News: DMN: Bryan Broaddus: Cowboys will be fine on defense, can even draft better players than

[rambo2]

Reminds me of the mindset going into 2015. And we all know how that one turned out.

A lot of the writers who cover the Cowboys seem able to get overconfident and arrogant in a hurry and forget the team falling on it's face all too quickly. Nick Eatman sounded particularly nasty when he called all of the departed guys JAG's. The same guy who just weeks before was building them all up to #FINISHTHISFIGHT

Pretty hypocritical.

Bryan B. is a professional scout. He knows what he is talking about.

 

[rambo2]

It was also an Incredibly lucky season where the ball keps bouncing our way and no one really got injured

They made their own luck with the draft.

 

[Joe Realist]

Feeling better about the defensive secondary and this draft

Which means we will pass on them...

 

[rambo2]

Which means we will pass on them...

There is a good chance that they will draft two or three of them.

 

[Afigueroa22]

We were a little lucky he didnt get a better offer or sign with someone else.

He actually did get a couple offers that were better but he chose to sign here because he felt like he had the best chance to start.

 

[fredp22]

He actually did get a couple offers that were better but he chose to sign here because he felt like he had the best chance to start.

sort of proves that we were a little lucky. Didnt Parcells also talk to him? wonder why we didnt just use a 7th

 

[Supercowboy1986]

It was also an Incredibly lucky season where the ball keps bouncing our way and no one really got injured

I don't disagree we had lucky breaks but the team won most, if not all those games because they were the better team and played hard. Again, luck did play a factor but it wasn't the reason we went 13-3.

 

[waving monkey]

Apparently the Jags, Ravens, and Jets don't agree

1 outa 3 isnt treating

 

[dfense]

I always thought Carr played to not get beat.

Claiborne just can't stay healthy. Even when he started to look like he was putting it together last year, he goes down when you really need him.

Wilcox can hit. That's about it. They went out of their way to hide him in the secondary.

Church was an adequate box safety. But probably pretty replacable in the draft because they didn't have him cover as much. I'd like to see what Heath can do at SS.

 

[Alexander]

Expecting multiple rookie corners to come in and play at a starting level is foolish.

But, the 49ers under Bill Walsh did it!

Wait, so did the Panthers of 2016 with slightly different results.

 

[bayeslife]

Expecting multiple rookie corners to come in and play at a starting level is foolish.

Most of the players we lost can't play at a starting level either

 

[BAZ]

As long as they hit every pick and aquire no injuries everything will be fine, grand even. Broddus and Eatman are now following the company line and transitioned into Mickey. Bad times.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

What would have happened last year if you suggested they trade the whole secondary for draft picks? All the writers would condescendingly laugh at you right? Now all those players are bums and youth is the buzzword.

 

[Proximo]

I always thought Carr played to not get beat.

Claiborne just can't stay healthy. Even when he started to look like he was putting it together last year, he goes down when you really need him.

Wilcox can hit. That's about it. They went out of their way to hide him in the secondary.

Church was an adequate box safety. But probably pretty replacable in the draft because they didn't have him cover as much. I'd like to see what Heath can do at SS.

This is a very fair assessment overall.

When you go through each of these guys like that, it's not so hard to understand why we let them walk.

 

[CyberB0b]

With Scandrick, Brown, and Carrol, you only need one guy to be ready to play well, and whether or not he starts will depend on both him and injuries.

Scandrick has never started 16 games in his career, and hasn't played in 16 games in 2013. Counting on him to be a full time starter is a pipe dream. I really like Brown, so no arguments there. Carroll has been in the league for 6 season and has only started an entire season one time. He is at best your 4th CB going into the season. He's the same age as Brandon Carr, but with a ton less experience.

The only guy we think we can count on is Brown, and going into his second year as the full time starter, he is still a relative unknown. Factor that in with Jeff Heath being handed the starting safety role, and this is a pretty bad situation. We're going to have to hit on nearly every draft pick, instantly, to make this plan work.

 

[DFWJC]

Apparently the Jags, Ravens, and Jets don't agree

Jags and Jets have more cap than they can even spend.
Plus, they have a lot more areas of need elsewhere.

Also, a couple those deals out there are for one year only...so not screaming "we love ya" by any means

 

[gmoney112]

I'm torn. A big part of me just says good riddance, we can finally target guys who fit a scheme we wanted to run.

The other part of me is kinda laughing at what we have.

I will say, the bar isn't exactly set very high. Honestly, if they're a little worse but get more turnovers for this offense to score, I'm okay with it. Potential and ability to actually cause some turnovers is where I'm at.

It's only Daks 2nd year, we're not exactly in Super Bowl or bust mode. And we'll probably have the youngest team in the league this year. Just get solid defensive players. No more 2nd round blunders please.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It was also an Incredibly lucky season where the ball keps bouncing our way and no one really got injured

Romo, Moore, Dez, DMC, Swaim, Collins, DLaw, Tapper, Scandrick, Claiborne, Church, and Wilcox all were injured and missed significant time. Guys like Tyron and Crawford played through injury as well.

 

[big dog cowboy]

My own take on the secondary is this:

The same players that some are worried about losing now are the same guys that they complained about lack of playmaking and production just prior to 2016. One good season shouldn't change that, but it apparently has for teams around the league. It seems to me that the league saw one good year and not several mediocre to bad years leading up to it.

What that does for me is to give me more confidence in the quality of coaching the team now has in place. It looked to me like the entire secondary got better across the board, from Claiborne, to Carr, to Church, to Jones, to Heath, even to Wilcox, a player most of us wanted gone and never expected to even make the team. And that quality play also extended to Anthony Brown as well. And while I certainly give the player credit, I think good coaching helped him as well. So, I have faith in that same staff to be able to coach any new players coming in, via free agency and the draft.

And a silver lining to having these needs is the fact that those needs completely align with the deepest strengths of this draft, secondary and pass rusher. So the prospect of good coaching and a strong draft has me more optimistic than pessimistic that not only can these players be replaced, but they can be upgraded.

Good post stash. Spot on.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Romo, Moore, Dez, DMC, Swaim, Collins, DLaw, Tapper, Scandrick, Claiborne, Church, and Wilcox all were injured and missed significant time. Guys like Tyron and Crawford played through injury as well.

Those are literally all backups we haven't had injury luck like last season in a decade it was amazing. It was a charmed season. Probably could've won it all if Rodgers didn't complete a 4th and 26 with 2 seconds left