While the team showed some flashes between the veteran play of Jadeveon Clowney and the quick development of rookie Donovan Ezeiruaku, the lack of a consistent squeeze on opposing quarterbacks became a glaring issue by season's end. Without a formidable pass rush, opposing quarterbacks attacked an already vulnerable secondary whose coverage clock dwindled faster than a McGruber explosive device after he cuts the wrong wire.
I want our George Pickens relationship to be all honey. I can't tell you how positive I feel about him, and I want our fans to look at it and say, 'That's a lot of money they're putting out there.' Jerry emphasized his commitment to maintaining a positive relationship with Pickens while justifying the financial investment to fans.
The Dallas Cowboys have gotten under the $301.2 million salary cap Wednesday by restructuring the contracts of quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and left guard Tyler Smith, according to sources. The Cowboys were nearly $55 million over the cap before the moves, but the restructuring cleared around $66 million in space.
The Cowboys have been in the market for a superstar pass rusher since they traded Micah Parsons to the Packers last August. The Packers sent two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark to the Cowboys for the 26-year-old Parsons.
The edge rusher need became elevated on Monday with news that Donovan Ezeiruaku may not be available to the team until training camp. Ezeiruaku is young and coming off of his rookie season, but it is hard not to get spooked by those kinds of things.
Outside of a few folks who were blessed with the gift of prophesy, most NFL fans understand that trying to predict the future, per Peter F. Drucker, is like 'trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.'
Cowboys players graded head coach Brian Schottenheimer as an A- head coach after his first season as the team's head coach, and honestly, that probably is not bad for what he had to deal with his first season. Nutritionist/Dietician: B+ Cowboys players gave the organization a B+ in this category for the second year in a row. They also voted the locker as a B+. The weight room was an A-, and Jerry Jones was somehow a B.
I really can't accept just the thought of winning one Super Bowl and then what? I've got more time on my clock than that in my mind. And so I don't see it that way. I see a chance to put a team together and basically be knocking at the edge and get another one or get a chance at a another one.