20 Questions: 1, Can the Defense Make this Team a Contender

jazzcat22 said:
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/no-1-can-the-defense-make-this-team-a-contender

Yes this has been discussed in various forms as well.
But thesis from the mothership.

5 different reporters add their thoughts, and a good variety of reasons as to their opinions.

As a few eluded to more or less. Yes they can but will they. Or as been discussed. Do they need to be. If the can just be average. As the offense already is contender quality.
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yes, it can. it doesn't have to be a top 10 defense, but reliable. reduced the 3rd down conversions. reduce points scored against. shore up redzone defense and this team will have a shot
 
I kind of agree with Nick Eatman, the offense is what will make them a contender. The defense is vastly improved and has many new and better players on it. But it isn't so loaded with talent to say that it will make them a contender.
But if it isn't a liability, if it can actually make some key stops, get some key turnovers and get the offense some shorter fields to work with, than yes, this team can be a contender. Because of it's offense.
 
jazzcat22 said:
Well, this year the players they added along with last year a few they added. Makes it 6 added for the price of 1.
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Yea that's not how the math works. They could have added any of those players even with Micah.

No combination of that 6 is impactful as Micah anyway.
 
LouBrown said:
Yea that's not how the math works. They could have added any of those players even with Micah.

No combination of that 6 is impactful as Micah anyway.
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:lmao:

That is crazy.
No they could not have added them. Where was all that money coming from then? They wud not have had the draft capital to get those extra players on rookie contracts.

So YES that is how the math works.

Micah was not that good of a player to have the impact of 6 players.
Where was he in December and the playoffs? Where is he now. Oh, that would be that the rehab field.
 
jazzcat22 said:
:lmao:

That is crazy.
No they could not have added them. Where was all that money coming from then? They wud not have had the draft capital to get those extra players on rookie contracts.

So YES that is how the math works.

Micah was not that good of a player to have the impact of 6 players.
Where was he in December and the playoffs? Where is he now. Oh, that would be that the rehab field.
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This is stupid. The players on rookie contracts you're referencing do not exist, except for Lawrence.

Micah's cap hit right now is $19m. Gary and Lawrence account for ~$9.3m, neither would be here.

Quinnen Williams was not acquired with picks from the Micah trade, neither was Downs. With a Pickens extension they would have more than enough cap space to acquire any of Thompson, Locke, Winters, Durant, Ogbonnia and Bullard lol.

You have no idea what you are unequivocally wrong. Math is undefeated.
 
Last season Dallas had the absolute worst defense I have ever seen as a fan. If you rival Mike freaking Nolan, you know you suck. It almost HAS to improve.
 
LouBrown said:
This is stupid. The players on rookie contracts you're referencing do not exist, except for Lawrence.

Micah's cap hit right now is $19m. Gary and Lawrence account for ~$9.3m, neither would be here.

Quinnen Williams was not acquired with picks from the Micah trade, neither was Downs. With a Pickens extension they would have more than enough cap space to acquire any of Thompson, Locke, Winters, Durant, Ogbonnia and Bullard lol.

You have no idea what you are unequivocally wrong. Math is undefeated.
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Really?
Your take is what is stupid.

They took that pick from GB and got Lawrence and 2 - 4th round picks. Both players with high potential, and can contribute right away.
They used one of the picks to obtain Q. Williams, and got Clark in the trade as well. It may be Dallas's or GB's 1st round pick in 2027, but none the less it it the same. They could afford to give up a pick for him. As to without the Micah trade would have the door that. I doubt it.

They were able to acquire more FA's, like the ones you mentioned.
Micah's cap hit may been $19 million based on this rookie contract but it still ends up being $47 million per year on average. So don't try to play that game.
 
The offense is among the best in the league so a drastic improvement on defense would indeed make the Cowboys a legitimate contender. This is common sense.
 
Kwyn said:
The players are fully bought in (that never once happened in 2025), there's a hunger to get on the field as soon as possible and the schematics combine with how the defensive staff has been constructed to fuel a rightful optimism.”
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Funny, I don't remember Walker ever saying last season that the players weren't buying in to Eberflus.

In I fact i bet I could go back and find plenty of No C praise for Eberflus last summer and fall.
 
jazzcat22 said:
Really?
Your take is what is stupid.

Micah's cap hit may been $19 million based on this rookie contract but it still ends up being $47 million per year on average. So don't try to play that game.
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No. You are wrong on basic facts.

They took that pick from GB and got Lawrence and 2 - 4th round picks. Both players with high potential, and can contribute right away.
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Dallas did not acquire any 4th round picks in the Micah trade.
They used one of the picks to obtain Q. Williams, and got Clark in the trade as well. It may be Dallas's or GB's 1st round pick in 2027, but none the less it it the same. They could afford to give up a pick for him.
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They could have made that trade regardless of having another first. They could "afford" it anyway.
They were able to acquire more FA's, like the ones you mentioned.
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None of them were contingent on the cap savings from not signing Micah. They basically just reallocated money from players they let walk. Not even accounting for traded players:

Lost Player - Cap Savings

Donovan Wilson - $8.7m
Dante Fowler - $6m
Kenneth Murray - $7.5m
Jalen Tolbert - $3.6m
Jadeveon Clowney - $3.5m
Total - $29.3m

Signed Player - Cap Hit

Jalen Thompson - $4.6m
Cobie Durant - $4m
PJ Locke - $4m
Jonathan Bullard - $2m
Otito Ogbonnia - $2.4m
Dee Winters - $3.7m
MVS - $1.3m
Total - $22m

Micah's cap hit may been $19 million based on this rookie contract but it still ends up being $47 million per year on average. So don't try to play that game.
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No, that is not how the cap works, especially since there is 3 void years on his deal.

The 6 for 1 idea is total nonsense. If they were actually worried about the cap, they would have already extended Pickens. You are making claims based on totally false information.
 
LouBrown said:
No. You are wrong on basic facts.


Dallas did not acquire any 4th round picks in the Micah trade.

They could have made that trade regardless of having another first. They could "afford" it anyway.

None of them were contingent on the cap savings from not signing Micah. They basically just reallocated money from players they let walk. Not even accounting for traded players:

Lost Player - Cap Savings

Donovan Wilson - $8.7m
Dante Fowler - $6m
Kenneth Murray - $7.5m
Jalen Tolbert - $3.6m
Jadeveon Clowney - $3.5m
Total - $29.3m

Signed Player - Cap Hit

Jalen Thompson - $4.6m
Cobie Durant - $4m
PJ Locke - $4m
Jonathan Bullard - $2m
Otito Ogbonnia - $2.4m
Dee Winters - $3.7m
MVS - $1.3m
Total - $22m


No, that is not how the cap works, especially since there is 3 void years on his deal.

The 6 for 1 idea is total nonsense. If they were actually worried about the cap, they would have already extended Pickens. You are making claims based on totally false information.
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You’re making claims based on opinions and emotions.

You really need to work on that.
 
Stash said:
You’re making claims based on opinions and emotions.

You really need to work on that.
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Lmao. No. Those are all facts.

$29m > $22m. I'm not sure what about that is an opinion.
 
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