Dallas Cowboys Offseason 2016: Pass Rush Will Be A Liability For The Cowboys In 2016

[AKATheRake]

I know he's a pot head and won't be able to play the first 4 games of the season but don't write off Gregory. Especially if he gets a nice offseason in the weight room.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Bring Hardy back, draft another interior lineman and this line looks a whole lot better. And for all the they are mot bringing Hardy back crowd, until he is signed with someone else the possibility is still there

 

[Alexander]

George Selvie is still a free agent. Get the band back together.

 

[Stash]

The guys that McClay finds are just sitting around waiting for an offer to prove themselves. They want to perform because they need a job and are looking for one last chance to make it in the NFL. You might only get the best from them for 1 year but, they serve as bridges to the next draft choice you hope plays into the future.

And their best may not be good enough. Oftentimes, it takes ability more than desire. A player can want something very badly and not be capable of achieving it. There are 31 other teams and front offices and scouts pouring over the exact same remaining talent pool that the Cowboys are. To assume that Dallas will simply succeed where they fail is little more than fandom.

Oh, by the way, it hasn't been just one... What about Laurent Robinson too!

How many sacks do Laurent Robinson have? Let's not take this conversation somewhere it doesn't need to go and focus on the issue at hand.

I guarantee that we will field a complete team come the 1st game of the season.

And I'm sure that team will have someone lining up at left defensive end too.

If Romo plays 16 we'll do pretty well, if not we'll suck and draft in the top 5 again next year.

Or he could play for half of the season and we'll end up picking in the 20's. People too often only see absolutes.

 

[Stash]

George Selvie is still a free agent. Get the band back together.

8 sacks! Woot!

 

[Stash]

Bring Hardy back, draft another interior lineman and this line looks a whole lot better. And for all the they are mot bringing Hardy back crowd, until he is signed with someone else the possibility is still there

It makes more sense by the day. I'd feel a whole lot better about a line of Hardy-Crawford-Thornton-Lawrence than I do about what we have today. It would be unfortunate to see the team finally improve at 1-technique only to great markedly worse at defensive end. Fix one hole while opening up another.

 

[LittleD]

And their best may not be good enough. Oftentimes, it takes ability more than desire. A player can want something very badly and not be capable of achieving it. There are 31 other teams and front offices and scouts pouring over the exact same remaining talent pool that the Cowboys are. To assume that Dallas will simply succeed where they fail is little more than fandom.



How many sacks do Laurent Robinson have? Let's not take this conversation somewhere it doesn't need to go and focus on the issue at hand.



And I'm sure that team will have someone lining up at left defensive end too.



Or he could play for half of the season and we'll end up picking in the 20's. People too often only see absolutes.

Bottom line. Marinelli had 8-10 guys to rush the passer last year and he will have 8-10 guys to rush the passer this year.
Will the defense be any good. Who can tell at this point. They weren't supposed to be any good in 2014 or 2015 but,
they did pretty well. I put the failure of the 2015 season on injuries to the offense, Garrett and his coaches.

 

[4lifecowboy]

It makes more sense by the day. I'd feel a whole lot better about a line of Hardy-Crawford-Thornton-Lawrence than I do about what we have today. It would be unfortunate to see the team finally improve at 1-technique only to great markedly worse at defensive end. Fix one hole while opening up another.

With a second wave of Russell, Irvin, Rookie, Matowe, and adding Gregory a quarter into the season.

 

[LittleD]

Bring Hardy back, draft another interior lineman and this line looks a whole lot better. And for all the they are mot bringing Hardy back crowd, until he is signed with someone else the possibility is still there

If the Cowboys had any interest at all, he would already be in the building. They don't and that ship sailed
last year.

 

[Craig]

They are one pass rusher away from having a decent starting pass rush with no depth. I dont see the problem.

 

[conner01]

This draft is loaded with interior pass rushers and is light on edge rushers. Unfortunately for us, we decided to address the interior in free agency and left the edge a liability. Go figure.

What edge rusher do you think we should have signed

 

[Stash]

Bottom line. Marinelli had 8-10 guys to rush the passer last year and he will have 8-10 guys to rush the passer this year.

That's a pretty low limbo bar for predictions. While we're at it, I'm calling my **** right now that this team will have 53 guys on the roster for game 1, book it!

Will the defense be any good. Who can tell at this point. They weren't supposed to be any good in 2014 or 2015 but,
they did pretty well. I put the failure of the 2015 season on injuries to the offense, Garrett and his coaches.

I agree with you for the most part, but this defense didn't do its share either. Plenty of games like Atlanta where it was the defense blowing it too, Romo or not.

And they didn't tie an NFL record for fewest turnovers by accident either.

But nobody is going to tell me that losing a pass rusher like Hardy won't make a huge negative impact on the team's overall ability to pressure opposing quarterbacks. Say whatever you want about the player otherwise, I really don't care. His on-field pressure will be missed if he's not re-signed.

 

[Stash]

They are one pass rusher away from having a decent starting pass rush with no depth. I dont see the problem.

Seriously? You just answered your own question.

 

[superonyx]

I know he's a pot head and won't be able to play the first 4 games of the season but don't write off Gregory. Especially if he gets a nice offseason in the weight room.

The only way I am counting on Randy Gregory (for this or any season) is if the NFL removed pot from the list of banned drugs. If it's true this dude failed several test since being drafted then he has a problem which is much deeper than will power....he seems like a good kid but i would have to smoking whatever he is smoking to count on him.

 

[superonyx]

Look around the rest of the league...
Which teams have such amazing front lines?
The Carolina Panthers and Seahawks have really nice defenses yet look at who is playing on their defensive lines...I guarantee you have never even heard of most of the guys.

It's a passing league and Offensive line play have evolved to where you are no longer going to line up and just beat people at the LOS. System needs to generate pressure with waves of confusion and keep the offensive guessing where the rush is coming from.

It's a chess match more than ever...lets hope we aren't still playing checkers.

 

[4lifecowboy]

If the Cowboys had any interest at all, he would already be in the building. They don't and that ship sailed
last year.

That ship is still in the harbor. When someone else board it then we can say it has sailed

 

[AKATheRake]

Look around the rest of the league...
Which teams have such amazing front lines?
The Carolina Panthers and Seahawks have really nice defenses yet look at who is playing on their defensive lines...I guarantee you have never even heard of most of the guys.

It's a passing league and Offensive line play have evolved to where you are no longer going to line up and just beat people at the LOS. System needs to generate pressure with waves of confusion and keep the offensive guessing where the rush is coming from.

It's a chess match more than ever...lets hope we aren't still playing checkers.

Nice post!

Jalen Ramsey and Vernon Hargreaves mean that much more in the draft than if we're not interested in a QB with our top pick.

 

[wileedog]

I know he's a pot head and won't be able to play the first 4 games of the season but don't write off Gregory. Especially if he gets a nice offseason in the weight room.

If he makes it through the summer without failing another test I will be shocked. This is a guy who lost millions getting busted at the *combine*, and was so fazed by that he managed to fail two more tests in his rookie year.

If he even gets on the field this year its a bonus, much less counting on him to do anything.

 

[Stash]

If he makes it through the summer without failing another test I will be shocked. This is a guy who lost millions getting busted at the *combine*, and was so fazed by that he managed to fail two more tests in his rookie year.

If he even gets on the field this year its a bonus, much less counting on him to do anything.

I agree. Given his situation, it's unbelievable that he could do what he did. I can't believe that the team would be seriously counting on him for anything at this point.

 

[DeaconMoss]

It makes more sense by the day. I'd feel a whole lot better about a line of Hardy-Crawford-Thornton-Lawrence than I do about what we have today. It would be unfortunate to see the team finally improve at 1-technique only to great markedly worse at defensive end. Fix one hole while opening up another.

Sign the Kraken for vet minimum. I'd be interested at that price