Signed by Cowboys Cowboys sign Kony Ealy

[jobberone]

Whoever has the worst position flex

That will play a role for some....depends on injury, draft, and Vet fa acquisition as well.

 

[Verdict]

Contract numbers?

 

[Jumbo075]

Dude used to be a force. Took over in the Super Bowl run for Carolina. Nice depth, not sure why he wasn't effective last year.

Jeez. How hard is it to do a little research. His drop off in production as a pass rusher last year is very easy to explain. The Jets tried to convert him from DE to OLB. He played well enough at OLB that they wanted him back. The reason he was hesitant to resign with the Jets is because he sees himself as a DE; so he looked for a team where he might have a chance to start at DE. The Cowboys have a need for a guy to start at DE opposite Lawrence, so he signed with Dallas. Simple.

The three years he played DE, he had 14 sacks. The 1 year he played OLB, he had 1 sack. Different position, different results. If Ealy had been kept at DE last season, and duplicated his previous results, he'd have about 19 sacks in 4 seasons - not far off from Lawrence, who has had 23.5 sacks in the same 4 seasons. Ealy was seleted 26 picks AFTER Lawrence in 2014.

 

[Vinnie2u]

I like the signing.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Jets fans wanted him back

Yea, had a crazy amount of passes defended and a solid amount of pressures. Should be a good depth signing

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yea, had a crazy amount of passes defended and a solid amount of pressures. Should be a good depth signing

His stats are incredibly odd...he had almost as many passes defended as he did tackles. You rarely see that:

 

[LatinMind]

Who gets cut out of all those DEs.

Tapper

 

[Daillest88]

So management wants to talk to dez about his contract , which I agree , they need to do this with Crawford also

 

[Jumbo075]

Tapper

Tapper is still Practice Squad eligible. Also, as of right now, Gregory has still not been reinstated, so there's that.

 

[Ddisco22]

Someone has to go. Of course the Cowboys might trade Lawrence if they don't want to pay him.

what!? that's not happening

 

[Chuck 54]

Dude used to be a force. Took over in the Super Bowl run for Carolina. Nice depth, not sure why he wasn't effective last year.

With the Jets, in a situational role, he had only 1 sack, but 9 pass deflections and an interception.

Ealy will give us much more in the 4-3 than Mayowa did.

 

[DCBoysfan]

3-4 ends aren’t rushers

They Multiple fronts during the course of the game, 3-4 is just the base defense.

 

[DCBoysfan]

Hard to get sacks when you're always playing from behind.

True but 1 is unproductive even playing for the Jets.

 

[jjktkk]

Who gets cut out of all those DEs.

Tapper? Gregory?

 

[Sydla]

I think it's the reality if we don't pick up a quality 1-tech in the first or second round. It's not the perfect position for him, but he is an adequate starter there while Price and Ash are rotational pieces at best.

I know it's a reality. It's also a flaw in the FO's plan IMO if they don't come out of this draft with a legit 1 Tech prospect.

 

[Sydla]

This is a good signing. This is quality depth who is still young, as super bowl experience and has upside.

He's got limited upside. He's been in the league 4 years so likely what you see is what you get with him. Which is maybe a decent backup, rotational DE. Which is fine.

In terms of who gets cut, I haven't seen Ealy's contract but if it's a one year deal, Ealy could easily be a cut candidate himself if he doesn't perform in camp.

 

[kento40]

Oh! So we can do one year deals.

 

[conner01]

The JETS will do that to people

Some guys are more 4/3 others more 3/4
Some could shine in either
I think Kony was a bad fit in their scheme
This is a good signing to me
You get a player with some upside and little risk who has every reason to be very motivated

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Last year maybe. 2 years ago he was not.

Two years ago he was.

You just box score scout which is extremely sily lmao. Those kind of posters dont get taken seriously

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Crawford pretty much started at RDE last year....he put up 4 sacks....Taco had 3 sacks....he's a Bum

Just going off sacks is what a bum would do lol.

If Crawford is a bum, what the hell is Ealy?