{"id":798515,"date":"2026-03-07T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798515\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:01:25","slug":"cowboys-major-problem-dallas-using-free-agency-to-change-1-trending-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798515\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Major Problem: Dallas Using Free Agency To Change 1 Trending Mistake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRISCO &#8211; The Dallas Cowboys have a new system that will require them to add to the roster defensive ends\/EDGEs with a different skill set.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, along with the new system, they need a new philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>Around here, they call it \u201cdraft and develop.\u201d It\u2019s a cheap-out slogan (maybe even a cheapskate slogan) that sounds almost poetic \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s empty. What NFL team doesn\u2019t wish to \u201cdraft and develop&#8221;? Why do the Cowboys think they deserve a gold star for it?<\/p>\n<p>And specific to end\/edge? The Cowboys &#8211; try though they might &#8211; do not \u201cdraft and develop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They fail. Year after year after year.<\/p>\n<p>To wit \u2026 the last dozen drafts unveil a negative double pattern. Consider \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Donovan Eze 2025<\/p>\n<p>Marshawn Kneeland 2024<\/p>\n<p>Junior Fehoko 2023<\/p>\n<p>Sam Williams 2022<\/p>\n<p>Chauncey Golston 2021<\/p>\n<p>Bradlee Anae 2020<\/p>\n<p>Joe Jackson 2019<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Dorance Armstrong 2018<\/p>\n<p>Taco Charlton 2017<\/p>\n<p>Charles Tapper 2016<\/p>\n<p>Randy Gregory 2015 and also Ryan Russell<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a decade of &#8220;trying&#8221; &#8211; Dallas has taken a defensive end in every single one of the last 11 drafts &#8211; and a decade of failure when it comes to a big hit.<\/p>\n<p>So Demarcus Lawrence in 2014 represents the last true notable success using the Dallas method.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time to try a different way. And maybe, given the Cowboys interest in either trading for Maxx Crosby of the Raiders (now gone to the Ravens for two first-round picks) or signing Trey Hendrickson of the Bengals &#8211; they agree.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/roundtable.io\/sports\/nfl\/cowboys\/news\/eagles-vs-cowboys-for-maxx-crosby-latest-scoop-on-trade-rumor-with-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Eagles vs. Cowboys For Maxx Crosby? Latest Scoop On Trade Rumor With Raiders\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/29c5d3c590dda4bbae9c1bd7c59f4a13.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eagles vs. Cowboys For Maxx Crosby? Latest Scoop On Trade Rumor With Raiders<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roundtable.io\/sports\/nfl\/cowboys\/news\/eagles-vs-cowboys-for-maxx-crosby-latest-scoop-on-trade-rumor-with-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eagles vs. Cowboys For Maxx Crosby? Latest Scoop On Trade Rumor With Raiders Eagles pursuit of Maxx Crosby with Jalen Carter is a risky gamble. This trade could actually benefit Dallas.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  Eagles vs. Cowboys For Maxx Crosby? Latest Scoop On Trade Rumor With Raiders Eagles pursuit of Maxx Crosby with Jalen Carter is a risky gamble. This trade could actually benefit Dallas. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can create two different tiers, 10 edge players each, from which to choose when it comes to Dallas and 2026 free agency (or trade availability.)<\/p>\n<p>Tier 1 (rank &#8217;em however you wish, but here&#8217;s one stab at it) &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Crosby (gone)<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; Hendrickson<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211;\u00a0Odafe Oweh, Chargers<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211;\u00a0Jaelan Phillips, Eagles<\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211;\u00a0Boye Mafe, Seahawks<\/p>\n<p>6 &#8211;\u00a0Joey Bosa, Bills<\/p>\n<p>7 &#8211; K&#8217;Lavon Chaisson, Patriots<\/p>\n<p>8 &#8211; Khalil Mack, Chargers<\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; Kwity Paye, Colts<\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; Jonathan Greenard (via trade), Vikings<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s what I would call a Tier 2 list &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Bradley Chubb, Dolphins<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211;\u00a0Dre&#8217;Mont Jones, Ravens<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211;\u00a0Malcolm Koonce, Raiders<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211;\u00a0Leonard Floyd, Falcons<\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211;\u00a0Joseph Ossai, Bengals<\/p>\n<p>6 &#8211; Arnold Ebiketie, Falcons<\/p>\n<p>7 &#8211; Kingsley Enagbare, Packers<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>8 &#8211; AJ Epenesa, Bills<\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; Al-Quadin Muhammad, Lions<\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; Haason Reddick, Buccaneers<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/roundtable.io\/sports\/nfl\/cowboys\/news\/dallas-cowboys-signing-trey-hendrickson-makes-sense-in-espn-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Signing Trey Hendrickson 'Makes Sense' In ESPN Report\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"501\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fdcb4adad0814b29bd2e49f086571464.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys Signing Trey Hendrickson &#8216;Makes Sense&#8217; In ESPN Report<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roundtable.io\/sports\/nfl\/cowboys\/news\/dallas-cowboys-signing-trey-hendrickson-makes-sense-in-espn-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Cowboys Signing Trey Hendrickson &#039;Makes Sense&#039; In ESPN Report The Cowboys going after Trey Hendrickson has been gathering steam of late.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  Dallas Cowboys Signing Trey Hendrickson &#8216;Makes Sense&#8217; In ESPN Report The Cowboys going after Trey Hendrickson has been gathering steam of late. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>This list doesn&#8217;t include Dallas&#8217; own free agents Jadeveon Clowney and Dante Fowler &#8230; and there can be other viable names, too, so add it all up: There is every reason for the Cowboys to come away from NFL free agency with a ready-made top-tier EDGE rusher &#8230; which would free them to use their premium draft picks at other spots rather than to &#8220;draft and develop&#8221; pass-rushers &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which they don&#8217;t seem to be very good at, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRISCO &#8211; The Dallas Cowboys have a new system that will require them to add to the roster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2066],"tags":[24909,7861,228,14163,51515,18700,241,112021,6645,230,229,257,2461,7377,5735,7381,7,1823,4893,16251,476,5736,8041,9256,100555,3278,4096,4996,7862,6562,12020,6563,6,1822,428,525,28746,66388,22684,100271,1119,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-798515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-al-quadin-muhammad","9":"tag-arnold-ebiketie","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-boye-mafe","12":"tag-bradlee-anae","13":"tag-bradley-chubb","14":"tag-chargers","15":"tag-charles-tapper","16":"tag-chauncey-golston","17":"tag-cowboys","18":"tag-dallas","19":"tag-dallas-cowboys","20":"tag-dallascowboys","21":"tag-dante-fowler","22":"tag-demarcus-lawrence","23":"tag-dorance-armstrong","24":"tag-football","25":"tag-haason-reddick","26":"tag-jadeveon-clowney","27":"tag-jaelan-phillips","28":"tag-jalen-carter","29":"tag-joey-bosa","30":"tag-jonathan-greenard","31":"tag-joseph-ossai","32":"tag-k39lavon-chaisson","33":"tag-khalil-mack","34":"tag-kingsley-enagbare","35":"tag-kwity-paye","36":"tag-leonard-floyd","37":"tag-malcolm-koonce","38":"tag-marshawn-kneeland","39":"tag-maxx-crosby","40":"tag-nfl","41":"tag-odafe-oweh","42":"tag-packers","43":"tag-raiders","44":"tag-randy-gregory","45":"tag-ryan-russell","46":"tag-sam-williams","47":"tag-taco-charlton","48":"tag-the-cowboys","49":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}