With mm not wanting to upgrade at safety and hope Carr is the answer but What baffles me is if they thought Thompson should be the starter over dix. How bad was dix in practice cuz Thompson was a big thumbs down last week.
I'm not saying Thompson played well or should be the starter, but he was definitely flying all over the field. He caught some flack for a few missed tackles, namely the one on Brown in the backfield, but no other defender on the defense would have even been there. He also covered major ground in the passing game when asked to stay back. Everyone on the team bit hard on play-action, so I chalk that up to no pre-season games. He also had to cover for a linebacking core that did absolutely nothing. They didn't take on blockers, they didn't splash, they didn't tackle.
I think there is definitely a role for Thompson if he just gets his tackling down. I tell you what though, if the Cowboys had 11 guys on defense flying around like Thompson, no one would want to play this D.