CFZ 12 new starters of 25 starters in the 2023 season opener

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13 of the Cowboys 26 starters on offense, defense and special teams in the season opener against the Giants are new compared to the 2022 season opener against the Buccaneers. 10 of last year’s starters are no longer on the team. 2 of the starters (Wilson & Edoga) in the season opener are backup players starting for injured players.

Starting Roster compared to last year

WR1 - CeeDee Lamb
LT - Tyron Smith instead of Tyler Smith
LG - Chuma Edoga instead of Connor McGovern
C - Tyler Biadasz
RG - Zack Martin
RT - Terence Steele
TE - Jake Ferguson instead of Dalton Schultz
WR3 - Michael Gallup instead of Dennis Houston
WR2 - Brandin Cooks instead of Noah Brown
QB - Dak Prescott
RB - Tony Pollard instead of Ezekiel Elliott

CB1 - Trevon Diggs
RDE - Micah Parsons
1DT - Johnathan Hankins instead of Quinton Bohanna
3DT - Osa Odighizuwa
LDE - DeeMarcus Lawrence
SCB - DaRon Bland instead of Jourdan Lewis
CB2 - Stephon Gilmore instead of Anthony Brown
WLB - Damone Clark instead of Anthony Barr
MLB - Leighton Vander Esch
S - Markqueese Bell instead of Donovan Wilson
SS - Jayron Kearse
FS - Malik Hooker

P - Bryan Anger
PK - Brandon Aubrey instead of Brett Maher
LS - Trent Sieg instead of Jake McQuade
KR/PR - KaVontae Turpin

 

[gtb1943]

13 of the Cowboys 26 starters on offense, defense and special teams in the season opener against the Giants are new compared to the 2022 season opener against the Buccaneers. 10 of last year’s starters are no longer on the team. 2 of the starters (Wilson & Edoga) in the season opener are backup players starting for injured players.

Starting Roster compared to last year

WR1 - CeeDee Lamb
LT - Tyron Smith instead of Tyler Smith
LG - Chuma Edoga instead of Connor McGovern
C - Tyler Biadasz
RG - Zack Martin
RT - Terence Steele
TE - Jake Ferguson instead of Dalton Schultz
WR3 - Michael Gallup instead of Dennis Houston
WR2 - Brandin Cooks instead of Noah Brown
QB - Dak Prescott
RB - Tony Pollard instead of Ezekiel Elliott

CB1 - Trevon Diggs
RDE - Micah Parsons
1DT - Johnathan Hankins instead of Quinton Bohanna
3DT - Osa Odighizuwa
LDE - DeeMarcus Lawrence
SCB - DaRon Bland instead of Jourdan Lewis
CB2 - Stephon Gilmore instead of Anthony Brown
WLB - Damone Clark instead of Anthony Barr
MLB - Leighton Vander Esch
S - Markqueese Bell instead of Donovan Wilson
SS - Jayron Kearse
FS - Malik Hooker

P - Bryan Anger
PK - Brandon Aubrey instead of Brett Maher
LS - Trent Sieg instead of Jake McQuade
KR/PR - KaVontae Turpin

even for the current NFL that is big time turnover. Thankfully it looks like most of those are upgrades

 

[Captain43Crash]

Big upgrade AND the younger starters will get BETTER.

I also think McCarthy will do a much better job of calling plays that take into account the strong defense we have.

 

[Motorola]

13 of the Cowboys 26 starters on offense, defense and special teams in the season opener against the Giants are new compared to the 2022 season opener against the Buccaneers. 10 of last year’s starters are no longer on the team. 2 of the starters (Wilson & Edoga) in the season opener are backup players starting for injured players.

Starting Roster compared to last year

WR1 - CeeDee Lamb
LT - Tyron Smith instead of Tyler Smith
LG - Chuma Edoga instead of Connor McGovern
C - Tyler Biadasz
RG - Zack Martin
RT - Terence Steele
TE - Jake Ferguson instead of Dalton Schultz
WR3 - Michael Gallup instead of Dennis Houston
WR2 - Brandin Cooks instead of Noah Brown
QB - Dak Prescott
RB - Tony Pollard instead of Ezekiel Elliott

CB1 - Trevon Diggs
RDE - Micah Parsons
1DT - Johnathan Hankins instead of Quinton Bohanna
3DT - Osa Odighizuwa
LDE - DeeMarcus Lawrence
SCB - DaRon Bland instead of Jourdan Lewis
CB2 - Stephon Gilmore instead of Anthony Brown
WLB - Damone Clark instead of Anthony Barr
MLB - Leighton Vander Esch
S - Markqueese Bell instead of Donovan Wilson
SS - Jayron Kearse
FS - Malik Hooker

P - Bryan Anger
PK - Brandon Aubrey instead of Brett Maher
LS - Trent Sieg instead of Jake McQuade
KR/PR - KaVontae Turpin

And this on a team that made the playoffs the last two seasons with 12-5 records.
Never rest on laurels; always continue to improve the roster.

 

[ColoradoCowboy]

13 of the Cowboys 26 starters on offense, defense and special teams in the season opener against the Giants are new compared to the 2022 season opener against the Buccaneers. 10 of last year’s starters are no longer on the team. 2 of the starters (Wilson & Edoga) in the season opener are backup players starting for injured players.

Starting Roster compared to last year

WR1 - CeeDee Lamb
LT - Tyron Smith instead of Tyler Smith - upgrade
LG - Chuma Edoga instead of Connor McGovern - slight downgrade
C - Tyler Biadasz
RG - Zack Martin
RT - Terence Steele
TE - Jake Ferguson instead of Dalton Schultz - Downgrade
WR3 - Michael Gallup instead of Dennis Houston - upgrade
WR2 - Brandin Cooks instead of Noah Brown - upgrade
QB - Dak Prescott
RB - Tony Pollard instead of Ezekiel Elliott - slight upgrade

CB1 - Trevon Diggs
RDE - Micah Parsons
1DT - Johnathan Hankins instead of Quinton Bohanna - upgrade
3DT - Osa Odighizuwa
LDE - DeeMarcus Lawrence
SCB - DaRon Bland instead of Jourdan Lewis - slight downgrade
CB2 - Stephon Gilmore instead of Anthony Brown - upgrade
WLB - Damone Clark instead of Anthony Barr - slight upgrade
MLB - Leighton Vander Esch
S - Markqueese Bell instead of Donovan Wilson - slight downgrade
SS - Jayron Kearse
FS - Malik Hooker

P - Bryan Anger
PK - Brandon Aubrey instead of Brett Maher - slight downgrade
LS - Trent Sieg instead of Jake McQuade - slight downgrade
KR/PR - KaVontae Turpin

Overall, a stronger roster.

The upgrades are all fairly sizable. Even the "slight upgrades" could pay off huge for the team, but I'm rating as of today.
The downgrades are all fairly minor other than TE.

 

[John813]

Iirc Thomas was listed the starter over Wilson. Bell was the nickel backer.

 

[Diehardblues]

even for the current NFL that is big time turnover. Thankfully it looks like most of those are upgrades

McCarthy on the local Cowboys weekly show this morning said we had a 35% turnover on roster . Which he said typically you’d have at least 25%. These type of turnovers on rosters are actually very normal in Cap era.

And we have a few on this list which aren’t new players but were injured to begin 2022 like Tyron and Gallup not to mention Pollard who wasn’t really a bench player . The other 2 changes on offense were both Cap casualties in Shultz and McGovern.

Our biggest wholesale changes were on defense. And LS and K on special teams which would be closer to the 35% change McCarthy stated ( which was entire roster not just starters) than the 50% presented here which is a little misleading .