Which position scares you the most on this current roster?

[Cowboyny]

Edge, DT, LB, CB, S

T, RB, TE

Cornerback/Edge positional groups worry me the most:

-They have a lot of young, unproven talent that are in that developmental stage. EZ, Lawrence, Revel, Carson, Moore. What is their plan if they are slow to develop?

-As we all know, Edge position has a steep learning curve from college to the pro level. Most take 2-3 years to become productive players. We have to keep low expectations from Lawrence in his rookie season and EZ missing the entire offseason will hurt his development. Will they be better or worse then last season generating pressure?

-Corner remains fully of question marks: Can Bland return to form, will he even be healthy to play a full season? Revel is basically a green rookie after missing most of last season. Carson is another one who has struggled to stay healthy but also has struggles against deep speed. Durant the new comer probably has the least issues. I am just not sure if this team has a true #1 corner on this roster.

 

[Stash]

It’s easily offensive tackle for me.

If that position struggles, it could potentially cost you your starting quarterback. And if that happens, the season is over.

I’m cautiously optimistic that both Guyton and Steele will improve, but also concerned if that doesn’t happen.

 

[kskboys]

Edge, DT, LB, CB, S

T, RB, TE

Cornerback/Edge positional groups worry me the most:

-They have a lot of young, unproven talent that are in that developmental stage. EZ, Lawrence, Revel, Carson, Moore. What is their plan if they are slow to develop?

-As we all know, Edge position has a steep learning curve from college to the pro level. Most take 2-3 years to become productive players. We have to keep low expectations from Lawrence in his rookie season and EZ missing the entire offseason will hurt his development. Will they be better or worse then last season generating pressure?

-Corner remains fully of question marks: Can Bland return to form, will he even be healthy to play a full season? Revel is basically a green rookie after missing most of last season. Carson is another one who has struggled to stay healthy but also has struggles against deep speed. Durant the new comer probably has the least issues. I am just not sure if this team has a true #1 corner on this roster.

Hold it....DT? For the first time since the Tuna era, we are strong at DT. How is this on the list?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Edge. In order for this work they have to get pressure from the edge. They will be good at one point but is it now? Not sure. The keys are Eze and Gary. Especially Eze.

 

[kskboys]

Edge. In order for this work they have to get pressure from the edge. They will be good at one point but is it now? Not sure. The keys are Eze and Gary. Especially Eze.

Gary is a stud.

Surely we can find one guy who can play among EZ, Malachi, or even Barham?

 

[thunderpimp91]

I’d largely agree. The cowboys have some nice pieces at edge, but it’s dangerous to count too much on young unproven players at the position. I’d bet that EZ/Lawrence are a fantastic duo in 2027 or 2028. Tough to count in those guys in 2026 though. I’ve said for a while now that I’d like to bring in one more veteran edge player that can push guys for snaps, although it’s probably not my top concern. Gary is a solid player but has been trending down the last couple years.

LB leaves me concerned. The likely starting duo of Winters/Overshown is going to flash and look dominant at times. With that said there is always a big injury concern about overshown, and both players are ideally weak side players.

I’d add OT pretty high to the list too. If the rest of the offense is at full strength the cowboys are probably good enough to overcome the tackle situation, but how often is one side of the ball completely healthy? The injury ripple effect worries me if Tyler guyton can’t take a step forward this season.

 

[charron]

Edge.

If they struggle to generate pressure it will expose the CB's.

 

[Stash]

Edge. In order for this work they have to get pressure from the edge. They will be good at one point but is it now? Not sure. The keys are Eze and Gary. Especially Eze.

I honestly don’t think sacks are going to be a huge priority for Parker’s defense.

They weren’t in Philadelphia last year with Fangio. They’re a ‘nice to have’, but not a must have.

The Eagles were middle-of-the-pack in terms of sacks, with their sack leader having just 6.5 for the season.

But their secondary was #8 overall, and they allowed the 5th fewest points in the league.

Today’s best defenses are fundamentally sound, with players know their roles and assignments in all areas, rather than being overly reliant on any one player or group.

I think that’s what Parker is trying to build.

 

[cowboyec]

QB.
if #4 goes down,i have 0 faith in whats behind him.

on the other side of the ball its either CB or LB.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Gary is a stud.

Surely we can find one guy who can play among EZ, Malachi, or even Barham?

Gary was a stud. Gary for whatever reason didn’t look like a stud last year. And the fact he was gonna get cut signals what he is or what they thought he was. I think Eze is the key because of the untapped potential and his ceiling being a 10 sack guy. Whatever we get from Gary is bonus. Right now we have Gary and a bunch of guys who have never done it.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

QB.
if #4 goes down,i have 0 faith in whats behind him.

on the other side of the ball its either CB or LB.

If all we got to worry about is back up QB we going to the SBs

I honestly don’t think sacks are going to be a huge priority for Parker’s defense.

They weren’t in Philadelphia last year with Fangio. They’re a ‘nice to have’, but not a must have.

The Eagles were middle-of-the-pack in terms of sacks, with their sack leader having just 6.5 for the season.

But their secondary was #8 overall, and they allowed the 5th fewest points in the league.

Today’s best defenses are fundamentally sound, with players know their roles and assignments in all areas, rather than being overly reliant on any one player or group.

I think that’s what Parker is trying to build.

I’m less concerned with the sacks and more concerned with the pressure. If you are going to give the QB all day to throw I just don’t see how it’s a good end result even with a good secondary which btw not even sure how good or bad that will be.

It’s also worth mentioning Eagles traded for Phillips because they needed more pressure from
The edge. They traded for Greenard because they saw a weakness.

 

[Jarntt]

CB2, MIKE and then pass rush in general. I'm not sure we will be very good at any of them although I am very hopeful that BT Jordan helps with the pass rush

 

[RS12]

OT. Dont trust either of them.

 

[DeaconMoss]

LT, RT, LB, CB, QB

 

[Rockport]

RB. QB. No depth.

 

[TwentyOne]

Edge, DT, LB, CB, S

T, RB, TE

Cornerback/Edge positional groups worry me the most:

-They have a lot of young, unproven talent that are in that developmental stage. EZ, Lawrence, Revel, Carson, Moore. What is their plan if they are slow to develop?

-As we all know, Edge position has a steep learning curve from college to the pro level. Most take 2-3 years to become productive players. We have to keep low expectations from Lawrence in his rookie season and EZ missing the entire offseason will hurt his development. Will they be better or worse then last season generating pressure?

-Corner remains fully of question marks: Can Bland return to form, will he even be healthy to play a full season? Revel is basically a green rookie after missing most of last season. Carson is another one who has struggled to stay healthy but also has struggles against deep speed. Durant the new comer probably has the least issues. I am just not sure if this team has a true #1 corner on this roster.

OT on both sides is what worries me the most. And i think rightfully so. Both of our tackles are bad and that didnt improve over the last 2 years. So its to be expected that this will be the same this year.

The biggest questionmark to me are pass rush (especially the Edge/OLB position) and CB.

It has to be seen how Parker will implememt his new scheme and use our new edge players. So i have some hope that our pass rush will be at least acceptable.

CB is a big issue right now. Revel is not NFL material. Bland is very good as a slot CB but average and misused outside. Besides that we have nothing really promising. I doubt Downs will lose 10 pounds to be able to cover top WRs.

 

[Stash]

If all we got to worry about is back up QB we going to the SBs
I’m less concerned with the sacks and more concerned with the pressure. If you are going to give the QB all day to throw I just don’t see how it’s a good end result even with a good secondary which btw not even sure how good or bad that will be.

Pressures are a wildly subjective, unmeasurable thing No two sources measure them the same.

It’s also worth mentioning Eagles traded for Phillips because they needed more pressure from
The edge.

Phillips had 2 sacks for them.

They traded for Greenard because they saw a weakness.

Definitely, they lost Phillips to Carolina and knew they needed help.

 

[thunderpimp91]

I honestly don’t think sacks are going to be a huge priority for Parker’s defense.

They weren’t in Philadelphia last year with Fangio. They’re a ‘nice to have’, but not a must have.

The Eagles were middle-of-the-pack in terms of sacks, with their sack leader having just 6.5 for the season.

But their secondary was #8 overall, and they allowed the 5th fewest points in the league.

Today’s best defenses are fundamentally sound, with players know their roles and assignments in all areas, rather than being overly reliant on any one player or group.

I think that’s what Parker is trying to build.

I’d mostly agree, but I think the question is how good is the cowboys secondary vs the eagles? It’s Parker’s specialty so I’m optimistic he can get this group to over perform, but we also have a potential stud by young player in downs, a first year play caller, and CBs with what’s probably better overall ceilings but also a lot of questions starting with your top guy in Bland.

Pressure from the edges may be more important to the cowboys simply because the rest of the defense isn’t quite as good as Philly has been the last couple years.

 

[Stash]

I’d mostly agree, but I think the question is how good is the cowboys secondary vs the eagles? It’s Parker’s specialty so I’m optimistic he can get this group to over perform, but we also have a potential stud by young player in downs, a first year play caller, and CBs with what’s probably better overall ceilings but also a lot of questions starting with your top guy in Bland.

There are definitely some valid questions to be answered, and I may be guilty of putting too much faith in Parker. But his track record backs that up.

He quickly developed talent in both Denver and Philadelphia to Pro Bowl levels, so I have what I believe to be warranted confidence in his ability to repeat it in Dallas.

And from an overall talent perspective, he may have a more talented group overall in Dallas than he did in Philadelphia last year.

Pressure from the edges may be more important to the cowboys simply because the rest of the defense isn’t quite as good as Philly has been the last couple years.

Maybe at inside linebacker, but I think the secondary may have the overall physical talent to be better than Philadelphia last year. They just have to show that.

 

[DuncanIso]

It’s easily offensive tackle for me.

If that position struggles, it could potentially cost you your starting quarterback. And if that happens, the season is over.

I’m cautiously optimistic that both Guyton and Steele will improve, but also concerned if that doesn’t happen.

Agree.

It highlights the problem with Jerry being the big boss.

Cutting Guyton would be embarrassing to him, just like the Mazi pick.

Then he doubles down on the problem by passing on two OTs in the draft. Either would have fixed our LT issue. (Lomu or Trost)

He then asks Tyron to help “train up” Guyton. 8/

You can’t make this up.