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MichaelWinicki · Jun 27, 2016

The secondary is uneven at best... Dreadful at worst.

Chuck 54 · Jun 27, 2016

Well, some of our fans are adamantly against drafting CB's high; we've had a horrible track record finding CB's in the mid to later rounds; our pass rush is mediocre at best because we don't have a single stud at DE---we have some youth, we have potential, we have crazy hope, but the fact is we don't have a single guy anywhere along the DL who wins 1-1 consistently. And we have a DC who doesn't like to blitz or run a lot of exotic schemes.

Even without the suspensions, this defense scares no one in the NFL.

Philly has Cox.
Skins have Kerrigan.
Giants have a scary group.

We have DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford trying to make a name for themselves.

It is what it is, and any time the offense struggles, it will be a long afternoon for Cowboys fans.

MichaelWinicki · Jun 27, 2016

Chuck 54 said:
Well, some of our fans are adamantly against drafting CB's high; we've had a horrible track record finding CB's in the mid to later rounds; our pass rush is mediocre at best because we don't have a single stud at DE---we have some youth, we have potential, we have crazy hope, but the fact is we don't have a single guy anywhere along the DL who wins 1-1 consistently. And we have a DC who doesn't like to blitz or run a lot of exotic schemes.

Even without the suspensions, this defense scares no one in the NFL.

Philly has Cox.
Skins have Kerrigan.
Giants have a scary group.

We have DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford trying to make a name for themselves.

It is what it is, and any time the offense struggles, it will be a long afternoon for Cowboys fans.

Agreed.

This is a team with a "championship" offense and a 4-12 defense.

Any days the offense is "off" the defense isn't strong enough to hold the fort.

Risen Star · Jun 27, 2016

It keeps me up at night.

JackOfNoTrades · Jun 27, 2016

I'm of the school of thought that your CBs are only as good as your pass rush.

visionary · Jun 27, 2016

Chuck 54 said:
Well, some of our fans are adamantly against drafting CB's high; we've had a horrible track record finding CB's in the mid to later rounds; our pass rush is mediocre at best because we don't have a single stud at DE---we have some youth, we have potential, we have crazy hope, but the fact is we don't have a single guy anywhere along the DL who wins 1-1 consistently. And we have a DC who doesn't like to blitz or run a lot of exotic schemes.

Even without the suspensions, this defense scares no one in the NFL.

Philly has Cox.
Skins have Kerrigan.
Giants have a scary group.

We have DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford trying to make a name for themselves.

It is what it is, and any time the offense struggles, it will be a long afternoon for Cowboys fans.

Agree
Our secondary would be fine if we had a great DL and Lee can stay healthy in the middle

Let's see how that goes
I'm not giving up yet

cowboyblue22 · Jun 27, 2016

that's why this team has 8 and 8 written all over it.

DFWJC · Jun 27, 2016

cowboyblue22 said:
that's why this team has 8 and 8 written all over it.

What's worse about this secondary vs the one they had at 12-4? Just curious.

Idgit · Jun 27, 2016

Our CBs are better than 27 with Scandrick in the lineup, and I'm suspicious of any statistical analysis of how many TDs a position group 'gives up' across the entire league. But our S play and our pressure obviously factor into things here.

Regardless, defense has been our Achilles heel the last five years, and it doesn't look like that's changing dramatically again this season. We're hoping for 'middling.' Or that our offense can keep them in favorable situations all year. No fun.

TheMarathonContinues · Jun 27, 2016

Chuck 54 said:
Well, some of our fans are adamantly against drafting CB's high; we've had a horrible track record finding CB's in the mid to later rounds; our pass rush is mediocre at best because we don't have a single stud at DE---we have some youth, we have potential, we have crazy hope, but the fact is we don't have a single guy anywhere along the DL who wins 1-1 consistently. And we have a DC who doesn't like to blitz or run a lot of exotic schemes.

Even without the suspensions, this defense scares no one in the NFL.

Philly has Cox.
Skins have Kerrigan.
Giants have a scary group.

We have DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford trying to make a name for themselves.

It is what it is, and any time the offense struggles, it will be a long afternoon for Cowboys fans.

Fletcher Fox is a beast but that Philly defense doesnt' scare me nor does that Skins defense. Giants defense has the names so we will see but I don't think any defense in the NFC East should scare anyone. All of the teams are powered by their offenses except Philly.

TheCount · Jun 27, 2016

sunbum said:
I'm of the school of thought that your CBs are only as good as your pass rush.

Ain't that the truth. One of the main reasons our secondary is dreadful is because we are terrible at applying pressure up front.

cowboyblue22 · Jun 27, 2016

scandrick Is coming back from amajor injury don't know how it will respond and the safety play is bad and mo wont last all season he will be hurt and carr is what he is and the rest of the defense is so young

casmith07 · Jun 27, 2016

This is almost as bad as that article that rated "quarterback situations."

Howboutdemcowboys31 · Jun 27, 2016

Byron and Scandrick are better then whoever the Eagles best two are

Shinaoi · Jun 27, 2016

They're not that bad. It's just seems worse by how much Carr is getting paid and the draft stock it took to get Claiborne.

Teague31 · Jun 27, 2016

Impossible. It's been said here repeatedly that both Carr and Claiborne are "solid" corners

ActualCowboysFan · Jun 27, 2016

Chuck 54 said:
Well, some of our fans are adamantly against drafting CB's high; we've had a horrible track record finding CB's in the mid to later rounds; our pass rush is mediocre at best because we don't have a single stud at DE---we have some youth, we have potential, we have crazy hope, but the fact is we don't have a single guy anywhere along the DL who wins 1-1 consistently. And we have a DC who doesn't like to blitz or run a lot of exotic schemes.

Even without the suspensions, this defense scares no one in the NFL.

Philly has Cox.
Skins have Kerrigan.
Giants have a scary group.

We have DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford trying to make a name for themselves.

It is what it is, and any time the offense struggles, it will be a long afternoon for Cowboys fans.

Three NFCE Defenses finished in the bottom 5 of the league. Dallas wasn't one of them.

CowboyRoy · Jun 27, 2016

NewsBot said:
Dallas Cowboys fans might want to avert their eyes.
Pro Football Focus' Ben Stockwell recently ranked every NFL team's starting cornerbacks unit from 1-32, and the results don't look good for Dallas.

Good news? The Cowboys beat the Eagles by two spots. The bad news is that Dallas came in at No. 27, which is another way of saying that Stockwell thinks that the Cowboys have the sixth worst CB groups in the NFL.

"The Cowboys missed Orlando Scandrick badly last season, but his return can only do so much for a cornerback corps that still fields Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne," Stockwell said. "Carr has surrendered 18 touchdowns since he arrived in Dallas in 2012 (six in each of the last two seasons), with Claiborne surrendering a passer rating in excess of 100.0 in three of his four seasons as a Cowboy. Scandrick improves matters for Dallas, but one corner can only do so much."

Stockwell also found one key stat about Dallas: Carr, Claiborne, and Byron Jones each allowed a 100.0+ passer rating last season.

The other two NFC East teams, Washington (3) and New York (9), both finished in the top 10.

Here's what Stockwell had to say about the Commanders:

"Even before the acquisition of [Josh] Norman, this was a cornerback corps on the rise. Breeland had a breakout campaign in 2015, allowing 50 yards or more only three times after Washington's Week 8 bye. Dunbar, an undrafted free agent and wide-receiver conversion, showed his potential in the wildcard defeat to Green Bay by breaking up two passes and allowing only 41 yards on seven receptions."

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No surprise at all there. Although no doubt some on here would tell you that our secondary is just fine. And with our pass rush being probably also one of the worst in the NFL Im not sure what we are going to do to stop people.

Oh yah, I forgot, Zeke is going to make our defense better.

CowboyRoy · Jun 27, 2016

ActualCowboysFan said:
Three NFCE Defenses finished in the bottom 5 of the league. Dallas wasn't one of them.

LOL.......so what were we bottom 6? too funny. And by what measure? Whatever measure makes them look the best?

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