It's time to stop neglecting the 1 tech

[AmishCowboy]

Austin Johnson or Reed

 

[KingintheNorth]

It's time to stop neglecting the safety position and get two safeties that can actually play. That will make a far bigger positive impact on this team than getting a good 1-tech.


YR

I'm with you on the safety position but there is no rule against fixing both (or all three) spots.

 

[Sydla]

He is a "nice player" not Gerald McCoy. Hopefully they don't think their set. I'd like to see them have 2-3 guys capable of playing both spots well and have a deep rotation.

Kind of hard to judge Crawford given he had to play next to Hayden and was playing with a bum shoulder all year. Let's remember some here ripping Crawford and how he was overrated are some of the same people who thought Lawrence was a total wasted pick after his rookie year.

I suspect if you placed someone like Ian Williams or Mebane at the 1 tech next to Crawford, you'd see a much different Crawford.

That doesn't mean they can't look at opportunities to upgrade both DT spots, but the priority at this point should be finding a true 1 tech that doesn't get tossed like a rag doll like Hayden did at times.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I'm with you on the safety position but there is no rule against fixing both (or all three) spots.

Never said there was.

It's about priorities.

I would be all with fixing the 1-tech spot if it was nearly the priority that fixing both safety positions and the corners as well as the MIKE. We could have the greatest 1-tech in the world, but it won't matter if our safety, corner and MIKE play is as bad as it was last season.





YR

 

[visionary]

It's time to stop neglecting the safety position and get two safeties that can actually play. That will make a far bigger positive impact on this team than getting a good 1-tech.





YR

Why does it need to be either/or?
We need a real 1T and safeties and a MLB

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Why does it need to be either/or?
We need a real 1T and safeties and a MLB

I never said it was either/or.

It's about priorities.





YR

 

[BAT]

It's time to stop neglecting the safety position and get two safeties that can actually play. That will make a far bigger positive impact on this team than getting a good 1-tech.





YR

Possible to do both. Draft two, sign the other.

 

[JW82]

Kind of hard to judge Crawford given he had to play next to Hayden and was playing with a bum shoulder all year. Let's remember some here ripping Crawford and how he was overrated are some of the same people who thought Lawrence was a total wasted pick after his rookie year.

I suspect if you placed someone like Ian Williams or Mebane at the 1 tech next to Crawford, you'd see a much different Crawford.

That doesn't mean they can't look at opportunities to upgrade both DT spots, but the priority at this point should be finding a true 1 tech that doesn't get tossed like a rag doll like Hayden did at times.

Thats fair, a monster 1tech would help everyone. Lawrence was coming off his injury plagued rookie season. Crawford is on his second contract and has been solid not great. On that note I don't think he got paid like he is an all pro guy by today's standards.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't care how much improvement needs to come with the pass rush, if we can't stop the run on 1st or 2nd down, then our 3rd down rushers cannot fully pass rush to the QB. There were too many times last year where it was 2nd and 2 or 3rd and I for us on defense. It's time to stop neglecting the 1 tech, and draft Jarran Reid from Alabama. We need to do better than Nick Hayden. Thoughts?

I think getting a DT at this stage is more critical than adding another DE. I think much like Wolfe in Denver who can collapse the pocket and make the task for Miller and Ware that much easier not to mention his ability to defend the run.

 

[Junglist]

Just another reason why I think Marinelli is overrated.

 

[visionary]

I never said it was either/or.

It's about priorities.





YR

Byron Jones will be FS going forward
We have multiple draft picks and a lot of cap room which should allow us to address all of these needs if we're smart. Problem is we don't seem to think that a void 1T and good safety play are important. It is not a matter of lack of resources, so both priorities can be addressed. We just don't want to do it.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Byron Jones will be FS going forward
We have multiple draft picks and a lot of cap room which should allow us to address all of these needs if we're smart. Problem is we don't seem to think that a void 1T and good safety play are important. It is not a matter of lack of resources, so both priorities can be addressed. We just don't want to do it.

SS needs to be addressed before the 1-tech. Sadly, Hayden is a better 1-tech than Church is at SS.

And we still have Terrell McClain who was playing well at the 1-tech.

Again, it's all about priorities. Every team in the league does not fill every possible hole. But, it's more about how they prioritize the holes they need to fill and figure out how to work around those holes.

Much like the Cowboys did in 2014. Remember, the team that everybody projected to have 'the worst defense ever!' when Sean Lee went down for the year. We figured out a way to fill those holes by creating a dynamic, run based offense that could score at will and run the ball at will so the opponent had to score points and became one dimensional in the process.

We had better figure out the entire secondary and the MIKE position. Those are bigger priorities at this point than the 1-tech. And that's roughly 7 positions in total we have to figure out. And chances are we're not going to fill all of those holes, it's better to prioritize and determine the best way to work around the holes we end up having.





YR

 

[Doomsday101]

Byron Jones will be FS going forward
We have multiple draft picks and a lot of cap room which should allow us to address all of these needs if we're smart. Problem is we don't seem to think that a void 1T and good safety play are important. It is not a matter of lack of resources, so both priorities can be addressed. We just don't want to do it.

I think Dallas had some high hopes for some young guy at DT that did not perform as expected I don't think it is a matter of not thinking these spots are unimportant. Byron Jones was drafted again I don't think this is a matter of them not feeling the position is unimportant.

 

[JohnsKey19]

I don't care how much improvement needs to come with the pass rush, if we can't stop the run on 1st or 2nd down, then our 3rd down rushers cannot fully pass rush to the QB. There were too many times last year where it was 2nd and 2 or 3rd and I for us on defense. It's time to stop neglecting the 1 tech, and draft Jarran Reid from Alabama. We need to do better than Nick Hayden. Thoughts?

Bro....I'm done stating the obvious. Can't believe we've gone this long essentially ignoring the position. Whether folks agree Hayden is a poor performer or not, I think we all agree that the team could easily upgrade that position if they put forth a little effort this offseason. But here we are 2 years later........

 

[conner01]

Marinelli has spoken on his "Golden Cock" many times and everyone must get used to it.
He will be around all this next season cause Hayden is his "Rooster" now move on.
Cowboys may get a 1Tech somewhere in the draft but, it won't probably be in the first 3 rounds.

I actually think they will address it this year because of the depth of the position in the draft
Don't expect a 330 lb run stuffer but a penetrator which is what they like. We need the depth there and I think golden cock is more about his work than his talent. He will still be here but hopefully a bunch less snaps which could actually benefit him

 

[KingintheNorth]

I actually think they will address it this year because of the depth of the position in the draft

Bingo! This is a really solid draft for DT's.

 

[reddyuta]

Sorry guys this Defense wil be mediocre at best as long as the old man is running his antiquated system while playing Jags at key positions.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I know I'm a Texas Homer guys but honestly, I wouldn't mind us taking Hassan Ridgeway from Texas later in the draft. He fits our scheme. He has all of the physical stuff and he plays nasty but he needs a lot of work on the technique side. He is exactly the kind of player, IMO, that Marinelli can get his hands on an improve.

 

[BAT]

Sorry guys this Defense wil be mediocre at best as long as the old man is running his antiquated system while playing Jags at key positions.

There is an old man running an antiquated system in Denver too. Now the jag part I can agree with.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

We could have the greatest 1-tech in the world, but it won't matter if our safety, corner and MIKE play is as bad as it was last season.

You could make that argument with just about any weakness we have. We could add the greatest safety in the world, but it won't matter if our other safety, MIKE, corners and 1 tech is as bad as it was last season. We could add the greatest MIKE in the world and it won't matter if our safety, corner and 1 tech play as bad as it was last season.

I want to get better at all of these positions, but I just don't know if we should take the approach that the 1 tech is below all of our other priorities.