I wouldn't trade for a 1-year rental, but their productivity doesn't look all that similar. One guy had 18.5 sacks last year, and the other has 19 sacks over the past 3 years.
That's interesting. I didn't know. I was thinking the Quinn we had in 2019. But I'm impressed. When I see Fowler, he reminds me of Quinn. Maybe Fowler is a little bigger, but I see them as similar types of players. If you look at Quinn's stats, he also began sort of inconsistent like Fowler. In 2011, he had 5.0 sacks, then in '12 he had 10.5, then 19.0 sacks in 2013, then his numbers fell to 10.5 sacks in 2014, 5.0 sacks in 2015, 4.0 sacks in '16, 8.5 sacks in 2017, 6.5 in 2018 to 11.5 in 2019.
Interesting fact: Quinn only registered 2.0 sacks during his first year playing in Chicago during 2020.
On a different note, it would be kind of interesting to have even more athleticism on defense.
I'm not the defensive coordinator, but I would like to have players who can stop the run and play the pass. We need more of those guys. That's why Quinn gives me pause. He's similar to Fowler, I think. Our guys on the interior we have now like Gholston, Gallimore, Odighizuwa, Armstrong and Tanks are good players for all downs. For pash rush, if those guys come in heavier and stronger like they said they were, then we have Parsons, the wild-card Sam Williams, and the unknown factor with Dante Fowler, who I think can actually have a big year with the Cowboys working with Dan Quinn.
I would really like to see us improve the safety position, somehow, as well as back up quarterback, as well as center, via free agency without a trade. But I'm willing to trade if it really makes us better. However, I wouldn't give up too much draft capital in any trade. That would be stupid, for the Cowboys, since we draft better than most teams, it would take away one edge we have on competition.
The Cowboys have seen Quinn before, so they know what he can do. I still don't see him as a dominant player overall player, year after year.
But I isn't dumb: I would certainly trade Conner McGovern for Robert Quinn.
Contrary to what the media is pushing, I would not give up any picks unless it's a 7th and if Dan Quinn thought it was beneficial to bring in Robert Quinn over another player already on our roster.
Still, how many pass rushers can we have on the field at once?
We would have the personnel to run really strong, and athletic defensive fronts where we could move Parsons, Williams, Fowler, Quinn around, often times as linebackers because they all have enough speed to play LB and DE.
I don't know, though. Personally, I think Fowler can do similar things as Quinn even though Quinn is technically an outside LB and Quinn is a DE.
I think Quinn may be toxic, though. He's pulling dramatics in Chicago for not getting his way after his 18.5 sack season.
