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I've heard of the rumors of losing Ellis for R. Barber. I would miss him of course, but hey that's the name of the game... talent acquisition for less dollars (not that I know either players salary to date)... Barber of course would be playing his brother twice a year then... cool. That would leave TB stocked in the DL and Dallas would be stocked at DB if a trade like that did actually commence... Plus... IMO, player for player, Ronde Barber is a better football player than Greg Ellis. Man for man however, both are classy guys.
Think about it, FS would not be a liability whatsoever and that IMO would make Pat Watkins even better on ST... Watkins will be in the mix on defense at some point, but he might not be a difference maker until he gets comfortable playing a position consistently, and I think that will be ST this year. Think of him paired with Keith "Killa" Davis... WOW. Next year he's gonna get his shot at safety... But if Barber did come to Dallas, think how versatile our defensive backfield would be.
Don't get me wrong, Greg Ellis is solid, but to think that everybody is going to go mental just because we lose our sack master... Sack master?? Ellis has NEVER even had double digit sacks... We'd lose more of a solid, classy, locker room leader more than anything... Greg rarely makes mental mistakes in games, but ANYONE better in talent than Greg is going to win most of the battles at the LOS. See Tra Thomas in Philly... Ellis has RARELY ever beaten him in one on one battles... The next new Cowboy sackmaster was drafted last year. Tell me who that will be in your opinions.
But with Eli maturing in the NFC East with Shockey, Burress, Toomer, and little rookie Moss, and then the 3 headed attack of the Skins with Randle El, B. Lloyd and older brother Moss... then with Cooley coming in out of the backfield... Dallas might have something up their sleeve to be better competitive defensively... Parcells wants his defense to crush opponents and wear them down with their size. That way we can get back to hogging the ball with the running game. Something tells me they are just not worried about the offense.
Think about it, FS would not be a liability whatsoever and that IMO would make Pat Watkins even better on ST... Watkins will be in the mix on defense at some point, but he might not be a difference maker until he gets comfortable playing a position consistently, and I think that will be ST this year. Think of him paired with Keith "Killa" Davis... WOW. Next year he's gonna get his shot at safety... But if Barber did come to Dallas, think how versatile our defensive backfield would be.
Don't get me wrong, Greg Ellis is solid, but to think that everybody is going to go mental just because we lose our sack master... Sack master?? Ellis has NEVER even had double digit sacks... We'd lose more of a solid, classy, locker room leader more than anything... Greg rarely makes mental mistakes in games, but ANYONE better in talent than Greg is going to win most of the battles at the LOS. See Tra Thomas in Philly... Ellis has RARELY ever beaten him in one on one battles... The next new Cowboy sackmaster was drafted last year. Tell me who that will be in your opinions.
But with Eli maturing in the NFC East with Shockey, Burress, Toomer, and little rookie Moss, and then the 3 headed attack of the Skins with Randle El, B. Lloyd and older brother Moss... then with Cooley coming in out of the backfield... Dallas might have something up their sleeve to be better competitive defensively... Parcells wants his defense to crush opponents and wear them down with their size. That way we can get back to hogging the ball with the running game. Something tells me they are just not worried about the offense.
