almost,
OLine
Tyron
Connor Williams
Frederick
Martin
L.Collins
OC Backup Looney
OG Backup McGovern
OT Backup Fleming
DLine ... look at this as an 8 man (maybe 9) game day rotation, plus 2 for the 53 man roster
DE - DLaw, Quinn, Taco
DT - Collins, Hill, Woods
DL - Crawford, Covington
can they get 40/+ sacks?
and who are the other two? Ross, Armstrong, Hyder, Jelks, Jackson, Gregory, Irving.
I'm guessing Ross and Armstrong coming out of camp, barring injuries or mental break downs
the bizarre thing is Gregory and Irving are the 2nd and 3rd best play makers in the group. CBA, soon come.
if either or both are on the field by game 8 - this is a really good DL, otherwise they're decent
Depth is better. Problem still is ... Rod is still just a bit crazy. IMO, Hill and Covington were forced on him by the FO.
...continuing from my initial reply...
Hill
- Exactly the type of player Marinelli wants to play the Under-Tackle position.
- Marinelli says not all 3-techs are Under-Tackles (whatever that means).
- I think he means 3-techs in some other schemes don't fit his Under-Tackle position requirements.
- Marinelli says Hill the prototype Under-Tackle.
Covington
- Fits the Marinelli mold for 1-tech.
- Marinelli prefers 1-techs that are borderline 3-techs.
- Covington projects to combo 1-tech / 3-tech. Woods is 1-tech only.
- Paea and T.McClain were 1-tech types with some 3-tech abilities.
They almost always have 8 DL active on game day.
- They only had 7 DL active against the Rams.
- Daniel Ross and DE D.Armstrong were inactive despite not being on the injury report.
- Crawford (neck) and M.Collins (illness) played but were on the injury report.
- They've rarely carried 9 on the 46 game day roster.
Ross:
- Not very good, IMO.
Irving:
Gone. Suspended and not under contract with the Cowboys.
Free Agent if he returns from suspension.
Gregory:
- He'll be on the 53 if not suspended.
- It's better for roster management if he is suspended for 2 or 4 games.
- Roster spots are easier to find after a few weeks into the season.
- Even a 1 week suspension helps if they want to move somebody to IR with eligibility to return.
- Against the Gregory is good but Marinelli prefers to limit him to avoid wearing him down.
- They rotated a bigger DE with Gregory, with the bigger DE playing more on run downs.
- They'll likely use Quinn similar to how they used Gregory in 2018.
- They'll prefer a bigger DE to get the bulk of snaps rotating with Quinn.
- They could have DLaw play a few snaps at DT on 3rd & long situations.
- Quinn, Hill, DLaw, Gregory could be a 3rd and long lineup.
Ricky Walker
- Good name but extreme long-shot.
- Shortest arms and smallest wingspan of DL prospects in the 2019 draft.
Hyder:
- Quality NFL starter when he last played in a 4-3 (2016, DE).
- He was injured and his team had switched to 3-4 when he returned.
From my previous post(s):
Hyder
- Has position flex to plays some snaps at DT.
- Hyder fits the mold of a bigger DE to rotate with Quinn. Last year they used Crawford or Taco to rotate with Gregory.
- Hyder seems to have some tweener ability like Crawford. I think Crawford's better at DT, whereas Hyder is better at DE.
Covington
- I'm not sure what to think about the report of Covington losing 30 pounds.
- That was the exact amount (30 pounds) that Woods was reported to have lost before camp last year.
- From the Houston game footage of Covington, he looked like he could play both 1-tech and 3-tech in the Marinelli scheme.
- He played as a 3-4 DE and sometimes at NT as well as some snaps when they played a 4-man line in some Nickel situations.
- A better backup 1-tech was a big need in the Rams game when Woods was injured but continued to play.
- They almost always have some DEs that could move over to play some snaps at 3-tech, but there was no true backup to Woods at 1-tech.
- Ideally the 4th DT would be able to play both 1-tech and 3-tech similar to T.McClain from a few years ago.
Crawford
- Crawford has been a starter (ping ponging between DE & DT) the past 5 years.
- A true sign of progress will be if Crawford is no longer a starter.
- Crawford' s a good rotation player but as a starter has been average at best.
- Crawford could be a surprise cut. His 7M salary is a bit high if he does not start.
M.Collins
- The health of Collins affects multiple other players.
- If he is out or limited, then a DT to rotate with Hill becomes critical.
- That's probably Crawford; although Covington or even Hyder/Taco could be tried there.\
Shakir Soto
- As a freshman played DT next to Aaron Donald.
- UDFA in 2017.
- Appears to have been tried at DE with the Bronco (3-4) and Raiders (4-3).
- Played 4-3 DT in the AAF and was regarded as one of the top players in that league.
- At 6-3, 290 his best fits appears to be 4-3 DT.
- Showed great burst in some AAF plays.
Daniel Wise
- UDFA 2019
- Played 3-4 DE and 4-3 DT in college (Kansas played multiple fronts)
- 6-3, 280
- Brugler and some others projected him to the 4th round.
Joe Jackson
- 5th round 2019
- 6-4, 275 with long arms.
- Powerful with decent quickness and decent measurable(s).
- Abundance of technique flaws.
Jalen Jelks
- 6-5, 256 with long arms.
- Only 2 DL had bigger wingspans in the 2019 draft.
- Oddly played as 2-gap 3-4 DE and as Nickel DT at Oregon.
- The Cowboys in recent years like to draft players that played out of position in college.
- At 256 he's was definitely not the typical 3-4 two-gap DE.
- Some D.Irving type moves where he uses length to win despite weight disadvantage against OL.
- DLaw only weighed 251 when drafted.
- There are some similar traits to DLaw (leverage style rusher more than bend the corner).
- I really like this players game footage.
