Twitter: Report: Antwaun Woods Expected To Re-sign Soon

xwalker said:

It's possible that the DL could be very good.

RDE:
The biggest question mark. Big difference with both Gregory & Aldon Smith as compared to without either.

3tech DT: McCoy should still be good even at age 32 but the rookie Gallimore and/or Hill need to make a significant contribution in order to limit McCoy's snaps.

1tech DT: One of the best things about signing Poe is that it allows them to limit the snaps for both Poe and Woods. Both had had injury issues that seem to correlate to when they played too many snaps.

LDE: DLaw is set. Any scheme changes will center around keeping DLaw's position/assignments basically the same as previously. There are multiple options to play the 10 to 20 percent of snaps on the Strong Side that DLaw does not play. All of Joe Jackson, Armstrong and Crawford are better fits at LDE (strong-side) than at RDE.

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RDE is a huge question mark and very postion. Gregory had a very promising 2018, but come September he wouldn't have played for a year and a half. And even then he wasnt a full time player. McCoy at this stage of his career is a better all round DR, but I consider him a downgrade as a rusher to Collins. Collins was one of the top passing DT's in terms of win rate last year. I dont think people realize how good he was rushing the passer.

The DL could and should be better as an overall unit next year. But it has a ways to go before I would consider any kind of unit of strength. And alot of thing have to break their way

Lets be real, the defense will suck once again this season.

The DTs will be marginally better than last year, but thats about it

Cowboysheelsreds053 said:

What about if we don't score 30 a game?

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Personnel has been upgraded on the offensive side of the ball. Both in the offensive line and receiver groups. There is a thread about just this, on site right now. The team missed that total last season, by a field goal per game. The team has gone out of it's way to rectify 10 missed field goals last season. Field goals alone would have made the difference to have arrived at the 30 point per game point. Oh, this team should be there this season.

Risen Star said:

We have two aging veteran bandaids starting inside to go along with no weak side rusher and the supposed leader mailing in last season. Behind them is a guy with a spine issue that could end his career at anytime, a gimp who can't change directions and a vet on his last legs who could never stay healthy in the first place.

I'm not feeling real nasty. Unless you mean it in a different way.

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I said “above average”. Somebody else said nasty.

darthseinfeld said:

RDE is a huge question mark and very postion. Gregory had a very promising 2018, but come September he wouldn't have played for a year and a half. And even then he wasnt a full time player. McCoy at this stage of his career is a better all round DR, but I consider him a downgrade as a rusher to Collins. Collins was one of the top passing DT's in terms of win rate last year. I dont think people realize how good he was rushing the passer.

The DL could and should be better as an overall unit next year. But it has a ways to go before I would consider any kind of unit of strength. And alot of thing have to break their way

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I agree that Collins was very underrated by fans/media.

Nice he will be an excellent rotational player.

The Human Log!

darthseinfeld said:

In truth, our pass rush is significantly weaker.

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How so? I mean we lost 11 sacks but not sure if we know just yet what impact it will have. We don’t know how these replacemt will perform

DakPresgoat said:

I think it could be above average if they signed Griffen.

Until then. The RDE spot is still a major question mark. We are relying on Two guys with substance use issues. And while I don’t hold it against them as human beings. From a football standpoint. It’s concerning.

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There are no guarantees that either guy gets reinstated.
It's not like we are on Goodell's best friends list.

xwalker said:

I agree that Collins was very underrated by fans/media.

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I wouldnt have minded keeping him at that price. Even still bringing in McCoy. I just dont know how he would have done outside a Tampa 2 style front

starfan1 said:

How so? I mean we lost 11 sacks but not sure if we know just yet what impact it will have. We don’t know how these replacemt will perform

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Dont discount Collins as a rusher. He was one of the more effective intirior pressure players in the NFL last year

jazzcat22 said:

I liked Woods, he showed something, but not great, but seemed to have regressed last year. Not sure if from injuries, or the scheme / staff as they seemed to change also for the worse.
But this years he has much better competition to make the team.

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really? ..who else is there to compete with Woods as the backup 1 tech guy ?
Hill and Gallimore are more 3 tech types ..and should Poe get dinged and hurt and out, we're back to just Woods now.
but when you have backup- rotation types, you generally have serviceable decent types such as Woods,

ThatJerryKid said:

Woods as a starter is average. Woods as a backup is fantastic.

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I love Woods, I think as a starter he is above average as a run defender and below average as a pass rusher. But as a backup he is fantastic, just like you say.

I’m not gonna knock Woods as a relief guy

Maliek Collins was ranked by PFF the 106th best. McCoy was 76th. But, but, pass rush. That was a 1 year anomaly. Collins had been rated terrible both seasons prior to last year where he was merely rated terrible versus the run and good versus the pass.
McCoy can no longer play heavy snaps but still produces at a high level when he plays.

Poe gives you the kind of cover you needed in the run game when Woods was out or banged up last year.

Gallimore is a better pass rush prospect than Maliek Collins. You also may have Crawford back playing 3T.

The uncertainty is at DE. Crawford could be used more inside but only if Gregory and Smith are re-instated.
If they are, they are going to be VERY rusty but on the plus side both are now physically larger men who should not be bullied in the run game.
You still return the elite Tank Lawrence in either case.

This is at worst a mediocre DL and possible a plus one.
The first priority has to be stopping the run and getting the ball back to the offense.
Teams that will give DAL problems are ones who will control the ball and limit the offensive possessions.
You know like how DAL did in 2014 and 2016. Or BAL and SF did last year.
But if you can stop the run and force the other team into passing fests this team will be VERY hard to beat.
Lamb adds a serious scoring from anywhere element to an elite WR unit that racks up big plays.

DallasDW00ds0n said:

I’m not gonna knock Woods as a relief guy

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When Woods was out or injured last year we were trash.
His value was seen in his absence.

Knotamus said:

hat said, I have no clue if he’ll be suspended for his marijuana arrest from late December. The new CBA supposedly has relaxed the rules, but I suppose we’ll see.

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Rico Gathers got a one game suspension for an identical situation and that was before the new CBA. So in Roger Goodell-land, Woods will be suspended four games and Zeke another 8, but if this stuff was run by common sense Woods would get the same penalty or less that Gathers did.

jterrell said:

When Woods was out or injured last year we were trash.
His value was seen in his absence.

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Woods just trolled Jameis Winston again in agreement with your post.

Kaiser said:

Rico Gathers got a one game suspension for an identical situation and that was before the new CBA. So in Roger Goodell-land, Woods will be suspended four games and Zeke another 8, but if this stuff was run by common sense Woods would get the same penalty or less that Gathers did.

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Woods should get no penalty at all.
IF it was his first weed related offense he should be placed into the drug testing program which theoretically no longer tests for weed --but may still for offerders.

WillieBeamen said:

Lets be real, the defense will suck once again this season.

The DTs will be marginally better than last year, but thats about it

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The weak spots right now are Safety and CB1, assuming Worley or one of the two rookies isn't ready to play at a high level right away. We're all hoping Ha Ha can hold down one Safety spot, but we should be concerned since the Cowboys are his 4th team in the past 17 months. I'm not big on Xavier Woods, especially in a Strong Safety role. I also worry about Anthony Brown (he's awful), but the Cowboys have done a good job of throwing numbers at the Corner position, so I'm hopeful competition will bring out the dawgs.

The team has done a solid job like @WillieBeamen stated of upgrading DT. D-Line reps are critical, and adding guys like Poe and McCoy will help. Antwaun Woods was a waiver wire pickup and now he's a back-up, rotational player versus him being the starter the last two seasons. This team has been dumb/stubborn about playing a bigger 1Tech, and Poe at 346 (Woods is just over 300 lbs), should help significantly.

Another concern is the health of LVE; the defense is obviously much better when he's on the field.

I'd sign the best Strong Safety you can find off the street (Clayton Geathers, Morgan Burnett, Eric Berry?) and hope like heck Aldon Smith and Randy Gregory are cleared to return. I don't think Mike Nolan is an elite DC, but he's a professional coach, and doesn't run a rigid, outdated scheme like Marinelli did. He'll be accountable for his actions and I do believe McCarthy will move on from him if the defense is suspect.