Cowboys' Defense Revamped, Ready for Playoff Run

0:00It's April 25th, from breaking news to Sunday match-ups. This is NFL News Today, powered by AI. Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner and GM, is hyped about their defense, calling it way stronger than last season and even better than just two days. Back, they traded away star Micah Parsons to the Packers and flipped those picks into fresh talent to rebuild from the ground up. On the first day of the draft, they grabbed safety Caleb Downs and Past R Usher Malachi Lawrence in the first round. Day 2 brought Ed rusher, Jay Sean Barham, and a trade for linebacker D Winters from the 49ers, stacking the unit with speed and power. Head coach Brian Shottenheimer sees this as the next step in a bigger plan that kicked off with the Quinn and Williams trade last November and rolled through free agency. He figures his late dad, legendary coach Marty Shottenheimer, would dig these gritty players, especially Barham in old school drills. Jones and the staff believe all these off-season shakes have transformed the defense into something

1:02totally new, tougher, and deeper than recent years. With these moves locked in, the Cowboys are betting big on a revamped back, seven carrying them deep into the playoffs.