Dallas Depth Chart- unofficial

[EPL0c0]

Yes, MLB depth seems like a problem. Nzeocha took most of the 3rd string snaps there behind Jaylon and Hitchens.

Maybe Wilson is an option there. He did play snaps in 2 LB sets but I don't recall if that was MLB or WLB. He struggled in coverage this preseason more than I expected. I thought he showed promise in coverage last year.

I saw that a lot of veteran 4-3 type LBs were released that probably have some stop-gap ability. I thought they might sign on of those.

Remember, Damien Wilson will likely be suspended at some point this season. IMO he's not a reliable option

 

[jobberone]

DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE

WR1 (X)
Dez Bryant
Brice Butler
TE
Jason Witten
James Hanna
Geoff Swaim
Rico Gathers
LT
Tyron Smith
Chaz Green (SwingT)
LG
Jonathan Cooper
C
Travis Frederick
Joe Looney
RG
Zack Martin
Byron Bell
RT
La'el Collins
WR2 (Y)
Terrance Williams
Noah Brown (X/Y)
QB
Dak Prescott
Cooper Rush
RB
Ezekiel Elliott
Darren McFadden
Alfred Morris
Rod Smith
FB
Keith Smith
WR3 (SL)
Cole Beasley
Ryan Switzer

DEFENSE

LDE
DeMarcus Lawrence
Benson Mayowa
Damontre Moore (suspended)
DT
Maliek Collins
David Irving (suspended)
DT
Stephen Paea
RDE
Tyrone Crawford
Taco Charlton
Charles Tapper
SLB
Damien Wilson
Kyle Wilber
Elliott
MLB
Anthony Hitchens (Injured)
Justin Durant
Jaylon Smith
WLB
Sean Lee
Anthony Hitchens
Damien Wilson
LCB
Nolan Carroll
Jourdan Lewis
Chidobe Awuzie
RCB
Orlando Scandrick
Anthony Brown
Bene' Benwikere
SS
Jeff Heath
Kavon Frazier
FS
Byron Jones
Xavier Woods

SPECIAL TEAMS

P
Chris Jones
K
Dan Bailey
H
Chris Jones
LS
L.P. LaDouceur
KR
Ryan Switzer
Darren McFadden
PR
Ryan Switzer
Jourdan Lewis
Cole Beasley

 

[xwalker]

Remember, Damien Wilson will likely be suspended at some point this season. IMO he's not a reliable option

Hopefully that is after Hitchens returns.

The NFL is taking a long time on some suspensions now so I have no idea when it will happen.

 

[Nightman]

Hopefully that is after Hitchens returns.

The NFL is taking a long time on some suspensions now so I have no idea when it will happen.

Wilson's case really fell apart on further inspection...... No assault and No pointing a weapon

Thats means 10 games these days but the NFL will wait for any adjudication in this case

 

[Nightman]

RBs......................................................EE..................................................
.....................................................DMC/MORRIS....................................
.......................................................RSMITH.................KSMITH...............

QBs...................................................PRESCOTT......................................
......................................................KMOORE/RUSH..................................

WRs....BRYANT...................BEASLEY....................................................................................TWILL
...........BUTLER..................SWITZER...................................................................................BROWN

OL/TE......LCOLLINS...........MARTIN..........TFRED.........GREEN...........TSMITH........WITTEN
.................BELL.............................LOONEY....................COOPER..............................HANNA
.......................................................................................................................................SWAIM

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DL....................DLAW.................MCOLLINS.......................PAEA...............MAYOWA..................
......................TAPPER..............TCRAWFORD...................PRICE...............TACO ......................
.......................ELLIOTT..............(IRVING)..................................................(MOORE)....................

LB..........DWILSON........................................JSMITH.................................................SLEE.........
..............WILBER.........................................HITCHENS............................................DURANT........

CBs.....NCARROLL...................................................................OSCAN.............................ABROWN
............CHEETO.........................................................................BENE...............................JLEWIS

FS/SS...................................HEATH.........................................................BJONES........................
............................ .............FRAZIER.......................................................XWOODS.........................


PK/PUNT/LS......................DBAILEY..........CJONES...........LP LACEDEOUR

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

@bkight13 Nice format, thanks for posting this.

Looks pretty evident to me that the game plan barring injury on the DL is to replace DE/LB Elliott with Demontre Moore after two games and DT Price with DT Irving after 4 games.

I don't like having only 8 OL especially with Chaz Green injury concerns.

If Crawford can't go on Sunday night, DT depth is a concern. Need Paea and Collins to stay healthy and I worry about them getting worn down in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Need the offense to grind out drives and keep the defense off the field.

I still think it would have been best for the team to put Hitchens on IR-designated to return. I would hate to see Rico on IR-designated to return. But if he really can't play for 6 weeks or so, he has to go to IR-designated to return because the Cowboys need the depth..

Certain things I just can't understand in the NFL. One is the weed policy. The other is the 53-man roster and the 45-man active roster on game day. I think it should be 53 plus 3 (K, LS, and P are exemptions to the roster). And all players on the roster should be active on game days. It just makes too much sense especially with all the concussion and injury worry. Yeah, you may have an advantage to one team who has all players healthy vs a team with 5 injuries (53 healthy bodies vs 48 healthy bodies). But, that is the way the cookie crumbles. Injuries affect the game in so many ways. The more players active the better the competition is and the safer the game is for the players. Teams are just spread too thin on game day and it causes a lot of players to play hurt since no one else is available.

I wouldn't count out Price as Irving is more of a 3tech. Depending on the Zeke situation you could see an RB moved. Benwikere and Wilbur are also other possibilities if Price and LB Elliott play well.

 

[conner01]

While I think your replacement strategy of Moore for Elliott and Irving for Price is as reasonable as the next view, I postulated in another thread that I wouldn't be surprised to see Benwikere cut in two to four weeks. Just an opinion, mind you, but I also would be surprised to see someone like Tapper or Mayowa go as well. Not necessarily something I want to happen, though.

Mayowa is not going anywhere

 

[xwalker]

I wouldn't count out Price as Irving is more of a 3tech. Depending on the Zeke situation you could see an RB moved. Benwikere and Wilbur are also other possibilities if Price and LB Elliott play well.

Agree on all except Wilber.

Price is the backup 1tech and likely stays or gets replaced by another 1tech. Irving is 3tech or DE.

They don't need 4 RBs although they probably like Smith as an ST guy.

Benwikere seems like he is just insurance until others are healthy and/or Carroll suspension is resolved.

Wilber has been here this long. They seems to like him. They seem a bit thin at LB anyway unless Elliott is a legit 4-3 LB which I doubt.

 

[stilltheguru88]

@bkight13 Nice format, thanks for posting this.

Looks pretty evident to me that the game plan barring injury on the DL is to replace DE/LB Elliott with Demontre Moore after two games and DT Price with DT Irving after 4 games.

I don't like having only 8 OL especially with Chaz Green injury concerns.

If Crawford can't go on Sunday night, DT depth is a concern. Need Paea and Collins to stay healthy and I worry about them getting worn down in the 3rd and 4th quarter. Need the offense to grind out drives and keep the defense off the field.

I still think it would have been best for the team to put Hitchens on IR-designated to return. I would hate to see Rico on IR-designated to return. But if he really can't play for 6 weeks or so, he has to go to IR-designated to return because the Cowboys need the depth..

Certain things I just can't understand in the NFL. One is the weed policy. The other is the 53-man roster and the 45-man active roster on game day. I think it should be 53 plus 3 (K, LS, and P are exemptions to the roster). And all players on the roster should be active on game days. It just makes too much sense especially with all the concussion and injury worry. Yeah, you may have an advantage to one team who has all players healthy vs a team with 5 injuries (53 healthy bodies vs 48 healthy bodies). But, that is the way the cookie crumbles. Injuries affect the game in so many ways. The more players active the better the competition is and the safer the game is for the players. Teams are just spread too thin on game day and it causes a lot of players to play hurt since no one else is available.

I don't see Elliot being cut when he's a better football player than Kyle Wilbur. I don't know if you've seen his highlights but he can actually rush from the edge and I'm sure he can play olb as good as Kyle who basically does nothing

 

[Nightman]

I don't see Elliot being cut when he's a better football player than Kyle Wilbur. I don't know if you've seen his highlights but he can actually rush from the edge and I'm sure he can play olb as good as Kyle who basically does nothing

Something has to give when Irving and DMoore come back but an injury will probably happen

Otherwise I see Bene, AMorris and JElliott/Wilber on the hot seat

 

[stilltheguru88]

Something has to give when Irving and DMoore come back but an injury will probably happen

Otherwise I see Bene, AMorris and JElliott/Wilber on the hot seat

I see Bene and Wilber on the hot seat. We only need to replace two people. Morris deserves carries or to be traded. He has value unlike the two guys I want cut

 

[Montanalo]

Mayowa is not going anywhere

I respect your opinion, Conner01 and, to be honest, Mayowa probably isn't going anywhere this year.

Mayowa may have lead the team in sacks last year, but I don't see him as anything special. To be fair, none of the DL, with the possible exception of Collins, have distinguished themselves do far.

For me, it comes down to numbers crunch: with the fate of Zeke, Carroll and Wilson to be determined, I don't see the Cowboys going long on the DL once the two suspended players return.

Who, from the DL, do you think is most likely to go?

 

[conner01]

I respect your opinion, Conner01 and, to be honest, Mayowa probably isn't going anywhere this year.

Mayowa may have lead the team in sacks last year, but I don't see him as anything special. To be fair, none of the DL, with the possible exception of Collins, have distinguished themselves do far.

For me, it comes down to numbers crunch: with the fate of Zeke, Carroll and Wilson to be determined, I don't see the Cowboys going long on the DL once the two suspended players return.

Who, from the DL, do you think is most likely to go?

He is not an elite pass rusher but he is better than most of what we have
We need a huge upgrade on the edge but that's not happening this season

 

[jobberone]

I respect your opinion, Conner01 and, to be honest, Mayowa probably isn't going anywhere this year.

Mayowa may have lead the team in sacks last year, but I don't see him as anything special. To be fair, none of the DL, with the possible exception of Collins, have distinguished themselves do far.

For me, it comes down to numbers crunch: with the fate of Zeke, Carroll and Wilson to be determined, I don't see the Cowboys going long on the DL once the two suspended players return.

Who, from the DL, do you think is most likely to go?

Tapper, Price, and Moore are on the bubble there....today. Tapper can change minds the easiest. Moore is in a numbers crunch. Injuries and performance work for or against them. Price is an unknown. He has to shine.