D line really took a turn

[stiletto]

Definitely. He was amazing in his prime but that disease robbed him of his prime early unfortunately

I admire him totally for giving it a go last year. He did what he had to do, can't fault him for it at all. He had standards and knew it was not realistic. Pretty admirable at the end of the day.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Great job to McCarthy who really took an ignored position and transformed it. You realize the horrendous job they've been doing for years at DT, cause in 2 months it's night and day. A huge disservice to this D. Not saying they're great. I'm saying this situation is very different from the usual crap they been pedaling for a long time now.

This!!!!! Must read!!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

The crazy part is if they beat the Eagles, Garrett and Marinelli are still here and there's no Poe, no McCoy, no Gallimore and hoping for the best from Hill. lol Killing this team for years and years,

Maybe, inadvertently, we got one over on the Eagles by losing that game. They may have struck us down last season, but we've become more powerful than they could have possibly imagined.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Line up all 3 of them at the same time with Tank and watch the o-line poop their pants.

Yasssss! That's what should happen!

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Marinelli held this defense back. Hopefully the new approach will provide results.

I can't think of a coach who I loved more then after a couple of years soured on me more than Marinelli

 

[ESisback]

The whole team is stacked to be honest

Just the day I was seeing “couple of years away”, and “so many holes”...

 

[KingintheNorth]

Why can't Joe Jackson make the team?

We have too many Ends IMO. He could. I just see him as the odd man out in our current scenario.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Hill

He can't play 1Tech.


Heck, he can barely play 3Tech.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Here we go again
Every year the DL is “Stacked” .

here’s the truth :

we have Lawrence and McCoy

and the rest are very average players, and two potheads.

go back and look at last years Our DL is so stacked threads it was embarrassing. Guys were talking up Hyder like he was strahan and Jelks like he was Jason Taylor. Absolutely embarrassing. The depth at DE on this team is almost embarrassing.

 

[Ranched]

The whole team is stacked to be honest

Almost. Dallas has been ignoring the safety position for a very long time. It's been 15 years since we had someone decent at the position, 5x pro Bowler Roy Williams. This team is 60 years old and it's only had 10 good safeties. Sad!
https://www.dallascowboys.com/photo...s-278656#97f8e395-3dcf-11e8-b0e8-005056b04871

 

[Oneiros]

Fred was not all that last season, he was clearly nowhere near his probowl self, which is why he retired. It’s not like we are trying to replace his 2016 version

Tyler Biadasz would make for a nice addition on Day 3.

 

[kumizi]

It's debatable how much better the D-line is if at all.

They essentially lost Quinn and added McCoy and Poe (if you consider Collins and Gallimore a wash). Quinn is a much more impactful player than either of those guys.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

It's debatable how much better the D-line is if at all.

They essentially lost Quinn and added McCoy and Poe (if you consider Collins and Gallimore a wash). Quinn is a much more impactful player than either of those guys.

Don't agree at all. They went from having one decent interior presence in Collins to three with McCoy, Poe (above average at collapsing the pocket and surprisingly nimble for a 350lb tank) and Gallimore, and interior pressure and collapsing the pocket is how you beat a guy like Mahomes or Rodgers, whereas guys like Quinn are nullified often if the QB has a clean pocket to step into.
Now I would have loved to have Quinn back on the right deal, but that just wasn't happening...

 

[MCMetal69]

It's debatable how much better the D-line is if at all.

They essentially lost Quinn and added McCoy and Poe (if you consider Collins and Gallimore a wash). Quinn is a much more impactful player than either of those guys.

Quinn had a far bigger "impact" in the opposition's favor when they ran the ball........................He is an enormous liability on running plays.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

We have too many Ends IMO. He could. I just see him as the odd man out in our current scenario.

Well see in camp.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Here we go again
Every year the DL is “Stacked” .

here’s the truth :

we have Lawrence and McCoy

and the rest are very average players, and two potheads.

go back and look at last years Our DL is so stacked threads it was embarrassing. Guys were talking up Hyder like he was strahan and Jelks like he was Jason Taylor. Absolutely embarrassing. The depth at DE on this team is almost embarrassing.

So. You act like that's a bad thing.

 

[Kingofholland]

He can't play 1Tech.


Heck, he can barely play 3Tech.

He needs to add weight to play it, but don't know where else to put him. He's going to be on the bubble and the question is if he's going to get motivated or dejected. It will be telling whether if the Raiders pick him up or not after.

 

[GMO415]

The whole team is stacked to be honest

It's getting there. Def still not up to par yet.

 

[Teague31]

Not sure what was worse, Rod’s “coaching” or his eye for “talent”

 

[FaSho]

Imagine this DL with TJ Watt.

Dude, that happened, and it's been 3 years now....You're gonna have to get over it someday.