Bledsoe to Cowboys?

Parcells doesn't like Henson at all and I don't think he would have agreed to continue if forced to play him, despite "personnel expert" Jerry Jones' touting of him. Clearly they need an option other than Testaverde.

It makes all the sense to bring in Bledsoe who has played with Parcells before, and who you would think would still have plenty of gas in the tank if you put him in the right situation. Parcells is not likely going to coach long enough to develop a new quarterback.

I think we may be overstating things when we talk about "familiarity with the offense". Drew Bledsoe has had four different head coaches since his time with Parcells - nine seasons ago. That's a lot of new playbooks, terminologies, players, rule changes, and arthitis medications ago. If anything, Bledsoe would be familiar with getting browbeaten by Parcells, and it may not be an experience he wishes to repeat.

Also remember that, despite his visit to the Super Bowl with Bledsoe, the two didn't have a lot of success together. Parcells had a winning percentage of .500 with the Patriots. With the Jets he had a regular season winning percentage of .604 - and with good old Vinnie and the Jets, he went 20-12 in the regular season. Vinnie has fresher knowledge of Parcells and his offense, has the trust of the coaches, and comes cheaper than Bledsoe likely will. Besides, if you are going to impede the growth of your young QB's, does it really matter if the guy you are doing it with is 34 or 40?

Does this mean that the Cryboys new standard play will be the one where Drew falls down and goes boom? Cause that seemed to happen about once every 3 downs in Buffalo last year. Bring him.

Bledsoe had Willis McGahee really cranking up in Buffalo this year and he still played like garbage. He had Eric Moulds to throw to and rookie Lee Evans had a solid season. I can't imagine that his surrounding talent in Dallas would be significantly better than what he had in Buffalo. The only reason to believe Bledsoe might have a better year in Dallas is the fact that he's so familiar with what Parcells tries to do on offense. I see no reason to fear the Cowboys if they pick up Bledsoe. The reason to fear them would be the large amount of cap room they have, and flexibility to make other major moves this offseason.


I would not use the word Fear, and cowroids in the same sentence, however, but the point about the large cap room they have, and the flexibility to make other moves is the best point made in this entire thread.

Schneed10, welcome to the board, and great post!

Bledsoe at this point in his career is only a slight upgrade over Vinny. I see a full year of Julius Jones as a big reason to fear Dallas. He looked really good at the end of last season. And as the previos post indicated they have plenty of cap room to improve their defense which slipped badly last year.

The biggest reason to fear dallas though is simply that they somehow always beat the Redskins whether they have a good team or not...

We can try to downgrade Bledsoe all we want, but he is an improvement over Vinny. He may not be the 1995 Bledsoe, but he can still be effective and would rather see him somewhere else than in Dallas.

redrock-skins:

You hit that nail right on the head!

Bledsoe at this point in his career is only a slight upgrade over Vinny. I see a full year of Julius Jones as a big reason to fear Dallas. He looked really good at the end of last season. And as the previos post indicated they have plenty of cap room to improve their defense which slipped badly last year.

The biggest reason to fear dallas though is simply that they somehow always beat the Redskins whether they have a good team or not...

I couldn't agree more regarding Julius Jones. Once he finally got healthy, his burst through the line looked as quick and powerful as any back in the league. In both stature and quickness, he already reminds me of a young Curtis Martin. He's got a ways to go when it comes to receiving and blocking, but Parcells certainly loves him and figures to lean on him heavily. The other scary thing about the Cowboys, they hardly have anybody up for contracts this year. The most notable names are Vinny Testaverde and Eddie George, who both suck anyway. The only player up for free agency who is even moderately good is safety Tony Dixon. They've got $17 million in cap room to go out and fill some needs: a QB worth a damn (almost assuredly Bledsoe), speedy linebackers to facilitate their move to the 3-4 defense (Adalius Thomas, Rob Morris, Chris Claiborne?), a CB to play opposite Terence Newman (Ken Lucas, Aaron Beasley, or *shudder* Fred Smoot?), probably a kicker to replace Billy Cundiff (Jay Feely?), and depth at guard to eventually replace Larry Allen.

I hope he goes to the boy's they will waste a decent amount of money to sign a stupid QB. I am not worried about Bledsoe in the lest!

Jones does remind me of a young Curtis Martin too, or even a young Emmitt.

If they get him cranking next year whoever is playing QB for them will look A LOT better.