The Dallas Cowboys have experienced some major turnover on the defensive side of the ball this offseason. It seems executive vice president Stephen Jones is now hoping to take a page out of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick's book.
Despite losing their fair share of key starters in year's past, the Patriots have always found a way to make up for the deficiencies on the roster. Jones said during an appearance on 105.3 The Fan that the Cowboys must find a way to make the necessary adjustments:
“You want to have flexibility, you want to have great players, you want to be able to scheme against the offense you’re going to play around,” Jones said. “A perfect example of that and people who’ve had tremendous success is Coach Belichick in New England in terms of how they scheme and how they use different fronts and different schemes in order to have success on the defensive side of the ball.”
It is safe to say that this imitating Belichick's offseason prowess is much easier said than done. After all, teams have spent the last two decades trying to model the same level of sustained success New England has enjoyed.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys have largely fallen short of expectations given the talent they have had across the board in recent years. The onus will now fall on the new coaching staff to make do with the players at their disposal.
Head coach Mike McCarthy and defensive coordinator Mike Nolan will have their work cut out trying to kick things up a notch after losing four starters on defense this offseason. It will be interesting to see just how many changes are made to the 4-3 scheme they ran under former defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli.
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