Yeah I still feel that way with Gregory. Again, we have ZERO idea how Gregory is going to come back from a long layoff. Same with Smith.
Let's put it this way............. if the Philadelphia Eagles rolled out Tyrone Crawford (a DT), Aldon Smith and Randy Gregory at RDE, you'd probably laugh at them. But here, people think it's pretty good.
My 6 DEs if I had my way?
SDE - Lawrence, Armstrong, Jackson/Jelks/Anae
RDE - Griffen/Clowney, Gregory, Smith
I am bullish on being to consistently terrorize a QB. It helps get off the field, it creates turnovers, it puts teams in bad positions. Without a Griffen type, I think there is a glaring hole at RDE, a prime pass rush position. Now could we get lucky with Smith and/or Gregory? Sure. That would be awesome, but that's really an unnecessary risk IMO when you have/had some options to bring in a proven player.
I would love to have egg on my face on this come mid-season as Smith/Gregory are killing people on one side. But I've seen enough of these risky plans the Cowboys take instead of proven solutions blow up in our faces to not assume this could be another big mistake.