Here’s why the Cowboys Defensive Line is FINALLY FLASHING..

Here’s why the Cowboys Defensive Line is FINALLY FLASHING..

The Dallas Cowboys have found a lot of success on the defensive line specifically over the past couple of weeks and I think the Dallas Cowboys have a pretty good defensive line. Now, they might not have a true difference maker in terms of like that one instant superstar. You know, they don’t have Michael Parsons anymore obviously, but they have a ton of different guys. And against the Jets, we started to see a glimpse of some of what they might be able to do. And I want to talk about it because the the the Dallas Cowboys took on a pretty good New York Jets offensive line and they had a ton of success. So many different guys flashed. And that’s the thing with the Cowboys defensive line. There are multiple players that can make plays and we’re starting to see some of this against the New York Jets. There are probably five or six different defensive linemen that made at least five or six plays over the course of this game. You add that up, that’s like 30, 40 plays that are essentially being made by just the defensive linemen. On this one here, you’re going to get an Osa Odigizua sack. This one’s going to end up going now. This one’s going to lose 14 yards. Just a phenomenal job by by the defensive tackle. You look at this play here. You look at the explosiveness, the quickness. You see how he gets out of his stance as the play action. So, these offensive linemen are doing what is called the jump set. They’re essentially going to mimic that this is a run. They’re all going to go forward. They’re all going to flow to the left. And that’s sucking the linebackers, try to hit it behind behind those linebackers. And Odigi Zua does a phenomenal job with the club move. Look at that. Gets right over the top of the center, gets to the quarterback, and brings the quarterback down for a 14yd sack. It does not get better than that one right there. But Odigua had multiple plays that he made against the Jets. And in today’s video, I want to show you guys plays that these guys are making, not just Odigiza, you know, we’ll look at David Clowny, some of the impacts he’s had. Sam Williams had a phenomenal game against the Jets as well. Uh there were multiple guys that were flashing and again Kenny Clark right continues to flash as well on this one here. You’re going to get a defensive line game is going to go up against John Simpson. He’s going to slant into Olu Fanu and you’re going to see him do a really nice job making sure that those two guys are not going to be able to block him. He ends up getting through there. Now he does fall down. Great job still to get up and and continue that pressure on the quarterback. Third and five right here. This is the moment where as a as a defensive lineman, you got to get home. You got to be able to generate that pressure. This is the moment where games are won and lost. And on this one here, Odigu does a really nice job to get pressure on the quarterback. Of course, quarterback throws it away. It’s really, really nice rep. You got another really, really nice rep here. This one’s going to end up being a sevenyard sack. But on this one, the thing that I like is it’s not just Odigu who does his job. Kenny Clark does a phenomenal job on this one. James Houston comes around, he wraps it up as well. those guys split the sack. But again, just a phenomenal job with the game, you know, if you can execute a defensive line game the right way. It’s a thing of beauty and it’s really really difficult to stop and uh you know, not every defensive lineman knows how to execute these games. And here’s an example of a guy that does know how, right? You look at Odigi Zua on this one. He’s going to not only slant super hard to the inside, but he recognizes that I have to slant into number 66, but I need to stay on the back side of 66 because Cammy Clark is going to end up coming around that. And if I get to the backside of number 66, there’s nothing that 71 or 66 are going to be able to do in terms of switching. One of those guys has to take Odigiza while the other will end up taking the other DTackle, Kenny Clark. And as long as Odigu gets to the backside and keep an eye here, look at him get right into that backside right there. Once you do that, it’s impossible to switch here. The center can either take Kenny Clark and let Odigizua go or he can stick to Odigizua and the right guard is not going to be able to get back over here. And again, this is just a really, really good job. And of course, Kenny Clark gets in there and James Houston wraps it up and helps kind of bring it down as well. But that’s a phenomenal job right there in terms of the defensive line game. And the thing is is it just happens so quickly. It’s so efficient. And Odigua does not get credit for anything on this play, but he’s the guy that is going to be generating that pressure. He’s the guy that’s going to be basically helping to to get that sack, right? Just a phenomenal job. And let’s go ahead and just use that last clip. Obviously, James Houston was one of the guys that got the sack. Let’s talk about him a little bit. Houston had a phenomenal day as well. And he’s going to wrap up the quarterback on this one. And on this one, quarterback’s going to lose 10 yards. This is already third and 19. This is a hard play to pick up for the offense, but it’s a really nicely executed defensive line game. Again, you know, I am a believer that one player does not make an impact as much as a cohesive unit. What I mean by that is guys like Robert Salah, guys like, you know, Jesse Mter. And Mter might be a great example of this right now with the Chargers. You know, the great defensive coordinators design games, they design plays, they design certain blitzes and simulated pressures to get to the quarterback. You don’t need an elite football player. Mentor is a great example of this. The Chargers don’t really have an elite football player, but they are probably the best defense in the NFL right now. And a huge reason is because of plays like what we’re seeing the Cowboys being able to properly execute. Think about this play right here. You’re going to put all these different guys on the line of scrimmage. You’re going to start to show that, hey, this guy might come. There’s a corner off the left edge here who’s right off the screen here to the left. You got two guys here. The offensive line needs to account for every single one of these players. But do recognize not every single one of these guys are going to end up coming. But what is going to end up happening is you’re going to get a threeman defensive line game to the right of your screen. Watch these two defensive tackles and watch how they slant super hard to the inside. And then at the same time, watch Houston come around over the top to the right. This is executed once again perfectly. And Houston’s going to get a free shot into the quarterback because the offensive line’s not able to swap it. And as I mentioned on the last play, you know, if if you’re running a defensive line game and on this one specifically, you know, these three guys are going to have to pick up the three guys here because these two guys are going to essentially slide to the left to the defensive end here. And then there’s a corner right off the screen to the left here. So those two guys are going to slide that way. But watch these two defensive tackles. Watch both of them get to the hips of these offensive linemen. And then look at how hard that makes it for those guys to switch. You see here, I think that’s Solomon Thomas going to end up getting to the inside hip. OSA also gets to the inside hip. You’re not going to be able to swap that if these guys get to the inside hips. It’s just not going to happen. And then with that, you see Houston ends up coming free. They’re not able to swap it. It just happens too late and they’re going to end up getting the sack on the quarterback. Again, a cohesive unit is so much better than a unit that just has one player and relies mostly on one player. And I’m not saying that that was the Cowboys with Parsons. I’m not saying that. But what I am saying is that the Cowboys defensive line actually looks pretty good. You know, we’re now four, five, six games into the season. Guys like James Houston is really stepping up and he’s generating pressure. Sam Williams, which we will talk about in this video here in a second, is also flashing a lot. He’s looking really good as well. Uh Houston to me though does provide that that veteran pass rusher and there’s a reason why he had two and a half sacks against the Jets. the guys getting after the quarterback. And you know, don’t overlook the fact that the Jets have a really, really, really good offensive line. But I’m telling you guys, the Dallas Cowboys defensive line is starting to flash a little bit. It’s getting better. It’s hard to block cuz they got a lot of really good players. Dave Clowny, Kenny Clark come over. Those are good, productive football players. James Houston is a productive football player. OSA we already know is a top tier D tackle and Sam Williams is flashing. Overall, these guys are doing a really, really good job. You got another one here. Just look at the quickness by Houston to be able to generate that pressure. Now, this one does technically get called as a roughing the passer. But just look at how quickly Houston’s going to be able to run this game. And you have no shot on this if you’re John Simpson and Olu Fanu, right? You have literally no shot because you have the three technique that Simpson has to pass off. Now, I will say this, Thomas doesn’t do as good of a job, right? Like he doesn’t do what like OSA did, right? where OSA attacks the inside hip. But Samson does a pretty good job passing it off. He’s just not quick enough to get over here to Houston. Houston’s a very, very fast football player. He has a really good explosive first step. When he puts that foot on the ground, when he changes direction, that’s a hard thing to get to. And obviously, you’re going to get the the hit on the quarterback on this one. It’s a really, really nice rep. You have a third and eight here. Houston and Sam Williams will split this one. And again, just a great segue to get into Sam Williams. Man, Sam Williams is really looked really, really, really impressive. So, Houston first and foremost going up against Armen MBA. Pretty nice job with like the he membs for the Hezi on this one. You know, I like the tackle. I think he’s a good football player, but he is not the type of player that he’s being hyped up to be. Again, he’s a good player. Being way too hyped in in my opinion right now. uh when he is put out onto an island like this one, this is exactly what happens. Houston phenomenal Hezi, right? That’s I mean guys, this is one of the best he moves I’ve seen cuz he even slows down within the Hezi, right? Like he he explodes up field, slows down, the tackle falls for it. The tackle even tries putting his hand up to try to bait Houston and Houston just swats that hand down. Bam. It does not get better than that right there. And of course, Sam Williams also ends up generating pressure. He goes up against the right guard. Just a really good job by Williams. Uh just a phenomenal powerful punch. Look at this. Gets right out of his sense. Bam. And just like that, he gets to the quarterback. This is third and eight. This is a play you could pick this up if you’re the offense. But again, Williams just clubs. I believe that’s Tipman right there. Former first round pick. He ends up getting to the quarterback. And let’s go ahead and just talk a little bit about Sam Williams because I think Sam Williams has looked really, really good this season for the Cowboys. And I know he still has some mental mistakes that he’ll make. you know, sometimes uh he he’ll have bad plays, but the guy flashes, the guy has the athletic profile, the athletic upside, and I think for the next 10 to 15 years, this guy’s gonna play in the NFL and be a really good, productive football player. Sam Williams, you know, he doesn’t have the Michael Parsons movement, but he does almost kind of remind me of a guy like Demarcus Lawrence where he’s strong at the point of attack. He’s an elite run defender in my personal opinion. And here’s a great example of this. you know, he’s not going to be the first guy that makes this play, but look at him take on number 70 here. And as he takes him on, you see the offensive tackle here really struggle to move him. And this is the backside of a Reed option. So Sam Williams has no business making this play. Look at him get off the block, tosses the right tackle to the side, and then look at him explode out of there and chase down Bree Hall. This one’s going to lose four yards. This is second and four. This flips an entire drive. Second and four turns into third and eight. And this is the type of run defender that Sam Williams is. The guy is a really, really good football player. And we see him making so many plays, just getting in there, blowing things up. And I should also just kind of throw this out there with Sam Williams. You know, not every single player taken in the first or second round start to be, you know, instant superstars or instant impact players. Some guys take, believe it or not, three, four, five years sometimes for it to really click. And I believe this is his fourth season with the Cowboys. So this is the season. this is the time where it will start to click a little bit and I think we are kind of seeing that a little bit right we are seeing Sam Williams start to flash a little bit more and part of that also is is that he’s just playing a little bit more right he has more snaps so when you look at guys like Marshon Neland when you look at guys like oh so Dizua you know sometimes it takes guys a little bit longer or it will take guys a little bit longer but Sam starting to click another guy that’s starting to flash a little bit is Miris Leopal man talk about changing a game, man. Changing an entire like the momentum, just shifting it with one play. I mean, look at this play right here by Leafoul. Uh the guy is an absolute physical monster out there, man. I see so many players where this guy’s just laying people out. You know, I watch every single Cowboys game and every time I’m watching like a special teams play, it’s Leafoul that’s essentially making that that impactful play, right? He’s the guy that’s ultimately blowing things up and and hitting people. On this one here, he forces the fumble. Again, talk about changing the momentum. That’s a 10-yd run right here. The Jets are about to score a touchdown potentially. And Leafoul ends up essentially flipping the game. Just a really, really good job. You got the final play that I want to show you guys with Sam Williams. Then we’ll talk a little bit about Kenny Clark. We’ll talk a little bit with David Clowny. Uh you’re going to see Williams once again on the pass rush. He’s going to end up getting on the quarterback. It’s a pretty nice job right here. He’s going up against the right guard. He’s on a double hand swipe. He ends up getting double teamed and then he just pushes right through that double team and then he essentially gets back into the quarterback. Think about this. Bam. Double hand swipes going to end up beating that right guard. Phenomenal power right there. Look at this. Boom. Hits the right guard. Beats him. And honestly, if the right tackle does not help Sam Williams, right? If if the pass rusher here is wider, Menbal is not going to be able to help on Sam Williams. Sam Williams going to get instant pressure. But you see the help happening there. he still ends up kind of pushing through that and he still ends up pressing the quarterback. It’s a really really good job right there. Now, with Kenny Clark, I think a lot of his his production, a lot of the things that he’s going to do out there, I think it’s going to get overlooked because he is more so of like he’s more of like a run defender, nose tackle type of player. He’s in there to do all the dirty work. 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They will essentially match it. So, make sure you guys go check out the link down in the comments below. Let’s get right back into the content. Now, with Kenny Clark, I think a lot of his his production, a lot of the things that he’s going to do out there, I think it’s going to get overlooked because he is more so of like he’s more of like a run defender, nose tackle type of player. He’s in there to do all the dirty work. And here’s an example of a play where he’s going to end up running a defensive line game. And look at what he does on this play. He’s going to rip with the right arm. He’s going to hold on to number 71 here, right? With the right arm. He’s trying to hold this guy as he runs his defensive line game. Again, dirty work to try to free up some of these other guys. And he still generates pressure as well. But like a lot of what Kenny Clark’s going to do for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s going to be overlooked. There’s going to be multiple plays where it’s run plays or, you know, plays where he is running those games. On this one here, he’s going to do a great job shedding John Simpson. He doesn’t, you know, technically make the play here, but he’s right there, right? He gets off the block. he wins the block, the one-on-one that he has. You know, if on this one here, the defensive end does not instantly blow this up. Kenny Clark would technically be right there. And Kenny Clark would obviously be right there to make the play. So, just a really, really good job. And we already looked at this play earlier. It was a defensive line game with OSA and Clark, but Clark, you know, once again, runs that game, gets off the block, helps get the sack on this one. And there are a couple others where he got close on this one. He’s going to bull rush the left guard. He’s going to take him right back into the quarterback. This is third and five. Quarterback does complete the pass, but again, really, really nice rep by Clark to Borash the guard. You’re going to get a defensive line game on this one. This is late in the game. It’s fourth quarter. Game’s probably already over at this point, but a really nice job once again running that game, right? Pretty nice rep right there. I do also wanted to show you guys some of Mazy Smith’s snaps. Now, obviously, a lot of people have written off Mazy Smith as a bust. You know, there are plays he does make. There are flashes he does have. There are moments. I think it’s just going to take him a a lot longer to become a good football player, right? He can still develop into a a productive player. Now, will he ever be worth the first round pick? Who knows? But I will say this, you know, Jordan Davis of the Eagles, it took him until year four, right? This year specifically. And Jordan Davis, I think, is one of the hardest defensive tackles to block. Go look at some of that guy’s tape from this season. Jordan Davis looks really good. He did not look anything like how he looks this year over the past couple of seasons. So, you know, give Mazy Smith some time. You know, we’ll see how he develops over the course of his career. He’s still young. And do understand sometimes it takes guys, you know, four, five, six years to really develop. And Smith also plays a position of defensive tackle where it is the hardest position to develop at, right? I think defensive tackles usually take a long time sometimes to develop. And I think with Mozy Smith over time, he’ll become a good productive football player. he’ll get more consistent, right? Plays like this where he’s causing disruption. He’s he’s getting close. It’s just a matter of time till he learns to kind of finish on these plays. Give the guy time. Don’t write him off yet. I do think he’ll develop over the next two seasons or so. And, you know, we’ll see a little bit more from Smith as we kind of go forward. You know, he was a a top two round prospect for a reason, right? The guy does have elite power and strength. He has a, you know, a lot of athleticism for that size. We’ll see if he can continue to develop. Obviously, I didn’t want to just talk about him a little bit. Uh, you know, he, again, he does have to develop, right? I’m not saying he’s a great football player by any means. There’s some plays he wins, some plays he gets close, then there’s some players he just doesn’t do anything, right? So, just kind of keep in mind, some guys just take a little bit longer to develop. No, a guy that is not going to take that much longer to develop in my personal opinion. Donovan Ezaraku and we’ll wrap this video up talking about him. I’ll show you guys some Java Clowny snaps as well, but uh Ezrau looks really, really, really good. And I don’t know how else to say this. You know, he’s still a rookie, so just understand I’m not saying he’s like an instant superstar and he’s going to just be making plays all day every day, but you will see huge flashes on tape, plays like this, right? and and he doesn’t make the play, but understand this is one of the best tackles in the NFL right here. And think about how quickly he’s able to just swim over the top. You know, you are you are play actioning. You are showing that this is a duo based power run concept. And Olu Panu is almost going out towards Ezrau on this one. But just look at him get right over the top. Boom. Just like that. You’re in the back field. You won against Olu Fosan. Now, keep in mind as Rockco might not even have recognized that this was a pass at the time that he wins. He may think, “Hey, I’m about to blow this running back up, but he does a really good job winning and he does a good job being able to generate a little bit of pressure on the quarterback.” Here’s another one. Once again, he’s going to avoid the blocks. He’s going to generate some pressure. He’s going to get into the back field. He’s going to hit the quarterback. Phenomenal job once again by Donovan Ezaraku. Now, the running back’s going to try to blast into Ezra. He’s going to dive into him and he just makes some miss right there. That’s a good job right there by the defensive end. Now, it is a touchdown, but you see, you know, Isra gets in there pretty quickly, right? He gets in there super quickly. Obviously, the quarterback gets the ball out about the same time he gets hit, but Bree Hall has the job of hitting as Arco and making sure the quarterback is kept clean. And Breeze Hall misses, right? Phenomenal job right there to sidestep the running back and avoid the block. And of course, generates that pressure, gets a hit on the quarterback. Here’s another really nice play on this one. He’s going to speed rush, but he’s going to use a long arm to speed rush. Just a really, really, really good job right here by Donovan Ezra. Again, Olu Fanu is a really, really good offensive tackle. And Olu does a pretty nice job countering Ezaraku’s long arm. You’re going to see as the long arm happens here. Watch watch Olu Fano snatch down the long arm. That’s exactly what you’re taught. And as falling down, does a good job standing up. And again, you’re going to generate that pressure on the quarterback. So again, phenomenal job right there by Esaraku and he had a hard matchup in this in this game, right? Olaf is a good offensive tackle. You see a lot of plays where this guy is in the back field making plays and he’s also not a full-time starter. So keep in mind a lot of these guys are limited, right? Like Azie Smith’s playing like 20 snaps a game at this point. As a rock is playing like 30 to 35 snaps on average, right? So the Cowboys are rotating a lot of different guys. So a lot of guys are coming into play. as Rocku still had, I believe, six positive plays according to PFF. This one might have been the biggest play, although the game was probably already over. Asku does a phenomenal job. And just think about the speed, man. Think about how quick you have to be to slant outside, come back inside. And I know Justin Fields sneak was to the left anyways, but how fast you have to be to slant outside, come back inside, and blow it up for no gain. Fourth and one, you’re going to get the stop here. just a really, really, really good rep by the rookie defensive end. I’m telling you guys, I think this guy is gonna end up becoming a really good football player in about a year, year and a half as he gets more comfortable in the NFL. The guy definitely has flashed a lot. We’ll wrap it up with David Clowny. He had a couple of nice plays. Now, he obviously just came with the Cowboys last week as his first game. So, you know, he’s still, you know, it’ll take a little bit of time for him to really get to form. Uh there was probably like two or three good plays that he had where like they’re they’re winning reps. He pressured the quarterback. He forced the quarterback off his spot. But David Clowney is a really good football player as well, right? Like he has and he was the first overall pick for a reason. I know it hasn’t really worked out, but like with the Ravens two years ago, Clowny was considered one of the best edge players, right? Like the season he had with the Ravens, and he hasn’t really been able to replicate that again, which is kind of weird. But the season he had with the Ravens, people were saying, “Hey, this is the this is why he was a first overall pick.” But you still are getting plays like this where he’s generating pressure. He’s going to do what is called a skate jump, right? You see him bam, just jump right to the inside super quickly. You start this outside. You put the left foot on the ground, you jump inside. And with that, he’s going to end up generating a little bit of pressure. You got to finish this play right here. Second and four is still an incomplete pass, but you got to be able to finish this play right here if you’re clowning. But do recognize the guy had no training camp. He had no preseason. So, you know, this is kind of his preseason essentially, right? Uh David Clowney looks good though. You can you can definitely see the upside and the potential with him. Gave him another two weeks and you know, he’ll be your full-time starting edge player in my opinion. Really, really, really good football player. Does a pretty nice job pushing back the tackle on this one. Overall, man, I really like what the Dallas Cowboys have been able to build up on the defensive line. It’s kind of crazy because when the trade initially happened, the first couple of weeks kind of went by, people were kind of making fun of the Dallas Cowboys saying that this is a weak defense and it still might not be the perfect defense, but we are seeing flashes from the Cowboys on the defensive side. We’re starting to see see them have a little bit of success. Let’s not overlook this is an offensive driven team. all those first round picks on those offensive linemen, all that money spent on the receivers, the quarterback, the running backs, this is an offensive first team. What that means is the defensive line on the defensive side has to be able to generate pressure and get to the opposing quarterback and they have to be the ones that change the game and that’s how the Cowboys are built this season. And I do think the Dallas Cowboys defensive line has looked pretty good and it’s just a matter of time till it really clicks and we start seeing consistent games where they’re able to blow up teams. I hope you guys enjoy this video. Let me know what you guys think in the comments below.

Here’s why the Cowboys Defensive Line is FINALLY FLASHING..

00:00 Osa Odighizuwa
04:12 James Houston
09:26 Sam Williams
13:20 Kenny Clark & Mazi Smith
18:03 Donovan Ezeiruaku
21:30 Jadeveon Clowney

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