Cowboys Promise to ‘Add Playmaker Juice’ to Dak Prescott Offense
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The offseason is generally pressurized. But for the Dallas Cowboys, this one feels different.
And based on COO Stephen Jones’ freshly minted comments Monday from the NFL Scouting Combine?
Maybe it will be different.
“Offensively, we’ve just got to have, maybe add a playmaker to it,” Jones told ESPN at the NFL Scouting Combine. “Add a little juice. Add a playmaker to it and see if we can do that.”
“”Playmaker”? “Juice”? These are buzzwords. These are good words.
After yet another failed season that saw the Cowboys' NFC Championship drought extend one more year, several critical decisions need to be made by the front office.
Dak Prescott and his huge contract is a talking point as the likely outcome is an extension to help ease his cap hit, as is what the team does with the likes of Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard, Leighton Vander Esch and Dalton Schultz.
Then other free agent moves could see Dallas go "all in" if it chooses to in an attempt to catch the Philadelphia Eagles.
Having back-to-back 12-win seasons is nothing to sneeze at, but the Cowboys fan base doesn't want that as a pass mark. They want Super Bowls.
This makes this offseason's landscape so critical for Dallas to get right.
Do they keep or cut Elliott, franchise tag Pollard, sign Vander Esch, and let Schultz walk?
Several "splash" free agents are available this offseason as the Los Angeles Rams cut linebacker Bobby Wagner. At the same time, receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is still an option along with DeAndre Hopkins (a trade would need to be facilitated).
A move for any would signify a big step in the right direction.
Add to that the potential philosophical change in how the team operates, from "draft and develop" to going all in to win the Super Bowl.
Is “juice” a hint at “all in”? It’s a start.
There are many moving parts for Dallas to get right, not to mention the upcoming contracts of CeeDee Lamb, Trevon Diggs and Micah Parsons.
Which way the Cowboys go with these moves will tell us a lot about their ideas for the 2023 season and where winning a Super Bowl sits on their wish list.
But more than that, with the franchise thought to be in the "Super Bowl sweet spot," will Jerry Jones and his front office make the signings Cowboy Nation knows it needs?
Or will it settle for having another productive season without challenging the top echelon of teams in the NFL?
All these key decisions over the next few months will either make or break Dallas' bid to get to an NFC Championship and Super Bowl appearance for the first time in the last 30 years. … a chase that might just get “juiced.”
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