Cowboys Depth by Position

The Cowboys have managed to obtain impressive depth on the roster.

CB (not wow at the top but might hard to cut down to 5)
Awuzie
Brown
Diggs
Worley
Robinson
Westry
Burton
Canady
Goodwin
S.Smith
Lewis

DT:
McCoy
Poe
Woods
Gallimore
Hill
Bonus: Crawford can play DT if needed.

LB:
Jaylon
LVE
Lee
Joe Thomas (solid 4th LB. Reminds me of Hitchens)
Gifford (A standout in the preseason last year)
Bonus: Anae can play LB or DE.

DE (maybe the most questions marks)
DLaw
Crawford: Many games started at DE.
Aldon Smith: Good if he is the 4th DE. Might be a problem if they expect him to be the starter and play 70% of snaps.
Gregory: Solid player if available.
Anae: Great fit in Nolan's scheme where he likes to use hybrid DE/LB types.
Armstrong: Solid depth.
Joe Jackson: Flashed physical ability as a rookie. Could challenge for spot if he is consistent.
UDFAs: Multiple players that were very good in college.

Safety (not wow at the top but 3 have 1 or more complete seasons as starters)
HaHa
Woods
Wilson: His college position coach is now is position coach in the NFL.
Thompson
Bonus: Awuzie & Worley are options.

OL - Interior:
Martin
They have 4 legit options competing for 2 spots (OC & LG).
Connor Williams
McGovern
Looney
Biadasz
Bonus: Cam Erving has more starting experience than all of them.
- Erving has started at OC, LG, LT and a few games at RG and RT.

OL - OT:
Tyron
La'el
Cam Erving: Upgrade from Fleming. Started 8 games at LT for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

WR:
Cooper
Gallup
Ceedee
If there is an injury then 2 of the 3 play outside and other players compete to play slot WR.
Bonus: Tony Pollard can play snaps as a WR.

TE (not really deep, but TE might be the 4th or 5th option in the passing game):
Jarwin
Blake Bell: Played in the Super Bowl. Solid blocker.
Schultz: Was a solid blocker the 2nd half of 2018. Witten/Jarwin got the bulk of all snaps in 2019.
Cole Hikutini: Might challenge for the 3rd spot.

RB:
Zeke
Tony Pollard: Might be a starter on some teams.

QB:
Dak
Dalton: Might be the best backup QB in the Jerry era.
Ben DiNucci: Might be that legit developmental QB that teams like to have on the roster.

xwalker said:

The Cowboys have managed to obtain impressive depth on the roster.

CB (not wow at the top but might hard to cut down to 5)
Awuzie
Brown
Diggs
Worley
Robinson
Westry
Burton
Canady
Goodwin
S.Smith
Lewis

DT:
McCoy
Poe
Woods
Gallimore
Hill
Bonus: Crawford can play DT if needed.

LB:
Jaylon
LVE
Lee
Joe Thomas (solid 4th LB. Reminds me of Hitchens)
Gifford (A standout in the preseason last year)
Bonus: Anae can play LB or DE.

DE (maybe the most questions marks)
DLaw
Crawford: Many games started at DE.
Aldon Smith: Good if he is the 4th DE. Might be a problem if they expect him to be the starter and play 70% of snaps.
Gregory: Solid player if available.
Anae: Great fit in Nolan's scheme where he likes to use hybrid DE/LB types.
Armstrong: Solid depth.
Joe Jackson: Flashed physical ability as a rookie. Could challenge for spot if he is consistent.
UDFAs: Multiple players that were very good in college.

Safety (not wow at the top but 3 have 1 or more complete seasons as starters)
HaHa
Woods
Wilson: His college position coach is now is position coach in the NFL.
Thompson
Bonus: Awuzie & Worley are options.

OL - Interior:
Martin
They have 4 legit options competing for 2 spots (OC & LG).
Connor Williams
McGovern
Looney
Biadasz
Bonus: Cam Erving has more starting experience than all of them.
- Erving has started at OC, LG, LT and a few games at RG and RT.

OL - OT:
Tyron
La'el
Cam Erving: Upgrade from Fleming. Started 8 games at LT for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

WR:
Cooper
Gallup
Ceedee
If there is an injury then 2 of the 3 play outside and other players compete to play slot WR.
Bonus: Tony Pollard can play snaps as a WR.

TE (not really deep, but TE might be the 4th or 5th option in the passing game):
Jarwin
Blake Bell: Played in the Super Bowl. Solid blocker.
Schultz: Was a solid blocker the 2nd half of 2018. Witten/Jarwin got the bulk of all snaps in 2019.
Cole Hikutini: Might challenge for the 3rd spot.

RB:
Zeke
Tony Pollard: Might be a starter on some teams.

QB:
Dak
Dalton: Might be the best backup QB in the Jerry era.
Ben DiNucci: Might be that legit developmental QB that teams like to have on the roster.

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I think there is a good chance we go long at CB. If they intend on using a CB to play some S snaps, we could go short at S. I think Canady or Goodwin will make the roster as a gunner. Canady is probably the better CB. Fassel may not be interested in some of our core ST players from last year

Hill wouldn’t be depth on a pop Warner team

Looks like a good line up. WR could be really good this season. Especially if we have young players that step up. Cedrick should be better and we had that one kid that had good speed. With a different HC maybe he will use them. JG has tendencies to use the same players and not give some young a chance to step up or give them reps during the game... Jarwin should have had more reps last year.

All of the DTs you listed are going to make the team.

darthseinfeld said:

I think there is a good chance we go long at CB. If they intend on using a CB to play some S snaps, we could go short at S. I think Canady or Goodwin will make the roster as a gunner. Canady is probably the better CB. Fassel may not be interested in some of our core ST players from last year

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Yes, 6 CBs & 4 Safeties seems probable. It could be 7/3 or even 7/4.

I'm curious to see if Westry has anything. He looked a little better last preseason than I expected considering he looked very raw in college.

At Safety I'm curious to see Wilson. He was a star of the preseason with 3 INTs in 1 game if I recall correctly. He is reunited with his college position coach.

It does not really matter what position Goodwin is listed at because he is a special teams only player. His roster spot is likely debated against keeping a 10th OL or 11th DL or 7 LB or 6th/7th WR, etc..

Special Teams ability might become a Practice Squad focus for teams now with the new rules.

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Yes, 6 CBs & 4 Safeties seems probable. It could be 7/3 or even 7/4.

I'm curious to see if Westry has anything. He looked a little better last preseason than I expected considering he looked very raw in college.

At Safety I'm curious to see Wilson. He was a star of the preseason with 3 INTs in 1 game if I recall correctly. He is reunited with his college position coach.

It does not really matter what position Goodwin is listed at because he is a special teams only player. His roster spot is likely debated against keeping a 10th OL or 11th DL or 7 LB or 6th/7th WR, etc..

Special Teams ability might become a Practice Squad focus for teams now with the new rules.

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I can see Wilson getting alot of snaps in dime similar to what Heath and Wilcox got in 2016

dogunwo said:

All of the DTs you listed are going to make the team.

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Yes, most likely 5 DT on the 53 with 4 active on game day. With the 2 extra game day roster spots it's possible they carry 5 DTs for some games.

Looking it over:

-Nearly certain we will go six deep at CB
-Three safeties now play significant time in good schemes, and while we can pass with two of those starters(still not a strength) our depth is deplorable
-A whole lot of 3Ts on that DT depth chart and Poe
-Being four deep at LB is such a luxury
-DE is a huge yikes
-IOL has great depth, but starters outside of Martin are iffy
-OL Erving is about as far from a sure thing of being an upgrade as it gets. Fleming in his last year spot starting for the eventual SBC was actually good, Erving was one of the worst OL in the league last year.
-WR we really need to grab some veteran experience at the WR position. All the players listed are 25 years old or below. Either a big body RZ threat or a speedster
-Still need a borderline starter at TE as Jarwin insurance
-RBs don't matter
-QBs is our strongest position on the roster

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OL - OT:
Tyron
La'el
Cam Erving: Upgrade from Fleming. Started 8 games at LT for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

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Great thread, but I still think they sign another veteran Swing Tackle.

xwalker said:

The Cowboys have managed to obtain impressive depth on the roster.


OL - Interior:
Martin
They have 4 legit options competing for 2 spots (OC & LG).
Connor Williams
McGovern
Looney
Biadasz
Bonus: Cam Erving has more starting experience than all of them.
- Erving has started at OC, LG, LT and a few games at RG and RT.

OL - OT:
Tyron
La'el
Cam Erving: Upgrade from Fleming. Started 8 games at LT for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
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Good thought Depth List .
Though i notice that you left out both Brandon Knight and Andy Redmon. (and Knight came in handy when swung out to OT vs Jets)
I guess maybe you're not much of a fan of them as maybe the organization seem to be ?

OFFENSE
- RBs "does " matter . Zeke was clearly worn and beaten down without sufficient help off the bench from backup RB ala Rod Smith
With Pollard in, i never have to worry about that now. i think he's an instinctive natural play maker.

- QB; Should Dak bum his shoulder or gain a concussion, i think Dalton is the best vet backup bus driver in NFL., Gives us a legit chance to still win.

- Swing OT; Cam is better than Fleming, Knight has utility-swing flex to play OT too, and if Williams becomes backup,i'd flex him to at OT.

- TE; who becomes a receiving threat TE if Jarwin gets hurt ? Bell could become a James Hanna type. McKeon/Taumoepeau dark horses ?

- WR; should Lamb get dinged, who capable of subbing for the 3rd WR spot ? Devin Smith ? We need more assurance/reinforcement than that.

- Interior depth- is one of the deepest of quality that i can remember. Either Conner is gonna be a big asset. Knight is promising, Looney is a quality reserve
and even Cam can slip inside
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DEFENSE
- LB depth is still a concern, imo. Why ? we have 2 LBs that have durability questions in Thomas/Gifford whose still very inexperience, Lillard is useless.
(Anaes can a 3-4 OLB edge rusher; he's not a 4-3 coverage LB)

Safety - Wilson unproven but showed promise, Worley/Awuzie to flex adds instant depth and keeps Darian exclusively at SP only.

-DE; Big ? at starting RDE; but i feel great with Gregory/Alden as depth guys; Dorace is JAG as of yet. Anaes needs experience

DT- i like having Gallimore as grooming depth at 3 tech, but as a backup, we need both he and Hill to be able to flex at 1 tech. Why ? Woods durability history
isn't that encouraging. he's gonna get dinged and miss time.

CB - With Diggs, Worley on board, Brown as a slot and Awuzie as a backup i can on board with the depth; but it gets scary if either Brown or Lewis has to
start outside. Robinson just may not developed enough to take a front line task in a pinch year 1
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Punt Returner - i strongly assume Lamb will be primary punt returner. Pollard has zero experience as a PR. Should Lamb get injued who takes over
as the PR ?
Maybe Jordan Lewis? though he has ball security issues and hasn't done so in quite awhile.

xwalker said:

The Cowboys have managed to obtain impressive depth on the roster.

CB (not wow at the top but might hard to cut down to 5)
Awuzie
Brown
Diggs
Worley
Robinson
Westry
Burton
Canady
Goodwin
S.Smith
Lewis

DT:
McCoy
Poe
Woods
Gallimore
Hill
Bonus: Crawford can play DT if needed.

LB:
Jaylon
LVE
Lee
Joe Thomas (solid 4th LB. Reminds me of Hitchens)
Gifford (A standout in the preseason last year)
Bonus: Anae can play LB or DE.

DE (maybe the most questions marks)
DLaw
Crawford: Many games started at DE.
Aldon Smith: Good if he is the 4th DE. Might be a problem if they expect him to be the starter and play 70% of snaps.
Gregory: Solid player if available.
Anae: Great fit in Nolan's scheme where he likes to use hybrid DE/LB types.
Armstrong: Solid depth.
Joe Jackson: Flashed physical ability as a rookie. Could challenge for spot if he is consistent.
UDFAs: Multiple players that were very good in college.

Safety (not wow at the top but 3 have 1 or more complete seasons as starters)
HaHa
Woods
Wilson: His college position coach is now is position coach in the NFL.
Thompson
Bonus: Awuzie & Worley are options.

OL - Interior:
Martin
They have 4 legit options competing for 2 spots (OC & LG).
Connor Williams
McGovern
Looney
Biadasz
Bonus: Cam Erving has more starting experience than all of them.
- Erving has started at OC, LG, LT and a few games at RG and RT.

OL - OT:
Tyron
La'el
Cam Erving: Upgrade from Fleming. Started 8 games at LT for the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

WR:
Cooper
Gallup
Ceedee
If there is an injury then 2 of the 3 play outside and other players compete to play slot WR.
Bonus: Tony Pollard can play snaps as a WR.

TE (not really deep, but TE might be the 4th or 5th option in the passing game):
Jarwin
Blake Bell: Played in the Super Bowl. Solid blocker.
Schultz: Was a solid blocker the 2nd half of 2018. Witten/Jarwin got the bulk of all snaps in 2019.
Cole Hikutini: Might challenge for the 3rd spot.

RB:
Zeke
Tony Pollard: Might be a starter on some teams.

QB:
Dak
Dalton: Might be the best backup QB in the Jerry era.
Ben DiNucci: Might be that legit developmental QB that teams like to have on the roster.

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Good post. TE, S, and OT are the only issues in my mind. It’s funny because before seeing this if you asked me about next year’s draft I would say TE, S and OT are the priorities. I truly think the need to move Williams to the outside if he loses his starting G job. I think his value is swing T.

I am totally shocked the Dak attackers have not come back with Dalton ahead of Dak.

Still sleepin on my boy J Lew I see

I have a question, If Dallas has the depth why not make a trade for a position of weakness?? Linebacker and tight end come to mind.

Williamsboys said:

I have a question, If Dallas has the depth why not make a trade for a position of weakness?? Linebacker and tight end come to mind.

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We have three starting Linebackers and all three have been to a Pro Bowl. Do we need a Pro Bowl backup or something?

Im interested to see gifford too but calling him a standout after one game is a bit much.

The front office certainly has brought in a lot of numbers at many positions. They are going to allow competition to play itself out. The best players will play and that's how an successful team operates.

Williamsboys said:

I have a question, If Dallas has the depth why not make a trade for a position of weakness?? Linebacker and tight end come to mind.

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the season is long. very long. We won't know where we will be hit with injuries. Always good to have depth.