One great defensive player isn't going to impact a defense like a great offensive skill position player like a QB, RB or WR. Demarcus Ware proved that a great defensive player isn't going to make a great unit. The biggest trades in NFL history involved offensive skill players. If you're going to make a Julio Jones type trade it needs to involve a Julio Jones type offensive player who can take over a game, a player who touches the football. We need defensive "players" so it's best to keep most if not all our picks and draft smart like we have on offense, instead of gambling high picks on injured players, TEs to play behind Witten and players with drug issues. You probably won't find a team that's thrown away more #2 picks than the Cowboys the past decade. Bruce Carter, Escobar, Gregory were wasted premium draft picks and so far Jaylon Smith have been a wasted high pick until he gets on the field and shows he's back from his college injury and can play.
Had we drafted a solid defensive player instead of Escobar 4 years ago and Carter had been the player some hyped him to be along with Gregory and we drafted a healthy defensive player last April, we could have had a great defense to compliment our offense and be playing in the SB on Sunday. With all the holes we have defensively we can't be packaging current and future picks for one player because we need more than one player to build a defense that's capable of containing /defending the elite QBs/offenses in the playoffs. We need bookend rushers, Irving could be one of those rushers and at least one "playmaker" in the secondary.
