Video: Everson Walls - Dallas Needs A Guy Like This

[805BoysInBlue]

This is what Morris Claiborne was supposed to be!

 

[cowboyec]

he played the ball like a receiver.
EVERSON WALLS

 

[Captain43Crash]

......lol... TNew was gifted for chasing players down the sidelined, after blown coverage.

A typical cowboy CB over the past 15 years. Pretty good at making the tackle after a 10 yard completion, on a third and 9.

 

[Einstein]

My favorite Cowboys player. Sad that he had to go to NYG for a SB ring, but glad he got one.

 

[Flamma]

Undrafted in 1981 when the draft was 12 rounds.

Had 11 regular season INT's and 2 playoff INT's his rookie year......that's more than the career numbers of any CB presently on the Cowboy roster.

Lets not forget that, in the same season, safety Michael Downs, also an undrafted rookie, had 6 INT's and the other CB, Dennis Thurman, had 9. In terms of INT's, that season is still ranked as the best in Cowboy history and 4th best in NFL history.

However, you can't discount the fact that, in the first half of the 80's, the Cowboys were ranked #1 in opponent passer rating (lowest), #1 in opponent completion rate, #2 in opponent sacks, and #1 in INT's.

Much of the credit goes to a defensive line manned by a #1 (Jones), #2 (White), and #5 (Dutton) overall pick in the draft. The other guy, Harvey Martin, belongs in the Hall of Fame.

That defensive line is really what the Cowboys need.

I loved Walls. But Downs, Fellows, and Thurman used to aggravate me immensely. The real talent was Walls, the rest were smart players that were opportunists as a direct result of our defensive line pressure. Walls was just a ball hog. The others would often get carved up when Dallas couldn't get pressure.

I loved Walls technique. Down the sideline he'd put his back to the WR while looking back at the QB. Basically pinning and denying any back shoulder pass. Got some picks that way too. I know I'm being a little too rough on the others, they played the position better than the one's we have now.

 

[cowboyed]

Mel Renfro holds that title for my money.

Renfro is deserving no doubt.

 

[erod]

Everson Walls was an exceptional cornerback, but I would state Deion Sanders was the most versatile, explosive playmaker in the secondary in Cowboys history.

Deion doesn't count as a Cowboy.

 

[Future]

A team getting 20 interceptions during the course of a season leads to a playoff berth almost every time.

This is a pretty silly cutoff since it has only happened 7 times since 2016, and 2 of those teams didn't make the playoffs.

 

[cowboyec]

Renfro is deserving no doubt.

cornell green was another great,versatile DB.
as a corner and safety.

 

[Hardline]

Unfortunately. He got posterized in "The Catch".

 

[OmerV]

The interesting thing about Walls is he had very ordinary speed, but he had phenomenal instincts and anticipation.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Everson Walls was an exceptional cornerback, but I would state Deion Sanders was the most versatile, explosive playmaker in the secondary in Cowboys history.

Sorry, can't agree - Mel Renfro was, in his day, better.

10 Pro Bowls vs 7 for Deion.
Pro Bowler at safety and cornerback, Deion only at cornerback.
Deion played in every regular season game only 3 times, Renfro 8 times.

Close but at the tape it's Renfro...

 

[quickccc]

Deion doesn't count as a Cowboy.

He shouldn't when it comes to the Cowboys Ring of Honor- that should be reserved for 'grass-root " Cowboys that started-originated their careers as Cowboys players,..IMO.
Same as Haley.

But there's no question that when it comes to naming NFL cornerbacks - but like him or not, Deion Sanders is still the name that seems to register first and often,..
Not just flat shutdown man coverage, ..not just the INT numbers, ..but the often way he could lure and ' bait " the QB into thinking the WR is open and
then drive and close fast on the ball for a pick quick INT.

 

[quickccc]

I loved Walls. But Downs, Fellows, and Thurman used to aggravate me immensely. The real talent was Walls, the rest were smart players that were opportunists as a direct result of our defensive line pressure. Walls was just a ball hog. The others would often get carved up when Dallas couldn't get pressure.

I loved Walls technique. Down the sideline he'd put his back to the WR while looking back at the QB. Basically pinning and denying any back shoulder pass. Got some picks that way too. I know I'm being a little too rough on the others, they played the position better than the one's we have now.

Dennis Thurman should have been a career FS and would have been a damn good one with his ball hawk skills and hitting ability but Landry Hat Genius simply could not resist placing safeties at CB.

 

[Rack]

You're forgetting about Terrence Newman.
lol.

We should have drafted Suggs.

Right, Catch?

 

[quickccc]

This is what Morris Claiborne was supposed to be!

Mo Claiborne..yeh...Ouch!
What a setback that was.

 

[Ranched]

Walls won his first & only Super Bowl when the Giants upset the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV after the 1990 season. Glad he has ring.

 

[tyke1doe]

Our counters now don’t even know the ball was in the air until the receiver they are covering has already caught it. Can’t intercept something you’re not even looking for.

Our counters can't even count. The NERVE of them!

 

[tyke1doe]

......lol... TNew was gifted for chasing players down the sidelined, after blown coverage.

 

[tyke1doe]

Unfortunately. He got posterized in "The Catch".

Yeah, but you have to admit "The Catch" was just a phenomenal play. You've have to be Mount Mutombo to defend that play.