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    It’s been a pretty boring offseason for the Dallas Cowboys. The only major improvement to the team are the return of Tony Romo and Dez Bryant from injury. Aside from that there hasn’t been much to talk about from the Cowboys camp. Tony Romo makes the difference between the Cowboys being an average team and a contending team. To do that he’s going to need his top wide receiver back, a good run game and a solid defense. I want to take this time to glance over the issues with the Cowboys defense.
    The biggest concerns with the Cowboys defense is the suspensions. Demarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory will be suspended the first four games of the season. Lawerence lead the team in the sacks last season and Gregory showed flashes of being a very good edge rusher in his rookie season. They were the penciled in starting defensive ends and were supposed to be able to apply the type of pressure the Cowboys need to hide the secondary.
    Rolando McClain also has to begin the season serving a suspension. McClain was issued a 10 game suspension and will probably end up released by the Cowboy. McClain has been a really nice player in the Cowboys 4-3 scheme. He is the reason the Cowboys felt comfortable moving Sean Lee to the weakside outside linebacker position. That means that the Cowboys will start the season down both starting defensive ends and an inside linebacker. So all of a sudden the secondary becomes the strongest position on the defense. To think fans are concerned!
The Cowboys have been piecing together a secondary since Terence Newman left the team in  2011. When Newman left he took with him the only consistency this secondary has seen. While Newman wasn’t a great cornerback he was solid. More than can be said about this group this season.
Orlando Scandrick is coming off an ACL injury and still may be the Cowboys best defensive back. Brandon Carr is unreliable and hasn’t lived up to that contract the Cowboys gave him. Carr is serviceable but he shouldn't be put in a position to anchor anyone’s defense.  The biggest question mark in the Cowboys secondary is Morris Claiborne simply because anything productive from Claiborne is a good thing. Claiborne has had an injury riddled career to this point and when he has been on the field he has be solid at best. These are the Cowboys top three defensive backs, there is no need to run home about any of these guys. I haven’t even mentioned the Safeties!
    Where has this left an already terrible defense? Short answer in trouble, long answer, they better hope the offense can score 40 points a game. I think the defensive line will pull together once Lawerence and Gregory return. The linebacker position is in serious trouble unless Kyle Wilbur and Anthony Hitchens can take huge strides. The chances that the secondary will hold down this defense is further than Mars! While I think the Cowboys offense will be great this season, the defense is going to be in real trouble.

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