Good Cowboys Players Just ‘Passing Through’

[SuspectCorner]

Keyshawn Johnson, Thomas Everitt, Ray Horton, Jay Novacek, Terry Glenn, Rahib ‘Rocket’ Ismael... sure, most will remember Charles Haley and Dieon Sanders. But how about excellent but lesser-known contributors like La’roi Glover whom played for less successful versions of the Dallas Cowboys yet were excellent nonetheless?

Name your favorite ‘journeymen’ Dallas Cowboys.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Ryan Leaf

 

[cowboyec]

LB Gary Cobb
WR Ray Alexander

 

[cowboyec]

C Ray Donaldson
LB Fred Strickland

 

[cowboyec]

some of my all-time favs that Coach Landry traded for...or signed...
CB Herb Adderly
WR Lance Alworth
TE Mike Ditka
RB Preston Pearson
DT John Dutton
WR Mike Renfro

 

[cowboyec]

loved it when they brought Herschel back after his stints with minnesota,philly and nyg.

 

[BBGTYCOON]

C Ray Donaldson
LB Fred Strickland

Strickland was pure dumpster juice while in Dallas. How did he make your favorites list?

 

[Bachman05]

Gonna go with , Ken Norton and Tony Hill

 

[Flamma]

Dat Nguyen

 

[Ranched]

 

[BBGTYCOON]

Parcells, T.O., Haley, Norton, Primetime, and Mccarthy.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Gonna go with , Ken Norton and Tony Hill

I loved both these players - but they were originally BOTH drafted by Dallas.

I’m referring to players who weren’t drafted by Dallas but played a stellar year or more while on their roster.

So who are your pet non-original Dallas Cowboys? Who are your favorite ‘hired guns?’

 

[LetsBeReal]

Darren Smith
Kenny Grant or whatever his name was (the shark)
Brock Marion
Bill Bates
Dexter coakley
Alvin Harper

 

[LetsBeReal]

I loved both these players - but they were originally BOTH drafted by Dallas.

I’m referring to players who weren’t drafted by Dallas but played a stellar year or more while on their roster.

So who are your pet non-original Dallas Cowboys? Who are your favorite ‘hired guns?’

my bad. I didn’t follow the rules either and didn’t see this post until after I posted. My apologies

 

[Bachman05]

I loved both these players - but they were originally BOTH drafted by Dallas.

I’m referring to players who weren’t drafted by Dallas but played a stellar year or more while on their roster.

So who are your pet non-original Dallas Cowboys? Who are your favorite ‘hired guns?’

Ok gotcha my mistake now I have to think

 

[SuspectCorner]

Dat Nguyen

Again, originally drafted by Dallas.

We may need a separate thread for less-recalled drafted Cowboys players - they had excellent moments or even seasons - but never achieved superstardom...

Julius Jones, anyone?

 

[SSoup]

This is one whose career is a "what could've been" story, because he flashed some excellence really briefly, but...

Remember WR Patrick Jeffers?

We traded for him after training camp, if I recall right, in 1998. I'm not even sure what we gave up. Future considerations or something, basically nothing.

He started the year on the scout team and learning the offense, basically non-existent. Then he came on and averaged almost 20 yards per catch. And was one of the few guys who played well in the playoffs.

We let him walk because we didn't want to match the $1M offer sheet, deciding the one million bucks and a late round compensation pick were worth more to us than him. So he went to Carolina and had a monster season, averaging 17 yards per catch and scoring 12 touchdowns. He was an amazing weapon, showing the flashes he'd demonstrated late in 1998 could be stretched out into a full season. Part of a pretty unbelievable season by Steve Beuerlein, of all people.

Then he suffered an injury the next preseason and his career was basically over right after he'd blown up.

 

[Bachman05]

Ok going with these Mike Ditka and Dan Reeves

 

[SuspectCorner]

This is one whose career is a "what could've been" story, because he flashed some excellence really briefly, but...

Remember WR Patrick Jeffers?

We traded for him after training camp, if I recall right, in 1998. I'm not even sure what we gave up. Future considerations or something, basically nothing.

He started the year on the scout team and learning the offense, basically non-existent. Then he came on and averaged almost 20 yards per catch. And was one of the few guys who played well in the playoffs.

We let him walk because we didn't want to match the $1M offer sheet, deciding the one million bucks and a late round compensation pick were worth more to us than him. So he went to Carolina and had a monster season, averaging 17 yards per catch and scoring 12 touchdowns. He was an amazing weapon, showing the flashes he'd demonstrated late in 1998 could be stretched out into a full season. Part of a pretty unbelievable season by Steve Beuerlein, of all people.

Then he suffered an injury the next preseason and his career was basically over right after he'd blown up.

Holy... I don’t even remember the dude. I gotta go back and google/YouTube this guy.

And I thought I was a knowledgeable Cowboys fan.

 

[SuspectCorner]

Ok going with these Mike Ditka and Dan Reeves

Excellent duo and major NFL history with these two.