The Cowboys have a DL problem

[ultron]

With Quinn gone our defense just got instantly better, now we don’t have to worry about him rushing 10 yards up the field every play and trying to get to the QB & leaving massive holes for running backs and getting destroyed by screen passes. This is a wonderful day in Cowboys history!!

 

[cowboyec]

we had one BEFORE losing Quinn to chicago.
i think they double dip at both DE and DT in the draft...depending how the board looks.

 

[Teague31]

This team could easily spend its top 3 picks on DL and no one would call it a bad move. That’s how bad this line is at the moment

 

[CowboyRoy]

Irving & Gregory don't look so bad now do they?


Chaisson has to be in play now at 17.

I'd call around the league and see if we could trade our 1 for a guy like saaaay... Von Miller maybe? Joey Bosa? No way Chargers trade him but hey who knows.

do you really believe all the laughable things you say?

 

[Sydla]

Why do you say that? Even if someone falls to them you still feel that way?

There isn't an elite DE that would fall to them. This is arguably a weak edge class. That's his point.

 

[Stash]

Why do you say that? Even if someone falls to them you still feel that way?

Who's that "someone" you're thinking of? I don't see someone worth that high of a pick.

 

[kuyyo_morro]

We will be in a lot of shootouts with a QB who cannot throw. Match made in heaven

 

[Sydla]

With Quinn gone our defense just got instantly better, now we don’t have to worry about him rushing 10 yards up the field every play and trying to get to the QB & leaving massive holes for running backs and getting destroyed by screen passes. This is a wonderful day in Cowboys history!!

Got better.

LOL.

 

[NEODOG]

Our best edge rusher

Our top cover CB


I fail to see improvement

 

[John813]

Someone call the Golden Cock to return.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

There's some mid-level talent out there that can help........just becomes a question of Stephen Jones and you know what I mean (lol)

Take a look at this list......

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/defensive-line/

 

[texbumthelife]

It's kind of strange it's not talked about more but the Cowboys have a real problem at DL right now.

They have one upper echelon player. Lawrence. That's it. DE depth after him is now Armstrong, Gregory, Jelks and Jackson. That's it.

DT isn't much better as Collins is a FA. Woods is OK. Hill? Ehhh?

Of course there is also Crawford, who is serviceable but not great at either DE or DT.

It's going to be interesting to see where this front office goes along the DL. Certainly they could be looking at the draft but there are other needs that they may need to look at in the draft.

Not sure where you've been, quarantined maybe, but this has literally been one of the most talked about things since before last season even ended.

 

[Risen Star]

They are running around like they blew all their cap space on Cooper.

What's the point of restructuring some deals to give you anywhere form $80MM-85MM in cap space just so you can nickle and dime your way through FA when you have clear, clear needs.

You obviously aren't a member of the family.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

There isn't an elite DE that would fall to them. This is arguably a weak edge class. That's his point.

Who's that "someone" you're thinking of? I don't see someone worth that high of a pick.

You guys wouldn’t take Chaisson?

 

[Beaker42]

I hope they do not go pass rusher at #17 in the draft, even with Quinn gone. This group is not worth it.

We’re gonna suck. No pass rush unless RG gets reinstated. I don’t even care given this COVID-19 BS.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

It's kind of strange it's not talked about more but the Cowboys have a real problem at DL right now.

They have one upper echelon player. Lawrence. That's it. DE depth after him is now Armstrong, Gregory, Jelks and Jackson. That's it.

DT isn't much better as Collins is a FA. Woods is OK. Hill? Ehhh?

Of course there is also Crawford, who is serviceable but not great at either DE or DT.

It's going to be interesting to see where this front office goes along the DL. Certainly they could be looking at the draft but there are other needs that they may need to look at in the draft.

It's been talked about all off season. Heck it was talked about before the offseason because of so many people knowing we were going to have so many FAs after the season.

Next I guess we will have a thread talking about how were not talking about the lack of CBs on the roster with Jones gone and Brown being a FA.

 

[817Gill]

We also have no idea really what they are gonna do schematically. We don’t have a problem until the roster is set, I would like to see what we do before I say we are doomed.

But as of rn we do need DL help lol

 

[JW82]

They have to HAVE a d-line before they can have a d-line problem....

 

[Sydla]

You guys wouldn’t take Chaisson?

Chaisson isn't viewed as an elite edge guy. And he's raw. I wouldn't mind him at 17 but he's likely not going to be a guy that hits the ground running. And he's largely viewed as a late teen, 20s guy in the draft, so I am not sure I'd call him a guy that we'd have to take because he "fell" to us. He's likely going to be there.

 

[Sydla]

Let me clarify a bit. Yes, we've talked about DT as a need but overall people have largely ignored DE as an issue. DE might be as big a need as DT at this point.