01-19-2024, 08:13 AM
I think I will continue my Cowboy fandom. I buy the NFL league pass and watch the games. But I have no grand expectations and expect the worse that will eventually come. I find that to be the best place for me.
So for next year, they need to fix the running game. Pollard, who was coming off a serious injury, was not the same player this year. Maybe the second year he will be better, but I don't want to pay him big money to find out. So he is probably gone. They need a big, downhill runner who gets those 4-7 yard carries more often. Pollard had the juice last season. This year he was not the same runner bursting through the line. Again, that injury needs to be factored in for his down year.
They need more bigger, physical lineman and linebacker. Mazi Smith was a bust. I read he lost 30 pounds this year. Being a big fat guy was one of his positives. Now he is a smaller guy who was pushed around. They need a big guy in the middle who will help their edge rushers. They also need at least one thumper at linebacker. I like fast linebackers but Dallas is not prepared to play against these physical running teams.
Add a downhill running back, a big fat guy and a linebacker thumper and I feel like this team can be a 12-5 team again and lose in the first round. See...no grand expectations.
So for next year, they need to fix the running game. Pollard, who was coming off a serious injury, was not the same player this year. Maybe the second year he will be better, but I don't want to pay him big money to find out. So he is probably gone. They need a big, downhill runner who gets those 4-7 yard carries more often. Pollard had the juice last season. This year he was not the same runner bursting through the line. Again, that injury needs to be factored in for his down year.
They need more bigger, physical lineman and linebacker. Mazi Smith was a bust. I read he lost 30 pounds this year. Being a big fat guy was one of his positives. Now he is a smaller guy who was pushed around. They need a big guy in the middle who will help their edge rushers. They also need at least one thumper at linebacker. I like fast linebackers but Dallas is not prepared to play against these physical running teams.
Add a downhill running back, a big fat guy and a linebacker thumper and I feel like this team can be a 12-5 team again and lose in the first round. See...no grand expectations.