Players to target at #14

[locked&loaded]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

Spencer may be a "dumb" player... But check out who lead the team in defensive penalties– do we get rid of him too?

Also Spencer was rated by one organization as the best... yeah the best, 3-4 OLB vs the run in 2011. He was in the top 5 in 2010.

Think about that... you may get another guy in Spencer's place who can get a couple more sacks a season but if the ability to stop the run isn't anywhere close to Spencer's what have you really gained?

The best OLB against the run.... woah.

Come on man. Sacks. Its simple

[texbumthelife]

Think about that... you may get another guy in Spencer's place who can get a couple more sacks a season but if the ability to stop the run isn't anywhere close to Spencer's what have you really gained?

The ability to get to the quarterback more efficiently and regularly. Which in turn means you don't have to blitz other LB's as much who can stay home and stop the run and DB's don't have to cover as long.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by texbumthelife

The ability to get to the quarterback more efficiently and regularly. Which in turn means you don't have to blitz other LB's as much who can stay home and stop the run and DB's don't have to cover as long.

That's all well and good...

It's not like Dallas didn't have any sacks this season.

They tied for 7th.

And where were they vs the pass?

23rd.

It ain't all about sacks.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by locked&loaded

The best OLB against the run.... woah.

Come on man. Sacks. Its simple

Not that simple. I want to see more from the other side in terms of pressure and sacks but as an OLB in the 3-4 you have got to be able to play the run as well as the agility to drop back into coverage since the OLB will be asked to do this quite a bit.

[Bigtommyb]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

Sounds like a pretty good list. There is good and bad about going into this draft. The bad news is we need so much help in so many areas. The good news is nose should have a very good player fall to us since we have so many needs in so many positions. So even if we miss out on someone like decastro we should still be able to get another good player who can help us.

Not Bad list but these areguys that won't be available. Possibly Decastro will be there. Maybe! Upshaw and Kilpatrick will be gone by 14. I'm lookig at either Ingram or Whitney Mercilus or Stephon Gilmore.

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

That's all well and good...

It's not like Dallas didn't have any sacks this season.

They tied for 7th.

And where were they vs the pass?

23rd.

It ain't all about sacks.

The big problem I have with Spencer is that he is a really bad pass rusher. I really think the 6 sacks vastly overrates him. He got most of those by chasing a QB that had been flushed out by someone else. I really don't think he got many by whipping a blocker and then taking down the QB.

If you have seen him pass rush his technique is a farce. He runs up fields and whips his arms around in pattycake style. He doesn't bullrush much. He doesn't have much of an inside counter. He doesn't have the ability to burst up the field and then go horizontal and turn the corner. He is totally inept in that department.

If we want to bring him back we have to bring in a vet pass rush specialist. By the time you get done paying Spencer and the other FA, you may well have just spent $10M and gotten yourself an elite player.

I would consider bringing Spencer back but only for around $4M/yr. If he takes such a deal then we still have cap space to try and fill other holes on the defense in FA. Otherwise, we should just look elsewhere to find the OLB needed to improve this defense via FA or the draft. I wouldn't mind Avril from the Lions or Ingram or Irvin in the draft.

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

DeCastro!!!!!

[GloryDaysRBack]

Originally Posted by Cowboys&LakersFan

DeCastro!!!!!

This

I don't care who else is available...this is the guy at the top of my list