BY MARK HALPERN
Well here we are, another football season upon us and another chance at achieving greatness. The Dallas Cowboys haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1995 and each and every year that we think we are on the cusp we end up in a disappointment but, we are always gnawing at the bit for more. Jerry Jones has promised he was all in and up until a few days ago we all were wondering what that meant.
At the end of another disappointing season Dallas still has a lot of questions that need to be answered and the most important is getting under the cap to be able to sign Wide Receiver CeeDee Lamb to a long and substantial contract Most Cowboy fans are holding out hope that a deal gets done soon. However, I am hopeful that a Dak Prescott extension is done and just not announced. There is only way to get these guarantees and that was by making Dak the first $60million Dollar Quarterback and making a huge guaranteed deal to lighten cap hit until the end of career. This also can make Cowboy fans calm down a little bit and know there is money left for Micah next year.
Offseason there are a ton of holes to be filled more on the defensive side. The Offensive line needed help and of course since Tony Pollard left to join the Titans on a three year deal the only two who were left on the roster was Rico Dowdle and Deuce Vaughn and neither one of them are close to starters and with the plethora of Running backs to hit the market all Dallas fans wanted was one of them. Whether it was Barkley, Henry, Ekeler any of them would have been upgrades but Dallas had very little wiggle room to play with so they looked at the board and saw the one name that fit and should have never left and that was Zeke Elliott. It will be nice to have him back in the fold, but he will be part of a running back committee. Rico Dowdle and Deuce Vaughn should also get some opportunities.
On the Defensive side Dallas’s first Free Agent was Erik Kendricks who played for the Chargers.Kendricks had 79 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the Chargers last season in 15 games. He will be a welcomed addition into the linebacker field with Parsons. There is no secret that the Defensive Line has been a weak link but the Cowboys made two very important trades that are going to help shore up the defensive line. First from the New York Jets Carl Lawson who has good talent, but was limited to six games last season. In 2022 Lawson had seven sacks and 33 tackles. Even more curious is that the New York Giants traded Jordan Phillips, another big guy for the Defensive line. You rarely see interdivisional trades and this one helps make Dallas fans see that the organization is now filling in the holes where the help was needed.
There is a lot of pressure on a lot of people within the organization. The Cowboys have a tough schedule, starting with the Browns, but with the roster and the coaching that is in place that the Cowboys will be in for a rough fight but will be more and ready to meet the challenge.
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