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Don't call it another Doomsday quite yet, but this Cowboys defense has a chance to earn its own nickname

Before we begin to examine just how good this Cowboys defense might be -- all we know at the moment is the starters haven’t given up a point -- we have to determine the proper nickname for their ultimate goal.

I mean these things are important. So ... is it Doomsday IV or Doomsday V?

(That’s 4 and 5 for folks who gave up on Roman numerals a decade ago).

We lost one of the building blocks of the Cowboys’ original Doomsday defense this week when George Andrie died at age 78. A five-time Pro Bowler discovered by Gil Brandt after Marquette dropped football Andrie’s senior year, he was a tower of strength alongside another one named Bob Lilly, Mr.