News: BTB: Can The Cowboys Survive A Setback At Linebacker?

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The Cowboys have been hit with injuries at the linebacker position the last couple years. It could very well happen again this season. Does the team have enough depth to handle it should adversity strike?

If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say, "I can’t wait to see Lee and McClain on the field together" I’d be $2.37 wealthier, and really bad at counting money.

But with the recent news of Rolando McClain violating the league’s substance abuse policy, it appears the wait just got four weeks longer. A starting group of Sean Lee (WILL), Rolando McClain (MIKE), and Anthony Hitchens (SAM) gives the Cowboys a formidable linebacker corps. The offseason acquisitions of Jasper Brinkley (two years, $6.5 mil) and Damien Wilson (fourth-round pick) provide the team with some encouraging options off the bench. Dallas looks to be in good shape at linebacker heading in to the 2015 season as many of the pieces seem to be in place.

But if recent history is any indication, the pieces are bound to get shaken up throughout the course of the season. And when that happens, are the Cowboys deep enough to handle it?

Here is a look back at the snap counts of our linebackers over the last two seasons:

2013 Snaps % of LB Snaps
Bruce Carter
875 33
Sean Lee
702 27
Ernie Sims
383 15
DeVonte Holloman
208 8
Justin Durant
199 7
Kyle Wilber
175 7
Cameron Lawrence
63 2
Kyle Bosworth
23 0.8
Orie Lemon
6 0.2​

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