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Over the past several weeks since free agency began, we have watched as the Cowboys lost personnel from their 2016 13-3 campaign. As many of the media members and the fans have spent a lot of time overreacting to these departures, others have tried to urge calm, that a plan is in place. [Ed. Note: this pargraph has been edited to note there are a variety of opinions on the Cowboys moves on the BTB staff.]
Now, Stephen Jones has pretty much laid out his plan. Not a single player who departed is irreplaceable going forward for the Dallas Cowboys. There is certainly a plan in place and Jones addressed that when speaking to the media at the owner’s meetings out in Arizona:
“People say our biggest issue and the thing that keeps us from winning a championship is the lack of (defense),” Jones said. “We didn’t have the players to be a great defense.”
He’s certainly on the money right there. Their last two best seasons, 2014 and 2016, were both marred by the same problem - lack of defense. As well as the Cowboys’ defense played last year at times, it hasn’t been good enough for the playoffs and that was the death sentence for the 2016 Dallas Cowboys. On 3rd and 20, the Cowboys couldn’t keep Aaron Rodgers from getting the first down. It was time to move on because Dallas has pieces to build around.
They have the All-Pro linebacker Sean Lee, they have the grizzled feisty veteran in Orlando Scandrick. They have a potential standout free safety in Byron Jones. they have young guys like Maliek Collins, David Irving, and Anthony Brown. Now, they need to add more defensive talent. Stephen Jones has a plan for that too:
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...cowboys-success-in-2017-draft-targets-defense
Now, Stephen Jones has pretty much laid out his plan. Not a single player who departed is irreplaceable going forward for the Dallas Cowboys. There is certainly a plan in place and Jones addressed that when speaking to the media at the owner’s meetings out in Arizona:
“People say our biggest issue and the thing that keeps us from winning a championship is the lack of (defense),” Jones said. “We didn’t have the players to be a great defense.”
He’s certainly on the money right there. Their last two best seasons, 2014 and 2016, were both marred by the same problem - lack of defense. As well as the Cowboys’ defense played last year at times, it hasn’t been good enough for the playoffs and that was the death sentence for the 2016 Dallas Cowboys. On 3rd and 20, the Cowboys couldn’t keep Aaron Rodgers from getting the first down. It was time to move on because Dallas has pieces to build around.
They have the All-Pro linebacker Sean Lee, they have the grizzled feisty veteran in Orlando Scandrick. They have a potential standout free safety in Byron Jones. they have young guys like Maliek Collins, David Irving, and Anthony Brown. Now, they need to add more defensive talent. Stephen Jones has a plan for that too:
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...cowboys-success-in-2017-draft-targets-defense
