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By BOB STURM
Special Contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
Published 30 March 2011 03:49 PM
The Ticket's Bob Sturm offers his deep analysis of each Dallas Cowboys player.
JOSH BRENT
Position: Nose Tackle
Size: 6'2, 315
Age: 23, 1/30/88
College: Illinois
Drafted: 2010: Round 7 of Supplemental Draft
Experience: 1 Season
2011 Analysis: If the Cowboys were to kick Jay Ratliff over to DE, the team would then need a proper NT to stick in the defense. It would seem optimistic to think that Brent would be ready for that job just yet, but the Cowboys feel confident that it won't be long before he is ready to double his work load and get to the 30-35 snaps that most 3-4 NTs play in the scheme. Usually, those types of players head to the sideline on passing downs and therefore are primarily used for run stuffing. I imagine the Cowboys would love to see 5-10 more pounds on Brent, and for him to shake any rap he had in college of not always playing as hard and as consistent as they would like. To know the Cowboys full plans for Josh Brent, you would need to know their full plans for Ratliff. However, if you look at it from the simple assessment of gathering young, cheap, and talented players, then it would seem that Dallas is delighted with the player they have found in Brent. Year #2 for the young defender should be even better. Even if they keep Ratliff at NT, the idea should be to further preserve #90 for the important moments of a game by allowing Brent to take on the double-team run scenarios more and more and then Ratliff takes the passing scenarios as he has for years. Situational nose tackles.
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Special Contributor to SportsDayDFW.com
Published 30 March 2011 03:49 PM
The Ticket's Bob Sturm offers his deep analysis of each Dallas Cowboys player.
JOSH BRENT
Position: Nose Tackle
Size: 6'2, 315
Age: 23, 1/30/88
College: Illinois
Drafted: 2010: Round 7 of Supplemental Draft
Experience: 1 Season
2011 Analysis: If the Cowboys were to kick Jay Ratliff over to DE, the team would then need a proper NT to stick in the defense. It would seem optimistic to think that Brent would be ready for that job just yet, but the Cowboys feel confident that it won't be long before he is ready to double his work load and get to the 30-35 snaps that most 3-4 NTs play in the scheme. Usually, those types of players head to the sideline on passing downs and therefore are primarily used for run stuffing. I imagine the Cowboys would love to see 5-10 more pounds on Brent, and for him to shake any rap he had in college of not always playing as hard and as consistent as they would like. To know the Cowboys full plans for Josh Brent, you would need to know their full plans for Ratliff. However, if you look at it from the simple assessment of gathering young, cheap, and talented players, then it would seem that Dallas is delighted with the player they have found in Brent. Year #2 for the young defender should be even better. Even if they keep Ratliff at NT, the idea should be to further preserve #90 for the important moments of a game by allowing Brent to take on the double-team run scenarios more and more and then Ratliff takes the passing scenarios as he has for years. Situational nose tackles.
Read the rest: http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/...s-analysis-josh-brent_s-role-could-expand.ece
