BR: Re-Grading the Dallas Cowboys' Past 5 Drafts

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The 2015 NFL draft is about a week away. What better way to get ready for this year's draft than to look back at the last five years and see how things worked out for Dallas?

Looking back at past drafts is an important exercise because it allows teams to learn and grow from past successes and failures.

The Cowboys get hammered a lot because of the perception that they just make decisions on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' whim; however, anybody who has been paying attention knows that is not the case. The Cowboys have utilized a more collective approach as they incorporate many opinions from those inside of the organization.

With that in mind, let's go back and re-grade the last five Dallas draft classes.

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They give these 2 drafts the same grade (B-). They downgrade because Murray and Carter departed in Free Agency.

Comical..

1 9 Tyron Smith OT
2 40 Bruce Carter LB
3 71 DeMarco Murray RB
4 110 David Arkin OG
5 143 Josh Thomas DB
6 176 Dwayne Harris WR
7 220 Shaun Chapas FB
7 252 Bill Nagy OG/OC

1 6 Morris Claiborne CB
3 81 Tyrone Crawford DE/DT
4 113 Kyle Wilber DE/LB
4 135 Matt Johnson DB
5 152 Danny Coale WR
6 186 James Hanna TE
7 222 Caleb McSurdy LB
 
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