Puppetmaster Caleb Downs

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[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

Looking at the PFF expected contracts here's who I'd be targeting:

DE: Jaelon Phillips (1 yr $15M)
LB: Quincy Williams (2 yr $4M) or Leo Chanel (2 yr $6M)
S: Kam Curl (2 yr $8.75M) or Alohi Gillman (2 yr $6.75M)
CB: Chidobe Awuzie (1 yr $1.35M) or Jaylen Watson (3 yr $15M)

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@holahovitaaa No. Good pop album, not a classic

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

Bad play by Wemby and Castle no doubt, but the biggest chunk of the blame pie goes to the HC for not calling a timeout. No benefit to pushing for a fast break when you have the last shot- second they get the rebound you call a timeout 100 times out of 100.

[Michael Fiddle @FiddlesPicks]

Ridiculously good angle to see what happened there

[Gabe @Hoops_GE]

I don’t really care about the starting lineup, but Dylan Harper should be playing 40 minutes per game and treated like the #2 that he is for the rest of this series.

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@rajatsuri 4 and a half years to go lol

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@bballbreakdown This was my immediate thought too. Pop would’ve

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@KevinOlmsted1 I was psyched about him even after his first start vs Baltimore because he showed way more juice than geriatric Eddie George. After this game and Seattle I was convinced he the next Emmitt Smith

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

I saw a 'remember Julius Jones' post and it made me realize that for a 10 year old Cowboys fan, Julius Jones is the equivalent to Tony Dorsett to me. Getting old lol

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@Shane0196479 @DianteLeeFB That's fair, but it seems like a key part of that alignment is the WRs being able to block and I don't think that's a strength of Smith. Lemon I think is a better fit for that. I think how the players mesh with the new scheme will be the key to your season.

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@NoFilm_Analysis He absolutely is. Doesn’t mean he’ll break the all time rushing record

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@tonytonetworeal @NoFilm_Analysis Same could be said about Walter Payton until he was 34. Every bell cow has a breakdown point, just a matter of when. But it’s usually a steep decline, not gradual.

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

Valid question. To me they’re both fringe guys but it seems like the general public think Stafford will make it and Russ will not

[Loren Richmond Jr. @lorenrichmondjr]

Why is Stafford commonly assumed to be a no-brainer HOF but Russ a maybe?

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@Shane0196479 @DianteLeeFB This was specifically press man. Maybe that’s still affected by what you flagged, but his career yprr is much closer to the 2.1 average which tells me he’s just not facing it very often. And I’m guessing that’s because of Aj Brown.

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@IamDijami Tim Rattay

[Nick Harris @NickHarrisFWST]

Brief Cowboys OTA observations from 6/4:
- The practice was structured with about an hour-long of position drills and roughly 35 minutes of 7-on-7 work. There were no team portions with linemen involved
- A lot of the major names got work with the first-team at outside corner: Durant, Revel, Carson. Downs obviously in the nickel quite a bit
- Phil Mafah looked good with his first-team reps
- Dee Winters and Shemar James were the first-team linebackers with Overshown out
- Might just be because Pickens isn't here, but Marquez Valdes-Scantling got a lot of first-team reps and was targeted a handful of times
- Saw more Ryan Flournoy work in the slot. I'm sure that's more of a wrinkle they're trying to add rather than him moving there
- A lot of action with the running backs in red zone work in the pass game, specifically with Mafah and Jaydon Blue. Both have had a good offseason program to this point

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@BonesworthJames @TheKingJmike @Phleezusx @FantasyTanyon @NoFilm_Analysis I don’t think anyone breaks it if he doesn’t, just the way the game is trending

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@pkmn_red @FantasyTanyon @NoFilm_Analysis It would take him basically matching the highest single season yardage for the all time best 32-35 year old seasons- 1551, 1333, 1347 and 1239. I think there’s a decent chance he can hits the 32 and 33 marks, it’s beyond that I doubt

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@WoWLazerkatz @FantasyTanyon @NoFilm_Analysis It’s just never happened, not even close really. Riggins gaining 1347 at age 34 and 1239 at 35 is the closest, but he had played a strike shortened year right before that, and 2 years prior to that skipped a whole year with a holdout. Not at all the same level of workload.

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@BigJonesEnergy @NoFilm_Analysis The only guys who have had the kind of production he’ll need for 3-4 more years played in the 80s. Unless you think he’ll be able to play 6 or 7 more years at a decent level, which is even more unprecedented

[Puppetmaster Caleb Downs @bwareofdware]

@TheKingJmike @Phleezusx @FantasyTanyon @NoFilm_Analysis It plays a factor but far less than not declining. For the type of production he’ll need the next 4 years at age +32 there’s basically two guys (Walter Payton and John Riggins) in NFL history that have done it, and Riggins had some very extenuating circumstances