Cowboys 2020 roster projection

fivetwos · Jul 22, 2020

quickccc said:
Thanks for Sharing,. Very well thought out Roster.
And note how BOTH Jamal Adams and Clowney has been added to your roster ...

Sure why not...

fivetwos · Jul 22, 2020

quickccc said:
How many DEs are we gonna keep ? i projected five DE's; i don't see both Armstrong and Jackson on the roster.
- the addition of Gregory, Anea and Alden changes the previous dynamics of the previous numbers.
1 Dlaw
2 Crawford
3 Alden
4 gregory
5 Anae

i heard an early projection quote from McCarthy in him wanting 6 edge rushers and four DTs,..
that would sound premature, but if there's no preseason, that makes it more difficult for Hill to make the team, imo.
But i think we are gonna pay the price for being only 2 deep at backup DT with Woods's penchant for injury
-even as a backup. and that leaves Gallimore to be in a position to have to swing at both 3 tech and 1 tech.
Plus Hill is a 2nd rd pick who is seen as talented by McClay crew, and it will be unfair to cut him off zero preseason games.

Injuries usually solve these things, and this year will be different anyway....but they had better NOT cut ONE of those edge guys to keep Crawford.

He will not make a single bit of difference this year in the W/L column.

That 8m may come in handy next year w all this cap cut talk.

fivetwos · Jul 22, 2020

quickccc said:
Thanks for Sharing,. Very well thought out Roster.
And note how BOTH Jamal Adams and Clowney has been added to your roster ...

Tell you what though...

This defense with Adams and Clowney on it is good enough to win with, and it most definitely is not as is.

So sure, all that cost debate stuff is legit...but the current offense with a defense like that gives us a shot to win this year.

Where are we headed otherwise? Let's be in contention and lose in the playoffs but at least we know we are in good cap shape and can take those first round dart throws each year.

starfan1 · Jul 22, 2020

mperfection said:
Quarterbacks (3)
1 Prescott
2 Dalton
3 DiNucci

Running Backs (4)
4 ZKE
5 pollard
6 Darius Anderson
7 Olawale (FB)

Tight Ends (3)
8 jarwin
9 bell
10 Shulrtz/McCleon

Wide Receivers (6)
11 Cooper
12 Lamb
13 Gallup
14 D. smith
15 (Punt returner - To Be Added)
16 Cedrick Wilson

Offensive Line (9)
17 smith
18 williams
19 Biadasz
20 martin
21 collins
22 mcgovern
23 Erving
24 Looney
25 Knight

Defensive Line (10)
(DEs')
26 Dlaw
27 Aldon
28 crawford
29 gregory ?
30 Anae
31 J. Clowney/E. Griffen

(DT)
32 McCoy
33 Poe
34 Gallimore
35 Woods/Hill

Linebackers (6)
36 LVE
37 J. Smith
38 Lee
39 Thomas
40 Gifford/St. Bernard Francis
41 March

Secondary (9)
(CBs- 5)
42 Brown
43 Diggs
44 Lewis
45 Robinson
46 Awuzie (CB/S)

Safety (4)
47 Woods
48 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
49 Jamal Adams
50 D. Wilson

Special team: (3)
51 - LS- Ladoucesaur
52 P- C. Jones
53 K - Zuerlein

Clowney nor Griffin will be wearing cowboys uniform this year

Kingofholland · Jul 22, 2020

quickccc said:
With training camp date set for this week, it's time for projecting Cowboys 53 man roster for 2020;
We'll see several roster projections, but here's a look at my roster projection:
i'm still trying t figure out the new CBA rule with the 55 roster exempt.

Quarterbacks (2)
1 Prescott
2 Dalton

Running Backs (3)
3 ZKE
4 pollard
5 Sewo Olonilua

Tight Ends (3)
6 jarwin
7 bell
8 McCleon

Wide Receivers (6)
9 Cooper
10 Lamb
11 Gallup
12 D. smith
13 Ventell bryant
14 Cedrick Wilson/Johnson J.?

Offensive Line (9)
15 smith
16 williams
17 Biadasz
18 martin
19 collins
20 mcgovern
21 Irving
22 Looney
23 Knight

Defensive Line (10)
(DEs')
24 Dlaw
25 Aldon
26 crawford
27 gregory ?
28 anae

(DT)
29 McCoy
30 Poe
31 Gallimore
32 Woods
33 Hill

Linebackers (7)
34 LVE
35 J. Smith
36 Lee
37 Thomas
38 Gifford ?
39 March ?
40 St.Bernard Francis ?

Secondary (10)
(CBs- 6)
41 Brown
42 Diggs
43 Lewis
44 Robinson
45 Worley (CB/S)
46 CJ Goodwin ?

(Safety- 4)
47 Woods
48 Ha Ha Dixon
49 Awuzie (CB/S)
50 Wilson

Special team: (3)
51 - LS- Ladoucesaur
52 P- C. Jones
53 K - Zuerlein

Good start! Tough decisions to make on the dline and in the secondary in particular. I wouldn't writeoff Armstrong and think Canady gets a spot. Can't see more than 6 lbs on the roster and CB, dline, or QB could push the 6th WR off the roster. I don't see Bryant being the 5th WR. The prior staff liked his blocking, but does the new coaching staff value that as much? If Wilson is healthy thinking he has shown some promise.

I would take Shultz over McCleon and Noah Brown may be someone to look at as a hybrid TE. Dinucci could find his way onto the roster, but no preseason games make it harder. I feel like those games are so critical for the QBs in particular.

RB/ FB tough to carry only 2 Rbs though Sewo is intriguing. Olawale hasn't done much and Sewo had a big role in college. Jordan Chunn is a big back that with an extra 10 pounds could potentially be a FB too.

quickccc · Jul 22, 2020

Kingofholland said:
Good start! Tough decisions to make on the dline and in the secondary in particular. I wouldn't writeoff Armstrong and think Canady gets a spot. Can't see more than 6 lbs on the roster and CB, dline, or QB could push the 6th WR off the roster.
I don't see Bryant being the 5th WR. The prior staff liked his blocking, but does the new coaching staff value that as much?
If Wilson is healthy thinking he has shown some promise.

I would take Shultz over McCleon and Noah Brown may be someone to look at as a hybrid TE. Dinucci could find his way onto the roster, but no preseason games make it harder. I feel like those games are so critical for the QBs in particular.

RB/ FB tough to carry only 2 Rbs though Sewo is intriguing. Olawale hasn't done much and Sewo had a big role in college. Jordan Chunn is a big back that with an extra 10 pounds could potentially be a FB too.

Ventell Bryant was brought on and kept for his work on special teams, he was easily one of the better downfield gunner tacklers on the team.
He caught a TD in garbage time, but he's not valued for his receiving skills, he's gonna be here for his special teams.

i want the Noah Brown project to go away. He hasn't even been healthy to play the last two season's and it was He who the prior
coaching regime valued more for his blocking.

Kingofholland · Jul 23, 2020

quickccc said:
Ventell Bryant was brought on and kept for his work on special teams, he was easily one of the better downfield gunner tacklers on the team.
He caught a TD in garbage time, but he's not valued for his receiving skills, he's gonna be here for his special teams.

i want the Noah Brown project to go away. He hasn't even been healthy to play the last two season's and it was He who the prior
coaching regime valued more for his blocking.

Yeah Noah is pretty much the new Rico Gathers. We always seem to stash these players hoping they'll turn into contributors. It hasn't worked out under the Garrett regime. I would be surprised if Noah Brown made the team, but if healthy his best shot I think is at TE. I know Bryant had value on special teams, but its unclear how the new coaching staff will view a WR who doesn't add much to the passing game if called on.

CooterBrown · Jul 23, 2020

Has anyone analyzed McCarthy's packer teams for roster position trends? He told us what he likes on the dline, but what about receivers, oline, running backs? Just an impression I got from his Packer teams was that he didn't think he needed many running backs. His first two got hurt he just plugged a WR in the position.

quickccc · Jul 23, 2020

CooterBrown said:
Has anyone analyzed McCarthy's packer teams for roster position trends? He told us what he likes on the dline, but what about receivers, oline, running backs? Just an impression I got from his Packer teams was that he didn't think he needed many running backs. His first two got hurt he just plugged a WR in the position.

i would wonder if this coaching staff would lean (gamble?) on zeke's durability history that would allow team to go very short
at RBs - as we did last year with only 2 RBs and one FB,

i dunno MM's trend with TE's besides he seems to feel the need to have that big movement TE in the pass game. (ala Finley, Cook, Graham)

but i've seen a video that displayed no TE formations (i've posted per YouTube several times) which may suggest
there may not be a big number of TEs as it was in Garrett regime. (4)
i'd have to look back at MM's past depth charts over the years.
Because of his penchant for pass game and an insurance of supplement of WRs for Rodgers, i'm assuming MM may like to keep
6 WRs,

Tussinman · Jul 23, 2020

rocyaice said:
But if in camp there's no distinction between Crawford, Jackson and Armstrong? You'd have to keep the latter I would think.

Agreed. If there's not a big difference between the 3 then there's no way you keep Crawford when it's an 8 million dollar savings to rid him and keep one of the latter

gimmesix · Jul 26, 2020

quickccc said:
With training camp date set for this week, it's time for projecting Cowboys 53 man roster for 2020;
We'll see several roster projections, but here's a look at my roster projection:
i'm still trying t figure out the new CBA rule with the 55 roster exempt.

Quarterbacks (2)
1 Prescott
2 Dalton

Running Backs (3)
3 ZKE
4 pollard
5 Sewo Olonilua

Tight Ends (3)
6 jarwin
7 bell
8 McCleon

Wide Receivers (6)
9 Cooper
10 Lamb
11 Gallup
12 D. smith
13 Ventell bryant
14 Cedrick Wilson/Johnson J.?

Offensive Line (9)
15 smith
16 williams
17 Biadasz
18 martin
19 collins
20 mcgovern
21 Irving
22 Looney
23 Knight

Defensive Line (10)
(DEs')
24 Dlaw
25 Aldon
26 crawford
27 gregory ?
28 anae

(DT)
29 McCoy
30 Poe
31 Gallimore
32 Woods
33 Hill

Linebackers (7)
34 LVE
35 J. Smith
36 Lee
37 Thomas
38 Gifford ?
39 March ?
40 St.Bernard Francis ?

Secondary (10)
(CBs- 6)
41 Brown
42 Diggs
43 Lewis
44 Robinson
45 Worley (CB/S)
46 CJ Goodwin ?

(Safety- 4)
47 Woods
48 Ha Ha Dixon
49 Awuzie (CB/S)
50 Wilson

Special team: (3)
51 - LS- Ladoucesaur
52 P- C. Jones
53 K - Zuerlein

Primary differences for me would be keeping DiNucci over a seventh linebacker and I believe Canady makes it at corner over Goodwin. I also think there are some vets more likely to be kept over undrafted rookies simply because of the lack of preseason.

gimmesix · Jul 26, 2020

quickccc said:
i would wonder if this coaching staff would lean (gamble?) on zeke's durability history that would allow team to go very short
at RBs - as we did last year with only 2 RBs and one FB,

i dunno MM's trend with TE's besides he seems to feel the need to have that big movement TE in the pass game. (ala Finley, Cook, Graham)

but i've seen a video that displayed no TE formations (i've posted per YouTube several times) which may suggest
there may not be a big number of TEs as it was in Garrett regime. (4)
i'd have to look back at MM's past depth charts over the years.
Because of his penchant for pass game and an insurance of supplement of WRs for Rodgers, i'm assuming MM may like to keep
6 WRs,

I think with the new rules concerning the 55 we're likely to just stash a third RB on the PS

Future · Jul 26, 2020

fivetwos said:
They arent cutting DiNucci, nor can they as much as expose him to waivers. He was drafted because of the strong UDFA interest.

Really unlikely that any team claims him off waivers or the PS, because they'd have to give him a roster spot. If any team thought that of him, they'd have drafted him.

quickccc · Jul 26, 2020

Future said:
Really unlikely that any team claims him off waivers or the PS, because they'd have to give him a roster spot. If any team thought that of him, they'd have drafted him.

the minute DiNucci is drafted by McCarthy and the Cowboys organization, that could have peaked the interest of pondering NFL teams
and thus DiNucci's stock goes up with another team giving him some interest that they did not have when they had to the chance
to draft him.
We tend to see that happening with certain players placed on practice squads - ala Ron Leary and Blake Jarwin.

quickccc · Jul 26, 2020

gimmesix said:
I think with the new rules concerning the 55 we're likely to just stash a third RB on the PS

Isn't a catch to those extra 55 roster spots that requires carrying extra OLinemen.. ?

fivetwos · Jul 26, 2020

Future said:
Really unlikely that any team claims him off waivers or the PS, because they'd have to give him a roster spot. If any team thought that of him, they'd have drafted him.

Doubt it comes to that, but we cant risk losing him.

Future league MVP, just needs time.

Defenses have little chance vs him. You are invited on board now. Theres room...for now that is!!

quickccc · Jul 26, 2020

gimmesix said:
Primary differences for me would be keeping DiNucci over a seventh linebacker and I believe Canady makes it at corner over Goodwin. I also think there are some vets more likely to be kept over undrafted rookies simply because of the lack of preseason.

-Frankly as it is now, i'm just not a fan of our LB depth at all. and if Lee or LVE gets dinged and outta games, i think that's our azzes.
-the more i review joe thomas, the more i'm losing confidence in him as a capable reserve. Seems like a space LB (whose hurt too often)

-and its really bad enough having justin march on the depth chart as he's purely a SP player who i never see first man down
to make the biggest stops (ala Frazier, Heath or Goodwin) ..and he's very mediocre at everything else.

- the big key and hope will be for a new up & comer to emerge out of the shadows.
But with no preseason - good luck with that.

gimmesix · Jul 27, 2020

quickccc said:
Isn't a catch to those extra 55 roster spots that requires carrying extra OLinemen.. ?

Not sure exactly how it works but I expect us to carry nine on the roster and at least one more on the PS.

gimmesix · Jul 27, 2020

quickccc said:
-Frankly as it is now, i'm just not a fan of our LB depth at all. and if Lee or LVE gets dinged and outta games, i think that's our azzes.
-the more i review joe thomas, the more i'm losing confidence in him as a capable reserve. Seems like a space LB (whose hurt too often)

-and its really bad enough having justin march on the depth chart as he's purely a SP player who i never see first man down
to make the biggest stops (ala Frazier, Heath or Goodwin) ..and he's very mediocre at everything else.

- the big key and hope will be for a new up & comer to emerge out of the shadows.
But with no preseason - good luck with that.

Not of the young UDFA LBs intrique me while I am interested in seeing if Gifford can pick up where he left off sans injury.

quickccc · Jul 27, 2020

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