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In 2025, the Dallas Cowboys will have a legitimate chance to field the most physically dominant interior offensive line in football — Smith at LG, Beebe at C, and Booker at RG. That trio averages nearly 6-4, 325 pounds and they're all built to move people.
Tyler Smith is an All-Pro left guard. Leave him there. That’s the beginning, middle, and end of the conversation.
That very interior is the foundation of the new offensive identity ('From Scalpel To Sledgehammer')... so lets not pull bricks out of the foundation just to patch the roof.
Schottenheimer's staff is all about competition, and they’ve created it at just about every position including at left tackle. Tyler Guyton will get every opportunity to win the job. Asim Richards will push him. But Tyler Smith should only be considered for that spot in the event of full-on desperation mid-season. Anything else risks ruining what could be decade-long domination in the middle.
Let’s not forget: Guyton was always going to need time. And his curve was made steeper by being drafted into a coaching staff in contract-year survival mode.
So yes, we’ve all seen Duke Manyweather’s critique — but are we sure that critique even still applies? Could the Tyler Guyton that Duke was describing be a rookie who doesn’t exist anymore?
It's fair to assume Big Duke wouldn't have said what he said if Tyler Guyton were still his active client. So the devils advocate point of view here is that the Tyler Guyton he once knew as a rookie is no longer the same version. Let's not forget, Guyton was a full time basketball player less than 6 short years ago and 2024 was his first year as a full time left tackle.
Now maybe, just maybe, Guyton’s new two-headed offensive-line-coach monster under Conor Reilly and Klayton Adams strikes a different tune and point of view that whatever connection he and big Duke lacked before.
Regardless, the jury is still out on him— and the front office knows it. Will McClay himself mentioned character concerns in this class. That’s real. But Schottenheimer and Adams have been very vocal on numerous occasions about Guyton living in the weight room and how much his body has changed.
Bottom line — new year, new voices, new staff that won't be in a contract year impatiently breathing down everyone's neck. That wasn't development in 2024... that was damage control. And yet here we are, already poking at continuity before it ever gets a chance to exist.
Let the cake bake and let the kid grow. Patience! Not panic.
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Tyler Smith is an All-Pro left guard. Leave him there. That’s the beginning, middle, and end of the conversation.
That very interior is the foundation of the new offensive identity ('From Scalpel To Sledgehammer')... so lets not pull bricks out of the foundation just to patch the roof.
Schottenheimer's staff is all about competition, and they’ve created it at just about every position including at left tackle. Tyler Guyton will get every opportunity to win the job. Asim Richards will push him. But Tyler Smith should only be considered for that spot in the event of full-on desperation mid-season. Anything else risks ruining what could be decade-long domination in the middle.
Let’s not forget: Guyton was always going to need time. And his curve was made steeper by being drafted into a coaching staff in contract-year survival mode.
So yes, we’ve all seen Duke Manyweather’s critique — but are we sure that critique even still applies? Could the Tyler Guyton that Duke was describing be a rookie who doesn’t exist anymore?
It's fair to assume Big Duke wouldn't have said what he said if Tyler Guyton were still his active client. So the devils advocate point of view here is that the Tyler Guyton he once knew as a rookie is no longer the same version. Let's not forget, Guyton was a full time basketball player less than 6 short years ago and 2024 was his first year as a full time left tackle.
Now maybe, just maybe, Guyton’s new two-headed offensive-line-coach monster under Conor Reilly and Klayton Adams strikes a different tune and point of view that whatever connection he and big Duke lacked before.
Regardless, the jury is still out on him— and the front office knows it. Will McClay himself mentioned character concerns in this class. That’s real. But Schottenheimer and Adams have been very vocal on numerous occasions about Guyton living in the weight room and how much his body has changed.
Bottom line — new year, new voices, new staff that won't be in a contract year impatiently breathing down everyone's neck. That wasn't development in 2024... that was damage control. And yet here we are, already poking at continuity before it ever gets a chance to exist.
Let the cake bake and let the kid grow. Patience! Not panic.
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Related: Cowboys Reveal Their 'NFL Draft Puzzle' And Most-Valued Trait
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