The Cowboys have a host of defensive needs, so why not get a player who can fill multiple?
The Dallas Cowboys know that fixing their defense is going to be job No. 1 this offseason.
Yes, retaining the likes of Javonte Williams and George Pickens are high as well, but this defense needs a complete overhaul.
Not likely to revamp the entire unit in one offseason, but the Cowboys have two first-round picks and the potential to have over $100 million in cap space.
So yeah, Dallas has the means to fix what it wants, meaning free agency will be interesting.
We've heard money is no object, and we will find out exactly how true that is. The Cowboys have never been buyers in the first wave of free agency; maybe they will this year.
Then comes the NFL Draft, and it is here where many of Cowboys Nation's eyes are.
Armed with picks No. 12 and No. 20, Dallas can likely go anywhere it wants to.
And for PFF's Gordon McGuinness, he's selected Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese to come to The Star.
"The team that drafts Reese needs to have a solid plan for how to use him, which is why I don't have him in the same tier as the top defenders in this class," McGuinness wrote.
"He is versatile, though, having earned an 86.5 PFF run-defense grade and a 72.1 PFF pass-rush grade this past season."
Our Mike Fisher suggests that Dallas disagrees with PFF about Reese's "tier.''
"No, I bet he's a top-12 guy on the Cowboys board,'' Fish reports. "And they recognize that a) great college linebackers are hard to find and that b) this team has that need.''
The biggest thing that jumps off the scouting reports is Reese's versatility, and we know how much Brian Schottenheimer loves his players to be multiple.
Reese logged snaps in multiple positions, mostly linebacker and edge rusher, similar to Micah Parsons when he was at Penn State.
An explosive athlete, Reese has something that the Cowboys have needed out of their linebackers for years -- the ability to read and react.
He's quick to diagnose, then he puts the gas pedal down and flies in to make the tackle.
The ability to play at linebacker or on the edge gives the Cowboys a genuine chess piece, and the thought of pairing him with Demarvion Overshown is a tantalizing prospect.
With so many defensive needs, the Cowboys could, in theory, help plug two with Reese. Granted, that might be asking too much for a rookie, but he's got skins on the wall in college, now it's time to take it to the pros.