SAD NEWS: Dallas Cowboys announced that Brandon Aubrey is Leaving immediately after Facing…..

What we have here is a failure to communicate. While Dan Quinn was playing the role of Cool Hand Luke as it pertained to the linebackers’ room in 2023, the Dallas Cowboys were actually in dire straits at the position, largely due to injury.

The loss of rookie standout DeMarvion Overshown derailed his first year before it ever got started and forced an immediate pivot to Quinn penciling in safety Markquese Bell as the player who would take reps in the role planned for Overshown, and Leighton Vander Esch being lost to a season-ending (and possibly career-ending) neck injury in October made matters that much worse.

After all, LVE was not only the green dot, but also the most experienced linebacker in the room as well as one of only two actual linebackers on the active roster, the other being Damone Clark.

An attempt to resolve the issue with Rashaan Evans didn’t work, nor did elevations on Malik Jefferson or Buddy Johnson.

Well, Evans has been released and Jefferson wasn’t signed to a futures deal, leaving only Clark and Johnson as the lone two true LBs on the entire roster.

Considering Mike Zimmer’s defenses routinely feature/highlight stellar linebacker play, and from actual linebackers, it’s time to take a look at how the Cowboys can fix what might be the biggest mess on their depth chart.