Depth Chart: Cowboys Not Short of Options at DE

Definitely pleased with the Boys efforts on the pass rush. The team was basically a one man show last year and when Micah was out it was noticable.

Getting him some help on the other side will almost certainly show on the field.
 
Kwyn said:
How much value do you think he has? You keep him for sure so he can give something after last year
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Eh, after studying how Eberflus stops the run, I agree with you. His scheme uses stunts and cutting off and clogging lanes as a group, and it works out pretty well.

I think Sam can be good in this system.
 
kskboys said:
It is part of the duties of a GM. It's all on him. The 3 super bowls, the 30 years of flailing miserably, all of it. That is what the role of a GM entails. Those scouts you're blaming? Who hires them.........
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What I mean is I don’t think Jerry scouted Mazi and overruled his scouts and pounded the table for him. Certainly he deserves blame but we know Jerry if he had his way wouldn’t draft a DT.
 
Creeper said:
I may be a minority of 1 but I would like to see them keep Sam Williams and see how he performs this year. His trade value now is close to 0 anyway coming off injury. The trade deadline is October 31st . Maybe if he plays well the first 2 months of the season his trade value will increase.
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He plays a premium position where teams absolutely need talent to win. He has had 9 sacks in under 600 snaps his first two years. His trade value wouldn't be what it was last year pre injury, but I think we could get a decent player for him. I think if we moved him to Seattle, we could get Kenneth Walker
 
kskboys said:
You beat me to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It would be nice, but I dont see it. No one really available. IMO if you do player for player, HB might your best bet at good trade as there are a few starting caliber guys that have been dangled
 
CalPolyTechnique said:
You’d have to give me some names to consider.
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Same here. Its easy to just name a position, but who is available at that position.

Thats why Im saying HB. Guys that have been dangled in trade are Rachaad White, Breece Hall (we called pre draft), Kenneth Walker, and Travis Etienne
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
I’m not gonna scapegoat Jerry on this one….he pays millions to scouts….McClay as well. Mazi doesn’t strike me as a guy Jerry wanted. The pounded the table for a DT….and no matter how good or bad he was in college he was a good prospect. He should’ve been much more productive then he is. A lot of it is self inflicted by the Cowboys changing coaches and asking him to lose weight.
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kskboys said:
Mazi was not good in college and has poor lateral agility and tends to be late off the snap.

Does Jerry even know what lateral agility is and how it affects a player's success? I doubt he does, as he drafted and counts on players such as Jalen Tolbert, whose failures to be better come down to exactly that.
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The Jones wanted Bergeron in 2023. McClay andnthe defensive staff wanted Smith
 
Having options is a good thing but that doesn't mean the job gets done there. The D has been a weakness on this team lately.
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
What I mean is I don’t think Jerry scouted Mazi and overruled his scouts and pounded the table for him. Certainly he deserves blame but we know Jerry if he had his way wouldn’t draft a DT.
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Which means he is 100% to blame. DTs are the heart of super bowl teams. Over and over and over, you see weaknesses at other positions, but not DT. KC vs PHIL, Chris Jones and Jalen Carter. KC vs SF, Chris Jones and Javon Hargrave.

Yes, the Qb is the biggest factor, no one is arguing that. DT, however is a close 2nd. What the DTs do is makes every position on D better. There is not another position on the D that affects every other position even close to the way the DTs do.
 
kskboys said:
That's what I'm hearing/reading, so it sorta shocked me to see someone saying he was a run stopper. He's quite simply an Osa clone.
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Id say a cheaper version of Golston who turned out to be a decent rusher but a pretty underwhelming run defender
 
kskboys said:
Which means he is 100% to blame. DTs are the heart of super bowl teams. Over and over and over, you see weaknesses at other positions, but not DT. KC vs PHIL, Chris Jones and Jalen Carter. KC vs SF, Chris Jones and Javon Hargrave.

Yes, the Qb is the biggest factor, no one is arguing that. DT, however is a close 2nd. What the DTs do is makes every position on D better. There is not another position on the D that affects every other position even close to the way the DTs do.
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I never said DT wasn’t important. They can’t find one. Specifically a 1 tech.
 
darthseinfeld said:
He is not. He is a very bad run stopper. @Pass2Run said the same about Payton Turner and Turner is one of the worst run defenders in the NFL
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That's an assumption about why they brought him here for Eberflus' scheme, which utilizes stunts to clog lanes and fill up the gaps.

I'm assuming they brought him in to stop the run because his pass rush isn't all that. He has the speed, but lacks agility for pass rush, so I'm assuming he's for the run game if they even keep him at all.
 
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