QB Acquisitions from Aikman's Last Season/Post Johnson Era to the Present

[CowboyoWales]

Definitely trust these guys to find the next QB.

Yikes.

McClay's got a decent record of drafting QB's.

 

[KJJ]

Gotta build a multi faceted defense that can thump the run but also get after the qb in passing downs.

Stopping the run has been a huge issue in the playoffs for many years and our pass rush disappears in the playoffs, which is why we lost twice to Aaron Rodgers. Our playoff teams have holes that can be exploited. We put everything on our QB to have to win the game. It wasn’t like that with Staubach and Aikman.

 

[darthseinfeld]

The same breakdown as shown above for members who cannot see the graphic:

Draftees
Quincy Carter (2nd Round)
Ben DiNucci (7th Round)
Stephen McGee (4th Round)
Dak Prescott (4th Round)
Isaiah Stanback (4th Round as wide receiver)
Mike White (5th Round)

Free Agent Signees
Drew Bledsoe
Randall Cunningham
Andy Dalton
Brad Johnson
Ryan Leaf (twice in same season)
Kyle Orton
Vinny Testaverde
Brandon Weeden

Practice Squad Signees
Garrett Gilbert (via Cleveland Browns)
Kellen Moore
Anthony Wright

Trades
Matt Cassell (via Buffalo Bills)
Drew Henson (via Houston Texans)
Jon Kitna (via Detroit Lions)
Trey Lance (via San Francisco)

Undrafted Free Agent Signees
Chad Hutchinson
Tony Romo
Cooper Rush
Jameill Showers
Clint Stoerner

Edit: Added Mike White.

There was a UDFA in 2007 or 2008 that had some starts with Miami. Can't remember his name

 

[DallasEast]

McClay's got a decent record of drafting QB's.

Will McClay has a decent record for making recommendations in drafting players. Jerry Jones executes drafting any player based on recommendations and his gut.

Dallas creates a draft board just like every other team. I have always been curious how closely the Cowboys follow its own board every draft.

The NFL is always searching for new programming to sell to networks. For a long time, I have wished the league would do something similar to the Hard Knocks series, except it's behind-the-scenes format would focus on each team's preparation leading up to the draft and how it selected players every round. Something that would listen in on discussions between war room members deciding who gets picked where. Or even clarify if certain players are not being discussed at all.

It would be a great programming filler for June and July leading up to training camp and preseason. The idea is DOA though. Too much 'super-secret information' would be exposed. Football executives and players' feelings would get hurt, which is strange considering the NFL is one of if not the toughest sport on television.

Personally, I wish I could view and discover exactly how Jones processes player information before pulling the trigger (or not pulling the trigger). Definitely a pipe dream.

 

[DallasEast]

There was a UDFA in 2007 or 2008 that had some starts with Miami. Can't remember his name

Do you recall if the player made the final cut for Dallas before ending up with Miami? Dallas was my focus. I am critical of Jones' decision making but think it is fair restricting it to how his choices impacted his roster. That said, his choices that ended up on other teams and excelled elsewhere is another way of looking at what he decides as the GM too.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Do you recall if the player made the final cut for Dallas before ending up with Miami? Dallas was my focus. I am critical of Jones' decision making but think it is fair restricting it to how his choices impacted his roster. That said, his choices that ended up on other teams and excelled elsewhere is another way of looking at what he decides as the GM too.

Not sure I think he was on tje PS

 

[Jayinem]

Imagine if Romo played like an undrafted quarterback and Dak played like a 4th round pick, we'd be one of those teams searching for a QB ever since Aikman other than a few times like when we had Bledsoe.

Probably would have forced our hand though to draft one in the first round.

 

[DallasEast]

Not sure I think he was on tje PS

Did some brief googling and found this:

Two-time Olympic skier Bloom cut by Eagles
ESPN.com news services
September 1, 2007

Dallas Cowboys : Veteran cornerback Aaron Glenn's contract was terminated by the Cowboys, who also put kicker Martin Gramatica on injured reserve.

The Cowboys also cut 20 players, including rookie quarterbacks Matt Moore and Richard Bartel, to get to their roster to the regular-season limit of 53 players. All eight players drafted in April made the team, including rookie kicker Nick Folk . (link)
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Cowboys: Cutdown analysis
Matt Mosley | ESPN.com
August 30, 2008

Third-team quarterback Richard Bartel came close to making the team, but he ended up being the last man on the chopping block. I'm hearing that the Cowboys are actively pursuing quarterbacks Chris Simms and Brooks Bollinger. If they don't get either player, Bartel will once again be on the practice squad. (link)
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I could not find anything about Bartel going to Miami but he qualifies as an undrafted free agent who spent some time on the team between 2007 and 2008 off-and-on.

Bartel will be added to the list. Edit in a few moments.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Did some brief googling and found this:

Two-time Olympic skier Bloom cut by Eagles
ESPN.com news services
September 1, 2007

Dallas Cowboys : Veteran cornerback Aaron Glenn's contract was terminated by the Cowboys, who also put kicker Martin Gramatica on injured reserve.

The Cowboys also cut 20 players, including rookie quarterbacks Matt Moore and Richard Bartel, to get to their roster to the regular-season limit of 53 players. All eight players drafted in April made the team, including rookie kicker Nick Folk . (link)
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Cowboys: Cutdown analysis
Matt Mosley | ESPN.com
August 30, 2008

Third-team quarterback Richard Bartel came close to making the team, but he ended up being the last man on the chopping block. I'm hearing that the Cowboys are actively pursuing quarterbacks Chris Simms and Brooks Bollinger. If they don't get either player, Bartel will once again be on the practice squad. (link)
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I could not find anything about Bartel going to Miami but he qualifies as an undrafted free agent who spent some time on the team between 2007 and 2008 off-and-on.

Bartel will be added to the list. Edit in a few moments.

Wrong guy from the article lol. It was Matt Moore I was thinking of


Moore started 32 total games in his career. 2011 for the Dolphins he started 12 and went 6-6

 

[DallasEast]

Wrong guy from the article lol. It was Matt Moore I was thinking of


Moore started 32 total games in his career. 2011 for the Dolphins he started 12 and went 6-6

They tried keeping Moore by sneaking him on the practice squad but the Carolina Panthers snatched him.

 

[plasticman]

Imagine if the Cowboys didn't consider developing another QB until the season Don Meredith decided to retire.

No Roger Staubach

No Craig Morton (and, therefore, no Randy White)

The Cowboys new QB in 1969 would have been Terry Hanratty or Bobby Douglas

When Roger was dominating the 70's, did they treat his starting position like a government job? Nope!. They constantly brought in competition.

Danny White 3rd round
Glen Carrano 2nd round
Steve Deberg 10th round
Jim Zorn UDFA
Clint Longley 1st round (Supplemental)

QB's used to have to compete in order to start and they used to have to compete to keep starting.

 

[windward]

Dustin Vaughn!

 

[windward]

Also, Brooks Bollinger and Mark Sanchez!

 

[morat1959]

Imagine if Romo played like an undrafted quarterback and Dak played like a 4th round pick, we'd be one of those teams searching for a QB ever since Aikman other than a few times like when we had Bledsoe.

Probably would have forced our hand though to draft one in the first round.

What exactly did they play like? Look at all those SBs we’ve won during their tenure. I’ll take the first round draft picks which could equate to an elite QB and SBs over what Dak and Romo did in their careers. Then again JJ has brain washed many into thinking mediocrity is greatness.

 

[Rockport]

A look back at the quarterbacks given the final okay for roster pickup by the Mad Genius during the past 24 seasons. Are there any missing players?

Elite QB’s are a dime a dozen. Just ask all the Dak haters here. They’ll tell you.

 

[DallasEast]

Dustin Vaughn!

Also, Brooks Bollinger and Mark Sanchez!

Thanks! Graphic and running list are updated.

 

[DallasEast]

Jones' previously high round, free agent signings:

Drew Bledsoe, first-round pick, New England Patriots, 1993
Randall Cunningham, second-round pick, Philadelphia Eagles, 1985
Ryan Leaf, first-round pick, San Diego Chargers, 1998
Mark Sanchez, first-round pick, New York Jets, 2009
Vinny Testaverde, first-round pick, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1987
Brandon Weeden, first-round pick, Cleveland Browns, 2012
Andy Dalton, second-round pick, Cincinnati Bengals, 2011

To paraphrase a famous Hee Haw saying, "If it weren't for bad luck, Jones would have no luck at all."

Trey Lance is a former first-round draft pick.

Maybe trading for a previously high round quarterback selection will do the trick.

Stay tuned true believers. Excelsior!

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Missing Tony Banks

 

[DallasEast]

Missing Tony Banks

True. This is my reasoning for not listing him: link. I should amend my earlier comment by adding in-season acquisitions also.

 

[VaqueroTD]

These stats taken from an analysis of 242 QB's drafted over 2 decades (averages):

Round__ Win%__ Rating

1____ 46.68%___ 82.68
2____ 35.97%___ 67.06
3____ 22.41%___ 62.03
4____ 21.05%___ 60.43
5____ 15.27%___ 31.80
6____ 13.87%___ 43.02
7_____ 6.39%___ 24.87