After each game during the Cowboys 2018 season we posted grades on each position group. Today we embark on a comprehensive review of the team, again looking at each position group. We start with the secondary.
As we know, the Dallas front-office initiated an aggressive youth movement in 2017, allowing veterans Barry Church, Morris Claiborne and J. J. Wilcox to all depart via free agency. They were replaced by three draft picks:
Veteran Orlando Scandrick was released prior to the season, leaving Dallas with one of the youngest secondaries in the league:
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There was much consternation among fans and media when the team (seemingly) made no effort to upgrade the safety position (several veteran safeties were available such as Eric Reid and Tre Boston.