New Cowboys DC Christian Parker on @1053thefan on how Dallas’ current defensive tackles fit his system: “When I was in Green Bay with (Kenny Clark), he was the best nose (tackle) in football, in my opinion, at doing this style because he plays with good length and he has a good anchor. Quinnen Williams, this is how he played at Alabama.”
Parker on if executing the mental side of his scheme is more important than raw athleticism: “Yes and no. I still think that you want a lot of athletic, fast guys because there are gonna be times where there is space, and you have to eliminate it. We’re not trotting out a YMCA basketball team. We still want to be fast and aggressive, but I will say, there’s a premium on instincts,there’s a premium on the brain."
"At different spots, they have to handle a different mental workload in terms of where their eyes have to be. … You want guys to be able to process those things quickly. But you can’t go out there with just a bunch of height, weight, speed guys, either. This is not an operation where we’re gonna roll the ball out in the Whataburger parking lot and just play 7-on-7. We got to be able to process and do those things the right way.”
When asked about getting a head coaching job in the near future and if the next Cowboys DC is on his current staff: “Yes. I think we have a couple of them. … We definitely have that on the staff.”
