FRISCO, Texas Except for the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are bringing back all 22 starters from the 2020 season, change is constant in the NFL. When you have a defense that was as porous as the Dallas Cowboys , change was more than needed. It was craved.
When the Cowboys defense allows 473 points, the most in team history, and 2,541 rushing yards, the second most allowed in team history, you can t simply run it back.
The Dallas makeover on defense started with the hiring of coordinator Dan Quinn in January, continued into NFL free agency, where the Cowboys signed five defenders and moved through the 2021 NFL draft in which eight of their 11 selections were on Quinn s side of the ball.
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Could Wright be the team’s new Mr. Right?
Nahshon Wright was graded as a 7th round pick by several prominent draft experts, including Dane Brugler and Lance Zierlein. So, what do the Cowboys know that the rest of the world doesn’t?
Wright has great size and is the prototypical Dan Quinn defensive back at 6’4” with a nearly 33-inch wingspan. He doesn’t have the quickest hips but he’s not a slouch athlete by any means. Wright ran a 4.47 40 yard dash and is light on his feet when he’s on the field.
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All across the NFL, writers and fans are dissecting their team’s haul of draft picks and how they will help their team be a winner this year. For the Dallas Cowboys, it is almost all about the defense. That was imperative after how bad they did under Mike Nolan last season. They certainly got some very encouraging players, along with some flyers that might just pay off.
But the focus on additions to rosters can lead to some overblown conclusions, like this bit of hype for a division rival.
The easy answer to the question is the quarterback. With Ryan Fitzpatrick the presumptive starter, that is the likely weak link for them.
Unwrapping Dallas s 2021 Christmas Haul By redsoxu571 on May 6, 2021, 3:31pm CDT +
Well, that was interesting! A year removed from a draft class that was probably tops in the league in terms of reeling in consensus value, this time around the Cowboys.zagged. There may not be a Cowboy fan out there who needs to be told that the 2021 picks involved multiple by-consensus reaches to various degrees, including one major objective reach that had to pull a muscle or leave behind some back pain.
Does this mean it s a bad class? By one measure, and to be frank - yes, it was bad. By value, the Cowboys left some draft capital on the table, missing opportunities to pick guys closer to their expected range in order to import more overall talent or move down and bank something in the way of future picks. But keep in mind that the per-capital value of a class is only a portion, and a smaller portion at that, of how the class ultimately stacks out. How well it helps stockpile the te
Poll: Should the Dallas Cowboys bring back safety Jeff Heath?
Former Cowboy Jeff Heath is hitting the open market.
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The 2021 NFL Draft is over and the Dallas Cowboys, shocker here, did not draft a true safety. To be fair, the Cowboys did draft Israel Mukuamu in the sixth round and he has some positional flexibility at both safety and cornerback. We spoke with Mukuamu just one day after the Cowboys took him last Saturday and he noted that he is willing to play wherever the team asks him to. You can watch that interview right here, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Blogging The Boys YouTube Channel which you can do right here.