The Dallas Cowboys have thrown a lot of cough relatively cough new terms and ideas at fans of the team this offseason, such as being “selectively aggressive” in free agency and looking to get ahead of contract negotiations with all-important defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa. The fact remains though, they are right back to being in a familiar spot, and one they failed so spectacularly in last offseason it is understandably going to take time for the front office to earn back trust.
The Cowboys may not have lost any future Hall of Fame players last season, but they did lose multiple contributors and starters, and stared regression in the face by doing nothing to replace any of them before falling from division champions to 7-10 and third in the NFC East and out of the playoffs.