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What are your answers to the biggest questions about the Cowboys right now?
Each week we ask you the readers to give your opinion on five questions surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. To help you decide before you cast your vote on each question, we give opposing views on each poll, so make your vote and leave your opinions in the comment section.
Mike: From the moment Brian Schottenheimer took the reins at Dallas and started putting together his coaching staff and roster everything looked great. But it’s not what a head coach does 99% of the time.
Can he be the guy to raise the team in hard times and be the reason this team finally gets over that final hurdle and into a Super Bowl? It’s possible. But for now, based on the fact he has zero head coaching experience in an NFL game, confidence is best placed somewhere in the middle, let’s say in the “too soon to tell” category.
Brandon: From everything I’ve seen and heard so far this offseason, Brian Schottenheimer has shown he’s deserving of the opportunity to be a head coach. He’s great with the players and media, and has an ability to make people on the outside feel like they’re part of the ride too.
Whether or not this will all translate into wins remains to be seen. Many questions linger on the defensive side of the ball. Having an experienced coach in Matt Eberflus leading the charge gives Schottenheimer a chance to catch a break in year one. If things go sideways, it’ll come down to the first-time head coach to make personnel changes. How he handles stress under pressure will tell us a lot about his coaching ability.
Up to this point, I have confidence he’ll be a solid head coach, but it’s all TBD so I’d say slightly confident.
Mike: Javonte Williams was a huge signing for Dallas. The team lost Ezekiel Elliott and Rico Dowlde who was coming off a 1,000 yard season meaning all that was left on the roster was Deuce Vaughn. Having the smallest player in the league with very little playing time and zero depth behind him was a wildly concerning weakness on this roster, but the front office managed to fix the issue with a very solid running back.
Sure, Williams is coming off a down trend in his production after a very nasty knee injury two years ago where he tore nearly every ligament in his knee. But he is now two years removed from said injury and if he’s even 90% of what he was in North Carolina or during his rookie year in Denver, then Cowboys fans should feel very excited for what Williams can bring to this offense. There’s something a little DeMarco Murray-like in Williams’ style of play.
Brandon: I genuinely believe...
