Well, after a very busy week from the Dallas Cowboys front office, I thought it would be a good time to reset and bring everything back down to earth and understand the makings of it all.
Although they finally did a handful of great things by signing Osa Odighizuwa and restructuring Dak Prescott’s deal and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, freeing up $56.6 million in cap space, the question now becomes: are they even going to use it to get better from the outside in?
Dallas Cowboys moves today:
— DT Osa Odighizuwa signed a four-year, $80 million deal.
— Restructured WR CeeDee Lamb’s contract to free up $20 million in salary cap space.
— Re-signed special teams ace C.J. Goodwin to a one-year deal.
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) March 4, 2025
Jerry Jones made comments about it, and it sure sounds like he is still up to his old ways of not doing so.
“I’m not looking at free agency as a place to fill voids,” he said this week. Like what? Have the last five years of failing with this same roster taught you anything dude?
You free up all that money and say you aren’t going to do anything? Well, with that, I wanted to rank the top priorities that remain for this team and how it is still a major problem.
Linebacker
I still think the biggest problem as we sit today is at linebacker.
Eric Kendricks played well on a one-year deal, so he might be back, but don’t bank on it.
DeMarvion Overshown probably has a 10% chance to play at all in 2025 after tearing his ACL, MCL and PCL in December. He was going to be a stud, and I hated to see that happen.
I think the Cowboys have to grab a linebacker in free agency.
Robert Spillane would be one of my favorite options. He’s older, but he has been awesome the last two years for Las Vegas. https://t.co/f53sj3lJWN
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) February 4, 2025
They have the worst line backing group in all of football as it stands today.
Marist Liufau, the rookie from Notre Dame, played well to end the season, but that is what you are banking on going into the 2025 season?
Yes, he should start, but wearing the green dot for a second-year player with a brand-new defense and defensive coordinator might be tough.
I think a couple of the positions below are more important on the field, but I put linebacker first because again as we sit today, I think it is the weakest part of the Dallas Cowboys football team.
Defensive Tackle
This should be pretty cut and dry. The interior of the Cowboys defensive line has been a problem for the last three seasons.
Teams run all over Dallas and they continue to let it happen year after year.
Re-signing Odighizuwa was extremely important for them to preserve what little good they had inside but there are still significant needs that must be addressed this offseason before anyone should feel good about this position group.
Bryan Bing has been named the Cowboys assistant defensive line coach. He is the fourth former Bears assistant to follow new coordinator Matt Eberflus to Dallas, joining pass game coordinator Andre Curtis, LBs Dave Borgonzi and assistant DBs David Overstreet.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) February 5, 2025
I have seen draft board after draft board, I have no clue what the Dallas Cowboys are going to do with pick no. 12.
I have seen folks have them pick a running back, an offensive lineman or a defender. Honestly, after the Bears made some trades for those offensive lineman, they may take just the best available player now which might throw the Cowboys off.
Offensive Line
What used to be the biggest strength for the Dallas Cowboys has now become a big need.
Future Hall of Famer Zack Martin retired, and they are banking on some young guys. Tyler Guyton is a raw talent, but struggled in his rookie season, so they will need a huge jump in play from him.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer on what he wants at running back and on the offensive line (also: it sounds like Cooper Beebe is staying at center): pic.twitter.com/qUcNVg0Dqd
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) February 27, 2025
This line has problems. It isn’t just penalties, but the pressure and sacks are also a big reason why the Cowboys struggle.
In their losses, the Cowboys have let Dak Prescott take a lot of heat, a whopping 15 sacks in five games.
The Cowboys front office had a productive week, but a lot of problems still linger.
Jerry, spend some money and fix are team. Dak is only as good as his protection.
I’ve been a true fan since Landry. Stop embarrassing us.
Then top three draft picks should be:
T Booker OG
T Williams, DT
C Schwesinger LB
And still snag RB Ollie Gordon II in the 5th.
Yeah, these guys running the show are absolute narcissistic idiots. They care nothing about winning for the fans. Their only concern is how high their stacks of cash can get.
The Dallas Cashboys are nothing more than mediocre. They will perpetually wallow in mediocrity, at best, until someone with an inkling of a clue legitimately takes over the decision making. The GMs do that now are clowns running a 3-ring circus, making a mockery of the legacy of professional football in Dallas
Day 1 of free agency 2025. Let the agro selectivity (lame!) begin
Signing DT Jonathan Allen would be a big step toward solidifying a defense that can’t stop the run. That would be a decision. Unfortunately, the GMs running the Dallas Cashboys are allergic to those.
*that would be a good decision
Now the new ownership group that took over the Commanders last year, those dudes get it; they understand that it’s not about them and that it takes movement and transactions to build a championship-caliber team. Among numerous other recent moves they have traded for WR Deebo Samuel, signed DL Javon Kinlaw, and traded for LT Laremy Tunsil. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how it’s done.
The Dallas Cashboys’ stacks keep growing by the day! And this, yet another crappy offseason of near nothingness to better the team in 2025, will lead to yet another crappy regular season full of disappointment. No need to watch the games or pay attention once the season comes around.
In 2025 we will see the Commanders’ hard work, diligence, “truly” aggressive willingness to build a winner paying big dividends for their fans. That’s how you build a winner (none of this limp “selectively aggressive” crap).
Not that it is any of their concern, but it appears the Cashboys’ owner will not see in his lifetime even one Super Bowl championship for which the GREAT Jimmy Johnson doesn’t deservedly get 99.9% of the credit.