RDE is a huge question mark and very postion. Gregory had a very promising 2018, but come September he wouldn't have played for a year and a half. And even then he wasnt a full time player. McCoy at this stage of his career is a better all round DR, but I consider him a downgrade as a rusher to Collins. Collins was one of the top passing DT's in terms of win rate last year. I dont think people realize how good he was rushing the passer.
The DL could and should be better as an overall unit next year. But it has a ways to go before I would consider any kind of unit of strength. And alot of thing have to break their way
Apparently the Cowboys organization themselves did not realize how good Maliek was rushing the passer either, as they have drafted two DTs with the
intention of eventually replacing him with heir apparents. (ala Hill and Gallimore)
and that includes the incumbent DT coach Leon Lett, ..new DL coach Tomsula and new DC Nolan.
That tends to indicate to me that there's existing impression that they have of Maliek...and there's a coveted desired impression that they want better than
what they had in Maliek Collins. And they are still bringing in guys to replace what he was not giving us.
i believe they are looking for game to game consistency and presence than a guy that splashes a game here ..then disappears in too many stretches and games
between to finally arise back with a couple more so splashes.
Whether old or new regime,..whether old or new DL coaches, its' a reason why Cowboys themselves allowed Maliek to walk in FA while adding more DT players.
Frankly i thought Collins as more of a rotational guy than a full time starter. i had wonder if he was the type that starting is too much for him and
either he gets over-exposed or the type that wears down from taking on the bulk of game reps. That could be just me guess working.
Still find it very ironic for that he finally stayed healthy year long in a contract year at that.
with McCoy being age 32, this team is gonna have to carefully monitored and control his game reps. We cannot over expose him to wear and
tear toll .We are gonna have to trust the guys behind him.