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Originally Posted by celts32
Bledsoe at this point in his career is only a slight upgrade over Vinny. I see a full year of Julius Jones as a big reason to fear Dallas. He looked really good at the end of last season. And as the previos post indicated they have plenty of cap room to improve their defense which slipped badly last year.
The biggest reason to fear dallas though is simply that they somehow always beat the Redskins whether they have a good team or not...
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I couldn't agree more regarding Julius Jones. Once he finally got healthy, his burst through the line looked as quick and powerful as any back in the league. In both stature and quickness, he already reminds me of a young Curtis Martin. He's got a ways to go when it comes to receiving and blocking, but Parcells certainly loves him and figures to lean on him heavily. The other scary thing about the Cowboys, they hardly have anybody up for contracts this year. The most notable names are Vinny Testaverde and Eddie George, who both suck anyway. The only player up for free agency who is even moderately good is safety Tony Dixon. They've got $17 million in cap room to go out and fill some needs: a QB worth a damn (almost assuredly Bledsoe), speedy linebackers to facilitate their move to the 3-4 defense (Adalius Thomas, Rob Morris, Chris Claiborne?), a CB to play opposite Terence Newman (Ken Lucas, Aaron Beasley, or *shudder* Fred Smoot?), probably a kicker to replace Billy Cundiff (Jay Feely?), and depth at guard to eventually replace Larry Allen.