Defensive Coordinator hire will make or break this HC

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If the Cowboys can't field a good defense, the McCarthy hire is going to look awful.

" Defensive Coordinator hire will make or break this HC"

If we can get a good defense rolling, McCarthy offenses can steamroll teams.

.. just as a poor DC and poor defense would with virtually any HC.
 

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so hed look like the big 12 in Rhule and Rileys ear LMAO...:lmao:

seriously a great or at least very good defense is a necessary need for all teams to succeed. when Peyton didnt have a D his teams were 7-9 3 straight years with Brees..his best year ie SB year they had a solid defense as did Manning and Mccarthy.. so yes bring in a DC that can give us great chance..

A great defense gets you to the SB. Especially if it is a defense that can create takeaways.
 

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The 2014 defense was trash. It was ok because the offense dominated TOP so heavily. They got away from that this season. O can help the D.

it wasnt trash it actually produced takeaways at critical times and played well in the fourth quarters.

on the offense Travis frederick last week on his radio show said the offense was not good enough this year and situationally they hurt the team because they were bad in important situations and that in turn hurt the defense a lot.
 

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If the Cowboys can't field a good defense, the McCarthy hire is going to look awful.

If we can get a good defense rolling, McCarthy offenses can steamroll teams.

LOL....our defense was top 10 we lost 8 games mostly cause we couldn't score enough POINTS!!!
Think the offense is responsible for scoring points?????
 

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Would Jerry allow MM to bring in Dom Capers who ran his defense in GB's Super Bowl win? I know he is like almost 70 and is a defensive advisor for Tenn. just throwing stuff out there to see what sticks? Thoughts? (obviously this might be short term ......)

I think J Johnson of Eagles D fame was that old when he ran things. Being an " old codger" I know some of us old dogs can still hunt.

Maybe Dom still has it .....

If not get a proven attacker...
 

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LOL....our defense was top 10 we lost 8 games mostly cause we couldn't score enough POINTS!!!
Think the offense is responsible for scoring points?????
stats showed we had a top offense as well. stats are ok in baseball, but not football.
 

LandryFan

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If the Cowboys can't field a good defense, the McCarthy hire is going to look awful.

If we can get a good defense rolling, McCarthy offenses can steamroll teams.
Totally agree. I would throw ST's in there, too, but defense is the one that matters most.
 

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Do you guys think Haslett would be in play as DC or what is our best options ?
 

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The 2014 defense was trash. It was ok because the offense dominated TOP so heavily. They got away from that this season. O can help the D.
But you never wanna have to chase other teams in points. Defense is what makes a championship team.

How many times has our team had to score 30+ points in order to win? When your defense cannot give the offense a chance, by stopping opponents when they should, then the offense has to change their ways and play not to what makes them great. For example: when an opponent is ahead by couple touchdowns or it gets late in the game, you have to back away from your running game and put it all on the QB. Leads to interceptions and frankly is easier to defend against when the opponent knows what we are going to do.
 

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The DC will be a challenge. It was felt he hung onto Dom Capers way too long, much like Garrett has done with Marinelli.

The special teams coach is a concern too. Both Ron Zook and Shawn Slocum were fired during his reign with the Packers.
 
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