What's Next? Cowboys' LB corps is in dire straits

[starfan1]

Sure, and maybe so, but I didn’t get the roulette analogy.

Some NFL teams are clearly better than others entering a season and it’s not a 1/32 for every one of them.

True coming into the season San Fran, Buffalo, Dallas, Philly ,KC etc all expected to do damage

 

[big dog cowboy]

Oh, it matters.

Exactly how does it matter on February 11, 2024?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Just looked it up and they said 16 and change.

30 or 16 or whatever the number is, it still doesn't matter. Nothing does until the new year begins.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Great article and Patrik Walker don't actually go together.

He can go onto "the Science Lob" all he wants but he's another in a long line of Dallas media yes men.

Hard to take anyone sports journalits serious who gets "chills" over WWE storylines.

Barnacles.

 

[kskboys]

The cap does matter and they will create space.

Of course. How much is the question. They first have to take care of the 16 mil we are over, so the amount of space they can create is definitely limited.

 

[kskboys]

Exactly how does it matter on February 11, 2024?

Because we have to start finagling to get under the cap. The cap always matters. If a team doesn't get under the cap, they will pay a steep cost w/ draft picks being taken away and/or contracts being negated.

 

[erod]

This is a GREAT article about the LB situation. It needs some major additions this off season. And for goodness sake move Bell back to safety please! Must read article.

What's Next? Cowboys' LB corps is in dire straits
Feb 09, 2024
Patrik Walker

FRISCO, TX — One thing was made evident in 2023 by the Dallas Cowboys' defense, and that's the fact that linebackers do, in fact, matter. Some of the struggles in run defense were attributable to the lack of size in the LBs room, Damone Clark notwithstanding, and a career-threatening injury to Leighton Vander Esch only made matters instantly worse.

With Dan Quinn now in Washington with the Commanders, and Mike Zimmer replacing him as defensive coordinator, it's likely the Cowboys revisit their approach to the linebacker position.

It feels like a foregone conclusion that they will, considering just how prominent linebackers have historically been to Zimmer's defenses in the past.

And that would be welcome news, in my opinion.

Take a look below at where everything stands now, and where it should soon.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/what-s-next-cowboys-lb-corps-is-in-dire-straits

This is really easy to fix. Linebackers aren't hard to identify and find. But you have to make it a priority.

They didn't even look at Roquan Smith or Bobby Wagner last year. That was stupid.

 

[phildadon86]

The Super Bowl is a roulette wheel. 2 numbers out of 32 land there and there is only one winner in the end.

Yup. 2 of them get there. They dont get blown out at home in the first round to get there either.

Give it up man.

 

[phildadon86]

This is really easy to fix. Linebackers aren't hard to identify and find. But you have to make it a priority.

They didn't even look at Roquan Smith or Bobby Wagner last year. That was stupid.

I was livid when I saw baltimore traded for Smith. He would have fixed a lot of issues on this team. Instead. We got Mazi Smith.

 

[kskboys]

Yup. 2 of them get there. They dont get blown out at home in the first round to get there either.

Give it up man.

Yeah, that might be the worst attempt at a parallel I've ever seen here.

 

[rambo2]

Yup. 2 of them get there. They dont get blown out at home in the first round to get there either.

Give it up man.

Lol

 

[Cowboyny]

Bobby Wagner will be age 34, but he is also due to be a FA this year in 2024, off just a one year deal with Seattle
in which he still made another pro bowl.

Would he be worth a shot at him as we ignored him last FA period ? , instead settling for injury prone decent only type LVE

I saw Wagner this season, doesn't look like the same player at all. He got to add a younger option, one that can start for a few seasons as they groom his eventual replacement. Josey Jewel is a fa I like, but there are a few others as well. Linebacker class isn't to great, nor deep this year.

 

[mardwin]

The LB corp is nonexistent. LVE will not be back, Overshown might be too light. and the mouth is now a rusher.

LB will be a major concern in the draft. Probably around round 5 or later. "In Jerry, we trust, in Jerry we die"

We need a new TE in the first, the new guy is not looking good.

Lol!!! Funny and accurate.

"LB will be a major concern in the draft. Probably around round 5 or later. "In Jerry, we trust, in Jerry we die"

We need a new TE in the first, the new guy is not looking good."

 

[erod]

The Super Bowl is a roulette wheel. 2 numbers out of 32 land there and there is only one winner in the end.

If it's a roulette wheel, how does land on Kansas City 4 of the past 5 years?

 

[iceberg]

The LB corp is nonexistent. LVE will not be back, Overshown might be too light. and the mouth is now a rusher.

LB will be a major concern in the draft. Probably around round 5 or later. "In Jerry, we trust, in Jerry we die"

We need a new TE in the first, the new guy is not looking good.

why do we need a new TE when Ferguson did the job so well? he earned it, let him have it.

 

[rambo2]

If it's a roulette wheel, how does land on Kansas City 4 of the past 5 years?

How does an actual roulette wheel hit a number 3 out of 5. It has happened.

 

[kskboys]

How does an actual roulette wheel hit a number 3 out of 5. It has happened.

No it hasn't.

 

[rambo2]

No it hasn't.

Lol, those wheels run 24 hours a day every day. It has happened.

 

[kskboys]

Lol, those wheels run 24 hours a day every day. It has happened.

The same number 3 times in 5 spins? Nope.

 

[rambo2]

The same number 3 times in 5 spins? Nope.

Lol