DL Review

[tm1119]

I think we carry 10

1. Hardy
2. Lawrence
3. Mincey
4. Gregory
5. T. Crawford
6. McClain
7. Hayden
8. Bishop
9. Whaley
10. Russell

Garden, Coleman, and Jack Crawford could battle for the last spot when Hardy is suspended.

 

[waving monkey]

Coleman jsut doesn't want it enough
Crawford maybe is PS, I dont know
Garden dang maybe we do keep 11

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Hayden – Sadly probably a lock again this year. XWalker



If he does get supplanted who do you think will push for a roster spot?

 

[xwalker]

Hayden – Sadly probably a lock again this year. XWalker



If he does get supplanted who do you think will push for a roster spot?

I would be shocked if they didn't keep Hayden now that Brent is gone. Bishop and McClain would have to show they could handle the 1tech duties. It would give an end of the depth chart guy a chance. Somebody like Coleman or Jack Crawford.

 

[Bluefin]

I would be shocked if they didn't keep Hayden now that Brent is gone. Bishop and McClain would have to show they could handle the 1tech duties.

The Josh Brent move definitely improved Nick Hayden's chances.

We'll see how things go.

If Terrell McClain comes on strong and wins the starting NT job and if Ken Bishop makes positive strides in year two, it could allow the team to release Hayden.

Hayden did get $200K of his base salary guaranteed, but his one year contract still qualifies for the NFL's minimum salary benefit because it was for the league minimum and he only received an $80K signing bonus.

That $200K means absolutely nothing in the big picture.

Hayden's on a cheap, one year contract.

He isn't in our long term plans.

If others step up and Hayden does get let go, odds are he'll be sitting on the couch during the season if we need help DL help due to injuries.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The Josh Brent move definitely improved Nick Hayden's chances.

We'll see how things go.

If Terrell McClain comes on strong and wins the starting NT job and if Ken Bishop makes positive strides in year two, it could allow the team to release Hayden.

Hayden did get $200K of his base salary guaranteed, but his one year contract still qualifies for the NFL's minimum salary benefit because it was for the league minimum and he only received an $80K signing bonus.

That $200K means absolutely nothing in the big picture.

Hayden's on a cheap, one year contract.

He isn't in our long term plans.

If others step up and Hayden does get let go, odds are he'll be sitting on the couch during the season if we need help DL help due to injuries.

If the rosters we saw yesterday are accurate and Whaley is at 295, he has a shot in there as well.

 

[Bluefin]

If the rosters we saw yesterday are accurate and Whaley is at 295, he has a shot in there as well.

If Chris Whaley wants to make the team, he basically has to show the ability to play both DT spots as a reserve player.

He's one of the red shirts I'm most anxious to see in training camp and pre-season.

 

[jjktkk]

If Chris Whaley wants to make the team, he basically has to show the ability to play both DT spots as a reserve player.

He's one of the red shirts I'm most anxious to see in training camp and pre-season.

Like someone posted earlier about Whaley, is the fact that he did play both positions in college.

 

[xwalker]

If Chris Whaley wants to make the team, he basically has to show the ability to play both DT spots as a reserve player.

He's one of the red shirts I'm most anxious to see in training camp and pre-season.

I think he will be OK if he can show to be both a good pass rusher and run defender as a 3tech. They got irritated with Melton at the 3tech for not being better against the run.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Like someone posted earlier about Whaley, is the fact that he did play both positions in college.

He played more 1 with Brown at the 3 from what I could see. Brown wasn't consistent at all in 2013.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Calling it now, Hayden won't be seriously viaing for a roster spot in 2015. Obviously too much talent rising out of the Rooks and 1st Year players. Always liked him though.

 

[Bluefin]

Sabin: New mind-set follows rapid transformation of Cowboys defensive line

IRVING — When Chris Whaley signed with the Cowboys last May as an undrafted free agent, the defensive line he joined was in the throes of transition and still recovering from a frenetic 2013 season when there was a revolving cast of 20 players.

“We had a number of situations where we were getting guys where they were practicing for two days and they’re playing 30 snaps in the game,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett recalled.

By the time Whaley arrived, the situation hadn’t improved much. The ranks remained threadbare and the overall quality of the unit questionable.

Had Whaley been healthy in 2014, it seemed he would have had a great chance to win a roster spot at one of the interior positions. But he wasn’t. Instead, he never played in a game while recovering from three torn ligaments in a knee he dislocated as a senior at Texas.

One year later, he is back on the field, and he has noticed that things around him have changed. “We have a lot of depth and a lot of talent,” Whaley said.

Almost all of it has been accumulated during the last 14 months. Thirteen of the Cowboys’ 15 defensive linemen came to Dallas after March 2014 via free agency, the draft and even a trade. Gradually, the Cowboys have stockpiled “rushmen,”

“We feel like you have to obviously allocate some resources to that,” Garrett said. “The game is won up front. It always has been and always will be.”

In recent months, they have added dynamic pass rushers who have negated the losses of Henry Melton, Josh Brent and Anthony Spencer — three players whose production was either spotty or absent.

They signed the now-suspended former Pro Bowler Greg Hardy. They then drafted two ends, taking Randy Gregory in the second round and Ryan Russell in the fifth. Each was welcomed by Marinelli, who relies on a rotation of defensive linemen playing a limited number of snaps.

“It’s gained and we have a lot of guys back from last year,” Marinelli said. “Now, as we bring more men in, we have a few more numbers.”

“You want to go out and have somebody with that same athleticism, that same work ethic,” Whaley said. “It will actually push you to become better. I have to show it every day.”

The message resonates now more than ever because the Cowboys are no longer looking to plug and play defensive linemen. Instead, they can be more selective as they shape a unit with depth at all four positions.

Not too long ago, when Whaley first came to Valley Ranch, that would have been hard to believe. But after witnessing the defensive line’s rapid transformation firsthand, he knows what lies ahead.

“I have to do everything possible to be great,” he said. “That’s the mind-set I’ve got to have.”

 

[LatinMind]

So Dlaw will play LDE now ? I still think he is the best option at RDE till Hardy comes back,we can give Gregory some snaps every game.

never understood this whole Lawrence to the left side. maybe on obvious passing down situations. But on first and second down, i cant see lawrence playing them downs against a OT TE combiniation block.