Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones to @1053thefan on starting LT Tyron Smith and C Tyler Biadasz departing in free agency: "We just think you have to continue to evolve as an offensive line. Certainly, you hate to lose a player like Tyron Smith, who's in my opinion going to be a Hall of Famer. I think he's going to be wearing a yellow jacket. But at the same time, unfortunately, Tyron's had to miss a lot of games, and at some point, you have to make those tough decisions. "Certainly, you hate to lose Tyler at center in terms of what he had done for us. But at some point there, you've got to make a tough decision that we can have him go to another team, and we can replace him hopefully and have a center who's better. We like the young guys that we've brought in over the years, not unlike Connor McGovern. [He] stepped up after being a backup for three years. He stepped up and played really good at guard and then got awarded a contract in Buffalo. "We have guys like [Matt] Waletzko and Asim Richards — young players who are on the come. T.J. Bass played really well for us last year. Obviously, they are guys that our fans aren't as acquainted with as much because they hadn't played as much, but we feel they can step up, not unlike Tyler did as a rookie at center and play really well."
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan Wish we could evolve as a front office with someone else running it.
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan I'm about to sell all my @dallascowboys stuff and find an organization who's not ran by a wanna be politician
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan I ..mean.. at least Stephen not lying and we understand what team is considering.🤷🏾♂️
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan Did he take credit for getting McGovern paid so he can sign to another team? If he played so good why didn't we pay him? So confused lmao
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan I’ve said this from the beginning when cowboys fans were crying about those players leaving , that they already had the guys on the team to replace them.
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan It’s gotta be OT or OG in rd 1.
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan Never had an issue with letting players walk. My issue is they’ve not been very good at replacing players. They have too much adoration for “their guys” on the roster already & that hurts the team. Ie Dez gone trusting Williams and Hurns would be the guys then trading for Amari
@GehlkenNFL @1053thefan In a way, he is right. Don’t overpay for a center who potentially has maxed out, and a year ago we would be yelling if we re-signed Tyron. Maybe we have center somewhere on roster but tackle needs to be addressed