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Dallas Cowboys: 5 moves to fix the Wide Receiver corps

By Steven Mullenax

ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 24: Wide receivers Cole Beasley #11, Terrance Williams #83, and Dez Bryant #88 of the Dallas Cowboys walk to the sidelines in the first quarter of a football game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 24: Wide receivers Cole Beasley #11, Terrance Williams #83, and Dez Bryant #88 of the Dallas Cowboys walk to the sidelines in the first quarter of a football game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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With the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver corps massively underperforming this season, here are five moves the team should make to remedy their issues.

ARLINGTON, TX – DECEMBER 24: Wide receivers Cole Beasley #11, Terrance Williams #83, and Dez Bryant #88 of the Dallas Cowboys walk to the sidelines in the first quarter of a football game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX – DECEMBER 24: Wide receivers Cole Beasley #11, Terrance Williams #83, and Dez Bryant #88 of the Dallas Cowboys walk to the sidelines in the first quarter of a football game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

As the Dallas Cowboys put a bow on what has become yet another disappointing season in Big “D”, one of the glaring issues America’s Team must address in 2018 is their ineffective wide receiver corps.

Filled from top to bottom with role or gadget players, the Cowboys desperately need new blood to reinvigorate this stagnate group with young, talented playmakers. Therefore, here are five steps I believe Dallas must take in order to fix their wide receiver corps.

Step #1: Fire OC Scott Linehan

This one is a given. The Cowboys offense has been historically bad this season. And a lack of quality halftime adjustments combined with what’s become a generic, predictable playbook has only highlighted how antiquated the playcalling of offensive coordinator Scott Linehan’s actually is.

Throw in the Cowboys inability to scheme their wide receivers open, a general lack of support for mediocre offensive line play and the fact quarterback Dak Prescott’s game fell apart at the end of the season; and it all adds up to Dallas needing an all a new direction offensively. If the Cowboys are keeping Jason Garrett, Linehan should be the first to go.

Answer me this. I understand that players must execute plays. I get that this group shares a massive amount of the blame for underperforming in Dallas. But I also see offensive coordinators across the NFL who are able to scheme less talented receivers open on a consistent basis.

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Who is responsible for the development of these receivers? Who develops their hands, their footwork, who improves their route running? Who designs these plays? Who insures these receivers are mentally prepared to face their opponents week in and week out? Who gives them that “mental edge” against these suspect secondaries?

Think about the regression of this wide receiver group. Bryant has been a shell of himself for three years now. Terrance Williams has yet to live up the promise of his rookie season. After a terrific outing last season, Cole Beasley has all but disappeared in 2017. Ryan Switzer has barely seen the field as a receiver. And most fans didn’t even know Noah Brown was on the roster until Week 15.

This coaching staff has done this group of receivers a disservice in 2017. And I’m not sure how you can allow them to stay another season and continue to “develop” players in this manner.

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