Ez to be an OLB in Parker's defense

He makes the same as Clark and is about the same in performance

Difference is we can jettison Clark
Yeah, I’d hate to get rid of Clark, though. Dallas should have asked for more in the Parsons trade, especially in terms of draft picks. I’d rather have him than Osa. Osa and his contract are sticking out like a sore thumb. You can’t just cut it off and say it’s fixed.
 
Even without the Parsons trade, it was still a bad contract to begin with. Dallas could have gotten Josh Sweat for the amount of money they paid Osa. Josh Sweat had 12 sacks last season; Osa had only three. You should never give that amount of money—top-end pass-rushing money—to an underperforming defensive tackle.
all three of our tackles are 20m and none had more than three sacks

Why are you fixated on Osa?
 
Its been said that during the interview, he told Jones that hes watched every play of the 2025 season.

And we all know that nobody would ever claim to do that if it wasn't true.

Things are a'changing and I'm getting pretty stoked.
You’re being sarcastic right? In a McCarthy callout?
 
all three of our tackles are 20m and none had more than three sacks

Why are you fixated on Osa?
Because we paid Osa top-end pass-rushing money when we could have gotten Josh Sweat for the same amount. It annoys me that we re-sign underperforming players for the same money as highly valued free agents.

Derrick Henry comes to mind. Instead, we re-signed Elliott and never considered bringing Derrick Henry to Dallas.

Nothing against Osa, but if our front office really knew what they were doing, we wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place.
 
Its been said that during the interview, he told Jones that hes watched every play of the 2025 season.

And we all know that nobody would ever claim to do that if it wasn't true.

Things are a'changing and I'm getting pretty stoked.
Both Jerry and Stephen laughed it off as if it were a joke. They didn’t care. They wanted the press conference to be over so they could start drinking on their billion-dollar yacht.
 
I think good DTs can play in any scheme.

Dallas has met with a few more DTs at the combine - several of them being first round prospects.

I'm wondering if Osa/Clark are considered tradable assets. I'd like to get Osa off the books - I like him, but his contract is too big for the impact he provides.
Thing about Osa is that when you look at his stats it’s comparable to other highly paid guys. I think he’s giving you what you are paying for you just have to come to the conclusion if that’s what you want to spend your money on.
 



Any chance he develops into the next great cowboys pass rusher?? Wish he could get with Ware to show him some moves

Great Idea, Ware definitely knows how to master the position. This would be a commonsense approach to help improve this pass rush, and everybody loves Demarcus, I know I do.
 
They drafted him because he had 17 sacks his last year

We’ll see if he can turn into something more than a 6-8 sack guy
If EzE turns into a 6-8 sack guy who plays good run defense, I'm fine with it. That's a solid return for a second round pick.
 
Both Jerry and Stephen laughed it off as if it were a joke. They didn’t care. They wanted the press conference to be over so they could start drinking on their billion-dollar yacht.
Quarter billion
 
It has to work, move Osa to the 3-4 DE spot that's the only way I see them all playing in the 3-4 together i'm assuming. Is Williams going to play the other DE spot? I hear they're calling Clark the NT.

Will Clark even be here?????? If not, I hope they find a big plugger, and not some guy they call a NT that's 305lbs!!!
One of the DE spots is 5t or 4i (depends on the call)-Osa Odighizuwa, the other DE spot is the 3t just like a 3t in a 4-3 defense - Quinnen Williams. Of course Clark is going to be here. He's the only legit NT they have.
 
Are the three 20+ million a year DTs all going to be on the field at the same time?

They invested a TON to FINALLY get DT right. Does this scheme work in accordance with that?

Wouldn’t be the first time they invested serious capital in one position to fit a scheme only to change it a season later.
Have you never seen a 3-4 defense?
 
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I'm going to triple-post in this thread, because I'm so triggered.

Liufau measured in at 234 lbs with a 4.64 40 and bottom-end explosion numbers.

As a pass rusher, that means he's got okay speed, zero power, zero burst, zero moves, zero pass rush plan, and zero experience. He's not threatening a single starting tackle in the league, and not even most of their backups.
 
some other coaches have had plans, and it currently has them unemployed!!
I believe Christian Parker will be a good one, I think he will turn this defense around pretty quickly, I look for this defense to be somewhere around middle of the pack in 26 and top 10 in 27. I love the direction of the 3-4 base and can't wait to see the new players added to play in this scheme.
 
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I'm going to triple-post in this thread, because I'm so triggered.

Liufau measured in at 234 lbs with a 4.64 40 and bottom-end explosion numbers.

As a pass rusher, that means he's got okay speed, zero power, zero burst, zero moves, zero pass rush plan, and zero experience. He's not threatening a single starting tackle in the league, and not even most of their backups.
Honestly I doubt they are moving him there with the intentions of being a great pass rusher. For starters hes probably not even a lock to make the team. And two even if he does I would imagine hes utilized as more of a rotational early down run first type of player who can also drop into coverage. I get the sense this 3-4 is for alignment purposes and will function more as a 4-3 style of play with one of the OLBs being more of a 4-3 sam backer just closer to the LOS.
 
Well they did that when DT was the clear weakness of the defense and didn’t want to get worse.

All the more evidence that there’s no real long term plan/philosophy in place (other than “keep ‘em talking”).

That’s how you end up with two first round guards and three 20m DTs with holes abound elsewhere. I mean really, how are these two idiots supposed to keep up with the younger and better minds in todays NFL?
Absolutely fantastic question fivetwos...
"How do you end up with 2 1st round guards and 3 20mil DTs with holes abound elsewhere?"

Roster construction 101, courtesy of Jones Inc. I tell ya.
And here we are.
 
Osa is not realistically tradeable because his extension is only a year old,

He would be $32m in a dead money cap hit this season.

Clark can be cut or traded with zero cap impact
I really like Kenny Clarke and would like to see him here next season, but a restructure must be done, his cap hit must be reduced. That is just business, Dallas may be looking at a bigger body to play nose tackle as well if Jay Toia isn't ready to take that job.
 

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