Starters on paper look like a bottom of the top 10 grouping. Somewhere in the 8-10 range.
Unfortunately that's without considering Spencer is probably out the first 6 games and may be limited another 3 or 4 to get back in "football" shape.
It also comes even father back to the pack when depth is factored in.
And if Romo is hurt again it is bottom 3rd.
The good: Dallas is so young and the majority of the players, even bellcows like Dez and Tyron are still ascending.
Expectations are lower than they have been since BP took over so the chance to legitimately outperform them are there for once.
The offense has developed depth now. The OL has quality depth inside and out.
Escobar and Hanna are solid 4th Receiving options.
The FB will be able to provide true lead blocking.
The questions: Dallas has a top 10 LB group in pure talent... but they played like a bottom 5 group last year.
They were both injury prone and scheme/assignment stupid.
Eferblus is one of the most coveted LB coaches around but the 4-3 was new to him as well... can he teach it better this year??
The Secondary has 8-9 legit NFL bodies there.
But can any of them make more plays then they give up?
The pass rush has more talent then people think but Melton, Spencer, Bass, Crawford are coming off injuries.
McClain, Lawrence, Mincey all new to the team.
With all these new pieces can they put together a workable and dependable rotation?
DeMarco Murray, Ryan Williams and Lance Dunbar are the best potential backfield runners this team has had since Murray was a rookie and Felix was in shape.
But NONE of them can be described as durable.
Can Dallas cobble together 40 games total out of this group?
The Bad: Roster limits are just stupid in the NFL. Every NFL team is at the mercy of the football gods.
A couple injuries at one spot and you are playing street free agents.
It is equitable across the league but having injury luck play such a big part of the playoff rotation year to year is terrible.
And yes I am bitter because those football gods have beaten on Dallas the last couple years.
A team with little depth they've been handily spanked in specific areas.
With so much youth on the roaster and such a long drought since any real success most of these guys have no idea how to win December/January games.
