![]() ![]() ![]() After all, he’s excellent in coverage inside, and excellent at blitzing off the edge. Perhaps that’s on the horizon in 2019, if only situationally. It’s not surprising since this is the role he thrived in in college. In Chidobe Awuzie’s first season, Dallas used him frequently as a safety. They offer a little versatility for the coaching staff to fall back on. He also, like Heath, has experience at both FS and SS. Iloka is long and lean and may match up well with certain tight ends in man coverage. Kris Richard and the Dallas Cowboys secondary appears to be a somewhat interchangeable unit, happy to play to the strengths of the personnel and not afraid to roll with “specialists” based on the competition. Nor is it uncommon to see a cornerback slide into a safety role or a safety to man up like a CB. ![]() It’s not uncommon to see three safeties on the field at the same time. Looking back at the film the last two seasons, one thing is clear regarding the secondary – Dallas isn’t afraid to mix and match their defensive backs. The way the Dallas Cowboys have started treating the second safety position on the field as of late, combined with the attitude they’ve had this offseason, says this may be a “committee” approach in 2019. So who’s gonna win the second starting spot? So here we stand, with the pedestrian cast of Iloka, Jeff Heath, Kavon Frazier, and rookie Donovan Wilson left to battle it out for the spot alongside Xavier Woods. With so much safety talent slotted to go in the second round, surely a solid option would fall to Dallas at Pick 58. Left to believe he was an insurance policy should other avenues fall through, we turned our attention to the NFL Draft. Instead, Dallas waited it out until late in March and signed journeyman George Iloka to a modest 1-year deal. Throw in the fact that assistant coach Kris Richard and Earl Thomas have a history working together, and it almost seemed like a forgone conclusion the NFC East Champions would be upgrading the safety spot this offseason.īut alas, that was not something the Dallas Cowboys were interested in doing. Dallas had a demand and the supply was readily available. It should be no wonder Dallas was heavily linked to All-Pro free agent safeties Earl Thomas and Eric Berry early in the offseaosn. When the Dallas Cowboys concluded their 2018 season, one position stood out as highly upgradeable – Safety. Xavier Woods is entrenched as the Dallas Cowboys primary safety but who will win the second spot alongside him in 2019? ![]()
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