Hear that train a' comin'

[blueblood70]

2 DT's may get bigger shares of time than others, but DT's almost certainly will be in a rotation of some kind.

exactly Hank, Mazi, and BO will get plenty of rotation then DQ will flex that line and use many variations and schemes with Osa and others.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Don't want a repeat of the Demarcus Ware situation, he was a great outside linebacker who rushed the passer a lot, then he was put at mainly defensive end and he began to get hurt and his production dropped off. Parsons said he was trying to bulk up, but unless he has added or can add another 20 pounds or more, he'll still have trouble handling 300+ pound OTs if he's at DE most of the time, and keeping that weight on during a long season is very difficult.

Putting him at DE most of the time is fine, but his effectiveness is enhanced if he is moved around so the offense doesn't know where he's coming from on every play.

Just my 3 cents worth (inflation, ya know)...

Limit the abuse, press the advantage of his extreme pass rush and coverage flexibility.

 

[Wangchung83]

It’s funny that no one has mentioned the run d this post completely omits the d biggest two hurdles. 1) run d, we couldn’t stop a team with a mobile dual threat qb 2) Offense scores but they do it at the expense of our defense getting any rest. They need to do better with clock management and dak needs to stop going consecutive three and outs.

 

[Rockport]

Blah blah blah . . . Dak is great . . . blah blah blah defense is weak. . . Blah blah blah poor Dak

Having trouble with your words?

 

[Rockport]

Imagine if we had added Wagner to the LB unit what the defense would look like at all three levels…

We’ve got younger, better and cheaper LB’s

 

[gtb1943]

Having trouble with your words?

probably laughing at you so hard he stuttered.

 

[Rockport]

probably laughing at you so hard he stuttered.

I do make fun of you haters so possible.

 

[ghst187]

We’ve got younger, better and cheaper LB’s

I’ll give you younger and cheaper

 

[gtb1943]

I do make fun of you haters so possible.

I imagine a number of posters would gladly take your contempt; considering the source is such a joke.

 

[CCBoy]

I imagine a number of posters would gladly take your contempt; considering the source is such a joke.

OOOOOH, and they're off!
https://www.freepik.com/author/brgfx

 

[Rockport]

I imagine a number of posters would gladly take your contempt; considering the source is such a joke.

Later dude.

 

[CCBoy]

Luckily, the Cowboys don't have to worry about that. Diggs agreed to a five-year, $97 million extension worth up to $100 million with incentives. On paper, that might seem like a monstrous contract. Though bulky and lucrative, the finer details of the deal prove once again that Dallas are elite negotiators.

For starters, Diggs will bank $19.4 million per year. That's good for the fifth-most among cornerbacks, which is patently absurd given given Diggs' talent. Markets for premium positions have adopted a next-man-up mentality, so many landed on $20 million as the baseline salary for Diggs' second contract. The fact Dallas got it under $20 million is a steal, especially when you consider two other elite cornerbacks -- Denzel Ward and Jaire Alexander -- signed for $20.1 million and $21 million annually within the last year.

Not only is Diggs' salary less than Ward and Alexander's, but it dips below Marshon Lattimore's $19.52 million and Marlon Humphrey's $19.5 million. Diggs will play 2023 on his rookie deal, which has a $4.3 million salary. If you bake that into the extension, he'll be under contract for $16.9 million per year over the next six years. That would make him the ninth-highest-paid CB.

https://thelandryhat.com/posts/trevon-diggs-contract-details-extension-cowboys-steal

Additionally, Diggs' $21.25 million signing bonus and $42.3 million in guaranteed money rank sixth at the position. If it's fully guaranteed, he'd climb up to fourth, but the specific verbiage of the figure hasn't been disclosed.

 

[CCBoy]

What more needs to be said? Whether with the Cowboys or another team, a large contingent of insiders expected Diggs to become the NFL's wealthiest corner. The fact Dallas got it done before the regular season helped them on the negotiation front, but they still hit a home run with the finer details.

Kind of like how they did with Donovan Wilson and Leighton Vander Esch earlier this offseason.

https://thelandryhat.com/posts/trevon-diggs-contract-details-extension-cowboys-steal

 

[CCBoy]

Blitz or don't blitz?

Nick Eatman: I've always thought that teams mainly blitz ... because they have to. Obviously, there are going to be times for any defense where a blitz is needed. But this is a tough question to answer in late July. We have to see how things play out, especially off the edge. If you get in a game where Parsons simply can't be blocked on one side and the combination of D-Law, Dorance, Fowler and Sam Williams are also getting home quite a bit. Then a blitz really isn't necessary that often. The best teams are the ones that really don't have to blitz. But at the end of the day, you better find a way to get pressure one way or another. So to my point, answering this right now seems a bit early. The hope is that you won't have to.

Patrik: I say you keep the formula that you've been using the same, because if it ain't broke … you know the rest. This is a great thing for the Cowboys though, because it means they could do either of the two things — blitz more or blitz less — on any respective week, and that makes it extremely difficult to scheme against them. It also allows them to adapt weekly to whomever the opponent will be and in real time as well, in the event their initial plan isn't going as they had hoped it would. So the fact you're conflicted about this is a wonderful thing, because it means you understand just how talented the Cowboys are at all three levels of the defense now; and take a moment to enjoy that because we're not far removed from a time when the defense was the team's biggest liability. What a time to be alive, eh?

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-should-cowboys-blitz-more-or-less