Parker likes his 3-4 linemen to be on the bigger side<\/a>, so these guys were cleared out to make room for better scheme fits. One of them was free agent Otito Ogbonnia, who comes over from the Chargers to play the nose between Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. But with only Jay Toia behind them, more depth is now critical. Ogbonnia may have some position flex between nose and DE, but they\u2019ll need at least one more true 3-4 DE who can spell Williams or Clark.<\/p>\nWe\u2019re all thrilled that George Pickens should be back and most seem content with Ryan Flournoy as WR3. But what about the depth? Jalen Tolbert is no big loss, but he was still more inspiring than Jonathan Mingo. A battle between Mingo, KaVontae Turpin, Parris Campbell, and Traeshon Holden for depth spots feels like it\u2019s short at least one more talent. If anything, you\u2019d rather have a guy who\u2019s pushing Flournoy for the third spot. And if Pickens does end up staying on the franchise tag, then it comes even more important to have someone significant in the stable.<\/p>\n
While the Cobie Durant signing is a big help to the group, it\u2019s still potentially thin. We\u2019re counting on DaRon Bland to stay healthy, Shavon Revel and Caelen Carson to develop, and for guys like Reddy Steward and Josh Butler to provide depth. Now, all of these things are possible, and especially if Christian Parker is as good as advertised. But that does require so many things to go right, and that\u2019s hard to accept after a year when just about everything that could go wrong did on defense. It\u2019s understandable if the Cowboys decide to make one more big CB addition, as not doing so is a big leap of faith.<\/p>\n
An even bigger leap would be leaving Tyler Guyton, Terence Steele, and Nathan Thomas as your top three offensive tackles. Dallas has committed to Steele for at least one more year with a renegotiated contract, so he should be back at his usual spot. But with Tyler Guyton missing seven games last year, and still having question marks about his play, they have to be better prepared for disaster. Thomas is an okay depth guy with position flex, but a superior swing tackle who can legitimately start on the left side is needed. The Cowboys are still going to lean heavily on their offense in 2026, so they can\u2019t afford to let one position sabotage things.<\/p>\n
Did we miss out on Maxx Crosby or dodge a bullet? Time will tell, but it has left Dallas with an unsatisfied need for a premier pass rusher. Rashan Gary should be a solid wingman as the other starter, and bringing Sam Williams for depth and special teams was fine. But they can\u2019t count on Donovan Ezeiruaku to suddenly explode in his second year, so we\u2019re back to the drawing board for truly fixing this pass rush. Unfortunately, that guy isn\u2019t out there in free agency at this point, and even a first-round rookie may not make such an immediate impact.<\/p>\n
This was clearly Dallas\u2019 biggest need going into the offseason and somehow remains untouched. DeMarvion Overshown, Shemar James, and Justin Barron are still your only three guys. They might consider using Markquese Bell at LB some again, or maybe they flip flop on Marist Liufau\u2019s reported move to OLB. But even those moves don\u2019t get you close to where you want to be.<\/p>\n
Reports are that Dallas was in on Nakobe Dean but he chose the Raiders\u2019 offer instead, and some other veterans have also been linked to Dallas before signing elsewhere. It\u2019s hard to say where the help will come from now, though remaining free agents like Bobby Okereke and Bobby Wagner are quickly becoming the best options. If Dallas wants premier rookie talent Sonny Styles, it could cost them more than just the 12th pick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s been a lot of player movement on the Dallas Cowboys roster over the last few weeks, from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-812979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys-roster","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116230937420058130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812979","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=812979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}