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The theme for the Dallas Cowboys 2018 season should be DEVELOPMENT! This is a team that desperately needs its young players to become special talents in the NFL. No players development is more important to the Dallas Cowboys than Taco Charlton. Taco Charlton was the Cowboys 2017 1st round pick. There were a ton of question marks surrounding Charlton coming out of college. Would his athleticism be good enough to make an impact in the league? Will his lack of a pass rush repertoire hinder his progression at the next level? Can he learn to utilize that big frame and be the defensive linemen that NFL organizations covet? After one season all those question marks still remain. The Cowboys better hope Taco Charlton can begin to check off all those questions this season. Charlton wasn’t drafted to be the Cowboys bookend pass rusher. Bookend pass rusher being the guy you can count on for 12+ sacks a season. Some fans will say, “ why draft a guy in the first round if you

The age-old debate of talent vs coaching, is playing tug a war with this Dallas Cowboys team. The last time the Cowboys had a top 5 ranked defense (in both points and yards allowed) was 2003. The defensive standouts from that unit were, La’Roi Glover, Roy Williams, Darren Woodson, Dexter Coakley, and Greg Ellis to name a few. They were also coached by one of the greatest coaches in NFL History, Bill Parcells. That defensive unit had great talent and a great coach. Rob Marinelli is regarded as a very good defensive coach. He routinely gets the most production out of average players. Guys like George Selvie are able to produce 7 sacks in a season, Jason Hatcher is able to put up 11 sacks, Jeremy Mincey racks up 6 sacks, and Rolando McClain is able to look like an all pro. The themes from all of his defensive units are high energy and high effort. The question can be asked what is Marinelli capable of, when given some extremely athletic and talented young pla