Watkins: Will we get answers this week?

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January, 21, 2013

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com


MOBILE, Ala. -- Members of the Cowboys' front office, coaching staff and scouting departments are here to watch practices in preparations for Saturday's Senior Bowl.

Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones is expected to attend the practices and quite possibly speak with reporters about the state of the franchise. There are several questions regarding where the Cowboys are headed after an 8-8 season. Jones said he doesn't want to make changes just to make change. He also said people will be uncomfortable at Valley Ranch.

His fan base has many questions. We provided a few:

* Are people uncomfortable at Valley Ranch after the changes you made?

* Will Jason Garrett be the play caller in 2013?

* Why did you let go of Rob Ryan?

* Monte Kiffin replaced Ryan. Do you believe he'll have the energy, at 72, to run the defense?

* The Cowboys are roughly $18 million over the salary cap. How do you go about fixing this?

You can come up with your own questions if you like or try to answer the ones we've provided for you.

 

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@calexmendez
Senior Bowl weigh-in is over. Cowboys coaches were here. Kiffin, Eberflus, Henderson.

 

[dbair1967]

@calexmendez
Senior Bowl weigh-in is over. Cowboys coaches were here. Kiffin, Eberflus, Henderson.

is he saying these are the only coaches there?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

May be a defensive heavy draft? Didn't Garrett go last year?

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

May be a defensive heavy draft? Didn't Garrett go last year?

Yeah. And we went mainly defense last year. So what does that tell you?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Defense.

 

[Jon88]

We need to get better in 2 phases - defense and special teams.

We have plenty of weapons on offense. It just seems there is an 8 year old who has the remote control to Jason Garrett. I mean, we all know he's a robot. Someone has the remote. When I played Madden when I was 8 years old I would call 30 yard bombs on 3rd and 1 too. My clock management was also shitty.

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

We need to get better in 2 phases - defense and special teams.

We have plenty of weapons on offense. It just seems there is an 8 year old who has the remote control to Jason Garrett. I mean, we all know he's a robot. Someone has the remote. When I played Madden when I was 8 years old I would call 30 yard bombs on 3rd and 1 too. My clock management was also shitty.

No offense Jon but some perspective is needed here. The 8 year olds of today are much more advanced than say when you and I were 8.

 

[Jon88]

No offense Jon but some perspective is needed here. The 8 year olds of today are much more advanced than say when you and I were 8.

That's true. I should have said a 6 year old has the remote.

I remember the other team always scoring before the half because of something stupid I did.