All-Time Underrated Dallas Cowboys team

[Cowboy4ever]

Butch "California Quake" Johnson - 3 pages and no one has given him any love.. one of the reasons TD celebrations are now a thing of the past.

 

[mrmojo]

Timmy Newsome and Doug Dennison
Golden Richards
I remember Dave Stalls, Pat Toomay and Bill Gregory played great D-line in the 70's what depth we had.
Doug Cosbie was good TE for the 80s teams
Jean Fugett LOL TE

 

[unionjack8]

whoever said Brock Marion was a great call, he was a great partner alongside Woody, just great. His play allowed Woody to go do what he did.

 

[mrmojo]

kicker noticeably absent.

Toni Fritcsh
Efren Herrera
Marv Bateman
Danny White
Rafael Septien

 

[Mamba]

Terry Glenn
Brock Marion
George Teague
Terrence Newman
Greg Ellis

 

[TVMan]

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

can we get rocket on this list?
& james washington

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

ST Bill Bates

 

[Hostile]

kicker noticeably absent.

I can't put people I hate on under rated lists.

 

[Captain Late]

Feel free to sprinkle some Ron Springs & Raghib Ismail in there.

 

[Captain Late]

So many players over the years that come to mind,here are the ones I would put in this list:

Jethro Pugh DT-played 14 years,was a key reason the DL was so dominant during his career.Bob Lilly always gave credit to Pugh for his success.

Darren Woodson SS-truly a great every down football player,be it stopping the run,covering receivers,playing special teams or being a leader on defense,he did it all

Cornell Green CB/SS-not many defensive backs played as well as long as Green,he was at his best in the mid to late 1960's,a durable productive player

Don Perkins RB-for 7 of his 8 years he led the team in rushing and was a consistent player,early in his career he played behind a weak OL and had big years,late in his career his production still remained excellent

John Fitzgerald C-took over early in his career from Dave Manders and was a solid force on the OL,he made the transition to the Shotgun with ease and rarely made mistakes

Benny Barnes CB/S-before Bill Bates,he was the special teams ace,always great at covering punts and was a solid player in the secondary for a long time

Robert Newhouse RB-good runner and blocker for years,not flashy but got the job done.Late in his career went out and covered kicks on Special Teams and never complained

Larry Cole DE/DT-always seemed to play well in big games and had a long career,just as good a DT as he was a DE

Dave Edwards LB-played 13 years,excellent run stopper and good at neutralizing TE's,was the unsung member of that great LB unit in the 60's and early 70's

James Washington S-hard hitting player who had big playoff games for the great early 90's Cowboys teams,he was a good plan B pick-up who helped the secondary blossom into a terrific unit



There are countless others I am sure,good lists in this thread!

 

[jaybird]

As underrated with regards to not ROH or HOf considerations-hands down Darren Woodson. Buts its early

All the Dexter Coakley jokes have made me think about this, because Dexter was a terrific football player. But we've had several non-ROH, non-HOF players that I've enjoyed watching over the years so here's a team I threw together... how do you think this team would fare? These are players I've seen play so I can't speak to the Lance Rentzel's of the world. Of course this is not a full roster, so help me fill it in!

QB1- Danny White, QB2- Drew Bledsoe
RB1- Marion Barber III, RB2- Walt Garrison
FB- Robert Newhouse
3rd Down RB- Preston Pearson
TE1-Doug Cosbie. TE-2
WR1- Terrell Owens
WR2- Tony Hill
WR3- Terry Glenn
WR4- Butch Johnson
LT- Flozell Adams
G-John Gesek
C- Tom Rafferty
G-Kevin Gogan
RT- Pat Donovan

Defense:

DE-Jim Jeffcoat
DT-La'Roi Glover
DT-Leon Lett
DE- Tony Tolbert
MLB- Dat Nguyen, MLB2- Randall Godfrey
OLB-Dexter Coakley ,OLB2-Vinson Smith
WLB- Bruce Carter, WLB2- Darrin Smith
CB1-Dennis Thurman
CB2-Kevin Smith
CB3-Orlando Scandrick
SS- Roy Williams
FS- Michael Downs

P-Mike Saxon
K-Chris Boniol

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[dirtycallahan]

I would add Mike Renfro to the list. He was more or less responsible for instant replay for what the refs gave the stealers.

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[Phoenix]

So many. Want to just throw a few names out though that I have not seen.

Maybe the greatest long snapper EVER - Dale Hellestrae! He never gets the love.

And also Chad Hennings.

 

[Phoenix]

Herb Scott OG (entire Irish Connection O-line of mid to late 70's)

What a tremendous line that was. It was actually dubbed the "Four Irishmen and a Scott". They were just awesome. LOVED watching them pave the way for TD!


( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Scott )

"During his time with the Cowboys, center John Fitzgerald nicknamed the Cowboys offensive line as the "Four Irishmen and a Scott", when it was formed by Fitzgerald, Scott, Jim Cooper, Tom Rafferty and Pat Donvan. That group helped paved the way for Tony Dorsett's Hall of Fame rushing career."

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Good ones. Would also add:

Jethro Pugh

George Andrie

Besides Cole & Lilly the backbone of the original Doomsday Defense

Add Herb Scott to that list and its solid.