Defensive Line Coaching

fivetwos said:
The edges are fine. The interior is garbage.

The difference? Talent.

Coaching matters but nearly none of them can turn crap into something useful. It’s not about coaching.
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Coaching does matte but we have a goid coach. Nothing matters more than talent. Give me 4 studs and I can coach them lol
 
Stak78 said:
sports media ever question stuff like this?
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media, in general, love nonsense

who cares about that when JJ said the Cowboys are a soap opera 24/7. They don't realize(neither does the whinny fans) that JJ is just throwing them red meat and plugging his series(drama sells).
 
blueblood70 said:
You're still trying to make stuff up you don't know how he's gonna look this year with our starting team over 17 game average that's what you need so why don't you stay in your lane and wait till you have real proof... The way Aaron Glenn used to be on the street he didn't have a job before Campbell brought him back you you want to go there it happens Some of the best coaches in football have been fired or moved on from because they no longer fit a system Narratives because you think you're right and you're wrong because we have no proof here....

Literally when new coaches come in they literally pretty much bring in a whole new staff that's how it works.. A good try trying to point stuff out like that there's a reason coaches move from team to team there's a reason every time dan Quinn went to a different team he brought a handful of his own coaches with him.... All we have to go on is what he's going to do here but he had a very good resume he was very well accepted when he was hired here except for you trying to find the bad in every one even though we haven't seen him in a single damn game for the Cowboys with this roster enough said Mike drop bye bye..
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Your philosophy is wait and see, who knows. I'd rather do my research. There is some promise here, but some red flags as well (no promotion)
 
fivetwos said:
The edges are fine. The interior is garbage.

The difference? Talent.

Coaching matters but nearly none of them can turn crap into something useful. It’s not about coaching.
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Do the edges defend the run or just rush around the tackles the first 3 quarters and before December?
 
blueblood70 said:
By the way you're gonna blame last year mike Zimmer was lame duck had no time and had too many injuries to get this team in shape after what Dan Quinn left it..

Last I remember Dan Quinn had a pretty solid deep well respected staff but without proper talent none of it's going to be perfect He had some good things and some bad things you want to see what we remember the Green Bay playoff game and Washington's loss to the Eagles in the championship game last year what did that remind you of Oh yeah those two games sure look the same for Dan Quinn So Washington has our cast offs and you're worried about the fact that we're on a 3rd staff we're only on the third one because of the lame duck staff we had last year it didn't stick because they needed to make a full change...
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Yikes!​

Aaron Whitecotton​

Coaching Record​


Years CoachedRecordWin %Playoff recordPlayoff win %
1369-127-035.20%0-2
 
Stak78 said:
While I do realize that they are on the third set of defensive coaches in three years. I have to question the quality of position coaches that the Cowboys continue to have on staff. The technique and discipline has been poor for years. I believe that they hire placeholders to run them through drills and have meetings to go over film. Yet, I don’t believe these coaches actually coach the players up. One would assume that both Eberflus and Shotty would address this as it ultimately reflects on them. Why doesn’t the sports media ever question stuff like this?
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Maybe the Coaches have coached them up and our DT's just really suck, so you assume they are bad coaches.
 
Smoke and mirrors dline play only gets you so far. When playoff time gets here that stuff gets exposed quick, then it's about man on man can you beat the guy across from you. We've seen it before. Let's hope we have answers. I do think we have a plan.
 
Creeper said:
I posted this once before but got a lot of pushback for it. Coaches can only do so much. No one is going to turn Mazi Smith into Vita Vea. Maybe Mazi can if he puts his mind to it but no coach can do it for him.

The Cowboys have no made DT a priority. It is as simple as that. When they draft or sign a DT talent, the DL coach will look like a genius.

But I will say this. This is Mazi's 3rd year and his 3rd DL coach and his 3rd weight target. Either that is stupid coaches, or it is desperate coaches trying to find something to turn Mazi into a good player. I fear now it is the latter. They are trying to find anything to make Mazi into a player worthy of a roster spot. We know Mazi is strong. And he is athletic. Coaches have to be scratching their heads trying to figure out how to get those two attributes to work for Mazi to make him a better player. For whatever reason it hasn't worked yet.
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He’s extremely slow off the snap and always was which was very very evident from from his college tape. He is still slow off the snap which means he already lost a shot at leverage and he’s not strong enough, esp in the pros, to overcome his lateness. Aaron Donald was one of the all time great DTs largely bc he was so quick off the snap and immediately had the advantage for leverage.
Mazi is so slow off the snap OL much smaller can push him into the bleachers, it’s embarrassing.
 
fivetwos said:
The edges are fine. The interior is garbage.

The difference? Talent.

Coaching matters but nearly none of them can turn crap into something useful. It’s not about coaching.
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Coaching can't turn krap talent into an awesome defense.. .but BAD coaching CAN take good talent and turn them I to a bad defense
 
fivetwos said:
Interesting how they let some assistants influence draft picks, but not all, and it’s often the wrong call either way.

Jerry will hand out a contract like Halloween candy to some players, yet play hardball with the ones he shouldn’t.

Mister ‘football man’ seems to have a true knack for making the wrong decision.
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Guyton might still work out, and OLT was a need, but NT has been a need since forever.

How in the world did Jerry not even notice the difference w/ a just decent player like Hankins? 3.5 YPC when Hankins played, 5.7 when he sat. I mean, this isn't rocket science.
 
blueblood70 said:
Whitecotton's one of the best defensive line coaches in the NFL It was talked about when he was brought over so first of all you're watching him coach a bunch of backups and their backups... Wait till he gets Fowler on one side with Osa next to Solomon Thomas next to Parsons and then we can talk about what you think about the defensive line..

Nose tackle that's not on him I mean he's gotta try to develop one but you're blaming a guy for what you think you see in the preseason games no game plans no stunts no twist no zone block nothing special including no blitzing..

This is vanilla but some of your reactions just are getting worse this whole place overreacting now we're blaming a bad defensive coach when he is one of the better ones...

Career Summary. Aaron Whitecotton is a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and has been the defensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys since 2025. Prior to this season, he coached for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Jets for twelve seasons.

It's kinda hard when you read where he's been what do you remember about most of those teams pretty good defensive lines that's for sure....
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35% record in the NFL.?
LOL
 
ghst187 said:
He’s extremely slow off the snap and always was which was very very evident from from his college tape. He is still slow off the snap which means he already lost a shot at leverage and he’s not strong enough, esp in the pros, to overcome his lateness. Aaron Donald was one of the all time great DTs largely bc he was so quick off the snap and immediately had the advantage for leverage.
Mazi is so slow off the snap OL much smaller can push him into the bleachers, it’s embarrassing.
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If you watch him in that last preseason game against the Raven, you will notice he is much improved in that area. Not super quick but much better. His problem is, I don't think he understands leverage. He can shed blocks or stand his ground. He has so many issues it is hard to imagine how he got drafted in the 1st round.
 
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