Cowboys Mailbag:Mick's Mail: 07/27

At this point, what differences are you seeing between the Dan Quinn defensive scheme and the Matt Eberflus scheme?

One of the unfortunate traits of the last four years has been a lack of discipline leading to a large amount of penalties, particularly pre-snap. Any indication the new head coach and his culture change will improve this area? 

A lot of attention has gone to the rookies and George Pickens as the sparkling new addition to the receiver room. But which veteran player has flown under the radar and will surprise us in a positive way this season?

Should we be adding some QB runs to allow Dak Prescott to use his legs more this year?

Every year we hear about this player or that player who needs to up his game. What I would like to know is which position group as a whole needs to improve the most this year for the Cowboys to have a better chance at success? 

With Jake Ferguson coming off somewhat of a down season, can you see Luke Schoonmaker challenging him for the starting tight end position? 

How exactly does one special teams coach differ from another? It seems like from watching the games that there isn't much difference from one unit to the next. What might Nick Sorensen do differently than John Fassel? 

With mandatory minicamp getting underway, the expectation is Trevon Diggs will be on hand, though obviously not participating in drills due to his injury. But is it concerning that hasn't already been around working on his offseason rehab at the team facility?

Why not move Micah Parsons to his old position of linebacker where he can blitz, cover and with his speed go sideline to sideline? He has the speed, size and explosiveness of Lawrence Taylor to impact the game at all levels. And we don't have an abundance of impact linebackers. Is this a current miss?

With the additions of Tyler Booker, Saahdiq Charles and Rob Jones, and already having T.J. Bass and Brock Hoffman, if two of these guys prove to be starter-worthy, do you see Tyler Smith kicking out to left tackle? The coaches could then let Terence Steele and Tyler Guyton, who was a right tackle in college, battle it out on the opposite side? 

Have the Cowboys done enough at the 1-Tech defensive tackle position? What they have going into the season right now seems a little risky.