With training camp just a few weeks away, the Dallas Cowboys have plenty of storylines going into the 2023 season.
We here at Inside The Star have covered just about them all.
The Cowboys have one of the most talented football rosters, and many say it is a make-or-break year for some staff and players. You know who I am talking about.
The Cowboys front office finally had a splashy offseason and made trades for Stephon Gilmore and Brandin Cooks in March.
Two huge names that can help put a team with a solid roster over the top.
First, let me say anything less than a NFC Championship appearance is a failure, most would agree. It has been that way for 25 years, but this offseason has finally felt a bit better than most..
After back-to-back 12-win seasons, the Cowboys traded for a former Defensive Player of the Year in Gilmore and Cooks, who produces 1,000 yards everywhere he goes.
Gilmore
As I looked at some stats for both outside of what I knew, Gilmore has two seasons with a minus-30 EPA allowed.
EPA is a measure of success that defines each play’s value by its effect on the offense’s likelihood to score.
Dan Quinn gets to pair Gilmore and Trevon Diggs, something the secondary struggled with last year. When teams threw away from Diggs, they got almost everything they wanted.
The backend for Dallas is going to be really really good this season, and adding a guy like Gilmore will allow the front seven to attack the quarterback and put significant pressure on them.
This defense has a good mix of young and veteran players. They are going to be tough to beat most days.
Cooks
Cooks joins an offense that averaged over 30 points a game in 2022 when Dak Prescott started, with Noah Brown and Dennis Houston behind CeeDee Lamb until they signed T.Y Hilton.
Cooks has six seasons of over 1,000 yards. He has played nine total years and might be the best player in the NFL that has never made a Pro Bowl.
Still crazy to think about.
Lamb, Cooks, and Michael Gallup have a chance to be the best trio in all of football in 2023.
People don’t understand how massive of a boost this is to the offense that was already one the best in football.
Cooks still has top-level speed and can blow the top off a defense and open the middle of the field for Lamb and others.
So with how dominant the defense already is, adding Gilmore to the back end will make them one of the best in football, if not the best.
Adding Cooks to this offense with Mike McCarthy calling plays will help everyone, including Prescott.
I am leaning toward Cooks as of right now. I lean toward that side because the biggest issue last season was the lack of separation from the wide receivers not named CeeDee Lamb was a HUGE issue last season.
I expect both to have games where they are the REASON the Cowboys win the game.
Say what you want, all we can do is talk right now until September. I want to win just as bad as the next guy.
It sounds like they are already helping out the young guys and making a presence and they haven’t even taken a snap yet.
The DB. Because Dak had Dez, and Cooper and lost them.
Al-Don Tate since when does a quarterback get to pick and choose his roster he’s not the GM isn’t pay these guys. I’m already Cooper lost himself when he became the number to wide receiver here making $22 million. Dez Bryant was often injured and no longer himself case in point never did anything anywhere after.
So wherever that logic came from, you might wanna try again because that’s a total fail of a response
Quarterbacks do not lose their weapons. Their weapons get traded, are cut by the GM and the owner.
But it’s ironic. That was CeeDee Lamb is the number one wide receiver and he’s gotten better every year and he had a career year last year with one Prescott, throwing to him what the problem was the depth Noah Brown being the number to wide receiver is a big issue Michael Gallup being injured a big issue Lots of issues definitely wasn’t Prescott that caused the player turnover, which by the way the year before only did they trade away Amari Cooper, Cedrick Wilson, Blake, Jarwin, Collins, Williams and that’s just on our fence alone it’s called player turnover they had to adjust and oh my god they won 12 games again I got to the second round of the playoffs that must’ve been really hard to take that they actually improve the game after making all those cuts.
Al-Don Tate lol how have cooper turn out after dak or dez you tell me
Rivera John Dez ran wide open many times. Which is why he was so frustrated. Dak didn’t see him. He takes sacks looking for his 3rd and 5th reads. Throw it away. Show me a play where he DOES throw it away. Nooooo.. sack etc. And Cooper played just as well in Cleveland WITHOUT much talent around him.
William Montanye u must be related.. haha.. This is Daks last season as a cowboy. Do or bye
Al-Don Tate and you must be a troll that does nothing but be a parrot, a sheep , you just squawk things that you hear on the Internet.
while I just gave you facts, 100% facts. Apparently you don’t understand facts because you rather have what we call hyperbole.
you like shock value ,you like to be negative ,you like the same thing to do think it’s the popular thing to say. It’s not we just think you’re a giant troll and you were clueless fan with no football IQ.
It’s all trash does narratives are all busted they are untrue
My comment was 100% true show me where it is it. This is a business am I Cooper got cut because CD Lamb made him expendable is 22 million was too much. You know the Raiders let him go the Cowboys let him go and eventually Cleveland will let them go the dude that Jerry Rice.
If you follow the Cowboys, you know the Dez Bryant was slower than he ever was. He was off injured in his career was pretty much over and again it already proved it. He never got to play for another team for any significance that it was over.
Next anybody thing else I need to teach you because what you’re saying is nonsense what I’m saying is all true
Al-Don Tate It doesn’t matter who the Quarterback is , the problem is the Jones
Gdc Israel the Jones have achieved a lot more than many other owners of the league. MANY! It cannot always be daylight.
Al-Don Tate It been dark for 27 years and they been in charge , so it’s not Dak fault just like it was Romo fault or any other Quarterback doing this time
Gdc Israel name a another team other than the pats, that have won 3 lombardis (back to back) titles, OR 3 Lombardi’s in 4 years, In those same 27 years? Dak is to share the blame as well as the defense not holding when needed be at crunch time.
Rivera John Dak can’t read defenses as well as he should be.
Rivera John it’s no hate. He has to play better outside of the division. Yes 10 plus wins is nice. But, exiting the post season after those 10 plus wins isn’t content anymore. Mahommes has 2 rings. Don’t compare them. Mahommes can read defenses. Mahommes throws the ball away if no one is open or he’ll run. Romo got it together too late. And Aikman could also read defenses. Dak still led the league in ints after missing 4 games. And threw a pick six in Washington when the play right before that pick 6 was almost a pick 6. Make it make sense. He had ability, but is in accurate at times and turns the ball over vs better opponents.
Al-Don Tate dude rhats dak first year leading in int stop it the dude had surgery in his throwing hand every year ya bash him for something knew smh he will give us 12 woms again and ya will be hating again amd again
Both players will surely help and be great additions, but getting a player that other younger players who plays the same position is raving about there mentorship capabilities alone is nothing but a bonus for the team.
So my choice would be WR Brandon Cooks
Ummm both…
Seriously – opposite side of the line – entirely different positions
Each will bring their own individual value!!!!
Definitely Cooks deep threat speed which should totally open up the offense and free Lamb. This will enable wide receivers getting separation that will also open the run game as well as the run pass option
Both are good additions but id say Gilmore…i like the duo of Gilmore and diggs. Cooks is fast…but I wish we honestly would have been able to get Dhop instead
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Will see
Is Cooks better than Amari Cooper? No.
Is CeeDee, Cooks, post injury Gallup better than Cooper, CeeDee, preinjury Gallup AND Ced Wilson? No. They probably had a better WR group couple years ago.
So, looking at that, Gilmore will probably have a bigger impact.
Vam,
Cooks will show up on the road unlike Cooper.
Lamb is just as good as Cooper was now, and Cooks won’t disappear every time they play on the road.
90% of Coopers production was at home.
I don’t like that Cooks now will be on five different teams at age 29. Just strike me a bit unusual for a first rounder. But we will see.
I think Gilmore will have more obvious value simply because I expect to see at least three high quality receivers to show up for the offense this year. But in truth you may have to wait till late in the season and ask the players. Both Gilmore and Cooks have a lot to teach and are doing their best to elevate the games of the more junior players. That willingness to coach one’s teammates can be a tremendous impact that does not show up in the stats.
Remember, its not how many catches Cooks gets, it’s the better looks and coverage Lamb and Gallup get.
Bith
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D back is so much harder than being a receiver.
Gilmore will add the most benefit, but Cooks will have the better stats. I can see QBs avoiding Gilmore and he only ends up with 2 or 3 picks while Cooks will go out and get 900+ yards.
Doesn’t matter we aren’t going deep in playoffs with Dak at QB
Tyler Medeiros, it hasn’t happened in 27 years. Whose fault was it the 20 years before Dak?
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THEY BOTH GOING TO HAVE A IMPACT
Cooks impact will be more of a decoy for CD Lamb who will catch even more balls this year Gilmore on the other hand will have some pics because they will be throwing to his side rather then Diggs
Both will contribute but Dak will lay another egg in the playoffs and all will be forgotten.
Gilmore Defense wins championships and Dallas hasn’t had the #1 defense in a while and that changes this year…
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I think cooks is gonna help Dak elevate his game to a level above what we had when Coop was. CeeDee is a top WR and cooks straight line speed is gonna help open of the field and give the defense another level to watch out for in the passing game
Cooks will help us score more.Gilmore will help them score less.
Nothing good will happen with our interception Queen quarterback
Dak had a rookie head coach for the first 5 years who never was a head coach before in Jason Garrett!!! He now has Mike for 2 and some help offensively with Cooks!!! So let’s see what happens next year!!
Whoever they sign to replace Zeke at center
Both!!!. Cowboys4life but if I had to pick just one I would probably give the edge to Gilmore because he have had poor play opposite Diggs. Cowboys4life