Tweet Beat: Cowboys Might Move Ratliff To DE? Whose Stock Rose In BCS Game?

moving Ratliff is a highly debated topic
my stance is that moving him only benefits his talent and skill set, plus extends his career
but who replaces him on the nose? Brent? I love Brent but I don’t think he is a starter there yet
Lissemore? I love Lissemore but I like him better as a five technique
draft pick? most likely scenario I guess with the rookie rotating with Brent, problem is there are only a few real good NT prospects
free agent? Arybu Franklin is the only legit NT out there, the Saints love stacking DL talent but may not bring him back

I am definitely open to this idea and frankly wish they did it earlier and drafted a good NT

Spears, undervalued player imo, not a pass rusher but a solid player
Hatcher, our best five tech and our best pass rusher on the DL
Ratliff, duh thats obvious
Lissemore, disruptive five tech who can play the nose too
Brent, player on the rise imo, still learning the position
thats it, Coleman has to go
if we can replace Coleman with a disruptive five tech, I would love our DL
we would have a nice rotation

If they find a wide body run stopper I’d have no problem, but they don’t. Seems as if they’re trying to plug one hole by creating another.

moving ratliff to DE plus getting a huge DT. I don’t know if Lissemore or Brent is the answer. But I’d give them a look. I’d love to get a big body, run stopper, who can move the pocket and rush the passer. That guy might not be on our team right now.

But I’m really hoping the run on QBs and a better-than-normal OL class will have Dre Kirkpatrick falling to us. Him opposite Mike Jenkins would be night and day from what we saw this year.

Jay Ratliff is not moving to DE!

And that we should

Talk about some new, interesting and revelant things.

And didn’t eight more clowns rec that fanpost?

He provides some of the best material that site has to offer and honestly, shouldn’t be judged by his contemporaries.

and she is all over the place with Cowboys stuff
straight fan-a-holic
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1-My birthday in April
2-The DRAFT
3-June 8th that Alien prequel movie comes out

Then when I want more details and insight, I come here. Of course, part of my Twitter and Facebook feed is BtB.

As soon as football season is over, I might have to change that habit. Too many of the Dallas sportswriters think I need play by play of Mavericks games. It’s super annoying. Just give me any true standout moments and quarterly updates, thanks.

Cowboys fans ARE smarter than the FO.

We’ve been talking about moving Ratliff to DE for years now.

If DeCastro is really one of the best guards in years to come out, why not go BPA? I know our secondary both sucks and blows at the same time…

I’m wondering if they think they can bulk him up some more (he’s already listed at 300) and have him back up Brent. He’s a big body to sit in the middle of the line. Our run defense went south a bit when Brent wasn’t playing. Not saying he’ll become a pro bowl beast but he could mean something to the line when playing.

I could see Spencer going if they could find a first round OLB, I think Coleman is gone regardless.

Hatcher has been the surprise on the line this last year and I’m glad they kept him.

I assume we won’t resign Spencer that would mean that we would have to find a starting OLB somehow in the draft or free agency. This draft doesn’t have a lot of great passrushers, Upshaw and Ingram are the best 3-4 OLBs available. I doubt any rookie other than those 2 can step in and start right away. So I think we should go Upshaw in the first and grab a G later in the draft, that we draft a great OLB prospect and we can get a pretty good G prospect as well. Not to mention that we still have Arkin, Nagy, and Kowalski to develop so hopefully one of these guys could develop into a starting player and the O line would be improved.

He’s had two down years at nose, I don’t know how effective he’ll be at 5-tech but could be a monster if he plays like a 3-tech singled up on a guard

If I remember correctly, it was determined that his arms are too short (the only real knock against him, he put up elite measurables) and a determent when going up against longer armed tackles, and keeping him inside mitigated this. It was also stated that he started as a DE and didn’t wow until they kicked him inside where he was able to use his quickness to devastating effect.

Did everyone forget who Rat took over for?

Fergy.

And he was pretty good for a big clogger. But Rat with his quickness was a huge upgrade.

It just seems that alot here have forgotten that we have had this set up before. Not saying its bad or better/worse, just pointing out that we do have back data to compare too and what should reasonably be expected. This isn’t an unknown.

I would love to see us use our first round pick for defense and get a real stud, but look interior oline in the 2nd or 3rd round, but otherwise needs to be a heavily defensive draft

Of shifting to a 4-3 which is a somewhat suspect IMO.

I would be very intrigued by this potential first 2 picks if DeCastro isn’t available

RD1: Nick Perry: has the size and speed for 3-4 OLB (6’3, 250, runs 4.6 40) in 2009, as a freshman lead USC with 8.5 sacks, and in 2011 led Pac-12 with 9.5 sacks.

RD2: Chase Minnifield (CB#5 in the draft): This is our guy if Kirkpatrick is off the board; for starters his father was a former Pro Bowl Corner for Cleveland from ‘82-92 (good bloodlines); he has 13 career INTS at Virginia; he’s got excellent ball skills and can play both press-man and off coverage (long arms and has really good handy eye coordination); plus he’s an excellent tackler; he can also return punts. Listed at 6’0 185 running a 4.49 40

Give them a FULL offseason with Woicek, something they didnt have this past season, they will only get stronger.