{"id":21850,"date":"2022-03-23T18:32:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=21850"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:33:13","slug":"taking-stock-2022-dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/taking-stock-2022-dallas-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKING STOCK: 2022 DALLAS COWBOYS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstMan\">BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another year, another disappointing postseason performance for the Dallas Cowboys. This time an NFC East title and home game in the Wild Card round was ruined by a 23-17 loss to the NFC runner-up San Francisco 49ers in a game Dallas was barely in for three quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Predictions, Updated Odds for Tom Brady &amp; MLB Season | BetOnline All Access\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a2_uUzo3FbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the Mike McCarthy era in a nutshell and the performance of his Cowboys mirrors the playoff face plants of so many of his Green Bay Packers team. McCarthy is once again riding the coat tails of a talented quarterback to waste years of that signal caller\u2019s career and, really, all of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DALLAS<\/strong><strong> COWBOYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2021-22 Record: <\/strong>12-5, first place NFC East<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Playoffs: <\/strong>Lost 23-17 to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card Round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOW WHAT?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the answer is something owner Jerry Jones didn\u2019t do to this point and that\u2019s fire Mike McCarthy. Of course, McCarthy never should have been hired in the first place, but here we are. The Cowboys did have a Super Bowl roster, but have managed to screw that up this offseason, all but giving away wide receiver Amari Cooper in a trade with the Cleveland Browns, cutting starting tackle La\u2019el Collins and angering Randy Gregory with contract details that he decided to sign with the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This team now has less talent than when McCarthy was hired and unless he and Jones can ace the upcoming draft and maybe steal a free agent or two, the Cowboys will enter 2022 with the worst roster of McCarthy\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They did get lucky in that they kept offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. Quinn was all but out the door, but I suspect he smelled blood in the water on McCarthy\u2019s head coaching chair and decided to remain in the building as the natural choice to replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s always the lurking specter of Sean Payton, who will be spending this coming season in a Fox booth. It\u2019s Super Bowl (or at least a lengthy and impressive playoff run) for McCarthy or bust this coming season. I\u2019d bet on bust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREE AGENCY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Cowboys lost plenty this offseason, they did manage to keep edge rushers DeMarcus Lawrence and Dorance Armstrong, linebacker Leighton Baner Esch, safeties Jayron Kearse and Malik Hooker and they mitigated the disaster of chucking Cooper by re-signing Michael Gallup, who\u2019s coming off a knee injury. They added James Washington as their third wideout and franchised tight end Dalton Schultz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dante Fowler Jr. has been a consistent under performer in the wrong situation, but with the pressure off (and facing one on one match ups), he\u2019s a solid role player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DRAFT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/2022-nfl-mock-draft-1-0\/\">first mock draft<\/a>, that has since been obliterated by trades, I had Dallas taking Travon Walker to bulk up the interior of their defensive line out of Georgia. If he\u2019s there, and he should be, that\u2019s still the pick. With their second rounder, No. 56, they need to think about repairing the offensive line they\u2019ve stupidly decimated by taking a guy like Max Mitchell out of Texas A&amp;M. In the third round, I\u2019d stay on the O-line by selecting Sean Rhyan out of UCLA or Zach Tom from Wake Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NFC EAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cowboys, by their roster alone (even a weaker one), remain the class of the division, but one key injury could doom this team to Wild Card or worse. They have, unquestionably, the worst head coach of the four teams in the NFC East and it\u2019s only a matter of time before they\u2019re either caught or McCarthy is fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow Adam Greene on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstMan\">@TheFirstMan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Connect with us our socials on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betonline_ag\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betonline_ag\/\">Instagram<\/a> for the latest sports news, viral moments, betting odds and the occasional memes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ADAM GREENE Another year, another disappointing postseason performance for the Dallas Cowboys. 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