"Dallas went fishing...landed a whale"

The Cowboys defensive needs are two-fold; Plug the middle (run defense) and add speed to the secondary.

The Cowboy's have been fishing for these answers in the free-agent waters and in the past 24 hours, landed one heck of a whale. Terry "Tank" Johnson has agreed to join the Cowboys and work towards social redemption and career rejuvination.


There are a ton of jokes out their surrounding the Cowboy's past regarding the crimes and felonies, drug use, and assorted off-field antics, of which I will not go into... it is a route that many will travel and few will be seen in anything less than the typical media "stream" (to continue with my fishing analogy).

Look, I don't care who you are, you can always redeem yourself, it just doesn't happen for most in the same career and with the same bright future as Tank has. Why? Cause he has millions of dollars and the body that can stop a steam locomotive, that's why.

Once his suspension is up, the Cowboy's will need him to come up to speed as quick as possible. There is not doubt that he will be fairly fit (the proto-typical view of men working out in prison) and I assume that with this deal, they will forward some form or facet of a playbook to him... [maybe not, it might end up with some sort of gambling conspiracy on their hands if they do].

I don't think that Vick will have this same luxury (depending on sentence and suspension) which is crazy when you consider that Vick killed animals (not condoning it, just stating it simply) and Tank is involved with guns, drugs, and shootings, which kills people. What a crazy, left-wing world we live in... but THAT is another discussion all-together.

All in all, I think this is HUGE for the Cowboys who have post-season aspirations. If you can sure up that front seven, it will make up for some of the secondaries weaknesses (speed, mostly). With a strong front seven, it wears on an offense, decreases "clock management" of your opponents, and increases pressure on passing which decreases the potential for WRs to get behind the secondary... the opposing QB just won't have the time to step back, plant, and throw with great accuracy.


FANTASY IMPACT: This will make the Dallas D/ST a "sexy" pick for waiver wires, trades, and line-up decisions for the second half of the season. It also increases the offensive potential of the QB, RB tandem, WR & TE corp. to produce more....More time available, more points. More likely to be ahead, more calculated and calm. You get the picture. They still need to get someone on the sidelines (CB) to help disguise the lack of speed that Roy Williams has at the safety position...He hits like a linebacker, but runs like Maurice Clarett at the Combine.

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