Cowboys All-Time Ranking Of Top 10 Undrafted Free Agents From Tony Romo To Drew Pearson

[gtb1943]

Name a better undrafted QB outside of Kurt Warner. You can’t. The next best is probably Warren Moon.

I didn’t call him the greatest QB ever. Just one of the greatest undrafted QBs ever.

Hate him however much you want, his career achievements are incredible given how much of an unknown he was coming out of college.

The haters of any player will never admit they are wrong. I try and not hate but its hard to do. I want to hate Dak sometimes but he does not deserve it; just like Romo did not deserve it.
Both had Jethro on their backs and that millstone is too much to overcome by any QB

 

[SultanOfSix]

He was a choker who couldn't even get a 13-3 one seed past the divisional playoff round.

At least he “choked” on the last play of the game to a team on fire that beat arguably the GOAT QB and one of the most prolific offenses ever in the NFL in SB that year. I guess Brady was the definition of choker that year too.

If you’re going to call every player that doesn’t win the SB or go far in the playoffs a choker (dumbing down its definition), then the league is filled with chokers in this league, including this team’s current starting QB who is far worse and more legitimate of one.

 

[SuspectCorner]

According to PFF:

QUARTERBACK: TONY ROMO (86.8)​

Honorable Mention: Kurt Warner (77.5)​

Thirteen undrafted quarterbacks have attempted 500 or more passes in the PFF era, and Romo leads the pack — including Hall of Famer Kurt Warner — in overall grade.

Romo didn't earn a season grade below 65.0 from 2006 to 2014, and he recorded 152 more big-time throws than the next-highest-ranked undrafted quarterback, Case Keenum.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highes... Gates crushes the pack,2 undrafted tight end.

 

[gtb1943]

According to PFF:

QUARTERBACK: TONY ROMO (86.8)​

Honorable Mention: Kurt Warner (77.5)​

Thirteen undrafted quarterbacks have attempted 500 or more passes in the PFF era, and Romo leads the pack — including Hall of Famer Kurt Warner — in overall grade.

Romo didn't earn a season grade below 65.0 from 2006 to 2014, and he recorded 152 more big-time throws than the next-highest-ranked undrafted quarterback, Case Keenum.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-undrafted-player-every-position-pff-era#:~:text=Tony Romo is the highest,begun in the PFF era.&text=Antonio Gates crushes the pack,2 undrafted tight end.

PFF meh

As much as I love Romo, I would not pick him over Warner.

 

[SuspectCorner]

PFF meh

As much as I love Romo, I would not pick him over Warner.

No problem here. Finding a UDFA QB and having him become your franchise record holder for passing yards, completions, and passing TDs is good enough for me.

 

[gtb1943]

Sad to say that Boys advantage in finding so many like that in its first ten to fifteen years as a franchise disappeared as more teams figured out what we were doing and did the same.

 

[Chasing6]

Mark Tuinei was the starting LT on 3 Super Bowl winning teams.

How could Bill Bates possibly rank higher than Tuinei?

Does Brandon Aubrey count as a UDFA?

Aubrey should just be in a kicker category.

 

[DallasEast]

Decided to offer an opinion on the list in a different way. I assigned points for career achievements to each player, such as:

• Hall of Fame enshrinement (50 points)
• All-Pro selection (20 points each)
• All-Decade selection (15 points each)
• Super Bowl Championship (10 points each/Lower on the point-scale since it is a team accomplishment)
• Pro Bowl (5 points each/not as critically valued as 'all-pro' or 'all-decade' selections)

Note: Hypothetically, each player could net 100 points (50+20+15+10+5) if they accomplished one of each.

The above achievements were borrowed from pro-football-reference. The site attaches them to each player's statistical page.

The point system is completely subjective. I attributed points relative to their importance in my opinion (Hall of Fame better than All-Pro, All-Pro better than All-Decade, etc.). Here is how each player ranks according to this totally made-up point system:

Undrafted Player	Hall of Fame	All-Pro	All-Decade Team	Super Bowl Championship	Pro Bowl	Total Points
Cliff Harris	1​	3​	1​	2​	6​	175​
Drew Pearson	1​	3​	1​	1​	3​	150​
Nate Newton		2​		3​	6​	100​
Cornell Green		2​		1​	5​	75​
Bill Bates		1​		3​		50​
Everson Walls		1​		1​	4​	50​
Mark Tuinei				3​	2​	40​
Dave Manders		1​		1​		30​
Dan Bailey		1​				20​
Tony Romo					4​	20​

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PearDr00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarrCl00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeCo00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RomoTo00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WallEv00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NewtNa00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BateBi00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TuinMa00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BailDa00.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MandDa00.htm

 

[ShiningStar]

At least he “choked” on the last play of the game to a team on fire that beat arguably the GOAT QB and one of the most prolific offenses ever in the NFL in SB that year. I guess Brady was the definition of choker that year too.

If you’re going to call every player that doesn’t win the SB or go far in the playoffs a choker (dumbing down its definition), then the league is filled with chokers in this league, including this team’s current starting QB who is far worse and more legitimate of one.

a great response to a very poor post.

if you want to know how to beat an opinion with fact, this is a good lesson.