History of Using Two First Round Picks: Which Pair Do You Think Was The Best

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1974: DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones and RB Charles Young
1975: Randy "The Manster" White and LB Hollywood Henderson
1991: DT Russell Maryland; WR Alvin Harper
1992: CB Kevin Smith and LB Robert Jones
2005: Demarcus Ware and DE Marcus Spears

Charles Young #30 was on the field for the entire drive which culminated in the famous Hail Mary catch; knee injuries sidelined his promising career; Too Tall Jones got two sacks to close out that miraculous Hail Mary game. Too Tall was an underrated player, as Harvey Martin got most of the sacks and was a pass rushing terror for many years. Too Tall at 6'9" had the largest wingspan in NFL history and there are those who claim he made ballhawk Everson Walls's career, as QB's had to make arc their throws higher and stay in the air longer.

The 1975 pair were the most talented duo of this group. One Hall of Famer and another uber LB whose drug use curtailed his career. Hollywood returned kickoffs before becoming a starter. A LB with 9.5 speed with an enormous football IQ. I say he was the most athletic LB ever for the Cowboys. Lawrence Taylor loved Hollywood so much he took his uniform number 56 when the Giants drafted him

The 1991 and 1992 pairs brought the Boys three Super Bowls.

DWARE was awesome, but Spears, a stalwart of a great LSU team, was no better than average for the Cowboys, a big disappointment.

I invite your comments.
 
White and Henderson.

Henderson was LT before LT, but could have been better than LT, as he also returned kicks.
He was far better than what some fans think of Micah.

Thew Manster, need say no more, absolutely one of the best ever.
 
1974: DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones and RB Charles Young
1975: Randy "The Manster" White and LB Hollywood Henderson
1991: DT Russell Maryland; WR Alvin Harper
1992: CB Kevin Smith and LB Robert Jones
2005: Demarcus Ware and DE Marcus Spears

Charles Young #30 was on the field for the entire drive which culminated in the famous Hail Mary catch; knee injuries sidelined his promising career; Too Tall Jones got two sacks to close out that miraculous Hail Mary game. Too Tall was an underrated player, as Harvey Martin got most of the sacks and was a pass rushing terror for many years. Too Tall at 6'9" had the largest wingspan in NFL history and there are those who claim he made ballhawk Everson Walls's career, as QB's had to make arc their throws higher and stay in the air longer.

The 1975 pair were the most talented duo of this group. One Hall of Famer and another uber LB whose drug use curtailed his career. Hollywood returned kickoffs before becoming a starter. A LB with 9.5 speed with an enormous football IQ. I say he was the most athletic LB ever for the Cowboys. Lawrence Taylor loved Hollywood so much he took his uniform number 56 when the Giants drafted him

The 1991 and 1992 pairs brought the Boys three Super Bowls.

DWARE was awesome, but Spears, a stalwart of a great LSU team, was no better than average for the Cowboys, a big disappointment.

I invite your comments.
I think the year we drafted Ware and Spears, we could have drafted Wade and Aaron Rodgers
 
I think the year we drafted Ware and Spears, we could have drafted Wade and Aaron Rodgers
Right.
I still say Parcels was as bad for the team as he was good.

He wanted his old QB's in Bledsoe and Testeverde. Instead of drafting a QB.
And he wanted all of his other old players as well.
 
This one is easy.
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1974: DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones and RB Charles Young
1975: Randy "The Manster" White and LB Hollywood Henderson
1991: DT Russell Maryland; WR Alvin Harper
1992: CB Kevin Smith and LB Robert Jones
2005: Demarcus Ware and DE Marcus Spears

Charles Young #30 was on the field for the entire drive which culminated in the famous Hail Mary catch; knee injuries sidelined his promising career; Too Tall Jones got two sacks to close out that miraculous Hail Mary game. Too Tall was an underrated player, as Harvey Martin got most of the sacks and was a pass rushing terror for many years. Too Tall at 6'9" had the largest wingspan in NFL history and there are those who claim he made ballhawk Everson Walls's career, as QB's had to make arc their throws higher and stay in the air longer.

The 1975 pair were the most talented duo of this group. One Hall of Famer and another uber LB whose drug use curtailed his career. Hollywood returned kickoffs before becoming a starter. A LB with 9.5 speed with an enormous football IQ. I say he was the most athletic LB ever for the Cowboys. Lawrence Taylor loved Hollywood so much he took his uniform number 56 when the Giants drafted him

The 1991 and 1992 pairs brought the Boys three Super Bowls.

DWARE was awesome, but Spears, a stalwart of a great LSU team, was no better than average for the Cowboys, a big disappointment.

I invite your comments.
Oh there's no need to pick it's an obvious answer but noting this group they have been really good pairings...

So given the history if we can hit on two that'd be great Even if one is like special and the other one is just good I'll take that we need to build the defense however there's rumors they may trade down from 20 and get a pick up a third and extra 4th rounder I don't think you can get a second rounder for a late first but we don't have a second or third round pick so we might need to move around a little bit....
 
Right.
I still say Parcels was as bad for the team as he was good.

He wanted his old QB's in Bledsoe and Testeverde. Instead of drafting a QB.
And he wanted all of his other old players as well.
What BP tried to do was change the culture; bring in players that were old time hard nosed guys
and all old time coaches concentrated on building the D first
we have an example right now of why that is a smart strategy
 
1974: DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones and RB Charles Young
1975: Randy "The Manster" White and LB Hollywood Henderson
1991: DT Russell Maryland; WR Alvin Harper
1992: CB Kevin Smith and LB Robert Jones
2005: Demarcus Ware and DE Marcus Spears

Charles Young #30 was on the field for the entire drive which culminated in the famous Hail Mary catch; knee injuries sidelined his promising career; Too Tall Jones got two sacks to close out that miraculous Hail Mary game. Too Tall was an underrated player, as Harvey Martin got most of the sacks and was a pass rushing terror for many years. Too Tall at 6'9" had the largest wingspan in NFL history and there are those who claim he made ballhawk Everson Walls's career, as QB's had to make arc their throws higher and stay in the air longer.

The 1975 pair were the most talented duo of this group. One Hall of Famer and another uber LB whose drug use curtailed his career. Hollywood returned kickoffs before becoming a starter. A LB with 9.5 speed with an enormous football IQ. I say he was the most athletic LB ever for the Cowboys. Lawrence Taylor loved Hollywood so much he took his uniform number 56 when the Giants drafted him

The 1991 and 1992 pairs brought the Boys three Super Bowls.

DWARE was awesome, but Spears, a stalwart of a great LSU team, was no better than average for the Cowboys, a big disappointment.

I invite your comments.
Clearly it's going to be 2026! Atleast I hope so, lol
 
Hollywood Henderson is my greatest regret as a fan

he truly was LT before LT

He could have been just what LT was only sooner
 

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