Bargain in shopping D tackles

[JonesBoys]

The Jones boys bargain shopping DT at the last moment is a big reason this defense is soft. Go back and watch how bad they were blown off the line. Jordan Phillips should never see the field again. He was completely manhandled one on one all day. Pushed back 10 yards on one of the TD's. When you have atrocious d tackles then nothing else matters on defense. Micah and Diggs are useless so why pay them? Until the Jones boys understand how important the line of scrimmage is on defense expect to see a soft Cowboys defense when they get punched in the mouth.

 

[BoyzBlaster]

I wonder what happened to all the people here who acted like signing decrepit Linval Joseph was going to transform this defense.

 

[Coogiguy03]

#99 is trash too let's not forget him


Has anyone seen #58, the guy that doesn't like football, but loves to get HIT by people????

 

[Plankton]

The biggest reason why this team is soft is because there is no emphasis on being a tough team. The culture is set by ownership, not the football staff, and you see the result of that when the Cowboys face a team that can punch back.

 

[NDGAEDE]

The other problem is they don't want to admit they missed on their one premium investment in the position in Mazi.

They need to admit their mistake and find a better DT. Pull an Amari Cooper type trade for a good player. This was our weakness last year and it's already reared its head.

 

[JonesBoys]

2 games and not one tackle by the bargain bin defensive tackles and only one assist? In 2 games?????? One assist no tackles????

 

[John813]

The other problem is they don't want to admit they missed on their one premium investment in the position in Mazi.

They need to admit their mistake and find a better DT. Pull an Amari Cooper type trade for a good player. This was our weakness last year and it's already reared its head.

I think it's easier to find a 1B WR than a good DT in the trade market.

Wilkins got 27.5mil AAV from the Raiders and he's a great run stopper and had only one year above 4.5 sacks.

It's truly a position that you have to overpay in FA to get a competent one, and for that, the Front office will never sign one again.
They missed on Cedric Thornton a decade ago, at a 4.5mil aav, and they gave up on DT in FA.

 

[morat1959]

Part of this is not accepting the fact Mazi Smith is a bust.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Mazi has been a miss so far. We just have to hope he shows some signs of improvement throughout the season. Meanwhile in Tennessee, T'Vondre Sweat looked unblockable last week. They got him in the 2nd round.

 

[shabazz]

Ignore the DT position at the top of every draft and then get 1 for the first time since 1991 and consider it "mission accomplished"

Further ignorong the same position in REAL FA acquisitions just puts the cherry on top

 

[kskboys]

The biggest reason why this team is soft is because there is no emphasis on being a tough team. The culture is set by ownership, not the football staff, and you see the result of that when the Cowboys face a team that can punch back.

Not true at all. You cannot be tough when you are not talented enough. The biggest reason is lack of talent.

 

[jblaze2004]

Phillips was terrible. The rookie Justin Rodgers probably would of faired better than him. 6'2 330 vs Phillips who plays too tall at 6'6 340 and 31 years old. Phillips got moved out like he was a 280lb DT.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Wow. Look at this. :55 second mark
Your 2nd level has absolutely no chance when the DL is getting destroyed like this. Unreal....

 

[Plankton]

Not true at all. You cannot be tough when you are not talented enough. The biggest reason is lack of talent.

That makes no sense. Toughness is not a product of talent. It's a product of mindset.

 

[shabazz]

Not true at all. You cannot be tough when you are not talented enough. The biggest reason is lack of talent.

That's true but when you get a HC like the Lions Dan Cambell, the team adopts his culture of testicular fortitude to accompany the talent

However, a team like the Dolphins has talent abounding but McDaniels demure aura seems to manifest itself with their team in losing games they should win, especially when toughness is needed in cold weather games.

There are exceptions to that of course.

 

[Doomsday]

Bring in washed up DT off the street for next to nothing multiple years in a row, then wonder why the run defense is total trash.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I wonder what happened to all the people here who acted like signing decrepit Linval Joseph was going to transform this defense.

It’s just as silly to do the I told you so game because I don’t recall these posts last week.

 

[Majic]

The biggest reason why this team is soft is because there is no emphasis on being a tough team. The culture is set by ownership, not the football staff, and you see the result of that when the Cowboys face a team that can punch back.

Hasn't been since Bill Parcells left. And guess what, he built the best Cowboys team since the SB's.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Bring in washed up DT off the street for next to nothing multiple years in a row, then wonder why the run defense is total trash.

While I don’t like the approach…..we got killed sideline to sideline yesterday. DT wasn’t the only issue.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yeah, there's a reason those ancient guys were available for peanuts at the end of training camp. They aren't very good.

And the kicker is, it's early in the year when they should still be fairly fresh. Imagine late in the year when they're beat up and tired.