Great insight. I feel like there are too many fans that get too concerned about what these moves are going to do for the Cowboys THIS year or immediate return. This FO built a flawed roster, one sided and top heavy. And they had bad contracts on the books. In the last year in a half I feel like they have been able to maintain being competitive and have succeeded in restructuring the roster in a better way. Not only that, but getting rid of most of these bad contracts with veterans.
If they Cowboys can go 11-6 or 12-5 again and do it with younger talent then thats a win for me. This roster had lots of work to do. The defense is now legitimate and young and talented. This Oline isnt going to be rebuilt overnight. Fohenko, Ball, Steele, we just need one of these guys to hit. If two hit, great. Tyler Smith we now have another tough guard. Can Biadasz develop. The Cowboys have to hit on some of these guys. Mcgovern and Williams didnt work out.
WR room has basically been revamped. RB is next. To me I am looking at 2023 if things go well as being the beginning of having a window to be a true contender.
Have to agree with CowboyRoy, good assessment. No team ever hits on all their picks but every team goes into a draft expecting to hit on at least of couple of guys. In our case the class of 2021 is still up for grabs on if we hit on more than one (Parsons). There is hope that that Joseph pans out as a very good CB. Odighizuwa appears to be at the very least a rotation 3-tech and Bohanna made a small contribution while Quinn was teaching him. As to Wright, Fehoko, Golston, Ball and Mukuamu the jury is still out although here in 2022 is a time either to step up or they may not make the 3rd year. Training camp will be critical for all four of them.
The 2022 class is in no way sexy in terms of who they drafted but it was telling in that they needed to improve size, speed, and demeanor. The facts were in every game we lost including the one playoff game we not could not stop the run or could we get the running game going but the other team just bullied us in every phase of the game and then we just played scared. Although in some of those games we came back to make it a game, the fact is we still played scared and never thought we could come back and win. You could see it in how they blocked, tackled, and even never really committing to what the calls were on offense or defense. Attitude and demeanor have to change. Finesse is over, you have to punish the other team from beginning to end. That is not to say finesse plays aren't good, we just when we do make those plays, they need to get up and give the appearance that we can do anything we want whenever we want.