Breaking down the Cowboys’ current roster & where they need depth

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Today on Shan & RJ, we dove into the Dallas Cowboys' roster and their recent free agency moves. Bobby gave an in-depth analysis of the current lineup, breaking down both the strengths and areas of concern on offense and defense. He highlighted key positions that need improvement and depth to help strengthen the team’s overall performance.

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00:00Let's throw up the defensive side of the ball Aiden really quickly. And remember, names

00:18in blue have fewer than a 10 star fewer than five starts in their career. Names in red

00:24are not expected to be available. So edge rushers, Neyland and Parsons are the only

00:29edge rushers on your team that have more than five career starts. Peyton Turner, who

00:34they just added the former first round pick zero career starts. Sam Williams, who's been

00:39here for a few years now missed all the last year's zero career starts. Then you have Tyrus

00:43Wheat and Darrell Johnson. That's thin. You need some you need some edge rush help. Yeah.

00:50Defensive tackle. Oh, so D. Zua, Mazi Smith, Solomon Thomas, Justin Rogers, who they drafted

00:56cut at the end of training camp, got picked up by the Bengals, and then they signed him

00:59away from the Bengals practice squad at the end of the year.

01:03And so he's on the active roster right now. It's a starting point. I would still expect

01:07them to add a defensive tackle somewhere, probably in the draft. Linebackers a little

01:11concerning right now. DeMarvin overshown is not going to be ready for the beginning of

01:14the season. We don't know when he'll be back. Your best guess on him. Would you be would

01:19you be surprised if October 1st rolls around and he's not ready? No, I would be surprised

01:24if he I would be surprised if he plays anytime before December and because it was it was

01:31Thanksgiving, right? Yeah, I would be stunned if he plays before December. I would be surprised

01:36if he plays next year. I think he's taking a redshirt year next year. That's what I think.

01:40I know he's not saying that. I know he's saying otherwise. He said I think he's saying he'll

01:43be back in November. That's a big ask to me. They're basically going to have one cheap

01:48year at him. Yeah, essentially. Although if he doesn't play next year, his contract tolls

01:53and he becomes a restricted free agent. Because if he if he doesn't end up playing, then that

01:57changes. That's what happened. Jalen Smith, Marist, Leopold linebacker, Kenneth Murray,

02:02Jack Sanborn. Those are two new additions there. Demone Clark and then Buddy Johnson.

02:08There are bodies there. You've got starting experience with Leopold Murray, Sanborn Clark,

02:13but it's it's not a group that I think strikes fear into the eyes of anybody.

02:17I think Maddie Bruce will push for more linebackers corner. You have seven of them right now,

02:23Diggs, Trayvon Diggs and Josh Butler are not going to be ready for the start of the season.

02:26It doesn't seem like C.J. Goodwin is a special teamer. Kieman Hall is a guy who's never started

02:33before. So you've got Kalen Carson, who was brutal at times last year, even though they

02:38thought highly of him.

02:39Kier Elam, who you just traded for and has struggled in Buffalo as a former first round

02:43pick and bland. You you need to go find a nickel somewhere. Yeah, you've got to find

02:48that. Your safeties are Malik Hooker, Marquis Bell, Donovan Wilson and Wanya Thomas solid

02:53group there. They gave Marquis Bell a decent amount of money and he had been it's four

02:57million a year. I think it was three years. Twelve million. He ended his season with a

03:01shoulder injury last year.

03:02That's when Bones Fossil got really emotional afterwards. That'd be a lot of money to just

03:06pay a special teamer, I feel like. So I think they've got plans for Marquis Bell. And then,

03:10of course, you have your special teams unit there with Brandon Aubrey, Brian Anger and

03:15Trent Sieg.

03:16But as you look at things right now, a lot of inexperience at defensive end, not a lot

03:21of, you know, encouraging depth at corner and linebacker. Very, very thin right now.

03:28They could honestly throw a pick anywhere on defense. And I don't think people would

03:31complain.

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