Cowboys coaching change: OL coach Paul Alexander fired Trysten Hill Jersey , Marc Colombo promoted, Hudson Houck returns Just one week after significantly changing their roster by trading for Amari Cooper, the Dallas Cowboys are changing their coaching staff. They have fired offensive line coach Paul Alexander.We speculated last week that the Cowboys could be making a coaching change and that was because they were on a bye. Dallas is officially getting back to work and ready to host the Tennessee Titans next week on Monday Night Football, and they’re going to need elite offensive line play from that point on towards the end of the season.The Cowboys have long had one of the NFL’s best offensive lines but they’ve struggled this season. Dallas swapped offensive line coaches with the Cincinnati Bengals when they fired Alexander and the Cowboys moved on from Frank Pollack. The Alexander era didn’t even last half of the season as he had the unit learning a new technique that never stuck.Dallas is sticking with familiarity in terms of the heir to Alexander. Former Cowboys offensive lineman, and current coach, Marc Colombo will take over the duties up front.Many might be wondering why the Cowboys didn’t make this change during the bye, but for all we know they did and we’re only just now hearing about it. Many people also chastised Jason Garrett for attending the World Series in Los Angeles over last weekend (including former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson). It’s being reported that Garrett may have been meeting with Hudson Houck who lives in the Los Angeles area who is also being brought back to the staff.Here’s to hoping things work out for the better from here on out. The Dallas Cowboys hold the 58th overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, it will be their first selection as they traded their first-round draft pick to the Oakland Raiders to acquire Amari Cooper.When you say it like that - the 58th overall pick - it sounds heavy and bad. It sounds like 57 players are going to be off the board so the odds of selecting someone good aren’t exactly high.For what it’s worth, there have been a handful of very good players taken with the 58th overall pick in the last decade. A trip down memory lane Amari Cooper Color Rush Jersey , if you will.58th Overall Picks (2009-2018):2009: Sebastian Vollmer, OT, New England Patriots2010: Ben Tate, RB, Houston Texans2011: Torrey Smith, WR, Baltimore Ravens2012: Lavonte David, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers2013: Montee Ball Deion Sanders Jersey , RB, Denver Broncos2014: Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, New Orleans Saints2015: Markus Golden, DE, Arizona Cardinals2016: Sean Davis, CB, Pittsburgh Steelers2017: Ethan Pocic, C Emmitt Smith Color Rush Jersey , Seattle Seahawks2018: Isaiah Oliver, CB, Atlanta FalconsThe best player on this list is probably linebacker Lavonte David, but if the Cowboys landed somebody who had a career like Torrey Smith they’d hardly be upset. In a recent mock the Cowboys landed Alabama defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs. That’s certainly a position of need for them as are safety, tight end, and slot receiver. Free agency could change some of these priorities, but if you know the Cowboys, then it likely won’t.When the night of the draft rolls around it will take a lot of patience (and an extra day) to get to the point when the Cowboys are on the clock. Rest assured that when that moment comes there will absolutely be someone there who they can use.
