Report: Cowboys Shaneil Jenkins may have knee injury, not hammy

[dallasdave]

Well, the upside is, many seem to believe he would not make the team, and would be a PS guy, or lose him to another team. And if he did make the 53, only to possibly be released when the 2 suspended DE's return.
So that upside is to IR him, then see what he does next TC after and having a complete off season too.

Other than that, it sucks, as he could have been a decent stop gap type player those 1st 4 games. But i was not counting on that from some good preseason plays so far. But I do like what I see so far.

I was hoping to have him on the 53 !!! He disrupts everything !!!!

 

[xwalker]

If we lose McClain, though, we'll need more of a 1-tech unless we're willing to slide Collins to 1-tech.

Collins has the size to play as the backup 1-tech. They don't really need a true 1-tech in the Nickel defense which they use about 60% of the time.

If Jenkins is healthy to start the season, I could see him and Collins competing to be the backup 3-tech to start the season. The loser would be inactive. Once McClain gets injured, Collins would move to the backup 1-tech and Jenkins would be the backup 3-tech. Jenkins could also take some snaps at LDE if Tapper and Irving continue to have injury problems or if they don't keep Russell.

 

[Kaiser]

I don't want him go gain 20 because might take away his best asset which is his elite quickness. As long as they just play him in the Nickel defense, he should be OK.

They list him at 275 and he played at Sheppard, which has a student body of 4000. Its highly unlikely he has ever had any strength training, I think the Dallas staff could easily add 20 pounds to his frame without effecting his quickness. Even Tyrone Crawford added 10 pounds of muscle and he looks quicker now than he did as a rookie.

 

[waving monkey]

I was one who thought he wouldn't make the team but it seems like he may very well have been a factor on the 53 with his performances in the PS games. So if that's the case, that's a blow to an already weak DE position that has depth concerns.

The front office really did a disservice IMO to this great offense by saddling it with a half assed approach to addressing the teams biggest need - the ability to get pressure on a QB.

what would you have had them do [ under the their financial plan

 

[waving monkey]

What I think or feel about what kind of player Jenkins is meaningless. More importantly, the team liked him enough that reporters were saying he had a real shot to make the 53 as a DE. Now remove him, and that hurts depth at that position, does it not? You might have a guy that team wanted to keep, have a knee issue. That's a blow. How big or how small, that's up to you. I don't think we just lost a 15 sack guy to a potential knee problem but we just lost a guy that some on this board were thinking could be a surprise at DE.

I am not a big fan of Hitchens, but if he gets hurt, that's a problem. I think Church is mediocre to poor safety. But if he gets, hurt, that's a problem.

And damn straight I've sowed discontent about the DEs. I won't deny that at all. I've done it for months now. I think they botched the DE spots massively IMO. Even if everyone was healthy, the Cowboys were going to head into the 2016 season with ONE defensive end who has proven himself at a high level in the NFL - Lawrence. And he won't be around for 4 games.

Just disappointing that they built this OL, have such talent on O, talked about getting that SB for Romo is his waning years, and then after admitting their pass rush and defensive end play was subpar in 2015, they half assed it this offseason in trying to fix it.

so what is it that the FO should have done.