I’m not jumping Jerry’s leg because I was against him paying him the $40 mil that was offered. He should have been traded for picks back before the draft. You can’t pay three guys half the cap, especially when one is a basket case mentally before any truly big game, and a head case pass rusher who lacks the stamina for a 20 game season, has one playoff sack, and can’t defend the run.
this D can’t stop the run which is the primary requirement of championship defense in the nfl. 11 was part of that failure four four seasons. Scheme alone can’t stop the run but one can manufacture pressure, as Eberflus did in the second half. Both Ben Johnson and Dan Campbell expressed more relief that Kenny Clark was gone than fear of parsons.
can’t judge trades until all the picks are made but if cowboys draft pro bowlers as they do better than anyone then they’ll get 3, and one of them should be packaged for picks at some point.
I believe in the end Jerry woke up, maybe from watching his doc, and made a bold move, making big cap space, having four ones in two years, and addressing a critical need. Star edge rushers alone don’t make championship teams; the last was the Von miller broncos