BREAKING NEWS ***** Cowboys are trading LB Micah Packers to Green Bay Packers *****

[ccb04]

The defense is better off without Micah. Because he “can’t stop the run” or something like that.

Micah is undoubtedly one of the leagues premier pressure players, but some context is needed regarding last season.
Williams was lost to a torn ACL before the season. Armstrong & Fowler left to Washington in free agency with Fowler notching 10.5 sacks. Lawrence played in only 4 games. Kneeland missed 6 games.

While it can't be expected for his presence to be replaced singularly, they basically had little else on the edge as a whole, in addition to suffering injuries in the secondary. Golston was second on the team with 5.5 sacks. Overshown, who was showing some pressure chops before also being lost to injury, finished 3rd with 5 sacks, and Osa finished 4th with 4.5 at 3T.

 

[CCBoy]

Lol...you won't get any sympathy from me....it's just a game. It was different, when my paycheck depended on it....this is just a game, for me.
Are you still in Chicago? My brother lives downtown....I might go see him this fall

At least Jerry has the guts to make a decision on here and now value and that still is a team strength. Your daughter is married. Have some fun...don't know if I still trust air control towers again, just yet...and last season was an injury disaster.

 

[Blast From The Past]

no, he was that here, do you think every team does that? some teams play for the SB, we do not. Do not bash his talent because our team has a different idealogy.

Not bashing or denying Micahs talent. I like Micah but I like him gone better. Hope Gb uses him to their advantage until they play us. I'm a fan of his. Sometime addition by subtraction happens. Hoping this is the case for the Cowboys. Micah scrubbed his social media of all Cowboys reference and plainly said he didn't want to be a Dallas Cowboy. Now you will see the hurt Micah with the ailing back playing football for his new team. He is gone so no use dwelling upon something you simply cannot change.

 

[roy31]

 

[ShiningStar]

Not bashing or denying Micahs talent. I like Micah but I like him gone better. Hope Gb uses him to their advantage until they play us. I'm a fan of his. Sometime addition by subtraction happens. Hoping this is the case for the Cowboys. Micah scrubbed his social media of all Cowboys reference and plainly said he didn't want to be a Dallas Cowboy. Now you will see the hurt Micah with the ailing back playing football for his new team. He is gone so no use dwelling upon something you simply cannot change.

i am the same way, you just put it more elegant. Thank you

 

[USMarineVet]

the mind of a broken fan.

Them's thumb wrestlin' words.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Who is “LB Micah Packers”?

 

[ShiningStar]

Micah wants to go higher than JJ does. JJ is happy at 500 hundred. Do you really think that little money is going to make a dent and have Micah going "AYE CARUMBA, im ruined"

 

[NDGAEDE]

He is actually positioning this as a trade for a run stopper.

That's why?

 

[ShiningStar]

Them's thumb wrestlin' words.

LOL, so true brother so true.

 

[Starforever]

Without Micah they will probably go 8-9 for the 2025 season
Maybe 9-8 if they get lucky hehe lol

About the same record as before the trade.

 

[NDGAEDE]

If run stopping is so important, why did you wait until round 7 to draft a DT?

 

[HungryLion]

Micah is undoubtedly one of the leagues premier pressure players, but some context is needed regarding last season.
Williams was lost to a torn ACL before the season. Armstrong & Fowler left to Washington in free agency with Fowler notching 10.5 sacks. Lawrence played in only 4 games. Kneeland missed 6 games.

While it can't be expected for his presence to be replaced singularly, they basically had little else on the edge as a whole, in addition to suffering injuries in the secondary. Golston was second on the team with 5.5 sacks. Overshown, who was showing some pressure chops before also being lost to injury, finished 3rd with 5 sacks, and Osa finished 4th with 4.5 at 3T.

The cowboys are first in EPA with Micah on the field since he went to Dallas. And 31st in EPA per play when Micah was off the field since he joined the team. It’s not just last season.

 

[Polkton31]

Yeah, but Mulugheta gets a commission off 48 mil instead of 40 mil. So, who's the real winner here?

 

[Starforever]

Off the top of my head, Micah's pressure rate is higher than both.

Pressure rate doesn't put W's in the column. Nice stat nonetheless.

 

[charron]

lol, it’ll come in handy in garbage time after the opponents pass themselves to a large lead and simply try to kill the clock.

Stopping the run is where a defense starts. Forcing teams to pass is key. Dallas still has guys who can get after a QB so put them in 3rd and long and see. Dallas will be in trouble if it still takes 7 to stop the run, but if they mostly need 5 or 6 now they have coverage options and options to rush extra.

 

[davey999]

And he might win.

 

[Hoofbite]

What does the draft have to do with your statement. Who's going to draft on last name credentials?

Because you said nobody wanted an unproven player with just a name, or something like that. That was funny to me because that’s exactly what the draft is all about.

 

[CCBoy]

40M in cap space, Stephen will sign so many scrubs this year and next.

I don't know about scrubs, resign OG Smith, now! He did a pretty good manage value in the present, here.

 

[KingCorcoran]

No they were not. I think they could have done better. But they were not killed.

Yes. They were. Cowboys fans will try to rationalize it away. Doesn’t change a thing.