News: Chidobe Awuzie joins starting lineup as Cowboys shuffle secondary

[Mr Cowboy]

FRISCO, Texas -- In the offseason, the Dallas Cowboys essentially said goodbye to one secondary and hello to another.

Gone were Barry Church, Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne and J.J. Wilcox via free agency. While holdovers Orlando Scandrick and Byron Jones remained, the Cowboys moved Jeff Heath and Anthony Brown into starting roles and drafted Chidobe Awuzie, Jourdan Lewis and Xavier Woods.

The Cowboys knew there would be growing pains, but they are about to make changes.

http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4764191/cowboys-to-make-more-secondary-swaps

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Good.

Let the youngsters play and see where they're at by season's end.

 

[lwehlers]

watch out he will pull his hamstring again and miss the rest of the season then brown will again start.

 

[superonyx]

Expect the same results..
Carr, Claiborne, Jones, Church, Wilcox.....it doesn’t matter much when your defensive coordinator is still living with his past glory from the Tampa Bay Bucs...

At this point I imagine offensive coordinators have long figured this guy out..
The joke just isn’t funny anymore..

 

[phildadon86]

Expect the same results..
Carr, Claiborne, Jones, Church, Wilcox.....it doesn’t matter much when your defensive coordinator is still living with his past glory from the Tampa Bay Bucs...

At this point I imagine offensive coordinators have long figured this guy out..
The joke just isn’t funny anymore..

The fact we still run the same prevent on 3rd and long baffles me

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Might as well bring up Marquez White from the PS and see if he can play too. I don't think it would be too hard to find one player to cut to make room for him.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Might as well bring up Marquez White from the PS and see if he can play too. I don't think it would be too hard to find one player to cut to make room for him.

Defensive tackle Daniel Ross and linebacker Justin March-Lillard are certainly expendable; though I suspect one of them wont go until Zeke comes back.

 

[bodi]

yup loads of confidence

 

[xwalker]

FRISCO, Texas -- In the offseason, the Dallas Cowboys essentially said goodbye to one secondary and hello to another.

Gone were Barry Church, Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne and J.J. Wilcox via free agency. While holdovers Orlando Scandrick and Byron Jones remained, the Cowboys moved Jeff Heath and Anthony Brown into starting roles and drafted Chidobe Awuzie, Jourdan Lewis and Xavier Woods.

The Cowboys knew there would be growing pains, but they are about to make changes.

http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4764191/cowboys-to-make-more-secondary-swaps

Is is odd that they are announcing these changes. That is not how they normally operate. We normally find out when the game starts.

 

[xwalker]

yup loads of confidence

The Cowboys need a player with "juice" like Hill.

 

[lwehlers]

Expect the same results..
Carr, Claiborne, Jones, Church, Wilcox.....it doesn’t matter much when your defensive coordinator is still living with his past glory from the Tampa Bay Bucs...

At this point I imagine offensive coordinators have long figured this guy out..
The joke just isn’t funny anymore..

that is so true. marrinelli is still running the same defense that kiffen taught him in the nineties.

 

[JeffInDC]

that is so true. marrinelli is still running the same defense that kiffen taught him in the nineties.

What’s even more baffling is that Pete Carroll learned at the feet of Kiffen as well, but he implemented his own spin on things. Carroll’s D apparently is rather simple as well, but they’ve been better at recognizing talent that fits their philosophy/scheme.

 

[mattjames2010]

Marinelli hasn't done anything remotely great since 2012 - we brought him in for turnovers. Something that really hasn't happened consistently enough here. Weren't we like dead last in that category in 2015?

 

[BobSacamano]

Awuzie received the dreaded vote of Garrett confidence

 

[Doomsay]

watch out he will pull his hamstring again and miss the rest of the season then brown will again start.

Probably true

 

[robbieruff]

Still think we need to commit Jones to primarily CB duty (perhaps in 5-6 DB sets) and see if he can provide ANYTHING there...the regression is real at safety and I have zero confidence in his long-term competency (let alone success) at that position. If he continues to struggle, then relegate to backup and sign vet safety in the offseason as we should have done this year (e.g., TJ Ward).

 

[dwreck27]

The Cowboys need a player with "juice" like Hill.

They wouldnt know what to do with him

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

This is welcome news.

I have no faith in the secondary and specifically Brown and I want to see what Awuzie can do. Something to look forwards to.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

They wouldnt know what to do with him

They have never had a player like Hill, Watkins, or OBJ so I don't know how you can say that. They found uses for the extremely destitute poor man's versions like Lucky. He had big plays even if he sucked overall.

 

[xwalker]

They wouldnt know what to do with him

Possibly not, but a player like that opens up things for everybody else because of the big play threat.