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In his return stint to Dallas, DC Matt Eberflus is standing out already amongst a coaching staff full of new hires.
The Good
Eberflus is doing a lot of good things thus far with the Cowboys defense and the first is allowing Israel Mukuamu to move into a slot corner roll.
I have wanted this for the last two years. He has shown he can be a baller, and it is time to allow him to do just that.
Zimmer actually played a career-high 201 snaps last year, but he saw fewer than 10 defensive snaps in nine games and played more than 20 snaps just three times, even though Dallas’ cornerback depth was tested seemingly all season due to injuries.
With the CB room in flux once again due to the injury bug, Mukuamu deserves a chance. It seems Eberflus is prepared to give him just that.
Osa Odighizuwa, who the Cowboys managed to sign to a new deal is done board with him as well.
“Just based on some of the things we’re being asked to do right now, I was going back and watching some of the tape from last year and I’m like, ‘If I was doing the stuff we’re being coached to do now, I’m making this play, I’m making that play.’ Just seeing there are going to be a lot more opportunities based on the stuff he’s having us do,” Odighizuwa said.
You can tell me that this is what all these guys are supposed to say and do to support a new staff member, but it really seems like the players are buying into this new culture that is happening right now.
The Cowboys are taking multiple risks on the depth chart at cornerback this season, and revitalizing former first-round pick Kair Elam is one of them.
Kaiir Elam could be a prominent member of the secondary this season
Any time Cowboys brass has spoken since acquiring him, they have made sure to mention cornerback Kaiir Elam. We know that the Cowboys hold their scouting process very near and dear to their hearts. Given that they thought highly of Elam when he was entering the league and went to the Buffalo Bills in the first round, it is pretty chalk for them to fall in line with their own previous line of thought.
Nobody is in the business of overreacting to anything from OTAs at the end of May, but Thursday saw Elam draw a starting position on the outside. He seemed to make the most of it in the limited action that OTAs provide.
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