DeMarcus Lawrence: who saw him in practice before the injury?

[jday]

Prime, of course.

My guess would be somewhere in the middle.

 

[kevm3]

If he's better than what we have out there right now, cool.

 

[Fletch]

Judging just off of what the coaches and what other players seem to think about the guy, I think he ends up being a significant upgrade for us. Hopefully, it offsets the loss of Durant, somewhat.

You're gonna be like, "Ware who?"

 

[coult44]

Anything at all will help.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Not saying this will happen but AT BEST I think you can hope for a Bruce Irvin type impact like he did in his rookie year. Just come in and sack the pass rusher. That's his main job. Hopefully he progresses to more than that but that's all Irvin was his rookie year and now. Just get to the passer. Ware was asked to do far much more his rookie year. There's potential for Lawrence to make a immediate impact.

I dont think its a good idea to have him sacking pass rushers

 

[darthseinfeld]

Now or in their prime?

Neither. As school boys

 

[Toruk_Makto]

By most summer accounts he looked like our best pass rusher before his injury.

Not sure why we wouldn't be excited about his return.

I know I am.

He's probably the most talented lineman we have with maybe the exception of Melton and Spencer. And he's younger, fresher and not coming off serious injury like those guys are.

There will be rust but i'm expecting him to come in and be better than what we have seen. In short order.

 

[casmith07]

As long as Ro and Bruce play well. There can't be any games where Hitchens is the best guy at the linebacker position. Well, I mean unless he's actually dominating out there. I'm more disappointed in Ro and Carter's play than I am nervous. They missed on some tackles they have made ALL YEAR.

There won't be. I'm confident in Ro and Carter's ability.

 

[casmith07]

By most summer accounts he looked like our best pass rusher before his injury.

Not sure why we wouldn't be excited about his return.

I know I am.

He's probably the most talented lineman we have with maybe the exception of Melton and Spencer. And he's younger, fresher and not coming off serious injury like those guys are.

There will be rust but i'm expecting him to come in and be better than what we have seen. In short order.

He's also done a ton of work in the weight room to get his core strength up big time.

An additional 3 months of weight room time in an NFL training program has to pay dividends, rather than playing through a season and trying to lift throughout to maintain a certain level of readiness. I'm pretty excited to see him play.

 

[CCBoy]

There won't be. I'm confident in Ro and Carter's ability.

To this fan, the linebacker group is still in pretty good shape right now...even with losing both Lee and Durant.

 

[Derinyar]

Hitchens will be serviceable as long as Ro and Bruce stay healthy.

Spencer looks better on the strong side each week. If we can just get some consistent pressure to cause QBs to have to step up into Melton and Crawford's arms, we'll be good to go.

I wouldn't expect much more out of what is, in essence, our 5th or maybe 6th LB.

 

[morasp]

He's also done a ton of work in the weight room to get his core strength up big time.

An additional 3 months of weight room time in an NFL training program has to pay dividends, rather than playing through a season and trying to lift throughout to maintain a certain level of readiness. I'm pretty excited to see him play.

I read this morning he added 10 pounds of muscle to his frame.

 

[cowboys1981]

I saw him. His physical presence alone led to Lee and Mo being on IR. People better watch him.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I read this morning he added 10 pounds of muscle to his frame.

Beast Mode now.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

There won't be. I'm confident in Ro and Carter's ability.

I am too but you just never know. They could simply be playing through injuries because I think both are currently injured. To the extent I don't know.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I dont think its a good idea to have him sacking pass rushers

I noticed that and was too lazy to fix it lol.

 

[morasp]

Beast Mode now.

Hope so. When we picked him Mayock showed a clip highlighting his ability to go from power to speed in his pass rush. The power part can only get better with more muscle.

 

[Jarv]

Has he been activated yet? I think he is eligible for this weekend!

 

[CowboyGil]

I've heard he's a regular Shante Carver.

Oh no you didn't go there!!

 

[adbutcher]

Get ready to froth!