This years defense is the best I can ever remember watching.
I don’t have a lot of memories fresh from the early 90s teams. I was 9-10 years old, I obviously remember the big games, but the week to week stuff is faint.
Those defenses of the 90's championship teams were outstanding, but also benefitted mightily from that remarkably dominant offense. The offense owned the game clock, routinely broke the will of opposing defenses, and forced opposing offenses to become one dimensional. Opposing offenses were forced to play catchup and the Dallas D did an excellent job of not having any of it. But to me the main story of those teams was the dominating offense. In some ways, that Dallas offense was the greatest Dallas defense ever.
The 77 Cowboys D was more dominant in its own right, IMO. They may well have been the best ever.
To me, the current Cowboys D is the most entertaining in franchise history. I wouldn't say they are the best, at least not yet. They'll give up too many big plays. They haven't been dominant the entire season. They weren't so special before the final pieces were healthy and playing. Still, as a unit they play with such energy now and Parsons is such a wild card. I've never seen an entire Cowboys defense as focused on generating turnovers. They have a rare cohesiveness about them. They play very hard until the whistle. I've never enjoyed watching a Cowboys defense more.
