5 breakout candidates for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025

Subsequent season is stuffed with unknowns as we sit early within the offseason for the Dallas Cowboys. Who’s the following head coach? What gamers are coming again? Who will the staff draft or herald throughout free company? And people questions are simply the tip of the iceberg.

Listed here are 5 breakout candidates poised for a giant 12 months subsequent season with the way in which the roster at present appears. If something this can assist stir some optimism into followers at this unsure time.

Sam Williams

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Marshawn Kneeland

Kneeland had a reasonably conservative rookie 12 months, however with so many potential departures on the defensive position, Kneeland is about to take a heavy workload this 12 months. DeMarcus Lawrence, Chauncey Golston and Carl Lawson are all set to hit free company. This implies Kneeland is doubtlessly in line to seize a defensive finish place. Together with Sam Williams and Micah Parsons, he ought to at minimal be in a rotation on the defensive finish spots that, hopefully resulting in an increase in manufacturing.

Jalen Tolbert

As of proper now there’s no huge receiver within the WR2 spot with Brandin Cooks hitting the free market, so which means Tolbert is at present able to see a breakout 12 months. The staff has no scarcity of WR3’s on the roster however Tolbert is the chief of that pack. We noticed a terrific run of manufacturing towards the top of the season from Tolbert as he scored three touchdowns within the final 4 video games, and within the closing sport in opposition to Washington he was two yards in need of breaking the 100-yard mark in a single sport. The one factor hindering Tolbert from a attainable breakout subsequent 12 months is the probability of the staff drafting a receiver early within the draft. But when we see the staff cross on receiver within the first two rounds of the draft, which means the coaches really feel assured Tolbert will be the breakout WR2 we’re speaking about proper now.

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Marist Liufau

The rookie linebacker had a terrific latter-half of the season which ought to depart Cowboys followers optimistic about the way forward for the linebacker place in Dallas. DeMarvion Overshown was an impressive expertise and was an actual pressure for a lot of the 12 months. Whereas Overhsown was a missile attacking quarterbacks, Liufau was quietly creating and ready patently for his likelihood. His likelihood got here, and with every passing week Liufau began enjoying extra confidently and extra persistently, turning into an enormous defensive playmaker. His velocity and lateral mobility is a superb basis for his sophomore season the place he’s set to tackle a much bigger snap share.

Josh Butler

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