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Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row,

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Dom, it's your GM, who currently is not on the

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team right now, but don't you worry about it,

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Kale, here to bring you episode 9 of the Stack

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and Shed series. Now, in this series, we're covering

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all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be

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talked about, alright? Now, in this series, we're

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covering a few different topics, and they include

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what went wrong, what do they need, Stack or

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Shed, their draft picks, one move I would do

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in their cap space. Now in this episode, we're

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talking about the Cowboys, all right? So all

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my Cowboys fans, wipe those tears from your eyes.

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Everything's going to be all right. And just

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know you guys are not going to the Super Bowl

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anytime soon. But how about them Cowboys? All

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right, let's get into it. So what went wrong

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in the Cowboys season? And I will venture to

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say it was a lack of defensive production. In

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the past few years, the defense has become an

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eyesore that Jerry Jones can no longer ignore.

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Although the Cowboys acquired Kenny Clark and

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Quentin Williams via trade, I was never under

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the impression that this team was going to go

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anywhere because the secondary was still a major

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problem. And here you have a defense that wasn't

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able to create turnovers, stop explosive plays,

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create pressure on the quarterback, or stop the

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run. According to NFL Pro, The Cowboys' defense

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last year ranked 30th in the league, and they

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allowed 30 .1 points per game, 377 yards per

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game, 6 .1 yards per play, and 59 touchdowns.

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They were dead last in pass defense and they

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allowed 251 .5 passing yards per game, 7 .2 passing

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yards per play, and 35 passing touchdowns. They

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were 23rd in run defense and they allowed 125

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.5 rushing yards per game, 4 .7 rushing yards

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per play, and 24 rushing touchdowns. Now we can

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blame the players on missed assignments, missed

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tackles, missed interceptions, bad block shedding,

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all those different areas. You know that Matt

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Iberflues isn't a good coach. So why would you

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go out your way to hire him when you know that

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in recent years, he hasn't done a good job? According

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to Sumer Sports and Matt Iberflues' first year

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as the head coach for the Chicago Bears, they

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were 29th in total defense and they allowed 375

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.9 yards per game. They were 32nd in scoring

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defense and they allowed 27 .2 points per game.

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His second year with the Bears. They were 20th

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in total defense, and they allowed 350 .4 yards

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per game. They were 20th in scoring defense,

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and they allowed 23 .9 points per game. His third

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year with the Bears, they were 13th in total

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defense, and they allowed 330 .5 yards per game.

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And they were 13th in scoring defense, and they

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allowed 21 .8 points per game. Now, of course,

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when we look at his tenure with the Cowboys,

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they were 30th in total defense, and they allowed

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377 yards per game. And they were dead last in

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scoring defense, and they allowed 30 .1 points

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per game. Now, does that sound like a successful

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defensive mind? No. Now, Jerry Jones deserved

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a majority of the blame because you give the

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thumbs up or thumbs down to any person that's

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on this team. And how is it that you can go this

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long without properly investing into this defense?

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You have opportunities just as everybody else

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does to fix your problems on your team, but you

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choose not to. You choose to neglect it and say,

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we have this high -powered offense. That's all

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we need to win games. That's what's going to

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get us to the Super Bowl. And that's not going

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to work because defense still wins championships.

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Now, with that being said, what do the Cowboys

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need? And that is better defensive players and

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scheme. Now, they've already accomplished one

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of their needs in hiring Christian Parker as

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their new defensive coordinator, which I think

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that could be a really... good hire, but only

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time will tell. The other part is going to require

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a huge investment to this defense in both free

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agency and in the draft. Now, with that being

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said, the question we all need to ask ourselves

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is stack or shed? And I will eventually say stack.

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And the reason why I say that is because the

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offense is in a really good space. All you need

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is just this defense to hold up their end of

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the bargain. When we look at their draft picks,

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they have two first round picks, a fourth, three

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fifth round picks, and two seventh round picks,

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which isn't bad. But the question is this, is

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Jerry Jones going to use one or both of those

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first round picks to acquire a high end defensive

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talent? And if so, who's it going to be? Because

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the first person that comes to mind is Max Crosby.

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Now, the one move that I would do is double dip

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at defensive back. And that's solely because

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this secondary has been lacking talent for a

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very long time. Having the 12th and 20th pick

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in the first round is a really good spot to be

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in because you're not too high, you're not too

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low. But the question is this, Are you going

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to attack corner or safety first? If you can

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get someone like an Emmanuel McNeil Warren, if

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you get someone like an Adam Thielman, I think

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that's a really good selection. Now, corner is

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tricky because there's a limited amount of prospects

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with true first round grades. The only people

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that come to mind is Avion Terrell, Mansour Delane,

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Colton Hood, and Gerard McCoy. Now, the best

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place to get a corner is in the second round.

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As I've said before in previous episodes in this

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series, I believe that the second and third round

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is the sweet spot in this draft. If you can pluck

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Chris Johnson in the second round, I think that's

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a great pick. because I think he has all the

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intangibles to be a true dominant outside corner.

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When we look at the Cowboys cap situation, they

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have negative 31 .1 million, which we all know

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that's going to change because Jerry just announced

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a couple of days ago that they're going to restructure

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Dak, CeeDee Lambs, and one of our offensive linemen's

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contract to create 66 million in cap space. I

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expect for them to do something with Quentin

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Williams and Kenny Clark's contract, which is

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interesting because according to Spoltrak, Kenny

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Clark has an $11 million roster bonus that kicks

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in on the third day of the new league year, but

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he carries a $21 .5 million cap hit this year.

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However, when we look at Quentin Williams' contract,

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he has a $20 .7 million base salary this year

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and is carrying a $21 .6 million cap hit. Now,

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I would give a longer term extension to Quinton

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Williams and a short term extension to Kenny

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Clark. So that way you can bring down their cap

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hits while at the same time keeping them on the

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team for the foreseeable future. Now, my impression

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is that the Cowboys won't be as active in that

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first wave of free agency because they're going

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to try to hash out a deal with George Pickens.

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But I do expect for the Cowboys to pick things

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up in that second and third wave of free agency.

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Now, could Jerry surprise us? Sure. But I don't

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think the Cowboys are going to go after. Trey

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Hendrickson or Boye Mafi or Tyreek Woolen or

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Kobe Bryant or Khalil Mack or, I don't know,

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Adafia Way or Devin Lloyd, just to name a few.

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I think at best, they're probably going to get

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some people that are probably familiar with the

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Cowboys or familiar with the coaching staff,

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and they're just going to say, oh, these are

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the big splashy moves that we made. but only

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time will tell. But I'm going to end this episode

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