The team’s leader in sacks and pressures, Rashan Gary, got placed on injured reserve. Their nose tackle, Kenny Clark, does a decent enough job at tackling when he finds his man, but his ability to the hold the middle and two-gap in run defense is lacking consistency. And their three front guys struggle which ever way they rotate it. For a Packers team that likes to lean on the run, look to players like Johnathan Hankins and edge defenders like Lawrence, to slow the Packer running backs and help remove a major dimension to the Green Bay offense, and something this defense does struggle against.įor the Packers, they play primarily with an odd front. What’s good to see is Dante Fowler getting incrementally better with each game, and his game against Chicago may have been his best for Dallas so far. Dorance Armstrong is still playing well, but one criticism could be that he’s hasn’t got a sack since Week 6. DeMarcus Lawrence is playing with his hair on fire, and is leading the defensive linemen in pressures, and is second in sacks. He is now off injured reserve and back in practice, ready to be added to the rotation. Dallas added more talent and depth to an already dominant defensive line in Tarell Basham. It all starts, as it always does, with the defensive line. Previously we broke down the offense for this week’s upcoming game for the Dallas Cowboys, now we dive back into the position battleground, this time looking at how the Cowboys and Packers defensive positions and special teams stack up against each other.

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