Cowboys Morning After: Dallas thinks Tyler Smith will be its left tackle for a long time

 The Cowboys clearly believe in their process and that led them to Tulsa’s Tyler Smith with the 24th pick in the first round. To them, he represents a player with the most upside of anyone in this draft. He’s someone the Cowboys think they can develop to be an opening-day starter at left guard in 2022 and then the man they trust to take over for Tyron Smith whenever the time comes. Will McClay properly says that he is “big, athletic and physical in a big, athletic and physical league.”

There is no question about any of that. Trust me, all of these points are well conceded.

https://theathletic.com/3281333/2022/04/29/cowboys-tyler-smith-first-round-analysis/

Cowboys Draft Digest: Interior offensive line makes plenty of sense early

 Earlier this week we discussed the disappointing 2021 season for the Cowboys offensive line. Despite the celebrated analysis of some, from the Denver game in Week 9 through the wild-card round vs. the San Francisco 49ers, there were seldom times when the Cowboys offensive line was able to “boss” a game.

As we reviewed Tuesday, this led to many issues in a chain reaction of effects — most notably the defense deploying fewer players to play the run — and yet Dallas did not quickly expose that. Dallas had to deal with fewer defenders up front and still had its hands full. The 49ers were able to win the line of scrimmage with their defensive front and that is where the season and the Cowboys’ dreams ended.

https://theathletic.com/3147168/2022/02/24/cowboys-draft-digest-interior-offensive-line-makes-plenty-of-sense-early/

Offseason priority for the Cowboys is clear: Get the offensive line up to level of reputation

 Given that this week will look at interior offensive line possibilities in the 2022 NFL Draft, I thought this week’s Cowboys essay would fit really well on a similar topic. That topic will be, of course, the current status of the Cowboys offensive line.

You can imagine the surprise of so many of us who digest Cowboys football daily after this past season when we discovered the recently released analysis by PFF that the Cowboys had the top offensive line in the NFL in 2021.

https://theathletic.com/3140924/2022/02/22/offseason-priority-for-the-cowboys-is-clear-get-the-offensive-line-up-to-level-of-reputation/

Cowboys camp Monday briefing: Three important draft picks for two spots on the offensive line

 The Cowboys offensive line is a fascinating study at the moment as they are coming off a year that was a clear and solid disaster. There were more injuries to key veterans that cost Tyron Smith, La'el Collins and Zack Martin all massive chunks (if not all) of 2020. This helped the entire offense implode due to shifting every week.

https://theathletic.com/2760098/2021/08/09/cowboys-camp-monday-briefing-three-important-draft-picks-for-two-spots-on-the-offensive-line/

Dallas Cowboys Draft Digest: Deep offensive tackle options on Day 2 are a possibility

 We talked about the top batch back in Draft Digest No. 2, but since I really don’t think Dallas is looking at the tackle crop in the first round (unless someone like Penei Sewell unexpectedly shows up at their selection — even then they might still pass), I wanted to come back and look at some of the options for them in what we assume would either be in a trade-back in Round 1 or somewhere on Day 2 in Rounds 2 or 3.

https://theathletic.com/2505613/2021/04/09/dallas-cowboys-draft-digest-deep-offensive-tackle-options-on-day-2-are-a-possibility/

Cowboys O-Line crumples against NFC East foe again. What’s next? Decoding Kellen

 If you want to destroy an offensive gameplan, simply attack the offensive line. Better yet, attack previous offensive lines and spook a team before the game even begins.

https://theathletic.com/2303267/2021/01/05/dallas-cowboys-offensive-line-future-connor/

Grading each Cowboys offensive lineman’s 2018: The Dallas line has work to do to meet its reputation

https://theathletic.com/1031484/2019/06/18/grading-each-cowboys-offensive-linemans-2018-the-dallas-line-has-work-to-do-to-meet-its-reputation/

Inside the Cowboys’ Film Room: The 2018 pass-protection disaster, Weeks 13-18 (Part 4 of 4)

https://theathletic.com/1011853/2019/06/06/inside-the-cowboys-film-room-the-2018-pass-protection-disaster-weeks-13-18-part-4-of-4/

Inside the Cowboys’ Film Room: The 2018 pass-protection disaster, Weeks 9-12 (Part 3 of 4)

https://theathletic.com/1007214/2019/06/03/inside-the-cowboys-film-room-the-2018-pass-protection-disaster-weeks-9-12-part-3-of-4/

Inside the Cowboys’ Film Room: The 2018 pass-protection disaster, Weeks 5-8 (Part 2 of 4)

https://theathletic.com/1001089/2019/05/30/inside-the-cowboys-film-room-the-2018-pass-protection-disaster-weeks-5-8-part-2-of-4/

Inside the Cowboys’ Film Room: The 2018 pass-protection disaster, Weeks 1-4 (part 1 of 4)

https://theathletic.com/997601/2019/05/28/inside-the-cowboys-film-room-the-2018-pass-protection-disaster-weeks-1-4-part-1-of-4/

Two Hundred Snaps: Evaluating Cowboys third-round gem Connor McGovern

https://theathletic.com/957846/2019/05/02/two-hundred-snaps-evaluating-cowboys-third-round-gem-connor-mcgovern/

Decoding Linehan, Week 15: Offensive failure is wide spread, but blame begins up front

https://theathletic.com/721020/2018/12/18/decoding-linehan-offensive-failure-is-wide-spread-but-look-up-front/

Decoding Linehan, Week 9: Tennessee takes line of scrimmage from Cowboys offense

https://theathletic.com/639282/2018/11/07/decoding-linehan-week-9-tennessee-takes-line-of-scrimmage-from-cowboys-offense/

The 2017 Cowboys OL Sack Register – Volume 4

https://theathletic.com/418967/2018/07/05/the-2017-cowboys-ol-sack-register-volume-4/

The 2017 Cowboys OL Sack Register – Volume 3

https://theathletic.com/405207/2018/06/25/the-2017-cowboys-ol-sack-register-volume-3/

The 2017 Cowboys OL Sack Register – Volume 2 (feat. Adrian Clayborn’s big day)

https://theathletic.com/395718/2018/06/18/the-2017-cowboys-ol-sack-register-volume-2-feat-adrian-clayborns-big-day/

The 2017 Cowboys OL Sack Register – Volume 1

https://theathletic.com/387112/2018/06/11/the-2017-cowboys-ol-sack-register-volume-1/

Will Cowboys keep investing where they've spent the most?

https://theathletic.com/295499/2018/04/02/will-cowboys-keep-investing-where-theyve-spent-the-most/

Cowboys Draft Digest: Volume 8 – Offensive Line

https://theathletic.com/241364/2018/03/29/cowboys-draft-digest-volume-8-offensive-line/

Quenton Nelson - Isaiah Wynn - Will Hernandez - Billy Price - James Daniels