The Cowboys will field one of the youngest offensive lines in 2014 with the addition of Zack Martin, and as a whole, Jason Garrett has gotten the team younger by several personnel moves since he was named the Head Coach in 2011.
After Dave Campo tallied (3) consecutive 5-11 seasons, Jerry Jones hired Bill Parcells in 2003 to turn the team around, and with that I’ll take a look at the 6 drafted players that remain on Garrett’s roster, now in 2014.
Class of 2003 (Parcells)
- 3rd round: Jason Witten
Class of 2007 (Phillips)
- 1st round: Anthony Spencer
- 4th round: Doug Free
Class of 2008 (Phillips)
- 5th round: Orlando Scandrick
Class of 2010 (Phillips)
- 1st round: Dez Bryant
- 2nd round: Sean Lee
These players make up about 11% of the starting 53-man roster, and this number could drop if Spencer never plays a down this year. I’m very skeptical on Spencer playing this year.
Witten is the lone drafted player left from the Parcells era and a real testament of what sort of player the Cowboys stole in the 3rd round of that 2003 draft. There’s no doubt Witten will be a Hall of Fame shoe-in once he becomes eligible.
Of these 6 players, all are starters.
Witten and Bryant are franchise caliber players, Lee could be in that conversation if it were not for the injuries; however, he’s definitely a key player on defense.
Dez Bryant will be the only player from the past regimes that will cash in on a huge contract.
Here are the Top 5 highest paid WRs in the league
- Calvin Johnson
- Larry Fitzgerald
- Percy Harvin
- Mike Wallace
- Dwayne Bowe
Dez is going to demand some serious ca$h. He’s arguably in the top 2-3 in this list and he’s definitely better than Harvin, Wallace and Bowe.
The Cowboys need to do a better job of hitting on the players they draft and keep them. If this current offseason is any indication of the Cowboys taking a truly wholesale approach to their roster moves and draft moves, then they’ll be on an upward tick.
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