Defense Defense Defense

[pugilist]

I'm po'ed that the top of this draft is so weak. There's no Khalil Macks in this draft.

Guess it makes drafting a QB easier.

i wouldn't mind us trading back and getting more picks.. i just don't see anything special about this year's crop of QBs

Goff is probably my favorite of the bunch, but i don't think he's top 5 talent

 

[StarBoyz83]

Marinelli does a good job despite the lack of talent. They just need to invest in the d.

 

[Nightman]

Final Four = 3 number 1 overall QBs and the greatest miss of all time because of Drew Henson

A good defense with a star QB is a recipe for success in any league.

That is why they are the 4 top seeds.

 

[Junglist]

Is Marinelli responsible for drafting DTs?

No, but is Marinelli overrated? I'm starting to think so.

 

[casmith07]

You guys aren't on the Carson Wentz bandwagon?

 

[rockj7]

Invest in a real Safety please, stop looking for "small school gems" to play FS/SS , go look at who are considered the best Safeties in the NFL, they don't come from small schools....

No more safeties from Crawfish St.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Defensive Line
Dump the we don't need a real 1-Tech philosophy and get some size in there. Don't overhype Terrell McClain or tell us about intangibles from Nick Hayden that don't really matter. Get some beef in there to help out young guys Demarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, Tyrone Crawford, and David Irving. Keep an eye on recent addition Mike McAdoo. He was a highly recruited player and spring game MVP at North Carolina before academic issues started him on a path that led to the CFL and the Arena League. Greg Hardy may not be worth the contract or off-field stuff that comes with him. If he can be signed for a reasonable rate, sure. If not, use that money elsewhere.

Linebackers
Sean Lee is a difference maker. Rolando McClain is a good fit in Dallas. They should try to sell him on the security of being somewhere he is appreciated and sign him to a 3 or 4-year deal. They have a few young guys who seem versatile (Hitchens, Wilson, and Nzeocha). I don't hate the idea of adding Myles Jack (#4 seems high for him to me) who is an impact linebacker in the Ryan Shazier and Shaq Thomspon mold.

Secondary
The team's Achilles heel and also the greatest opportunity to improve. It's simply time to move on from Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, and Barry Church. Go and get an active safety and a couple of solid corners. If I'm going to hand it a big contract this off-season, Eric Berry is my number one target, assuming he ever hits the open market. Orlando Scandrick and Byron Jones are factors, J.J. Wilcox needs to compete for his job, and everyone else should be replaced.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Defensive Line
Dump the we don't need a real 1-Tech philosophy and get some size in there. Don't overhype Terrell McClain or tell us about intangibles from Nick Hayden that don't really matter. Get some beef in there to help out young guys Demarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, Tyrone Crawford, and David Irving. Keep an eye on recent addition Mike McAdoo. He was a highly recruited player and spring game MVP at North Carolina before academic issues started him on a path that led to the CFL and the Arena League. Greg Hardy may not be worth the contract or off-field stuff that comes with him. If he can be signed for a reasonable rate, sure. If not, use that money elsewhere.

Linebackers
Sean Lee is a difference maker. Rolando McClain is a good fit in Dallas. They should try to sell him on the security of being somewhere he is appreciated and sign him to a 3 or 4-year deal. They have a few young guys who seem versatile (Hitchens, Wilson, and Nzeocha). I don't hate the idea of adding Myles Jack (#4 seems high for him to me) who is an impact linebacker in the Ryan Shazier and Shaq Thomspon mold.

Secondary
The team's Achilles heel and also the greatest opportunity to improve. It's simply time to move on from Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, and Barry Church. Go and get an active safety and a couple of solid corners. If I'm going to hand it a big contract this off-season, Eric Berry is my number one target, assuming he ever hits the open market. Orlando Scandrick and Byron Jones are factors, J.J. Wilcox needs to compete for his job, and everyone else should be replaced.

Like everything you said my only disagreement is signing Mcclain that long. He's 1 strike away from a season long suspension

 

[CCBoy]

You guys aren't on the Carson Wentz bandwagon?

Myself, I'd trade down enough to end up with a top DT, DE, and CB in the first two rounds.

I would go for a top CB and DE in free agency.

If Dallas truely needs the best QB in the draft, use two 1st rounders next draft.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Defensive Line
Dump the we don't need a real 1-Tech philosophy and get some size in there. Don't overhype Terrell McClain or tell us about intangibles from Nick Hayden that don't really matter. Get some beef in there to help out young guys Demarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, Tyrone Crawford, and David Irving. Keep an eye on recent addition Mike McAdoo. He was a highly recruited player and spring game MVP at North Carolina before academic issues started him on a path that led to the CFL and the Arena League. Greg Hardy may not be worth the contract or off-field stuff that comes with him. If he can be signed for a reasonable rate, sure. If not, use that money elsewhere.

Linebackers
Sean Lee is a difference maker. Rolando McClain is a good fit in Dallas. They should try to sell him on the security of being somewhere he is appreciated and sign him to a 3 or 4-year deal. They have a few young guys who seem versatile (Hitchens, Wilson, and Nzeocha). I don't hate the idea of adding Myles Jack (#4 seems high for him to me) who is an impact linebacker in the Ryan Shazier and Shaq Thomspon mold.

Secondary
The team's Achilles heel and also the greatest opportunity to improve. It's simply time to move on from Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, and Barry Church. Go and get an active safety and a couple of solid corners. If I'm going to hand it a big contract this off-season, Eric Berry is my number one target, assuming he ever hits the open market. Orlando Scandrick and Byron Jones are factors, J.J. Wilcox needs to compete for his job, and everyone else should be replaced.

Wilcox should be gone too.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Looking at these Championship games what seems to be a common theme is we need to bolster this Defense to top 5 with a murderers row of a front 7. Even with Denver's safeties out do to injury, because they had pass rush they pulled it off in the end.

 

[btcutter]

You say this and Texans had I believe the #1 D coming into the playoffs and basically got shut out on O. Its TEAM with a strong D that helps. D can't win a game with no O or QB.

Yes, they are not mutually exclusive. After all we need to remember that this is a TEAM game.

 

[btcutter]

Myself, I'd trade down enough to end up with a top DT, DE, and CB in the first two rounds.

I would go for a top CB and DE in free agency.

If Dallas truely needs the best QB in the draft, use two 1st rounders next draft.

What makes you think 2 first round picks would be enough if there's a sure fire QB next year. Which franchise would trade that first pick away without trying to fleece those teams who are desperate for a QB? Just think RG III trade. Imaging trying to get up to #1 for Andrew Luck. AND if you MISS since there's no such thing as a sure thing, you just set this franchise back by 5 years because you mortgage the future.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

You say this and Texans had I believe the #1 D coming into the playoffs and basically got shut out on O. Its TEAM with a strong D that helps. D can't win a game with no O or QB.

Yeah its really the best balanced teams win Super Bowls. Panthers and Bronco's both have solid offenses. People want to ignore that because of their ferocious defenses but their offenses are just as good.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Myself, I'd trade down enough to end up with a top DT, DE, and CB in the first two rounds.

I would go for a top CB and DE in free agency.

If Dallas truely needs the best QB in the draft, use two 1st rounders next draft.

So you'd do all of that after the offense was the one that underachieved?

 

[Blackspider214]

Defense will not improve as long as Marinelli ignores the DTs,he has ignored Dts in the draft and we have the worst Dt in the league right now.De production will also be low without good DTs pushing the pocket

Why is he still our DC? He's incompetent and does nothing except drop F bombs on the sideline. He's running an outdated scheme that he won with over a decade with with superior talent than we have now. He never adjusts to what the offense is doing. On 3rd and longs, instead of getting after the QB, he drops back and allows them room and time to get the first down. And he ruses to blitz any. Even though it worked against Washington, he stopped doing it. You have to blitz at times.

Him ignoring the DT position is spot on. He thinks it's not important and you can just rotate any warm body in there and be effective. But our DTs get zero pressure and they can't stop the run at all. We get sliced and diced at all times.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Why is he still our DC? He's incompetent and does nothing except drop F bombs on the sideline. He's running an outdated scheme that he won with over a decade with with superior talent than we have now. He never adjusts to what the offense is doing. On 3rd and longs, instead of getting after the QB, he drops back and allows them room and time to get the first down. And he ruses to blitz any. Even though it worked against Washington, he stopped doing it. You have to blitz at times.

Him ignoring the DT position is spot on. He thinks it's not important and you can just rotate any warm body in there and be effective. But our DTs get zero pressure and they can't stop the run at all. We get sliced and diced at all times.

Incompetent is a bit strong. His unit isn't the one that underperformed and you can argue that his unit has probably overachieved every year he's been here. He's not perfect and his best days are probably behind him but his unit isn't the reason we couldn't win a game without Romo last year. They played their butt off.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

Why is he still our DC? He's incompetent and does nothing except drop F bombs on the sideline. He's running an outdated scheme that he won with over a decade with with superior talent than we have now. He never adjusts to what the offense is doing. On 3rd and longs, instead of getting after the QB, he drops back and allows them room and time to get the first down. And he ruses to blitz any. Even though it worked against Washington, he stopped doing it. You have to blitz at times.

Him ignoring the DT position is spot on. He thinks it's not important and you can just rotate any warm body in there and be effective. But our DTs get zero pressure and they can't stop the run at all. We get sliced and diced at all times.

don't stop there, why do we have any of the coaching staff we do? this organization just makes a lot of bad decisions with that.

 

[BlindFaith]

Incompetent is a bit strong. His unit isn't the one that underperformed and you can argue that his unit has probably overachieved every year he's been here. He's not perfect and his best days are probably behind him but his unit isn't the reason we couldn't win a game without Romo last year. They played their butt off.

If they played their butt off, then the ceiling is pretty low for them. They ranked 24th overall (20th pass, 29th rush) according to Football Outsiders. Far below average.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

If they played their butt off, then the ceiling is pretty low for them. They ranked 24th overall (20th pass, 29th rush) according to Football Outsiders. Far below average.

Being that when he inherited them they were the worst defense in the league that's a good improvement when you factor in the support the offense gave them. I'm not a fan of his defense or scheme but the defense didn't embarrass themselves. They played good enough to win.