Hope you are right about Thornton, I am a Cowboys fan afterall. But Cowboys are going to have to invest SOME resources on D if their goal is to WIN a ring. Low level signings and wishes have not worked in the past. The young D talent has to take several steps up too.
Yes, these young players need to go to work, step up and for a few, stop doing drugs or taking banned substances.
Thorton is going to make a difference in my view, Crawford should be better if his shoulder is fine but as you say, we will need to add something to this line going forward.
This was interesting about Irvin:
"I like him. You know the key measurable with him?
His ability to bend is off the charts. I usually don't like tall guys because they can't bend. This guy bends. He bends like Big Cat [Leon Lett]. Big Cat is tall, but he bends. Watch a guy get in his stance, that tells you everything.
I'm going to look at [Irving] at left end also."
Loved his thoughts on Zeke:
"I'm elated because I think you always look at the big picture. ...
We don't play fantasy football. It's not that. A one-yard, two-yard run there's fight and physicalness. That's good for your team. It develops toughness. We have to go against that offense every day. We play our offense more than anybody.
It develops a hardness to your defense. You've got to play
against a great line, a great back, now you've got to match up on an All-Pro receiver, great quarterback. ... It's the physical nature of the game, which at times is being lost in today's football. The physical nature of the game, I believe in that. This young man and the other backs are going to bring that."
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