The writing is on the wall that the Cowboys are going to be active in free agency in pursuing an upgrade to our pass rush. Jerry and Stephen have mentioned that we need to be proactive in this area. At the same time they have also made mention that our position in the draft makes it difficult to acquire the "premium" players. Put two and two together and you get free agency. It's not to say that we are not going to draft defensive lineman, but I'm almost as confident that they are going to sign at least one defensive lineman as I am that Dez will be a Cowboy next year. So my questions are this:
Who do you personally want the Cowboys to target? This isn't limited to defensive end as I know many of you want Suh.
Who do you think the Cowboys will target? This may be a different answer than the first.
Finally, let's say that we sign a WDE, what happens to Mincey/Lawrence? Can either be effective on the strong side? Would Mincey be able to slide in to the 3T to rotate/back up Crawford?
Yes, IMO both Mincey and DLaw can play either side. Mincey did play a lot of 3-tech in the past, but he came to the Cowboys weighing 290 and got down to 267 by the end of the season.
Greg Hardy 6-4, 275
JPP 6-5, 278
Jerry Hughes 6-2, 254
Pernell McPhee 6-3, 280
Brandon Graham 6-2, 265
Jabaal Sheard 6-3, 264
Donkey Kong Suh 6-4, 305
Nick Fairly 6-4, 208
4-3 DE
Kroy Biermann ATL 30
4-3 DE Cliff Matthews ATL 26
4-3 DE
Osi Umenyiora ATL 34
4-3 DE
Jerry Hughes BUF 27
4-3 DE Jarius Wynn BUF 29
4-3 DE
Greg Hardy CAR 27
4-3 DE Trevor Scott CHI 31
4-3 DE
George Selvie DAL 28
4-3 DE
Anthony Spencer DAL 31
4-3 DE George Johnson DET 28
4-3 DE Darryl Tapp DET 31
4-3 DE
Tyson Alualu JAX 28
4-3 DE Derrick Shelby MIA 26 R
4-3 DE Corey Wootton MIN 28
4-3 DE
Jason Pierre-Paul NYG 26
4-3 DE Demarcus Dobbs SEA 28
4-3 DE O’Brien Schofield SEA 28
4-3 DE Greg Scruggs SEA 25 R
4-3 DE Alex Carrington STL 28
4-3 DE
Da’Quan Bowers TB 25
4-3 DE
Adrian Clayborn TB 26
4-3 DE Larry English TB 29
3-4 OLB
John Abraham ARI 37
3-4 OLB Sam Acho ARI 27
3-4 OLB Marcus Benard ARI 30
3-4 OLB
Pernell McPhee BAL 27
3-4 OLB
Jabaal Sheard CLE 26
3-4 OLB
Brooks Reed HOU 28
3-4 OLB Ricky Sapp HOU 29
3-4 OLB Andy Studebaker IND 30
3-4 OLB
Justin Houston KC 26
3-4 OLB Dezman Moses KC 26 R
3-4 OLB
Akeem Ayers NE 26
3-4 OLB Cheta Ozougwu NO 27 R
3-4 OLB Jermaine Cunningham NYJ 27
3-4 OLB
Brandon Graham PHI 27
3-4 OLB
James Harrison PIT 37
3-4 OLB Arthur Moats PIT 27
3-4 OLB
Jason Worilds PIT 27
3-4 OLB
Dwight Freeney SD 35
3-4 OLB Dan Skuta SF 29
3-4 OLB Quentin Groves TEN 31
3-4 OLB
Derrick Morgan TEN 26
3-4 OLB Everette Brown WAS 28
3-4 OLB
Brian Orakpo WAS 29
DT Alameda Ta’amu ARI 25 R
DT
Dan Williams ARI 28
DT
Corey Peters ATL 27
DT
Terrence Cody BAL 27
DT Colin Cole CAR 35
DT Dwan Edwards CAR 34
DT
Stephen Paea CHI 27
DT
Devon Still CIN 26 R
DT Ishmaa’ily Kitchen CLE 27 R
DT
Ahtyba Rubin CLE 29
DT Nick Hayden DAL 29
DT
Terrance Knighton DEN 29
DT Mitch Unrein DEN 28
DT
Nick Fairley DET 27
DT Andre Fluellen DET 30
DT
C.J. Mosley DET 32
DT
Ndamukong Suh DET 28
DT Fred Evans FA 32
DT
Letroy Guion GB 28
DT
B.J. Raji GB 29
DT Ryan Pickett HOU 36
DT Jerrell Powe HOU 28
DT
Jared Odrick MIA 28
DT Tom Johnson MIN 31
DT
Alan Branch NE 31
DT Sealver Siliga NE 25 R
DT Brandon Deaderick NO 28
DT Tyrunn Walker NO 25 R
DT Mike Patterson NYG 32
DT Kenrick Ellis NYJ 28
DT
Damon Harrison NYJ 27 R
DT Pat Sims OAK 30
DT D’Anthony Smith SEA 27
DT
Kevin Williams SEA 35
DT
Ray McDonald SF 31
DT Chris Neild WAS 28
3-4 DE
Tommy Kelly ARI 35
3-4 DE Christo Bilukidi BAL 26
3-4 DE Lawrence Guy BAL 25
3-4 DE Sione Fua CLE 27
3-4 DE Tim Jamison HOU 29
3-4 DE Fili Moala IND 30
3-4 DE
Cory Redding IND 35
3-4 DE Kevin Vickerson KC 32
3-4 DE Leger Douzable NYJ 29
3-4 DE C.J. Wilson OAK 28
3-4 DE
Cedric Thornton PHI 27 R
3-4 DE Ricardo Mathews SD 28
3-4 DE Karl Klug TEN 27
3-4 DE Jarvis Jenkins WAS 27