
Can The Cowboys Keep Their Linebacker Corps Intact?
This might become the weakest unit on the defensive side of the ball for the Cowboys in 2023: The linebackers. Leighton Vander Esch had his best year yet, even after missing three
Drafted 12th overall out of Penn State in 2021, the Harrisburg, Pa. native burst onto the scene as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and has already stacked 52.5 career sacks—including 12 more in the 2024 season—while alternating between linebacker and defensive end.
Parsons’ elite speed-to-power rush, sideline range, and penchant for strip-sacks keep him in every Defensive Player of the Year race and cement him as the cornerstone of Dallas’ Super Bowl aspirations.