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By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- It seems as if Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has sent a lot of you into a tizzy with his, “I’m not as negative on our cornerbacks as you might think,” comment from the Senior Bowl on Monday.
Just about everybody wants to fire Mike Jenkins and Terence Newman and a segment of you would like to see Orlando Scandrick somewhere else after the secondary struggled in 2010.
What Jones said Monday could very well be a smokescreen; that he has every intention of grabbing a cornerback with the No. 9 overall pick or would trade up to get the best corner, LSU’s Patrick Peterson. Maybe Jones believes the addition of new coordinator Rob Ryan will help the secondary play better because he will give them more protection.
Or maybe Jones believes the best way to improve a secondary is to improve the pass rush. Pressure makes a cornerback better. It means the corner has to cover less, can anticipate more and be more aggressive.
The Cowboys need more from Anthony Spencer but they also need more from their defensive line.
Of the Cowboys’ 35 sacks in 2010 only 6.5 came from the defensive line. That number has to get back to the 2009 levels in which the linemen had 14 sacks. Marcus Spears, Stephen Bowen and Jason Hatcher are scheduled to be free agents whenever a new system is in place. Bowen is the best pass rusher and showed he could be an every-down player after Spears went on injured reserve.
The Cowboys will need to replenish the defensive line. As you look to the draft, start paying attention more closely to the 3-4 defensive linemen available and remember that only two teams picking ahead of the Cowboys – Arizona at No. 5 and San Francisco at No. 7 – are expected to run a 3-4 in 2011.
IRVING, Texas -- It seems as if Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has sent a lot of you into a tizzy with his, “I’m not as negative on our cornerbacks as you might think,” comment from the Senior Bowl on Monday.
Just about everybody wants to fire Mike Jenkins and Terence Newman and a segment of you would like to see Orlando Scandrick somewhere else after the secondary struggled in 2010.
What Jones said Monday could very well be a smokescreen; that he has every intention of grabbing a cornerback with the No. 9 overall pick or would trade up to get the best corner, LSU’s Patrick Peterson. Maybe Jones believes the addition of new coordinator Rob Ryan will help the secondary play better because he will give them more protection.
Or maybe Jones believes the best way to improve a secondary is to improve the pass rush. Pressure makes a cornerback better. It means the corner has to cover less, can anticipate more and be more aggressive.
The Cowboys need more from Anthony Spencer but they also need more from their defensive line.
Of the Cowboys’ 35 sacks in 2010 only 6.5 came from the defensive line. That number has to get back to the 2009 levels in which the linemen had 14 sacks. Marcus Spears, Stephen Bowen and Jason Hatcher are scheduled to be free agents whenever a new system is in place. Bowen is the best pass rusher and showed he could be an every-down player after Spears went on injured reserve.
The Cowboys will need to replenish the defensive line. As you look to the draft, start paying attention more closely to the 3-4 defensive linemen available and remember that only two teams picking ahead of the Cowboys – Arizona at No. 5 and San Francisco at No. 7 – are expected to run a 3-4 in 2011.
