Safety
Sign Earl Thomas - a proven veteran (6x pro bowler) that will help the young secondary take the next step to be elite. He wants to be here, he’s from Texas, & he would be the best Safety in Dallas since Woodson hands down. Use the cap savings from cutting Scandrick towards Thomas’s contract. Get it done.
Jeff Heath- the signing of Thomas will allow Heath to excel again as a rotational player and Special teams ace. He may not be uber talented, yet he always seems to be in the middle of big plays. Not to mention, he’s the back up kicker..lol. He’s our modern day Bill Bates.
Xavier Woods- the Boys will move Woods were they originally wanted him at SS. He proved this year he could cover like a CB, yet was a physical tackler like you’d expect for a Safety. The off-season program should only ‘Strengthen’ his chances to succeed.
Kavon Frazier- rotate in on obvious run plays. He’s a downhill ‘box’ Safety that likes to drop the hammer on opponents. Every secondary needs a guy like this.
Corner
Bryon Jones- move Jones to CB during his last season, as I don’t believe Dallas will resign him after 2018 at this point. But he’s still valuable covering bigger WR/ TEs and dosent cost much.
Orlando Scandrick- Cut. The older he gets, the more injured he seems to be. I respect what he’s done for the team, but he’s not elite. It’s time to move on to the young guys and I think he knows it.
Draft pick- this draft class is said to be loaded with CB, much like last year. Maybe we can steal another CB in the 3rd or 4th round like we did with Lewis. You can never have enough CBs
Chidobe Awuzie- stud in the making and should only get better after the offseason. He’s established himself as a starter his rookie season. We can only hope that he learns to make his reads and more plays on the ball.
Jordan Lewis- was an absolute steal in the 3rd round. Like Awuzie, he’s established himself as a starter and looks even more polished at CB than Awuzie. Teams were already rarely throwing his direction. That’s a very good sign.
Anthony Brown- started off in the Sophomore slump this year, but rebounded nicely. Like the rest of this young secondary, he’ll get better the more he plays. At the very least, if he ends up being our 3rd or 4th option at CB.. that’s not a bad problem.
Possible 6th Cb- let Duke Thomas, Marquez White, and/or any surprise undrafted player fight it out for the last spot.
The versatility in Jones, Woods, and Awuzie will allow the secondary to disguise coverages and create turnovers. The above scenario would be ‘best case’ in my opinion.
