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Here are the 2024 defensive starters we lost and who has replaced them:
  • DE DeMarcus Lawrence >>>>> Marshawn Kneeland
  • Slot Corner Jourdan Lewis>>>>>Zion Childress
  • OLB DeMarvion Overshown >>>>>Marist Liafau
  • MLB Eric Kendricks >>>>>>>>>Jack Sanborn
I may have missed someone. Are we better at these positions than last year? On a defense ranked 31st last year in overall defense? It does not appear to be better.
Probably a push. Childress will probably be a downgrade. Not sure if it's fair to blame the team for an injury loss like Overshown.

Also, I'm not sure Mazi starts, and whoever starts instead will be at least a little better, even if it's an out-of-position 3T type.
 
Hes also undersized and is breaking down.

If some team has offered at least two 1sts and willing to give him the contract he wants, Jethro should be pulling the trigger.
Bingo! He absolutely will not last locking up with offensive linemen who have 75+ pounds on him. He has brilliant quickness, but when that's gone- what's left?

Dallas will regret the final years of the expensive long term deal they will eventually give him.
 
Look! It's Mr. No Life.....so bitter that life didn't work out, he has to stick his nose into the business of those with a positive attitude. You loom like a kid with no money, looking into a candy store....thinking, I wish I had that.....I don't, so I'm gonna be a prick

Yes it is... the reality is, we have many whiners....so many, that they turned me into a whiner about their whining....lol
Ranching, the burning question though is, Where were you on Travis Keller Taylor swift engagement day?
 
No, poor insight. I comment on standard being discussed. Huge difference and when shown an insult that is responded towards. This you do is not accepting accountability, You used not a single reference to football.

You have run the whole time insulting me supposedly that the Cowboys are not a millimeter towards real opportunity. Now you own up and discuss why! 30 year insult originating calendars are no longer discussion beyond personal frustration. You bragging about that?

You are just flat wrong. I qualify points of difference in view. You are fine to talk comdenation of Cowboys. I also have the right to discuss what is pertinent in the present. You were personal, first, and didn't touch football presented.

Now tell me something about OP topic, the secondary. You get clean. I presented a whole thread smack full of facts showing team direction and solidarity in their preparation for battle.

You don't just like me, THAT is your business. Talk football. Insult was your intent instead.

You are not a justified hall Monitor of mine.


Go Cowboys! That's what I'm about...again, carry on. Soldier. :starspin:

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Well when everyone that interacts with you complains that all you do is insult them, what would you call that?
 
Here are the 2024 defensive starters we lost and who has replaced them:
  • DE DeMarcus Lawrence >>>>> Marshawn Kneeland
  • Slot Corner Jourdan Lewis>>>>>Zion Childress
  • OLB DeMarvion Overshown >>>>>Marist Liafau
  • MLB Eric Kendricks >>>>>>>>>Jack Sanborn
I may have missed someone. Are we better at these positions than last year? On a defense ranked 31st last year in overall defense? It does not appear to be better.
Let's just say there are challenges here. Now if they all take off and play like their hair is on fire, then that is something new and different, but everything to date says this is going to be a year we need to be patient.
 
A player who never won dpoy in 4 years doesn't have a case for best in the league.
This is a good argument. I do think Parsons is probably the best player on the Cowboys but I don't think he is the best DE, passrusher or defensive player in the NFL. Myles Garrett and TJ Watt are better to me. Micah should be paid under those 2. TJ Watt and Myles Garrett are both equally as good if not better pass rushers and are better run defenders. But I am guess age is the reason why Parson's is projected to be worth more?
 
https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-secondary-pass-rush-a-surprise-2025-powerhouse

The Dallas Cowboys’ secondary was inconsistent in 2024, ranking 17th in pass defense (218.1 yards per game allowed) and giving up too many explosive plays downfield.

Their struggles in coverage cost them in critical moments, even with one of the league’s most talented pass rushes. But 2025 may finally be the turning point.

With Trevon Diggs, Kaiir Elam, DaRon Bland, and rookie Shavon Revel Jr., Dallas is shaping a secondary that could be both deep and dangerous.

Paired with Micah Parsons and a front that finished 3rd in the NFL in sacks (52), the Cowboys have the makings of a surprise top defense.
dang. i actually completely forgot about revel jr. hope he can be a dude
 
Obsessing over what strangers online say is unhealthy. Letting it affect your life to the point you throw a tantrum and leave for months is unhealthy.
Do you have a life? Enough of assume and insult. What will the linebackers look like against Philadelphia. Fess up, now...

Linebackers (5)​

Kenneth Murray Jr., Marist Liufau, Jack Sanborn, Damone Clark, Shemar James

With Overshown headed to PUP, this linebacker group takes shape around Kenneth Murray Jr., who was signed to bring speed and range in the middle.

Marist Liufau stood out with his instincts and special teams ability in his second season. Jack Sanborn is a tackling machine who solidified his role as a dependable reserve.

Damone Clark is expected to take another step forward after showing flashes of sideline-to-sideline speed last season.

Rounding it out, Shemar James provides physicality and projects as a strong depth piece.
 
Bingo! He absolutely will not last locking up with offensive linemen who have 75+ pounds on him. He has brilliant quickness, but when that's gone- what's left?

Dallas will regret the final years of the expensive long term deal they will eventually give him.
We focus too much on final years of deals. There has only been one mega deal with 100% guaranteed money in Watson. Most long term contracts teams can get out of in the last year or two with minimal repercussions. IMO the possibility of Micah wearing down is just reason to sign him sooner rather than later, and why it probably should have gotten done a year ago. Sign him to 5 years back in 2024, would have saved probably $5m per year and you're looking at a situation where he could likely have been cut/moved at age 29 once his guaranteed money was paid.
 
Trade him for a conditional 8th in 3040 then remake the thread crying about players from a draft 4 years ago still being on the team. The only way forward.

Also make it a requirement he mcs the wedding of all history.
 
Bingo! He absolutely will not last locking up with offensive linemen who have 75+ pounds on him. He has brilliant quickness, but when that's gone- what's left?

Dallas will regret the final years of the expensive long term deal they will eventually give him.
This is way we always end up not being able to trade and we end up having to eat the dead cap when we finally decide to move on. Jerry's contact to Amari was the reason we could only get a 5th rounder for Amari Cooper when we traded him to the Browns who were then able to trade him for a 3rd rounder, after a few years lol.
 
This is a good argument. I do think Parsons is probably the best player on the Cowboys but I don't think he is the best DE, passrusher or defensive player in the NFL. Myles Garrett and TJ Watt are better to me. Micah should be paid under those 2. TJ Watt and Myles Garrett are both equally as good if not better pass rushers and are better run defenders. But I am guess age is the reason why Parson's is projected to be worth more?
the 3 of them are very close. especially if you consider double team rate and pass rush win rate. he might not have as many sacks but he's in the same tier as them. i have no problem putting any of the 3 ahead of the other as pass rusher. as a DE, he's undersized and probably should be moving around more at lb while still primarily rushing. that's not on him. when he's played lb, he hasn't been a run or coverage liability compared to lbs. it's only at DE where he's not a great run defender.
 
It’s easy to say that fans will forgive if/when he signs a new deal but I think it’s more complicated than that.

He’s proven to be a me first player and I think large swathes of fans have turned on him for good. How will he react when fans are booing and heckling him at games? Considering he has the maturity level of a 15 year old, I don’t see it going well.
They are all “me first” players. Unfortunately the Cowboys have a me first owner.
 
With a legitimate pass rusher opposite of Micah, he can be even better.
No matter which one is double teamed, the other can wreak havoc.
We have not had this for a very long time. DLaw was not the guy, though they insisted he was.

Kind of like who do you double cover, if either, Lamb or Pickens. One will be open, and if not, someone else will be.
 
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