Could Caleb Downs win 2026 defensive rookie of the year?
Joe DeLeone & Ryan Roberts discuss Dallas Cowboys and former Ohio State Buckeye safety Caleb Downs and why he could win DROY. With a new defensive system, and Downs' talent, it seems like the sky is the limit.
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Dallas Cowboys and Caleb Downs.
Now, this is not a super creative one, hence why I saved it for last.
It's not really, and I know that you probably had it, too.
He is a guy that is so instinctual and is so cerebral that he's gonna make everybody around him better.
Now, the Cowboys have done a really good job of improving their defense over the past off-season.
They traded for Kenny Clark, they traded for Quinnen Williams, they added Rashawn Gary, they also added Dee Winters.
There is a lot more talent here, and they're more even.
And I think that when you're a little bit more even and balanced, before when you had Micah, the right guy, the perfect pie-in-the-sky outcome was if you landed Caleb Downs.
So Caleb Downs, for me, I think has the opportunity to probably end up becoming a Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate.
And if we're discussing the Cowboys as, like, an actual championship contender, a top four team in the NFL, it feels as though that Caleb Downs is gonna have a real key role in all that
