Cowboys must prioritize 3rd-round pick's ceiling in potential OL shuffle

[CCBoy]

Dak and "quick release" in the same sentence lol.....

He is actually pretty successful in quick release passes he attempts. Good!

 

[big dog cowboy]

Guyton ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY MUST BE MOVED TO RT.

NO.

 

[blueblood70]

Guyton ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY MUST BE MOVED TO RT. He is NOT a LT. Put the kid from Kansas in there and roll.

disagree. Lets see how he develops year 2 offseason programs, new staff IE NEW OL Coach , new TE coach and ...... the new OC, one of the best OL coaches in the league of late.. so maybe they have scheme and teach better tech to this kid..


, maybe he can still win that job. Backup plan is RT sure But not empathically postively lmao..

 

[shabazz]

Dak better have a quick release to stay healthy enough to stay on the carpet.

The fact of the matter is that his major injuries have come from non-contact plays.......his body has been steadily failing and it's get exponentially worse with age.

At least with 6 Million , Steve Austin could be built and maintained

 

[DuncanIso]

If OL doesn't happen in the first round then it won't happen before the 4th round, if that is acquired. Dak better have a quick release to stay healthy enough to stay on the carpet.

Yup.

Steele can’t pass block.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Hoffman and Beebe and are fine where they are and there is no urgency to move Beebe. The team has much bigger issues to address and adding center to the list isn't a wise move. Hoffman is an average NFL G which is fine for now. Steele and Guyton are the bigger OL problems.

Brock Hoffman is not AVERAGE playing at Right Guard. He is ABOVE AVERAGE.

Actually, Hoffman's PFF score for his 2024 performance was a 66.3 overall grade, ranking him 44th out of 135 Guards who played last year in the NFL. That ranks him roughly around the top 30% of all Guards with also a run blocking score of 68.9 and a pass blocking score of 62.1 while giving up only 1 QB sack and 5 penalties.

https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/brock-hoffman/54535

2024 was the first time Hoffman actually started for some good amount of games due to Zack Martin suffered a season ending injury, so 2025 is looking like Hoffman will grade even better now that he is getting all of the starting reps in practice and the starter role at Right Guard. Cowboys would be wise to retain Hoffman after 2025 if he improves his performance.

 

[Proof]

I would think a 3rd round pick, if used on OL, is going to be more of a Hoffman replacement for 2026 after he walks in free agency for a comp pick than legitimate competition for 2025. You already have guys on the roster who can start in this league. Either look for serious upgrades to the OL or go ahead and lock these guys into spots for this year so they can focus on getting reps at one spot and focus on gelling as a unit the second that mini camp starts.

pretty sure they're just referring to Beebe as a 3rd round pick.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

As far as depth goes I think you're 100% correct, but how many of our interior guys are above average? I'd say 1 right now in Smith, with Beebe having upside to get there. Hoffman has flashed, but also had a couple rough games last year too. As much as I would love to upgrade the Tackle spots it just doesnt seem to be in the cards for the Cowboys this year. Personally I think the next best thing they could do is look to add a better player on the interior to really make that a strength of the team instead just OK. The better you are on the interior the more resources you can dedicated to helping those outside guys.

Plus with Hoffman reaching FA next year odds are you can either address the position this year or wait and have it be a bigger issue next year. We will have to wait and see but Hoffman seems to be the McGovern/Biadasz/Williams type of player that they love to let walk for a comp pick.

Isn't Hoffman just a RFA next year? He won't be expensive to keep for another year.