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Am I delusional, or does the potential at D-line look promising?

Collins, Crawford, Lawrence, Gregory, Irving, Ward, Jones and Ward

That looks good on paper, right?
 

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I expected crawford to make a bigger impact,but the guy is just not all that great. Not impressed with him.

There is still no reason for the Cowboys to not kill some qbs.
 

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If everyone meets expectations we could be very good on the DL. We also have Ealy, Tapper and the draft pick, plus the NTs that may contribute. But, other than Lawrence every single player has questions too and I guess even with Lawrence we need to find out if last year was due to the normal progression and health or if it was just a career year. I'm cautiously optimistic that we will put much more pressure on the QB than in the past. I am a little less optimistic about the run defense if we cut all of true 1 techs. I'd love to see our LBs protected a little more and be freed up a little to shoot gaps and fill holes and move side to side behind a DL with a little bit more size.

Overall I think our DL should be a lot better than in the recent past and we are deep enough to be able to sustain an injury to everyone but Lawrence and perhaps Irving or Collins. This should help our secondary more and in turn expected improvement in the secondary will help the DL as well.
 

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I expected crawford to make a bigger impact,but the guy is just not all that great. Not impressed with him.

There is still no reason for the Cowboys to not kill some qbs.
I expected crawford to make a bigger impact,but the guy is just not all that great. Not impressed with him.

There is still no reason for the Cowboys to not kill some qbs.

Do you mean Litterally or Figuratively? Never mind..LOL
 

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Am I delusional, or does the potential at D-line look promising?

Collins, Crawford, Lawrence, Gregory, Irving, Ward, Jones and Ward

That looks good on paper, right?
Guy you left out is the guy that I think busts out in a big way. I think Taco is gonna get 8 sacks
 

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It's entirely possible no one player gets the reps to get 8 sacks, but I can see a high "Team" sack count this season
 

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I totally forgot about Taco. Lots of talent, just hope they can put it together as a unit. If they play well, maybe it can mask and help the Secondary issues.
 

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Guy you left out is the guy that I think busts out in a big way. I think Taco is gonna get 8 sacks
When he listed Ward twice I was thinking one of those was supposed to be Taco.

Very interested to see how he has progresses this year. He played better at the end of last year, but not good enough. I'm hoping for a big jump forward in year two and I think we may see it. I'd love to have him prove he was worth that draft slot. It would make it a lot easier to tell D Law he isn't getting $90M from us.
 

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Yep...Martin had good things to say about Ward last month when they were running around in Tee Shirts and underware
I didn't hear that. I know the coaches and guys following the team seemed high on him. Good to hear the guys going against him were too. The only downside to guys like Ward and Ealy and the recent draft picks is we still aren't getting that size that I think we could use. But, Marinelli still seems more interested in a guy like Ward that can penetrate than a guy that just uses brute strength and clogs the Hell out of the middle on early downs. My feeling is having both is best. One thing about the DL is that we should be a lot deeper than in the past and the ability to penetrate combined with fresh legs tends to cause havoc late in the game.
 

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It's entirely possible no one player gets the reps to get 8 sacks, but I can see a high "Team" sack count this season
Good point. Marinelli does like to rotate the DL. He certainly has more talent to work with than during previous years. Taco should be better in year 2. Gregory is a freak and will be a difference maker if he stays out of trouble. The main concern I have is the 1 tech. Certainly the weak link on the DL. the ends and 3 tech are very good
 

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Good point. Marinelli does like to rotate the DL. He certainly has more talent to work with than during previous years. Taco should be better in year 2. Gregory is a freak and will be a difference maker if he stays out of trouble. The main concern I have is the 1 tech. Certainly the weak link on the DL. the ends and 3 tech are very good
Guys need to be taught how to change out during game action, especially if playing GB and Aaron Rodgers.
 

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Who do the Cowboys have that is starting at the 2 DT positions at least through game 4?
 

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Who do the Cowboys have that is starting at the 2 DT positions at least through game 4?

Hopefully Collins is back by week 1. The other spot is up for grabs until Irving is back. Heavy rotation regardless of who gets the start.
 

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Hopefully Collins is back by week 1. The other spot is up for grabs until Irving is back. Heavy rotation regardless of who gets the start.


Collins is not in good shape. Doubt if he'll last long.
 
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