The Cowboys will now face Myles Garrett after the Los Angeles Rams traded for the two-time Defensive Player of the Year, but should Dallas enter the NFC arms race as well?
The Dallas Cowboys might have just gotten the jolt they needed as the Los Angeles Rams shocked the NFL landscape, trading for Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett.
With Dallas set to face the Rams in Week 15, it now brings into focus the Cowboys' offense and the offensive line (Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele) against Garrett...yikes.
But seeing the Rams as the very definition of "all-in" makes me wonder whether the Cowboys should enter the NFC arms race as well.
There are three players who immediately come to mind.
The first is that the Cowboys could kick the tires on Maxx Crosby again.
Yes, I hear you, we've gone back to this hundreds of times, but there's a reason for that ... because Dallas has already signaled its interest. Why not do it again?
Crosby along a defensive line with Kenny Clark and Quinnen Williams is an interesting thought. Yes, the draft capital and salary would be something to navigate, as the Cowboys only have just over $8 million in cap space.
The move can be done with some cap massaging, but will Dallas want to do it?
The next is another pass rusher in Josh Sweat of the Arizona Cardinals.
Reportedly unhappy about Jonathan Gannon's firing, there is a belief that Sweat could be available for the right price.
A post-June 1 trade saves the Cardinals $10 million while eating just $5 million in dead money per Over The Cap, so that is doable for them.
But will Dallas want to take on Sweat's contract that pays him an average of $19 million APY over its duration? Some would argue that's a price worth paying.
And lastly, we get to a player who I think the Cowboys desperately need, and that's Miami Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks.
An All-Pro last year, in his prime, and the Dolphins would save $8 million in cap space with a trade of Brooks, who is in the final year of his deal. Would Dallas want to double-dip by giving up draft capital and then likely give Brooks a new deal? That's unknown.
Jerry Jones stated a couple of years ago that the Cowboys were "all-in," and we saw how that played out.
Well, the Rams just showed Dallas what all-in really looks like, and that might be enough for the franchise to act.
There are three players, and each would help this defense immensely.
But will the Cowboys entertain that thought? I'm of the belief that they should.
