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Help wanted: The Cowboys need an upgrade at a critical spot on their defense

As the Cowboys head into the offseason, Dan Quinn will bring his own style of defense to Dallas. This defense is not to unlike the defense the Cowboys ran previous to Mike Nolan, especially under Kris Richard. As has been laid out a few times on these pages, the Cowboys will be going to a Cover 3/Cover 1, single-high safety as their predominate coverage in the secondary. Obviously they will use other coverage schemes, but a single-high safety will be seen a lot in Dallas in 2021.

If your run a lot of single-high, then your other safety is going to see a lot of time in the box either supporting the run defense, or playing zone coverage underneath.