If you didn’t know already, an NFL football game will be played this month. Yes, a preseason game, but we are still getting closer and closer to Dallas Cowboys football.
The Cowboys are set to depart for training camp in less a month. When they get to Oxnard, we will be able to really dive into the depth chart and who is standing out, and others who might be on the doorstep of being cut.
Until we get to that point though, as you look over the depth chart, I see two major needs still and adding a couple of bodies to take to camp would not hurt.
Cornerback
Two-time Pro Bowl corner Trevon Diggs is still recovering from his knee surgery, and third-round draft choice Shavon Revel, still rehabbing from his torn ACL suffered after the third game this past season at East Carolina, are already at a disadvantage.
DaRon Bland is going to be the main guy for a while, but after that, who is this team depending on? Caelen Carson, Kaiir Elam. I am not a fan of what this depth chart looks like at the moment.
"Gabe Davis has taken a couple of visits..
I haven't heard a ton on Amari Cooper..
Keenan Allen, Stephon Gilmore, and Rasul Douglas are still out there as well..
If you're a free agent the leverage comes right before Training Camp" ~ @RapSheet #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/9aCjWpRHGK
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 27, 2025
Stephon Gilmore is a guy that I would still keep an eye on, it seems unlikely he would return, but he wants to play this year and says that it needs to be the right spot.
“I want to play this year, it’s just got to be the right situation,” he said on The Money Down podcast. “It’s got to be the right situation for me. I’m not just gonna sign anywhere. … I still love the game. I still can contribute. It’s just got to be the right place.”
Defensive Tackle
It is Osa Odighizuwa and everyone else at defensive tackle. He is the only guy today that I trust.
Defensive ends and pass rushers do not count. In terms of just stuffing up the middle like you are supposed to do as a tackle, nobody else I trust.
Especially with how much the Cowboys have struggled to stop the run in recent years.
The biggest moves they made were drafting Jay Toia in the seventh round of this year’s draft and adding Solomon Thomas in free agency.
Mazi Smith has got to make the biggest leap in the history of mankind or I have a very strong feeling this will be his last season as a Dallas Cowboys.
The front office missed on that one bad.
The issue is when you look at the free agent market this late into the summer at defensive tackle, the best player you see on this list is probably Quinton Jefferson. Not ideal, but hey maybe bring in a guy and you never know.
Defensive tackle position has been a sore spot for YEARS. If there are still questions on Mazi, why did they not draft a high-end player/prospect in last draft EARLY and instead WAIT till the SEVENTH ROUND to pick two, one who, frankly, was not on many people’s radars at all. Hopefully Toia can produce well, but if not, they are back to square one. They have a BAD habit of wasting late round picks on players like DiNucci, and this past year DE Akingbesote.
Bottomline, they appear to have a big problem with PRIORITIZING their needs with their actual picks. Another example was last year when their STARTNG RB bolted yet they passed on every RB in the draft and then signed Zeke for a year???
Correction, DT Akingbesote.
a Dallas Cowboys fan, since the 70’s the Cowboys need help at almost every position expect quarterback , wide receiver
No they don’t!! What team are you looking at!? There’s no way your a Cowboys fan!! I’ve never seen a Cowboys fan know so little about the team!!
I actually think we’ll be fine at both of those positions!! You say Bland is the only corner that can be depended on, but after the way he finished last season, I wouldn’t depend on him!! It could be because of the injury and he could be back to his normal self this season, but I have to wait and see first!! But as far as having a corner to depend on, I think I would depend on Mukuamu!! He’s been a really good corner every time he plays!! And after shutting down Chris Godwin in the playoffs, I think he’s proven to be dependable!! And Kaiir Elam was in a bad situation in Buffalo!! They gave up on him before his rookie year was even over, and that’s not how you develop a player, and it’s definitely not good on his mental when a team don’t show any interest before his first year even ended!! But now that he’s with us, he feels like he’s wanted, and he’s being treated better, so I think that’s gonna be what makes him have a breakout year!! I think he’ll show why he was drafted in the 1st round!! And as far as Revel goes…. He got injured all the way back in week 3 of college football, so there’s no reason to think he won’t be ready by training camp and week 1 of the regular season!! He mite even play a little bit in the preseason!! Idk if he’s gonna be ready to be a starter right away or not, but I think he’ll be healed and ready to play!! But we don’t need him to start cause we already have Bland, Mukuamu and Elam that can be our starters until everybody else is ready!! And I’d feel comfortable with those 3 as our starters!! And we’ll have Revel and Carson and whoever else makes the team as the backups, so I think we’ll be fine there!!
And as far as DT goes…. I don’t think we need anybody else there either!! We already have 5 or 6 that should be good enough to make the team, and we don’t even need that many, so we just need to work with what we have!! But if they wanna cut a couple of them then I’d be cool with signing another one, but I think we’re good!! Mazi is gonna finally get to play in his 2nd season at the same weight he played at last season, and that’s gonna help him a lot!! When he was drafted that idiot Dan Quinn thought it would be a good idea to make Mazi lose a bunch of weight and play a different style that he’s never played before and it didn’t work!! And then Mike Zimmer comes in and has Mazi gain the weight back and play his natural style but it was gonna take time after having to lose a bunch of weight and learning a new style and then gaining it back and going back to his normal style!! That’s a lot for any young player to go through!! And he started showing his potential at the end of last season, so I think now that he’s getting to play at the same weight as last year, and having a defensive coach as good as Eberflus teaching him, Mazi will have his breakout season this year!! And Jay Toia is a monster when it comes to stopping the run…. That’s all he’s known for!! So I think he’ll be a big help when it comes to stopping the run!! But like I said, he’s only known for stopping the run, so he’s not gonna give much at rushing the QB, so he’ll be in on the obvious run plays!! And then we have Solomon Thomas and Osa Odighizuwa to play the 3 tech, and if Perrion Winfrey makes the team he’ll be another good player to put in at DT!! And with him being a former 4th round pick and only getting cut by his old team because of some off field issues, I think he has a really good chance at making the team!! So that’s 4 DTs that I think are locks to make the team ,plus Perrion Winfrey who has a really good chance, and I don’t think they’ll carry anymore than that!! And like I said in the beginning, I think we’re good!! I know people are worried about stopping the run, and I understand why, but I really think Mazi is gonna have his breakout season this year and I have faith that Jay Toia is gonna be a really good backup!! If he can get his pass rushing together, he mite even be good enough to take the starting job from Mazi!! But that’s how I feel about those positions!! I think we’ll be fine!! I just realized how much I actually wrote in this comment, so I’m gonna stop here!! And I apologize for writing so much!!