Good Post, The injury bug is a major factor every season losing key players really sets your team back.But like you said the depth on both the Oline and Dline have been built up.The overall roster looks really nice ,better since the coaching change.If you look at the players brought in from free agency and the draft .
Don't forget Rush was our QB.........
His defense as coordinator with the Colts was very good.....I am hopeful we will see similar improvement.
Maybe use some stunts that actually work.
"Hearing rumors of record breaking DLine."
It's only natural and expected to think players would get better from their rookie year to the 2nd year, right?
Is there anything untrue in that post?
Not to be a party pooper but I think they’ll both be better this year. As for which one will be more dominate I’d have to say the oline has the best chance. The Cowboys are stacked with pass rushers but the interior defensive line is still to be determined. Can Mazi developer a love for football and start to take it seriously or will he play like the bust he’s been showing so far? Can any of the free agents or draft choices on the interior defensive line become something? On the oline they hit on a 3rd rounder in Beebe last year and have proven Tyler Smith and Booker who has great potential. The question there are the tackles. Guyton is in the same boat as Mazi. No more rookie excuses. Time to show you were worthy of the high pick. Either way, the Cowboys took steps to address those weaknesses on both sides of the ball.
It's not a question of anything being untrue. Yes, we have new coaches. Yes, Beebe and Guyton will have a year under their belts. Sure Steele has the potential to play better. All true. But none of this automatically translates to an improved anything. We are hoping the coaches do better than the old coaches. We are hoping Guyton and Beebe come back a lot better in 2025. We are hoping Steele returns to his pre-injury form. Hence, by question about optimism.
Dak was not very good before he got injured last year. If we get the 2023 Dak, the offense will be much better than last year's. But if Dak comes back and looks like he did last year, the offense might be improved but not enough to win football games.
This is true but he still gets more respect from DCs than Rush for game planning.
I mean that's how you want it to happen, but it doesnt always mean it will happen that way. We tend to acknowledge it more in QBs because we see focus on them more, and it tend to be harder to cover for them, but sophomore slumps are very real. Other teams have a full year of tape on these 2nd year players, and in the Cowboys situation a lot of these guys will be going in new schemes from the ones they were drafted for. Now I don't mean that to sound like doom and gloom, some of these guys will for sure take another step in the right direction, but several wont. Even with guys who have bright futures in the league player development isnt always linear.
Good Post thanks for info on Eberflus hope he can improve this defense.
The DE position has been built up, not sure about the DT position.
I guess that could make for some good practices though to try and make the other better
