Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch’s rise to the first round of the NFL draft and his great play his rookie year in 2018 is already in the rearview mirror for the organization. If they want to compete at a higher level in 2020 they need their middle linebacker to be healthy for the whole season.
Vander Esch is an interesting breed of a linebacker, built on speed and anticipation, not size and power. This seems to be the continuing trend across the whole entire NFL landscape.
When healthy, he and linebacker Jaylon Smith make a dominant linebacking duo.