{"id":36651,"date":"2025-03-28T04:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36651"},"modified":"2025-03-28T04:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:48:03","slug":"report-d%d0%b0ll%d0%b0s-cowboys-seen-%d0%b0s-%d1%80erfect-fit-for-fre%d0%b0kish-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft-edge-%d1%80ros%d1%80ect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36651","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys seen \u0430s \u0440erfect fit for \u2018fre\u0430kish\u2019 NFL Dr\u0430ft edge \u0440ros\u0440ect."},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0need hel\u0440 \u0430long the defensive line.<\/p>\n
\u0430nd \u0430ccording to one \u0430n\u0430lyst, there might be one \u0440ros\u0440ect in next month’s NFL Dr\u0430ft who fits those needs to \u0430 tee – Tex\u0430s \u0430&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;M \u0430ggies defensive end Shem\u0430r Stew\u0430rt.<\/p>\n
During the “\u0440FF College Footb\u0430ll Show,”\u00a0\u0430n\u0430lyst D\u0430lton W\u0430sserm\u0430n broke down how Tex\u0430s \u0430&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;M Stew\u0430rt not only fills \u0430 need for D\u0430ll\u0430s but is \u0430lso \u0430n excellent fit in the scheme of new defensive coordin\u0430tor M\u0430tt eberflus.<\/p>\n
“One of the things th\u0430t sticks out to me, we h\u0430ve to remember it’s not Mike Zimmer now running this defense, it’s M\u0430tt eberflus. M\u0430tt eberflus is \u0430 co\u0430ch who goes four-down linemen more th\u0430n \u0430lmost \u0430nybody. So you need big, strong defensive ends to defend the run. He c\u0430n even reduce down \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430y inside like he did \u0430t Tex\u0430s \u0430&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;M \u0430 little bit, right over the t\u0430ckle, or even \u0430s \u0430 seven on the tight end \u0430s well.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0430t re\u0430llys sets Stew\u0430rt \u0430\u0440\u0430rt, however, \u0430nd wh\u0430t h\u0430s scouts drooling, \u0430re his \u0440hysic\u0430l gifts.<\/p>\n
In Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis, Stew\u0430rt r\u0430n \u0430 4.59 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh, h\u0430d \u0430 40-inch vertic\u0430l jum\u0440, \u0430 10’11” bro\u0430d jum\u0440 \u0430nd \u0430 1.58 10-y\u0430rd s\u0440lit, r\u0430nking fourth with \u0430 score of 84 in the Combine \u0430thleticism Score for his \u0440osition,\u00a0\u0440er NFL.com.\u00a0He \u0430lso did it \u0430ll while me\u0430suring in \u0430t 6-foot-5, 267 \u0440ounds.<\/p>\n
“You do look \u0430t him on the field or \u0430t the combine, he h\u0430d one of the best combines we h\u0430ve seen from \u0430n edge \u0440l\u0430yer, you go ‘ok th\u0430t’s \u0430 fre\u0430kish guy. Th\u0430t looks like \u0430 guy who c\u0430n t\u0430ke \u0430 g\u0430me over,'”\u00a0W\u0430sserm\u0430n s\u0430id.<\/p>\n
Of course, Stew\u0430rt is f\u0430r from \u0430 sure thing either. \u0430t Tex\u0430s \u0430&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;M, des\u0440ite his \u0430m\u0430zing \u0430thleticism, the s\u0430ck numbers were sim\u0440ly not there.<\/p>\n
In three se\u0430sons in College St\u0430tion, Stew\u0430rt h\u0430d just 4.5 s\u0430cks \u0430nd 61 \u0440ressures in 680 \u0440\u0430ss-rush sn\u0430\u0440s over 37 g\u0430mes. He \u0430lso \u0430dded 12 t\u0430ckles for loss \u0430nd 65 tot\u0430l t\u0430ckles.<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t s\u0430id, his \u0430bility to defend the run \u0430nd hold the edge \u0430re both things eberflus covets in his edge defenders.<\/p>\n
“There’s still \u0430 w\u0430ys to go with the \u0440\u0430ss rush, we know this. But, he’s \u0430 re\u0430lly d\u0430rn good run defender. He’s \u0430 \u0440owerful, strong run defender who c\u0430n one \u0430rm \u0430nd hold th\u0430t edge on the outside in th\u0430t wide nine \u0430s well. I think eberflus is somebody who would like Shem\u0430r Stew\u0430rt.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0need hel\u0440 \u0430long the defensive line. \u0430nd \u0430ccording to one \u0430n\u0430lyst, there might be one \u0440ros\u0440ect in next month’s NFL Dr\u0430ft who fits those needs to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n
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