Comments on: Jerry Jones: Rob Ryan’s defense is “too much scheme”

By: mullman76

mullman76 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:32:51 +0000

Al Davis was a legend, but the end was ugly. He should’ve hired GMs and HCs that were actually allowed to run the show at some point, but he never did.

Jones is heading down the same path, but his decline is more acute.

By: ifiownedthecowboys

ifiownedthecowboys — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:13:45 +0000

Robs gone and good his defensive strategy was to much of a gamble. It’s time to sign romo for the minimum and draft a QB . Sign two or three veteran linemen trade or cut Jenkins Jones and Austin and a couple more over paid hacks and surprise all the haters.

By: thesageofthestreet

thesageofthestreet — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:37:46 +0000

Translation of what Jones is really saying…

Neither myself, my son nor the guys I drafted/signed are smart enough to understand such complex schemes. So I asked him to dumb it down for us & he couldn’t cause only Wade Phillips is dumb enough to do that …so I fired him.

By: 22yanks

22yanks — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:23:18 +0000

Jerry jones ur just a complete idiot

By: conjecture101

conjecture101 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:11:38 +0000

Hes actually right. Everybody wants to over-complicate schemes these days. If you look at the Giants 2 Superbowls, their defense was very straightforward. Get to the QB and play solid man to man on the outside.

By: pesh00

pesh00 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:07:59 +0000

Words that should never be uttered in the same sentence:
Rob Ryan & “Skinny”
Jerry Jones & “GM”

By: calicowboysfan86

calicowboysfan86 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:03:33 +0000

Jerry Jones Owner\President\GM\and soon to be QB…

By: ilovefoolsball

ilovefoolsball — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:19:32 +0000

Jerry Jones is very similar to Al Davis in that he gets wowed by physical attributes more than football IQ. Not to say that the cowboys defenders are dumb but Jones doesn’t seem to value guys who are instinctual as much as they are physical specimens.

Al Davis had this same issue which is why he was so enamored with the Jamarcus Russell’s of the world. He liked guys with good measurables, good size and big arms (for QB’s).

But how often do those guys end up being true winners? I’ll take an over achiever who works hard to succeed over the guy who is blessed with so much natural talent that he believes he can be lazy and still win.

Come to think of it I saw a kid with a t-shirt the other day that said “Lazy but talented” by Nike and thought wow kid, you’re on the wrong track completely.

By: sourdoughsam

sourdoughsam — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:02:21 +0000

I can’t stand the Cowboys but I have to admit the NFL was a lot more interesting when they were good. They’re such a boring villain these days and I feel bad even talking about them to my Cowboys’ fan friends.

By: xli2006

xli2006 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:48:17 +0000

Jerry Jones management style is “Too much Jerry”.

By: keylimelight

keylimelight — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:29:09 +0000

Dallas needs a simpler defense with a slimmer playbook.–Jerry Jones

Yeah, you’ve got all that talent on defense but you want to dumb it down. For what? To keep the talent happy? Did someone walk thru your ‘open door’ and complain about the schemes?

So it’s ok by you, Jerry, that offenses will read your D like a book from week to week?

Or. Do you want it simple enough for you to understand so you can meddle with the coaching (perhaps something you couldn’t do with Ryan)?

By: franktherat96

franktherat96 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:11:59 +0000

Sounds more like the majority of the players that Jerry brings in aren’t smart enough to handle the scheme.

By: boogerhut

boogerhut — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:56:53 +0000

GM must stand for “Got Marbles?” because Jerry has obviously lost his.

By: 1oldpro

1oldpro — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:52:25 +0000

Smart GM’s all across the league regularly trash ex-coaches publicly. NOT!!!!

By: tbred2328

tbred2328 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:27:07 +0000

Here’s a thought…

How about you draft and sign defensive players that can grasp schemes? Jerry just needs to sit behind his huge oak desk, signs checks, and shut the heck up. The Ryan family knows more about the game than Jerry ever thought about knowing.

By: rubicon202

rubicon202 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:07:07 +0000

Wow, that’s a surprise “too much scheme”…

By: randomcommenter

randomcommenter — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:32 +0000

The cowboys don’t have the players for the Tampa 2. The CBs they drafted are not suited to it and are actually wasted in that scheme.

Sean Lee may not fit in the Tampa 2 and he was one of their few bright spots before his injury.

Also part of why Kiffin is out at USC is because he had no answer for the new spread offenses he was facing, particularly Oregon.

So now he has to play against RG3 and the Oregon offense twice per year, not to mention they will likely have to face SF and Seattle in playoffs.

By: truehoosier62

truehoosier62 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:47:52 +0000

Jerry Jones is the embodiment of everything I hate about the Cowboys. He’s vain, arrogant, delusional, ostentatious, and loud.
He’s beginning to make Al Davis look reasonable. How fun it will be to watch he and his team slowly go down the same drain.

By: baltimoresnativeson

baltimoresnativeson — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:36:49 +0000

Rob Ryan has forgotten more about defense than Jerry Jones has learned in his life time. That guy just needs to make money and sign the checks. Thank goodness for Bisciotti.

By: dirtdawg54

dirtdawg54 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:35:14 +0000

Rob Ryan’s defense is also “too much talk”.

By: cmonelisha

cmonelisha — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:29:56 +0000

aka my teams to stupid to lock down schemes after two years bec were not like the giants with spags and cant win a superbowl with an agressive scheme!

only thing better than a giants w is a dallas L and we seen alot of both in the past decade

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:19:21 +0000

I have to agree with JJ on this one. He’s right, Rob Ryan did a better job of confusing and complicating matters than he did at getting the most out of them so that they could be prepared and put into a good position. I had that much figured out before they realized they were going to miss the playoffs LAST year.

JJ is correct, but once again he’s too slow to learn and evolve in this fast-paced game. Rob Ryan will be the Saints’ problem now.

By: lovefootball4life

lovefootball4life — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:05:47 +0000

Maybe Jones is only being reported so much because of who he is, but I don’t hear a lot of other GMs speak so publically with such polarizing comments. Too bad Jones can’t learn from observation. I guess its who he is but it makes me feel bad for Cowboys fans when there is more reported about Jones than the team.

By: serenaundercover

serenaundercover — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:50:36 +0000

Jerry Jones hires the staff and probably picks the players.

Jerry hires Rob Ryan who then turns out to be too smart for the players to understand.

Jerry sees himself as smart enough to be a GM of an NFL team.

You can’t make this kind of thing up.

By: indywilson40

indywilson40 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:43:09 +0000

The Tampa 2 is a terrible scheme, vulnerable against the run and Tight Ends across the middle. The defense executes the same defense on every single play, as a result offenses can easily figure out how to beat it. Ask Indy, who couldn’t stop the run for the last 10 years.

By: walkinginthewasteland

walkinginthewasteland — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:32:41 +0000

Jerry Jones: “Our defensive players are too stoopid to understand multiple schemes.”

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:32:13 +0000

There is something to be said for having defenders not thinking too much and simply getting to the football and making plays. I do think some schemes over think it. Often players were caught out of position etc.

The problem is I don’t think Ryan was capable of comprehending his own defense at times.

By: hanifmiller

hanifmiller — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:29:33 +0000

Jerry you’re right. I guess the best fix for the defense was switching to a 4-3 and taking one of the most dominant pass rushers in Damarcus Ware out of his natural position .

By: ambitoos

ambitoos — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:24:19 +0000

No fans are more dedicated to their football team than the Dallas Cowboys. I feel bad that you people have to tolerate Jerry Jones.

By: gonavybeatarmy

gonavybeatarmy — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:18:00 +0000

Yeah, that powerful scheme was so complicated that the only starting QB in the NFL born in the 1990′s beat it soundly twice.