DL needs to be better but they weren't horrible and were ok against the run. But how anyone can watch this team and think DL is a bigger need than CB gets me every time
Exactly.Who hits Tom Brady? Like seriously..
He’s 44 and still playing for a reason.
I have said it earlier and I still think Gallimore is a + player. We will see.
Osa looks like he has a chance to be a + player as well. I can't come down on rookies not looking great against Brady and that championship team game 1. I expect that we will get better and better, kind of like last year but our starting point is much better.
Think about a guy like Parson, put in that position last night. Going against all of these wiley vets and was a tick slow on a bunch of plays. He will get there...and he will get there quickly, IMO.
Brown shguldn't be starting, he is a bottom of the CB depth chart guy who should play ST. I think Bossman will take that spot as soon as he gets back and will give up some plays but also make plays. He will also get better and better.
Let's not jump to conclusions one way or the other off of the first game of the season.
Yeah and when you have good CBs it does the same for the DL.Because with a good DL, you can cover up some bad CB play at times. When you don't have a good DL, even good CBs can't overcome that.
Law is a very good DE in most aspects of his game. Really good against the run. But he’s not an elite pass rusherif this team had a good DL, they'd be a contender and could overcome a guy like Brown.
It cannot be stressed enough how mediocre this DL is. And while I get some will claim Gallimore is the missing link, he's a fine DT but he's not a difference maker and this DL desperately needs difference makers.
Lawrence is a nice DE. He's not a great one. He plays the run well, is generally disciplined but at this point, after denying it for awhile, he's just not the pass rusher I thought he was. He's better than average for sure, but the Cowboys paid him to be a terror off the edge and he's just not that.
Gregory is a nice story getting his life back in order but he has to be way better than he was last night if Dallas even wants to think about the postseason. Armstrong had a nice rush, Anae (I think it was him) just looked like a JAG out there. There's a difference between beating the 2nd string or 3rd string OT in a preseason game and a starting caliber OT on a SB favorite.
DT is what it always is. Just filled with a group of decent to JAGs. Cowboys keep thinking they can build a really good DT corps by not investing in elite level guys and instead just building what they think will be a solid rotation of guys. Counting on a guy like Osa to make an impact was a real stretch IMO. He needs time. Watkins? LOL. I saw Urban out there a few times in pass situations, and he did zero.
I've spent the last decade lamenting the Cowboys and how they have failed to build a really good DL. Why would I stop whining now?
Are we underestimating how good that Buccaneers offensive line is? They seem like a rather dominant unit.While some of this is fair, it doesn't change the fact that the DL simply is mediocre. And it's not like we have a whole host of new guys here. And the new guys we brought in are mostly JAGs. You are still relying on the same two DEs that were just OK at rushing the passer in 2020. You didn't add any real playmakers inside at DT, instead spending FA money on JAGs like Carlos Watkins and Urban.
Yeah and when you have good CBs it does the same for the DL.
Anyone making a case that any player on the starting defense was worse than Brown last night is lying and/or has a huge agenda to put forth. Now of course one game is one game, but the last couple of years speak to his genera suckiness as well. Every Cowboy fan should have seen enough at this point
I don't think that's entirely true. Its a passing league and the rules cater to passing. A good defensive line goes a lot further than a good secondary. I just think about those Giant defenses that on Eli 2 rings......those secondaries weren't that good. Hell look at the Bucc's...their secondary is their weakness compared to their front 7.Yeah and when you have good CBs it does the same for the DL.
Anyone making a case that any player on the starting defense was worse than Brown last night is lying and/or has a huge agenda to put forth. Now of course one game is one game, but the last couple of years speak to his genera suckiness as well. Every Cowboy fan should have seen enough at this point
Are we underestimating how good that Buccaneers offensive line is? They seem like a rather dominant unit.
I know some are crying the blues but I was really excited about how we playedI also want to say we should be careful. We should factor it was the 1st game of the season and we faced Tom Brady. We won't be facing too many QB's the caliber of Brady this year......
I can't knock them for going Diggs. That was great value. Joseph....this was a weak DT class but maybe you could've made a argument for a DT over him?Brown is terrible. I've said that in multiple threads and he should be benched. But the reality is this team is always half assing it along the DL and it shows over and over. The Cowboys have spent back to back 2nd rounders on CBs. They don't nearly have that kind of investment in the DT position, for example.
You are cherry picking examples. If our CBs could cover for more than 1 second Brady would have needed to hold the ball longer which gives the DL time to get there. Brown was beat so badly on a few deep balls it's as if he was on the take...I don't think that's entirely true. Its a passing league and the rules cater to passing. A good defensive line goes a lot further than a good secondary. I just think about those Giant defenses that on Eli 2 rings......those secondaries weren't that good. Hell look at the Bucc's...their secondary is their weakness compared to their front 7.
I'd be more inclined to buy into that if not for the fact the same players from last year weren't all that great rushing the passer and we didn't exactly bring in some studs this offseason, instead nickel and diming in FA and throwing a third rounder at an undersized DT that has a bit of long term potential.
Ya, i mean they didn't add any studs, sure.While some of this is fair, it doesn't change the fact that the DL simply is mediocre. And it's not like we have a whole host of new guys here. And the new guys we brought in are mostly JAGs. You are still relying on the same two DEs that were just OK at rushing the passer in 2020. You didn't add any real playmakers inside at DT, instead spending FA money on JAGs like Carlos Watkins and Urban.
I can't knock them for going Diggs. That was great value. Joseph....this was a weak DT class but maybe you could've made a argument for a DT over him?
Tom Brady doesn't hold the ball though lol. He's one of the best at getting the football out which is why he has so much success. There's a reason why he has 7 rings...you're asking a secondary to do what essentially no one has against him. He's a technician.You are cherry picking examples. If our CBs could cover for more than 1 second Brady would have needed to hold the ball longer which gives the DL time to get there. Brown was beat so badly on a few deep balls it's as if he was on the take...