Offense is stacked. Defense is weak in the front 7, secondary is starting to look promising.
Hopefully we get more than one starter in the draft. Either a DT or safety.
You’re telling me other players lifted them up. Well isn’t that with a team With great coaching is supposed to do. Come onI can’t recall our players doing well with other teams. Collins and Heath bombed in Oakland. The Chiefs picked up a few but they were the same here except Mahomes/Hill/Kelce’s rising tide lifted them up, not their performance. Brady and the TB offense lit them up. Byron Jones is the same in Miami. Beasley is the same in Buffalo.
Teams just don’t get bang for their buck signing Cowboy FAs. They bring hope with name recognition and sell tickets but really do little on the field.
not if slater is the best player available.
RT was a big mess.
still is. We don’t even know if Collins will make it through camp.
they can’t go with Steele again. He isn’t a 1. More of a 2.
I agree.
I still really hope they look at one more sarter in FA.
KJ Wright would be perfect IMO. Going to take more than a 1 year deal IMO.
And I'm still hoping a great trade down scenario presents itself to us, and we still grab one of Surtain/Horn while picking up a 2nd 2nd rounder and grab Ritchie Grant and Alim McNeil. (For example, IF one of the 4 top QBs is available at 10, perhaps the Niners at 12 or Pats at 15 offer their 2nd rounder ((43 for Niners and 46 for Pats)) to move up, AND we are still able to grab one of Surtain/Horn while also picking up that 2nd 2nd rounder. Longshot but possible with this draft.)
My "playing defense" would look like this:
3 tech- GALLIMORE/Hill/Urban (I like Gallimore starting and Hill as the pass rushing 3)
1 tech- MCNEIL/Woods/Urban
DE- LAWRENCE (Armstrong/Carter), GREGORY (Basham/Anae)
LB- WRIGHT, LVE, SMITH, NEAL (I list 4 as all will play starter roles situationally)
SS- WILSON (Neal)
FS- KAZEE (Grant/Wilson)
CB- HORN (Brown/Robinson), DIGGS (Lewis/Brown)
I'd also keep my eyes open for late vet cuts, particulary at 1 tech and DE, to improve depth if the opportunity presents itself.
Like a starter at 1 tech with McNeil is being groomed to take over at some point, or another DE in the main rotation.
That strong vet LB team will make up for the youth in the interior DL early on.
Depth in the secondary (finally) with Grant pushing to be a strarter at FS at some point, and Safety FINALLY settled for the future with Grant/Wilson, plus Diggs/Horn at CB.
Maybe draft another LB late 3rd (like Surrat) to develope to take over a starter role in the future, which may give us LVE (injury) or Jaylon (cut) insurance heading into next season.
Would be much improved this year plus set us up nicely for next season by solving some major needs long term.
Thats a lot of what ifs, in most years we are lucky to cross 2 off the list.These are the questions in my mind but they have at least given themselves a chance to be better, now it is about health, execution and the draft.
How much better will Quinn's D be over Nolan's D?
Will Dak be healthy the whole year?
Can the starting OT's stay healthy and does Nsekhe's availability (Erving was not available for a big part of the season) help?
Does Martin stay healthy?
Does Jarwin stay healthy?
Does Lamb take another step?
Is Lawrence healthy the whole year?
Is Gregory focused in a contract year?
Does Bashman give your more then Aldon did last year?
Does Gallimore take the next step?
Does Hill stay healthy and take the next step?
Does Urban give you more than Crawford?
Does Neal help the run defense?
Does Kazee give you more then the trash we rolled out last year?
This is before the draft (sample draft change how you like)
Can Surtain/Horn play like a CB1 next year?
Does a FS like Grant come in and give you quality reps?
Does a DT like McNeill come in and give you quality reps?
I agree.
I still really hope they look at one more sarter in FA.
KJ Wright would be perfect IMO. Going to take more than a 1 year deal IMO.
And I'm still hoping a great trade down scenario presents itself to us, and we still grab one of Surtain/Horn while picking up a 2nd 2nd rounder and grab Ritchie Grant and Alim McNeil. (For example, IF one of the 4 top QBs is available at 10, perhaps the Niners at 12 or Pats at 15 offer their 2nd rounder ((43 for Niners and 46 for Pats)) to move up, AND we are still able to grab one of Surtain/Horn while also picking up that 2nd 2nd rounder. Longshot but possible with this draft.)
My "playing defense" would look like this:
3 tech- GALLIMORE/Hill/Urban (I like Gallimore starting and Hill as the pass rushing 3)
1 tech- MCNEIL/Woods/Urban
DE- LAWRENCE (Armstrong/Carter), GREGORY (Basham/Anae)
LB- WRIGHT, LVE, SMITH, NEAL (I list 4 as all will play starter roles situationally)
SS- WILSON (Neal)
FS- KAZEE (Grant/Wilson)
CB- HORN (Brown/Robinson), DIGGS (Lewis/Brown)
I'd also keep my eyes open for late vet cuts, particulary at 1 tech and DE, to improve depth if the opportunity presents itself.
Like a starter at 1 tech with McNeil is being groomed to take over at some point, or another DE in the main rotation.
That strong vet LB team will make up for the youth in the interior DL early on.
Depth in the secondary (finally) with Grant pushing to be a strarter at FS at some point, and Safety FINALLY settled for the future with Grant/Wilson, plus Diggs/Horn at CB.
Maybe draft another LB late 3rd (like Surrat) to develope to take over a starter role in the future, which may give us LVE (injury) or Jaylon (cut) insurance heading into next season.
Would be much improved this year plus set us up nicely for next season by solving some major needs long term.
I can't justify yet another 1st round pick on an OL. Plus, Slater might be a future OG, not an OT.
If there isn't a non OL player you like there at that slot, trade the pick or get creative.
Hope notThe other starting CB will be Brown.
We could use Pitts or LB or CB way before a Tackle manThe idea of using yet another first round pick on an OL nauseates me. How in the world can all these good teams build OLs without throwing the draft resources we do at OL?
Between an OT like Slater at 10 and a trade down.............100 out of 100 times, trade down.
Thats a lot of what ifs, in most years we are lucky to cross 2 off the list.
I like what you have done and I would wish for the trade down from #10 to 12-15 range also, but I don't think it is going to happen because those QB's are going to go before the 10th. People will be jumping ahead of us for them. The Farley issue has also thrown another wrinkle into the mix for the trade down.
Serious question to answer ........will the changes on defense be enough? We've added three new players, ( four if you include Gregory). Are they truly upgrades are replacements. In other words, how much of an upgrade is Neal over Joe Thomas at LBer or Kazee over Woods for a team the finished dead last. The bottom line, it appears the FO is saying last year's defensive issues were more Nolan/scheme than talent.
Just by design of the players in the draft, it’s dang near 100% Surtain is there. Too many good offensive players and too many teams who need other positions more.- DT looks weak to me still. But at this point, it is what it is. Hopefully they have a chance to draft one before the middle rounds. I'd love to add McNeill or someone like that.
- I hope they really give Wilson a chance at S. I am under no delusions that he's a stud or anything but he showed enough to give him a fair chance, especially considering we didn't really bring in a legit stud S in FA.
- I think the Cowboys are going to find themselves in a bind at 10. With Farley being hurt, I could see Surtain going in the Top 10 and the Cowboys being left with choosing an OL or a WR (I think Pitts might go early too). Cowboys may have to take only a fair trade down offer or get creative (LOL, yeah I know) like take one of the WRs at 10 and flipping Gallup for a 2nd and 3rd rounder or something like that.
Agreed. I am no longer a fan of drafting a tackle early this year after they restructured Smith/Collins and signed Nsekhe.
Where would you play him? If Tyron goes down again, Nsekhe goes in. If you lose Collins again too, you slide Martin over to RT and play McGovern at RG. It would be a complete waste of resources at this point. Sewell's not falling to 10, and taking a positionless G/T there would be stupid.
i disagree.I don't think he'll be. I think he's overrated. He's gotten a lot of hype from his game against Chase Young but I have read some reviews of that game that says people are overreacting to his performance there. Some have said his future is as an OG. I am not a fan of using a Top 10 pick on an OG if that guy isn't as dominant or destructive or generational as an OG like Quenton Nelson was a few years ago.
I also can't get behind using yet another first round pick on an OL. Why the hell are we the only team that needs to keep throwing high round picks to build a competent OL?
i disagree.
if surtain or parsons is on the board...i'd agree with you.
but if pitts,parsons and surtain are gone...i'm good with slater at 10 because i think in that scenario...he is the best guy on the board.
im not forcing a pick at 10 for any position group.
stick to your board and take the best guy.
i think we'll get surtain and move on.
with tyron's injury history....you gotta start thinkin' about the furure.
if slater is the pick...he probably plays inside then slides out to ot when tyrons done.
i think he's a helluva player.
always impressed in the nwestern games i watched.
its the media hyping that game vs young.
slater is more than that.
helluva player.
i'd take sewell over him...but slater is a helluva player.
you dont know if ANY of these guys will pan out...regardless of position or round.You don't even know if Slater can be an OT in the NFL, let alone become the LT to replace Smith. And this team doesn't really have the luxury of starting to draft guys high to eventually replace guys down the road. If Slater is the best guy on the board at 10, they had better be working the phones on a trade.