Im ok with that. I have always liked Aaron Glenn.
Yeah, getting Glenn would be a great addition to our secondary. He's still got some tread left on those tires, could see him coming in and playing that slot/CB position with Newman and Henry on the outside. My main concern in the secondary would now move to FS with R. Williams moving over to SS. There should be some good compe ion for that FS spot.
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FS is pretty much a center fielder with less room to have to cover. I wonder if Glenn could play FS now that he doesn't have the same speed & with his smarts he could see a play develop & recognize things a younger FS couldn't.
Glenn is a little small to play FS, not to mention he isn't the world's best tackler. I'd look for one of last years rookie CBs (Reeves, Thorton, Jones, Frazier) to try to make the transition to compete with Keith Davis or the rookie, Justin Beriault. FS will most likely be the weak spot on the D- but you have to have a weak spot somewhere, and the way the rest of the D is shaping up I don't think it will be that big of an issue.
I 100% concur because a good pass D starts w/the pass rush. I am so giddy about seeing Roy lined up close to the LOS alongside the people we picked up in the draft. If Fergie can plug the middle I know everything else will fall into place.don't think it will be that big of an issue.
I agree that 5-9 is short for a typical Safety. FS is the weak spot on paper. Last year's Cowboys defense showed how reliant they were on number 28 being back there. Woodson's experience and impact were missed so sorely that it was almost as though the Cowboys had 10 men instead of 11...he was that strong of a presence.
If the Cowboys are successful in the 3-4 defense, then I assume Glover will spend some time at both DE and NT, with Ferguson seeing the higher pct. of reps at NT. The Cowboys have enough big linebackers now that they could even try a Buddy Ryan/Eagle 3-4 with a big LB lining up in the middle (in lieu of the Nose Tackle) over the center with DTs on either side (actually 5 LBs and 2 DTs).
The Cowboys should definitely have a deep and more aggressive, attacking style defense, as long as injuries don't deplete them.
I think we may see the Cowboys employ a lot of non-traditional fronts depending on the situations.
Glover and Spears can play every position on the line, with Ellis, Ferguson who are your primary guys. Then we have Canty, Coleman, Obogu, and Ratliff back there for a few plays a game. We may see the occasional 4-man front with Ellis, Spears, Glover, and Ware (talk about a pass rush there), or we could see a 2-man front from time to time with just Spears and Ferguson.
Most importantly, with the top 4 guys (and possibly 5 if Canty recovers from his surgury - SI says he could be the 2nd biggest steal of the draft and should have been a 1st rounder) we can do a lot of rotation and keep guys freash. There are a lot of combinations we can throw out there.
I also think we'll see a lot of 3-5 or 4-4 with Roy playing as another LB. Maybe it will be Roy blitzing and Dat dropping back into a Zone, or maybe Roy will drop back into the Zone - but its that uncertainty of who is blitzing that you give the OL that will be great for us.
This has been the defensive overhaul that teams like KC and Indy could only dream about in the offseason.
Apparently we just traded Pete Hunter for Ray Mickens.
Mickens is 5'8" and coming off a knee injury that ended his season... I doubt he makes the team. Seems like this was just a way of getting rid of Hunter.
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