Think about what you're saying though...Mazi should be #4 DT...Mazi isn't going to be #4. He will start. He is the only DT on the roster..I have no problem with not paying Osa $21M per(that's Jerry and Stephen's fault for waiting), but it really boxes us in to drafting for need and reaching for DT's. Eberflus needs a pass rush from 3T(Warren Sapp is the prototype in his scheme), and Osa is the best pass rusher on the market. The draft is deep at DT, but more the monstrous 1T type. They would be reaching at 12, but that's exactly how we ended up with Mazi. You aren't wrong in anything you said, but the front office has done a pathetic job at roster building
I hope all those moves are made.
The good thing is..this is deep draft for D-line. We should be able to get a couple of young D-lineman in this draft.
I've seen updated mocks by people who are always pretty good...lots of DT's and RB's flying off the board in the first couple of rounds now. Throwing away that 4th is really going to fuck us up in the draft as far as flexibility. This is a year when the Cowboys would be so much better off if they filled needs in FA and didn't HAVE to have certain positions early in the draft. But we won't. We are going to have more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese. They will depend on finding starters with their seven picks that are 5th round or later. Good luck with that
A new DC and staff owes Mazi nothing. If we keep Osa and draft or sign a FA I don't see anyway Mazi is starting unless he is twice the player we have seen thus far. He shouldn't even have started last year if we had any clue how to build a roster. As far as Osa being the best pass rusher on the free agent market, he has 13.5 sacks in 4 full seasons. His season high is 4.5. This is while playing in every game and usually 80% of the snaps. I like Osa a lot, but overvaluing their own players is what has killed this team for years from a cap perspective. If the DL isn't significantly better this team will go nowhere and you don't get significantly better by just playing all of the same guys.
I agree with everything you are saying. The problem with this team is, there's what the team needs to do and what they will do. Mazi was OK at best last season. Osa was good but not great(he should have been resigned a year ago, but as I said, we are mismanaged). This club drafts really well when they just pick the REAL best player on their board and don't draft for specific needs. You really can't trust their board anymore though because now, pathetically, they are sugar coating their board. Knowing they need certain positions, they will have certain guys ranked higher than they actually see them so they can say "We needed a DT and Mazi was the best player on our board. What luck". An example of drafting for need would have been passing on CeeDee Lamb and taking K'Lavon Chaisson or taking Johnny Football over Zach Martin. We just can't afford to do it but we will
