Why Cowboys could make move ahead of trade deadline on defense | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

SOMETIMES MORE THAN 30 SECONDS TALKING ABOUT IT. YEAH THAT’S DO YOU THINK THEY MAKE ANY MOVES IN SEASON? YOU KNOW, HE LIKES TO SAY HE GOT THESE DRAFT PICKS AND HE’S GOING TO TURN THEM INTO PLAYERS. I IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU’RE WATCHING BY WAY OF A TRADE WHERE FEWER THAN 5 WEEKS AWAY FROM THE DEADLINE COWBOYS DOING SOMETHING TO TRY TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE? THIS YEAR PRIMARILY ON DEFENSE, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY NEED HELP. YEAH, I THINK THERE’S A POSSIBILITY ALWAYS, YOU NEVER RULE THAT OUT WITH JERRY JONES UH WHO THEY WOULD GET, I DON’T KNOW. AND WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS MIGHT YOU KNOW, DECK PRESCOTT. IT’S RIGHT NOW GONNA BE 2024 JOE BURROW. HE’S GONNA WIN COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR. HE’S PUTTING UP GREAT NUMBERS. NOBODY’S NOTICING BECAUSE THE COWBOYS HAVEN’T PLAYED VERY WELL DEFENSIVELY. THAT 302 ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, 31ST IN SCORING 32ND YARDS, 302 PASSING YARDS, 30 SECOND THIRD DOWN DEFENSE. THEY’RE JUST TERRIBLE ON DEFENSE AND THEY’RE SO BAD ON DEFENSE. NO, 1 IS NOTICING WHAT DAK PRESCOTT IS DOING. HE’S PLAYING AT AN MVP LEVEL. LIKE JOE BURROW WAS LAST SEASON, HE’S GONNA WIN IF HE STAYS HEALTHY, COME BACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WHAT ELSE IS HE GONNA WIN? PROBABLY NOTHING. THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. SO TO YOUR POINT, MIKE I I THINK THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 WEEKS. HOW MANY OF THESE GAMES THEY WIN? DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY’RE IN IT? IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY’RE IN IT AT THE END OF OCTOBER? YES, I COULD SEE THEM MAKING A TRADE FOR A DEFENSIVE PLAYER TO HELP THEM, UH, GET BETTER DEFENSIVELY AND THEY’LL HAVE SOME, GUYS COMING BACK OVER. SEAN WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AT SOME POINT BLAND’S, PROBABLY GOING TO GET FULLY HEALTHY WHERE HE’S OUT THERE. FULLY HEALTHY DIGS. THIS SHOULD GET BETTER WITH THAT KNEE EVERY WEEK. SO THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THEY BUT THEY’RE GONNA HAVE TO STAY IN IT FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 WEEKS, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO DO. WHAT WAS THE STORY ON DIGS? AT THE END OF THE DAY? HE DIDN’T START. I SAW SOMETHING YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS FOR REASONS, AS HE SAID OFF FIELD. I, I STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN A CLEAR PICTURE AS TO WHY HE DIDN’T START AND WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS BECAUSE FRANKLY, NO 1 HAS BEEN EXPOSED MORE ON THAT TEAM. YEAH, GIVEN THE DEPARTURE OF MICAH PARSONS YEAH, THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND I THINK THE NEED WAS PLAYING A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT TOO, MIKE BUT IT WAS FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHY ON FIELD ISSUES AND ALL FIELDS ISSUES WAS THAT BEING LATE TO MEETINGS, WAS IT NOT SHOWING UP FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BUT WEARING A MICAH PARSONS JERSEY TO WORK. HOW ABOUT THAT? JERSEY TO WORK. YEAH, IT COULD BE THAT. UM YEAH. THAT’S HIS BEST FRIEND. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME HURT THERE WHEN WHEN MICAH WAS TRADED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DIGGS LOVES MICAH AND AND THEY WERE REALLY CLOSE AND I KNOW THAT HURT. SO, YEAH, I THIS IS HIS LAST YEAR LIKE, LIKE YOU SEE HIS CONTRACT. THIS IS LAST YEAR, IN DALLAS, THE COWBOYS ARE GOING TO CUT AND MOVE ON AFTER THIS SEASON. IS THAT KNEE GONNA GET BETTER? WE OR IS HE DONE? I MEAN, THE DAMAGE THAT’S BEEN DONE TO THAT KNEE. AND THE SURGERY IS THAT HE HAD HAS HAD I DON’T KNOW THAT THAT HOW MUCH BETTER THAT KNEE’S GONNA GET? IT’S OBVIOUSLY AFFECTING HIS PLAY NOW, SO, WE’LL SEE HOW MUCH BETTER THAT KNEE GETS AND IF HE CAN GET A CONTRACT WITH SOME OTHER TEAM, THAT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD CONTRACT BUT HE’S GOT TO PLAY BETTER THAN WHAT HE’S PLAYING. HE JUST HADN’T PLAYED VERY WELL AND WHETHER IT’S THE KNEE OR WHETHER IT’S IT IS, HE I DON’T KNOW THAT THAT HOW THE KNEE OR WHETHER IT’S AND, YOU KNOW, HE BROUGHT UP THE POINT NUMBERS. MATT EBERFLUS IS PLAYING A TON, A TON OF ZONE COVERAGE 89.5% THEIR FIRST IN THE NFL IN ZONE COVERAGE. THAT’S NOT WHAT TREVON DIGGS DOES. HE’S A MAN GUY UNDER DAN QUINN, THEY ONLY PLAYED, UH, THEY PLAYED 33.8% OF MAN COVERAGE WHICH WAS THIRD IN THE NFL OVER THE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT HE WAS IN DALLAS AND NOW THEY’RE LAST IN MAN COVERAGE, THEY’RE PLAYING NO 5% OF THEIR DEFENSIVE PLAYS ARE IN MAN COVERAGE. SO IF THEY WANT TO GET DIGGS MAYBE BETTER, I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T AGAIN HIS KNEE MAY BE AFFECTING HIM, I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S THE CASE BUT HE HAS GONE IN AND ASKED, MATT EVA FLUS TO PLAY MORE MAN. ALLOW HIM TO PLAY MORE MAN. MAYBE THAT’S HELPED HIM, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP HIM. HE IS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN MAN THAN ZONE. GOOD NEWS FOR THE COWBOYS IN WEEK, 4, GEORGE PICKENS STEPPED UP. IT WAS HIS OPPORTUNITY AND HE MADE THE MOST OF IT AND WE SAW WHAT HE CAN BE IN AN OFFENSE WHERE THERE’S A COMMITMENT TO THROW THE FOOTBALL TO HIM. AND I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS, THE STEELERS, DON’T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY, THEY DON’T THROW IT TO HIM WHEN HE’S OPEN, EVEN WHEN HE’S NOT OPEN, HE’S OPEN. HE’LL GO. MAKE THE CATCH WITH A GUY AROUND. HE’LL MAKE A GREAT CATCH WITH 2 GUYS AROUND. HE’S GEORGE PICKINGS AND HE’S 1 OF THE BEST RECEIVERS IN FOOTBALL, BAD NEWS. FOR THE COWBOYS. EVERYBODY’S GOING TO SEE IT. NOW THERE’S NO WAY HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE TEAM NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? THEY CAN’T AFFORD HIM AND CEEDEE LAMB. NO, I DO YOU USE. I MEAN YOU’RE THE EXPERT ON THIS MIC. DO YOU USE A FRANCHISE TAG ON HIM? I AGAIN YOUR DEFENSE IS SO BAD. CAN YOU AFFORD TO KEEP GEORGE PICKINGS BECAUSE YOUR DEFENSE IS SO BAD YOU GOT TO GO OUT AND GET DEFENSIVE HELP? I, I DON’T KNOW. I SHOULD THEY HAVE SIGNED HIM RIGHT WHEN THEY GOT HIM? I DON’T KNOW. THAT, THAT WAS THE CASE EITHER AND I DON’T KNOW THAT HE WOULD SIGN A CONTRACT. NOW, WOULD HE? I I WOULDN’T SIGN IF I WAS GEORGE PICKINGS. THERE’S NO. HE’S WEARING NUMBER. HE’S WEARING NUMBER 3, SHIREEN. HE’S WEARING NUMBER 3 POSSIBLY BECAUSE THAT NEXT CONTRACT NEEDS TO START WITH A 3 AND THERE’S NO WAY THE COWBOYS CAN AFFORD THAT AND THE FRANCHISE TAG YOU MENTIONED IT’S GOING TO BE HARD BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH BIG AVERAGE, YOU GET A LOW CAP NUMBER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, FRANCHISE TAG, WHAT THE GUYS GETTING PAID WAY AROUND IT UNTIL YOU CONVERT THAT INTO LONG-TERM DEAL. SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE STUCK. THE BEST THING THEY’RE GOING TO BE HOPING FOR IS COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICK IN 27. MAXIMIZED BY WHATEVER HE DOES ELSEWHERE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN GUESS WHAT? YOUR BACK? LOOKING FOR A NUMBER TO RECEIVER THAT YOU DIDN’T HAVE SINCE AMARI COOPER AND YOU FINALLY GOT HIM IN GEORGE PICKINGS AND NOW YOU’RE GOING THAT NUMBER 2, RECEIVER, WHEN YOU NEED ALL THIS DEFENSIVE HELP, SO THEY’RE IN A WORLD OF HURT. MIKE, NOT ONLY FOR THIS SEASON BUT FOR FUTURE SEASONS. AND AND WE MAY BE LOOKING AT THAT DAK PRESCOTT AND TONY ROMO HAVE BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME EXACT RECORD. NOW DAK HAS A TIE ON HIS RECORD. I THINK ROMO HAS 1 MORE LOSS AND THEN THEIR POSTSEASON RECORD IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME 2 AND 4, FOR ROMO, AND 2, AND 5 FOR DAK. THEY’RE, THEY’RE GOING TO END UP BEING THE SAME QUARTERBAC

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  6. Diggs was never a 'great' corner. He was a ball hawk and was good at getting interceptions but he seemed like it was either a pick, or the receiver caught the ball and was gone for a TD. There was very little in between for him. And that was at his peak prior to the injuries. He was only ever notable because he had that season a few years back with a billion picks, but after that? He was never more than a mediocre coverage guy.

  9. If the Cowboys can stack up a few wins going towards the trade deadline and just be consistent, then I could definitely see them making a trade to improve that defense because that has been our sore spot ALL year. Charlean is dead on with her takes as well. I think that Dak is putting up MVP numbers through 4 weeks into the season but his defense is failing him at every category.

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