2014 Cowboys Rookies Played Second Most Snaps Of Last Eight Draft Classes

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Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

The Cowboys 2014 rookie class played the second most snaps of any rookie class of the last eight years.

Conventional wisdom holds that the litmus test for a good draft class is if a draft yields two solid starters. Two starters may not be a great draft, but it is certainly a solid draft. However, those two starters are not necessarily expected to be starters in their first season

So far this year, the Cowboys have gotten 26 starts from their 2014 rookie class (Zack Martin: 15, Anthony Hitchens: 10; Davon Coleman: 1), which would be the equivalent of about 1.7 starters. Yet 'games started' is a pretty imprecise metric by which to measure the contribution of a rookie class.

o today we'll look at the 2014 rookie class by asking the most basic question: How much playing time did the 2014 rookie class get during the first 15 games of the season? To do that, we'll use the number of snaps played by the rookie class so far. The snap numbers I use are taken from Pro Football Focus, and unfortunately their data only goes back to 2007, which means I don't have snap numbers for the rookie seasons of rookie classes prior to 2007. So 2007 is where we start as we look at how much playing time the previous rookie classes got in their rookie seaso

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[romothesavior]

That's really good news for the future of this franchise. We have some young talent that will only keep getting better.

 

[Sportsbabe]

That's really good news for the future of this franchise. We have some young talent that will only keep getting better.

Thank you J-Jeezy.