Dorance Armstrong is entering his fifth year with the Cowboys after signing a two-year $12 million deal in March. Armstrong compiled a very solid campaign with career highs in tackles (37), sacks (5), and quarterback hits (12) while also adding a fumble recovery, a blocked punt, and a defensive touchdown against the Washington Commanders in Week 14. He recorded 36 pressures and 23 quarterback hurries in just 13 games last season (five starts).
Some people love them, and some don’t, but when you look at a few of the advance stats, Armstrong was second amongst Cowboys defenders in hurries and pressures last season, only behind I’m sure you can guess, Micah Parsons. We may get our answer very early whether or not he will be one of the most underrated players on the roster next season.
If we see Armstrong receive a full workload at the defensive end, his pass-rushing numbers could turn out very solid for a team who will need to fill at least a bit of production. With the loss of Randy Gregory, someone will need to step up and make an impact, and it very well could be Armstrong.
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— Derek Eagleton (@derekeagleton) July 13, 2022
Armstrong looks to be the man who will lineup alongside DeMarcus Lawrence when next season gets here, but let’s not forget Dallas still has Dante Folwer Jr. and rookie Sam Williams. Both players will compete for reps in training camp, and maybe we will see a combination of these three in Dan Quinn’s defense.
We don’t know what Armstrong’s ceiling looks like just yet. He was a big-time role player last season. He did not see the field nearly as much as others did, we know that but it is hard to tell what he could do with a full workload.
After signing his deal this off-season, if Armstrong stays healthy, I think we could see a very productive year from him in his second year in Quinn’s system.
Armstrong is very good and plays the run well in addition to his pass rush.
By the way, the Gregory myth , now in Denver , has had surgery and has no date for expected availability.
Denver saved Jerry from overpaying a pet and losing Armstrong.
Could not agree more! Also Gregory saw Armstrong everyday in practice and knew the comparisons might not look good! Go get em Armstrong!
Will need to fill at least a bit of the production lost by Gregory?? Last I checked, Gregory’s production shouldn’t be that hard to make up!! Armstrong produced just as much as Gregory did last year and he didn’t even get to play as much as Gregory!! If you ask me, I think we got lucky Gregory ran to the broncos!! And we ended up signing the better player, for a lot cheaper!! Plus we got Donte Fowler, who in my opinion is better than Gregory is too!! Us losing Gregory was a blessing in disguise, you writers just don’t seem to realize it yet!! But you will when the season starts and Gregory don’t do anything for the broncos, and we have 2 or maybe even 3 players produce more than Gregory does by the end of the season and we have all 3 of those players for a fraction of the cost of Gregory’s contract!! And that’s not including Lawrence and Parsons!! I’m talking about Armstrong, Fowler and rookie Sam Williams!! Williams mite take a year to get that much production, but I’m sure Fowler and Armstrong can match Gregory’s production by themselves especially with Dan Quinn as the DC…. Which makes it a possibility for Williams to produce better than Gregory too!! Anyways I’m gonna leave it at that…. I get tired of talking about Gregory, who wasn’t really that good to begin with!!