Early days in an NFL training camp tend to create optimism. We have to maintain some caution about how much we read into what are so far unpadded drills and reps. Still, outside the return of the myriad injured offensive players from last year, nothing is more encouraging than how the defense has looked for the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard.
It leads us to the chicken/egg conundrum. Is this more because Dan Quinn has come in with a better scheme and superior coaching and teaching skills, or the massive infusion of new free agents and rookies on that side of that side of the ball?