This offseason saw the losses of many of the Dallas Cowboys starters and key contributors on the defensive side of the ball. Thankfully, the Cowboys did not sign any big-money, big name free agents to replace those losses.
The Cowboys front office clamped down to take the build-from-the-draft approach as they have in recent seasons. This approach will help discover what free safety Byron Jones is really made of. Here’s why.
With many of those departures, the Cowboys lost a lot of experience and locker room leadership. On the bright side, Dallas didn’t really lose anyone that was great at their positions (like former All-Pro pass rusher DeMarcus Ware).