Veteran Free Agent Contracts Cowboys Should Consider Before Training Camp – Christopher Knox, Bleacher Report
If the Cowboys want to help make DeMarvion Overshown’s third-round pick easier, it makes sense for a veteran like Deion Jones to be.
LB Deon Jones
Shortly after Smith was taken, the Cowboys added linebacker DeMarvion Overhown in the third. While the Texas product may be able to make an early impact, it is more likely to be in the coverage rather than as a play stopper.
“Overhown struggles to control blocks from guards and centers, sometimes being pushed around by running backs and tight ends,” Holder wrote. “In the end, his skinny 220-pound frame just isn’t going to cut him against running back in the NFL.”
With an eye on improving their run defense, Dallas would be wise to take a long look at linebacker Deon Jones.
Jones – who previously played under defensive coordinator Dan Quinn with the Atlanta FalconsHe’s still a solid all-round defender. He appeared in 11 games for the Cleveland Browns In 2022, he finished with 44 tackles, 2.5 sacks, and an interception. He was credited with only four wasted tackles last season, per Pro Football reference.
In 2021, Jones threw 137 tackles and two sacks.
Familiarity with the system can be a factor here. Jones knows what Quinn likes to do defensively, and he’ll have an easier time than most joining the squad before training camp and finding the fit. Of course, it also helps that the 28-year-old is still a productive player.
AIKMAN offers a simple reason for their postseason struggles – Shane Taylor, Inside The Star
Cowboys will 49ers Meet again for the third consecutive year in the playoffs?
“The organization did a great job. I think the coaches did a great job. The players. The whole thing. They won a lot of games,” Aikman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
And he went on to articulate exactly what we’ve all been fans of for the past 20 years.
It’s a fact that the Cowboys can play best when it matters most…at qualifiers.
“The problem is for them, and they don’t need me to tell them that, they didn’t give their best when the games mattered most,” Aikman said.
Dallas has made the playoffs in five of the past nine seasons and has had double-double wins in four of those nine years.
Despite it all, they’ve only won five playoffs since the year I was born, 1996. That led to a 28-year title drought.
What needs to be changed
This is the golden question.
What can Dallas do to get the monkey off his back? Aikman, like most people, doesn’t have a clear answer for that either.
He says the teams he was part of in the 1990s succeeded because they gave their best in the biggest matches.
The Cowboys Corner Market has not 1, not 2, but 3 of the top slot defenders in the NFL – KD Drummond, The Cowboys Wire
The Cowboys defense has only gotten better around him, but the emergence of Jayron Kearse as a captain in the secondary is huge for Dan Quinn’s scheme.
The uniqueness of how Queen places the chess pieces has resulted in not one player, but different players being identified among The league’s MVP in defense of the slot entering 2023according to Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire.
2023 No. 2. Jayron Kersey, Dallas Cowboys
Like so many players on Dan Quinn’s defenses over the years, Kearse has found himself with a coach compatible enough with his skills to put him in the best position for success. That was a whole lotta opening for Kearse in 2022, and he allowed 18 catches on 23 targets last season for 170 yards, 116 yards after catches, no touchdowns, two interceptions, and an opponent passer rating of 61.2.
Keirs’ journey from seventh round with the Vikings to leading in the Dallas secondary was remarkable. He is a physically strong presence who is able to influence the game with his cover skills and intimidating demeanor. Although he always seems to be tending to an injury in the game, he always has someone back on the field to continue his perfect play.
Role Calling: Asim Richards OL’s versatility will be key – Patrick Walker, USA TODAY DallasCowboys.com
The fifth round was more late than Dallas expected to handle on the offensive line, but they found a versatile prospect with a big surge in Asim Richards.
What then: The answer to this depends on what Richards shows up at camp when the Cowboys move him from one position to the next on the offensive line, because while he can play guard, he’s made a name for himself as a left tackle, allowing just three sacks on over 1,000 snaps in a year 2022.
I bet you don’t know: Richards had one more year of eligibility with the Tar Heels but opted to enter the NFL instead, don’t you know that? He ended up with the Dallas Cowboys. Why is this important? Well, that’s because he was born and raised in Philadelphia; And that means in a family full of Eagles fans (but he says they aren’t anymore).
quotable:”[My brother] He wanted to move to Dallas. He wanted to move to Dallas. And so, he said, “Yeah, I think you’re going to Dallas.” He had a feeling and I’m like, “I don’t know, bro,” but he was right. Asim Richards
3 of the Cowboys’ Best Players Who Didn’t Make the Pro Bowl – Maitland Routledge, The Landry Hat
Robin to Michael Irvin’s Batman is not identified with A.J Pro Bowl gesture.
2. Alvin Harper
This is a guy more fans might remember. When you think of great receiving duos, most might remember Lynn Swann and John Stallworth or Jerry Rice and John Taylor. In the early 1990s, Michael Irvin Alvin Harper made a fantastic receiving duo.
Harper was drafted by Dallas in the first round of the 1991 draft and was immediately expected to complement Irvin as the Cowboys continued to build their championship-contending team. While his rookie season was uneventful, Harper’s 1992 season produced some standout moments.
In the NFC Championship In the game against the 49ers he caught a tipped pass from Troy Aikman and went 70 yards for the clinching touchdown. He finished the year with 562 yards and four touchdowns to help the Cowboys win their first championship of the 1990s.
After a better 1993 season he helped Dallas win another powerAnd Harper had his best season in 1994 With 821 yards and eight touchdowns. While fellow receiver Irvin and tight end Jay Novacek were named to the Pro Bowl, Harper was left out. Despite his breakout season, the other receivers named to the team cracked 1,000 yards each, something Harper never did during his career.
Harper may not have been one of the most dynamic receivers in Cowboys history, but he was a key contributor to the first two Super Bowls during that era. He was a reliable target in the Dallas passing game and made the defenses realize they had to cover him just like Irvin. A Pro Bowl nod for Harper must have come in 1994 at the very least.
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