cap room by cutting him.
 
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ZeroClub said:
IMO the fatal flaw in bringing in a college coach as head coach of the Cowboys is that the Jones family would have an even firmer grasp on front office decisions. A college coach who lacks NFL gravitas and NFL credibility would result in Jerry being cast as the expert. The franchise would be justified in relying even more heavily on Jerry. After all, he's been doing NFL contracts, drafts, trades and GM'ing for years and the college coach hasn't done it all.

... and we all know that's not going to work.

The franchise would be better off with a Bill Cowher, even if Cowher isn't a better football coach than Kevin Sumlin/Art Briles. IMO, the single most important qualification for the next Head Coach is that he have the NFL gravitas to go toe-to-toe with Jerry.

Because if he can't do that, nothing else matters.
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Right, my hypothetical was more about the offense and QB style (like your team runs) than our team structure, which probably won't ever change.

Though I will say the model for my idea was someone like Chip Kelly. He was a college coach, but he had so much cred and was in such demand that he got to write his own ticket. In that case, I'm assuming he would have some say. If it were some unknown assistant from Oregon or Baylor, then yeah, he'd just be a puppet in front of Jerry's 18 wheeler.

If it absolutely has to be a huge name from the pro ranks, something like CMD's idea is probably the only one that would work, just because Gruden is still pretty young and seems open-minded enough to implement spread concepts. All the other guys I can think of are probably too old and set in their ways.
 
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I don't think many jerseys will be sold after this year. Before, a Cowboys jersey said to the world "Hey, I'm stupid."

Now it says "Hey, I should be put in a home for retarded people."
 
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ThoughtExperiment said:
Right, my hypothetical was more about the offense and QB style (like your team runs) than our team structure, which probably won't ever change.

Though I will say the model for my idea was someone like Chip Kelly. He was a college coach, but he had so much cred and was in such demand that he got to write his own ticket. In that case, I'm assuming he would have some say. If it were some unknown assistant from Oregon or Baylor, then yeah, he'd just be a puppet in front of Jerry's 18 wheeler.

If it absolutely has to be a huge name from the pro ranks, something like CMD's idea is probably the only one that would work, just because Gruden is still pretty young and seems open-minded enough to implement spread concepts. All the other guys I can think of are probably too old and set in their ways.
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Thank you for that!
 
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cmd34(work) said:
The thing about drafting O Linemen high is that they last a long time, assuming that aren't busts. So if we add Cyril Richradson this year and a young tackle to groom behind Free. Those two guys plus Frederick and Smith will alll be in their primes when we draft Romo's replacement, let's say Christian Hackenberg in the 2016 draft, when Romo will be 36 and 2016 is also the first chance where we can actually save cap room by cutting him.
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How many times will we push his money down the road? We may be unable to cut him in 2016 after all the restructuring that will have to take place between now and then just to field a team.
 
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JBond said:
How many times will we push his money down the road? We may be unable to cut him in 2016 after all the restructuring that will have to take place between now and then just to field a team.
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You are right. A restructure for Romo this off-season is pretty much a lock, which will push more money down the road and it might be 2017 or 2018 before we can afford the cap hit of cutting him.
 
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Mettenberger has a NFL arm but he takes forever in his reads. That only gets worse at the next level.
 
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Speaking of wild ass ideas.... last time I visited my girlfriend I sat on the edge of the bed, and had her stand in front of me, bend over and pull her panties down while I ..... wait..... this is about football? Misleading thread title! :/
 
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Midswat said:
Speaking of wild ass ideas.... last time I visited my boyfriend I sat on the edge of the bed, and had him stand in front of me, bend over and pull his panties down while I ..... wait..... this is about football? Misleading thread title! :/
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Since I'm essentially flawless in qb eval and I found out Russell Wilson in college I will let you know who we should take next week
 
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Future585 said:
Yea, because picking OL in 2 of the last 3 years in the first round sold a TON of jerseys
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That only gives Jerry more reason to go with Johnny Football. He gave up two years of jersey sales for the good of this team. Time to makeup for lost sales.
 
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Jerry has to be seeing $$$ when he sees Johnny Football. Why do you think he drafted Escobar? To sell jerseys to Texas's huge Hispanic population. Do you think he gives a shit about taking another tight end in the second round when we had huge holes elsewhere? Fuck no. It's all about conning fans and making money. Besides, Escobar sucks at everything as a tight end.
 
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Right, I'm very Pro-Romo so this isn't anything against him. More a hypothetical about going in a spread direction on offense and coaching-wise. I know a lot of people hate it, think it's gimmicky, "high school offense", etc.

Also, I don't mean running the QB every down. More spread concepts in the passing game like Kelly is doing with Foles. Though personally, I'd want someone who could at least run some, unlike Foles.
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Does Philly even run the spread anymore with Foles at QB?
 
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