Ben Stiller

Let's get Malachi Lawrence.

I know it sounds hyperbolic and it's easy to move the needle in May to say the Cowboys got significantly better and could be contenders.

But I can't see that roster today versus what we saw opening week last year with that defense and not think this team has gotten so much better on that side of the ball.

And if...

Downs and Quinnen and Rashawn Gary all play what we think they can do, you can start to justify that Micah trade knowing that they've spent the money on so many different places as opposed to just one player.

I've gotten to know Christian a little bit.

Not well enough.

He's 34.

He was with the Broncos.

And then, of course, he's with the Eagles.

And he was their defensive backs coach the last few years.

and is one of the guys responsible, obviously, for what we see out of Quinion Mitchell and Cooper Dejean, but he's a firebrand.

He is up.

He is up.

It's energy.

It is wake up out of bed, 11 out of 10, let's go, and the players seem to really respond to him in a real way.

But what I heard was in this draft process, he was very vocal as to what they wanted.

And Caleb Downs was the number one guy they wanted for his above the neck, for the high IQ.

So he's a guy who is a player at, I believe, Richmond.

He was a Richmond Spider, and he's earned his way.