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A recent all-time draft by The MMQB featured 17 Cowboys greats. Would you start a franchise with one of them?

Earlier this week, Peter King released the MMQB All-Time Draft. The project, which King calls “near-and-dear”, was a twelve-team draft in which every player from NFL history was available.

The twelve-man panel included prominent former NFL General Managers Ron Wolf, Eddie Accorsi, and Bill Polian. It also included respected former front office and player personnel figures like Joel Bussert, Gil Brandt, and John Wooten; renowned media members Rick Gosselin, John Turney, Bob McGinn, and Peter King himself; Ron Wolf and Joe Horrigan from the Hall of Fame; and - bizarrely - Dan Fouts.

The first 12 picks of the all-time draft featured eight different positions:

  • Quarterback (Johnny Unitas, Tom Brady, Otto Graham, Joe Montana, John Elway)
  • Linebacker (Lawrence Taylor)
  • Defensive tackle (Joe Greene)
  • Tackle (Joe Munoz)
  • Running back (Jim Brown)
  • Defensive end (Reggie White)
  • Wide receiver (Don Hutson)
  • Punter (Ray Guy - the first in a series of very odd picks by Dan Fouts)

Roger Staubach just missed the first round and was picked with the 13th overall pick of the second round by Joel Bussert. Staubach headlines a long list of Cowboys that made the list:

13. Roger Staubach, QB

26. Bob Lilly, DT

37. Randy White, DT

41. Larry Allen, OG

124. Mel Renfro, S

126. Rayfield Wright, OT

152. Emmitt Smith, RB

155. Bob Hayes, WR

174. Cliff Harris, S

187. Demarcus Ware, OLB

210. Chuck Howley, LB

213. Jason Witten, TE

223. Zack Martin, OG

234. Troy Aikman, QB

258. Travis Frederick, OC

267. Michael Irvin, WR

290. Tony Dorsett, RB

That's 17 former and current Cowboys that spent most or all of their career in Dallas. Other former Cowboys players getting recognition that spent part of their career in Dallas: Deion Sanders, Charles Haley, Forrest Gregg, Lance Alworth, Mike Ditka, Herb Adderly, Terrell Owens, Ray Childress.

Keep in mind that the objective of this draft was not to identify the top 300 players of all time, but to build a team with 11 offensive and 11 defensive players, along with a punter and a kicker.

Still, that's a pretty impressive list for the Cowboys.

Which brings us to our Question of the Day: Which current and which former Cowboys player would you choose to start a franchise with?

Comparing players across eras is always a bit tricky (a 260-pound All Pro tackle from the 1960s might be considered undersized today) but as we're looking for that foundational player for our franchise, we're more concerned with intangibles than with any measurables anyway.

So who'll it be for you? Give us one former and one current player, regardless of whether their name is on the list above or not. Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Larry Allen.

Im a big believer that you build your team from the inside out.

Larry Allen was the most dominant lineman in history.
 

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Pragmatically you look at it this way: which position outside of QB can you expect the longest time with your team? OL of course. AND there is this: you do not want a top QB behind a joke of a line. Look at what happened with the Texans and David Carr. Nuts look how bad Troy got worked his first year when our O line was putrid.

So the first draft is O line heavy if possible. Year 2 work the D line and LBS. Year Three is when you look at getting your QB; depending on what is available you might wait.

And of course I would pick Roger.
 
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Aikman, Dorsett and Witten. I went all-offense. I know Aikman is a HOF but I constantly see and read articles where he's overrated. His stats weren't great and he had it easy. He didn't have stats like other guys because they were a running team. I don't care who played with him, He played his best when the games mattered. He wasn't mobile but what a great passer. Tony Dorsett will always be my favorite running back. Jason Witten is the player you want as a leader on your football team. The play where his helmet got knocked off against the Eagles and kept running, How could you not love that?
 
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Landry and Gil Brandt faced that question in their 1st draft they came up with Bob Lilly. That seemed to work out pretty damn good so I will go with Mr. Cowboys whom the Cowboys made the corner stone of what would become Doomday
 
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A recent all-time draft by The MMQB featured 17 Cowboys greats. Would you start a franchise with one of them?

Earlier this week, Peter King released the MMQB All-Time Draft. The project, which King calls “near-and-dear”, was a twelve-team draft in which every player from NFL history was available.

The twelve-man panel included prominent former NFL General Managers Ron Wolf, Eddie Accorsi, and Bill Polian. It also included respected former front office and player personnel figures like Joel Bussert, Gil Brandt, and John Wooten; renowned media members Rick Gosselin, John Turney, Bob McGinn, and Peter King himself; Ron Wolf and Joe Horrigan from the Hall of Fame; and - bizarrely - Dan Fouts.

The first 12 picks of the all-time draft featured eight different positions:

  • Quarterback (Johnny Unitas, Tom Brady, Otto Graham, Joe Montana, John Elway)
  • Linebacker (Lawrence Taylor)
  • Defensive tackle (Joe Greene)
  • Tackle (Joe Munoz)
  • Running back (Jim Brown)
  • Defensive end (Reggie White)
  • Wide receiver (Don Hutson)
  • Punter (Ray Guy - the first in a series of very odd picks by Dan Fouts)

Roger Staubach just missed the first round and was picked with the 13th overall pick of the second round by Joel Bussert. Staubach headlines a long list of Cowboys that made the list:

13. Roger Staubach, QB

26. Bob Lilly, DT

37. Randy White, DT

41. Larry Allen, OG

124. Mel Renfro, S

126. Rayfield Wright, OT

152. Emmitt Smith, RB

155. Bob Hayes, WR

174. Cliff Harris, S

187. Demarcus Ware, OLB

210. Chuck Howley, LB

213. Jason Witten, TE

223. Zack Martin, OG

234. Troy Aikman, QB

258. Travis Frederick, OC

267. Michael Irvin, WR

290. Tony Dorsett, RB

That's 17 former and current Cowboys that spent most or all of their career in Dallas. Other former Cowboys players getting recognition that spent part of their career in Dallas: Deion Sanders, Charles Haley, Forrest Gregg, Lance Alworth, Mike Ditka, Herb Adderly, Terrell Owens, Ray Childress.

Keep in mind that the objective of this draft was not to identify the top 300 players of all time, but to build a team with 11 offensive and 11 defensive players, along with a punter and a kicker.

Still, that's a pretty impressive list for the Cowboys.

Which brings us to our Question of the Day: Which current and which former Cowboys player would you choose to start a franchise with?

Comparing players across eras is always a bit tricky (a 260-pound All Pro tackle from the 1960s might be considered undersized today) but as we're looking for that foundational player for our franchise, we're more concerned with intangibles than with any measurables anyway.

So who'll it be for you? Give us one former and one current player, regardless of whether their name is on the list above or not. Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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I noticed Howley and Harris on that list and yet they still aren't in the HOF.
 
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It has to be Aikman. With him we know its not hypothetical. He was the first player chosen in '89 to build the franchise around and that turned out well.

Aikman looked, acted and played like a HOF QB straight out of the box. He was the rock on which the team was built and made every player play better. Stats in early years mean nothing when he was surrounded by no names. He executed when it matter and passed the eye test on every play.
 
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If coming out of the draft then I'd chose Aikman over Roger simply for the age difference. You have to have the Qb.
 
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There are so many great Cowboys.

To me, Captain America is the reason the Cowboys have been a signature team of the NFL.
(For you kids out there, Roger Staubach was, is and will always be referred to as Captain America)

Yeah, I'm definitely taking the guy that can win a game for me even when I'm down 14 with
2 minutes to play. He's a leader of men. A hero who elevates the level of play in each of his
teammates. He will make me look like a genius as a GM and a HC.

Imagine Staubach throwing to Irvin... Larry Allen and Erik Williams added to the current line of Tyron, Frederick and Zack...
Tony Dorsett running behind that line.

Mel Renfro and Deion... Cliff and Charlie... Randy White, Harvey Martin, DWare... the list goes on.

What a team that would be. Great thread.
 
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