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Gosselin: What the Cowboys would have to give up in a trade for Browns QB Josh McCown
By Rick Gosselin
Columnist Rick Gosselin recently held a chat to talk all things D-FW sports. Here are some highlights:
Question: What would you be willing to give up to trade for Josh McCown? And would you guess that Jerry would give up more or less than that in a potential deal?
Gosselin: What surprised me was that coming out of last season, the Cowboys cited backup quarterback and pass rush as the areas that needed to be upgraded. With the exception of a couple mid-round draft picks, they addressed neither. The time to look for a backup quarterback was March, not August. Anyone with a live arm is in a camp. Everyone knows the Cowboys are looking, so the price has gone up. McCown is a guy who had 300-yard games last season. He'll command more than Matt Cassel did last fall. Whatever the Cowboys ended up trading for him -- if they end up trading for him -- will be an overpayment. He's a quarterback Dallas can win with if Romo goes down. Those players don't come cheaply.
Question: What is the level of concern about depth on the defensive line right now?
Gosselin: I was very concerned heading to camp with the quality of the defensive line in Oxnard. Now it's the quantity that's a concern. I'm just not sure where the pass rush would come from a healthy group, much less a group that has expected contributors like Tyrone Crawford and Maliek Collins missing time with injuries. No Lawrence, no Gregory in September. The two places you can't afford weakness in today's NFL are quarterback and defensive line. Quality DLmen aren't in unemployment lines this summer. They're in camps. There are no bodies on the street that can fix what ails the Cowboys. What they have in camp right now is what they will play with this fall. I'm very concerned.
By Rick Gosselin
Columnist Rick Gosselin recently held a chat to talk all things D-FW sports. Here are some highlights:
Question: What would you be willing to give up to trade for Josh McCown? And would you guess that Jerry would give up more or less than that in a potential deal?
Gosselin: What surprised me was that coming out of last season, the Cowboys cited backup quarterback and pass rush as the areas that needed to be upgraded. With the exception of a couple mid-round draft picks, they addressed neither. The time to look for a backup quarterback was March, not August. Anyone with a live arm is in a camp. Everyone knows the Cowboys are looking, so the price has gone up. McCown is a guy who had 300-yard games last season. He'll command more than Matt Cassel did last fall. Whatever the Cowboys ended up trading for him -- if they end up trading for him -- will be an overpayment. He's a quarterback Dallas can win with if Romo goes down. Those players don't come cheaply.
Question: What is the level of concern about depth on the defensive line right now?
Gosselin: I was very concerned heading to camp with the quality of the defensive line in Oxnard. Now it's the quantity that's a concern. I'm just not sure where the pass rush would come from a healthy group, much less a group that has expected contributors like Tyrone Crawford and Maliek Collins missing time with injuries. No Lawrence, no Gregory in September. The two places you can't afford weakness in today's NFL are quarterback and defensive line. Quality DLmen aren't in unemployment lines this summer. They're in camps. There are no bodies on the street that can fix what ails the Cowboys. What they have in camp right now is what they will play with this fall. I'm very concerned.