Are the Cowboys just a better defense away from being contenders?

Diehardblues · May 7, 2021

We had a top offense last year with Dak and have secured our franchise QB and multiple weapons with a proven OL if it can stay healthy .

But what must improve is a defense which was statistically one of the worst in our franchise’s history

How much better does our defense need to be for this team to become more of a contender ? Will average be enough assuming our offense is top 5? Your thoughts !!

ItzKelz · May 7, 2021

This kid played defense better than we did last season. So a lot better.....

CowboyRoy · May 7, 2021

Diehardblues said:
We had a top offense last year with Dak and have secured our franchise QB and multiple weapons with a proven OL if it can stay healthy .

But what must improve is a defense which was statistically one of the worst in our franchise’s history

How much better does our defense need to be for this team to become more of a contender ? Will average be enough assuming our offense is top 5? Your thoughts !!

If this line holds up, then hell yes!!! All this team is missing is a legitimate defense to be a contender.

Top 10 would probably do it, but middle of the road and top 5 in turnovers might do it also. Have to be able to stop the run.

CATCH17 · May 7, 2021

I think it has more to do with outside factors.

1. Win the East (should be easy although Washington is a QB away from owning the division.)

2. Avoid Rodgers ( We don't have an aswer for that guy)

3. Avoid NFC West teams (theyre just better than we are)

4. Stay away from Tom Brady in the poster (just a good general rule for every team)

So Wildcard weekend hopefully we play Washing or some other NFC East team.

Divisional hopefully play some NFC North team without Rodgers

NFC Championship we would most likely then face Brady or a NFC West team

Reverend Conehead · May 7, 2021

Depends how much better that defense gets. Right now it's in the toilet. If they improve from basically rock bottom to being slightly below average, they'll be a much better team, but not Super Bowl contenders. If they improve to being just above average D, they'll likely be a playoff team, but without enough to win it all. If they become a top ten defense, then this team would be a SB contender, but that would be a MASSIVE (and pretty unlikely) improvement.

Walker · May 7, 2021

Getting a better defense gives the ball to our offense a couple more times.

Doomsday101 · May 7, 2021

I think a good defense puts us in the mix, to get to that championship level will take player offense and defense to step up at critical moments in a game to put it away. So often in big games there will be that 1 big moment within a game where some one steps up and makes that critical play that breaks the back of the opponent, unfortunately we have been on the wrong side of those moments in recent times.

Diehardblues · May 7, 2021

Reverend Conehead said:
Depends how much better that defense gets. Right now it's in the toilet. If they improve from basically rock bottom to being slightly below average, they'll be a much better team, but not Super Bowl contenders. If they improve to being just above average D, they'll likely be a playoff team, but without enough to win it all. If they become a top ten defense, then this team would be a SB contender, but that would be a MASSIVE (and pretty unlikely) improvement.

Sorry , I didn’t clarify. I didn’t necessarily mean SB contenders .

Contenders was a vague description.

I meant more can we win our division and possibly make a push in playoffs . Doesn’t mean we could win SB. I agree our defense would have to improve much more than it’s probably capable in one season.

JBS · May 7, 2021

Depends what you mean by better

Average defense? No

Very good defense? Yes

StarBoyz83 · May 7, 2021

The offense is great but has had problems showing up In The 1st half for a while.

Reid1boys · May 7, 2021

Diehardblues said:
We had a top offense last year with Dak and have secured our franchise QB and multiple weapons with a proven OL if it can stay healthy .

But what must improve is a defense which was statistically one of the worst in our franchise’s history

How much better does our defense need to be for this team to become more of a contender ? Will average be enough assuming our offense is top 5? Your thoughts !!

We were lighting up scoreboards before Dak went down. I would think we would be even better this year offensively.

The defense cant be any worse... can it? All this new hungry talent cant help but make us better.

I always go into the season looking for an 11-5 12-4 season.

This year will be no different. Look at this year's opponents and tell me who is so scary besides the Chiefs? Nobody in our division is scary followed with Panthers, Raiders, new Orleans, Vikings, Pats..... BUT, that being said, you can never look at the schedule in May and think you know if those teams are going to be good or bad.

JoeKing · May 7, 2021

ShortRound · May 7, 2021

I hope we get our heads in the game at least, look at this fool

BotchedLobotomy · May 7, 2021

Definitely

rambo2 · May 7, 2021

The Cowboys are contenders at this point. They have a huge advantage at the qb position in their division. They should win their division.

ESisback · May 7, 2021

As bad as our defense was, and with The Red Rifle behind a constantly changing OL, we only won 6, but very easily could have won a couple more.

With the return of Dak and Jarwin and a healthier OL, our offense SHOULD score more points, which means another couple of wins. Our defense almost always lost the third down battles on opponent’s scoring drives in 2020, so common sense says if we win one or two of those battles each game, that’ll transfer into a couple/few more wins. Winning 2 or more games because of each side of the ball means 4 or wore wins, so yeah, a legit contender.

nobody · May 7, 2021

There needs to be a bit of a serious culture change so the team doesn't slack off after believing their own hope come playoff time....that seems to be what torpedoes them when they manage to have a decent offense and defense at the same time.

Future · May 7, 2021

They were a contender with a healthy offense last year...so yes

dckid · May 7, 2021

CATCH17 said:
I think it has more to do with outside factors.

1. Win the East (should be easy although Washington is a QB away from owning the division.)

2. Avoid Rodgers ( We don't have an aswer for that guy)

3. Avoid NFC West teams (theyre just better than we are)

4. Stay away from Tom Brady in the poster (just a good general rule for every team)

So Wildcard weekend hopefully we play Washing or some other NFC East team.

Divisional hopefully play some NFC North team without Rodgers

NFC Championship we would most likely then face Brady or a NFC West team

lol
It won’t matter as we are not making the money playoffs.
6-11 record is what I predict.

dckid · May 7, 2021

Future said:
They were a contender with a healthy offense last year...so yes

Huh?
They were a contender? Did we watch the same season?

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