And I’ll be rooting for the Cowboys. Sounds like you won’t.
The Cowboys need further returns on such players as:
...Perhaps they're of the mindset that Williams could struggle to produce in Dallas' crowded pass rush rotation. However,
he's headed for a bigger role in year two and was quite the disruptor as a rookie in limited playing time.
Despite logging a 27% snap share, Williams accounted for four sacks, 10 tackles for loss, nine quarterback hits, a forced fumble and three recoveries. He
posted a 74.4 pass-rush grade, via PFF, and totaled 22 pressures...
...In year one, Bland's five interceptions were tied for the second-most of any defender. A number of players finished with six and five picks, and
Bland was right there on the leaderboard despite not seeing the field in five of the first six games of 2022.
Bland was more disruptive than Trent McDuffie, who played 97% of the snaps last season for the Chiefs and Kaiir Elam (both first round picks), who was on the field almost 60% of the time for Buffalo as a rookie...
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/2-cowboys-snubbed-pff-all-breakout-defensive-team-bland-williams
Overshown is very interesting but he needs his baptism of fire rendevous. That and a couple of linebackers already on roster need to become dependable in spelling Parsons on the outside.
Jabril Cox, LB
The Cowboys have multiple breakout candidates at linebacker. While Damone Clark is the obvious candidate after his promising rookie year, third-year man Jabril Cox carries more of an underdog narrative given he's played just 45 defensive snaps over his first two seasons.
There's a reason for that, of course, as Cox suffered a torn ACL seven games into his rookie campaign. Cox had largely played special teams up until that point, but he showed flashes in his limited defensive work, like his
thunderous third and goal tackle on Daniel Jones to save a touchdown.
Finally healthy after a grueling rehab process, Cox is clicking on all cylinders. He had a sequence during a two-minute end-of-game-situation at minicamp when he broke up consecutive passes on third and fourth down to seal the win for the defense.
It's overlooked that Cox has the most experience in the Cowboys' linebacker room outside of Leighton Vander Esch.
If he can build on this momentum going into training camp, he'll have a real shot to earn a bigger workload on defense because his overall upside and range in coverage is rare for the position.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/3-cowboys-stock-rising-before-training-camp-tolbert-cox/2
at sitting the 13th pick for 'development.' Sounds like the mental gymnastics Cowboys fans used for Bobby Carpenter when he wasn't starting.
