Cowboys News: Why The 2016 NFL Draft Opened The Championship Window Wide For The Dallas Cowboys

[waving monkey]

Astounding! These raw numbers will make you think Cowboys are headed for a special window - Bob Sturm, SportsDay
Bob Sturm takes a look at the 2016 draft via snap counts and is thunderstruck.

I have spent 19 years covering the Dallas Cowboys and I have never seen a draft like this. I am reminded to not use superlatives when discussing this compared to great drafts in Cowboys history, or even NFL history, but we have to be honest -- this one seems historic. Time will be required for us to know where some of these guys go in their careers and we certainly have to consider that two of the top four picks have yet to play a single snap, but the excitement level from the 2016 draft is incredibly high.

But in 2016, the Cowboys drafted so well that they had instant starters at some of the most important positions, including, of course, the most important position. I cannot stress how much the development of Dak Prescott will affect every thought about this draft. Let's be honest, Zeke at No. 4 is exactly the type of player you would want to get at No. 4. If you got ordinary at that spot, you would hear about it for years. But they got extraordinary

link/https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...pionship-window-wide-for-cowboys-dak-prescott

 

[ghst187]

Yeah if Prescott continues his development and Zeke continues his trajectory to canton those two alone would make it all time great. The rest are gravy...

 

[JJHLH1]

There is no doubt that the Cowboys 2016 draft was epic, perhaps even biblical. Getting the best player in the draft with the 135th pick should be rewarded with a Super Bowl or two.

 

[jazzcat22]

It was a great draft, and it was great to not see all the draft complaints threads.
However, I hope people don't expect the same results with this years defense heavy draft. now it could happen and a few players could just excel and put the D over the top for what we want, and have been waiting for. And that includes Jaylon Smith in the mix.

But even if it's just a more more methodical steady improvement that gets better and better as games go by, that is still great.

What made last years draft seem so great, wasn't that the offense exploded onto the scene. We knew what Zeke would bring, and we knew the offense would be a go with Tony. But when tony went down, as well as Moore, and Das took over. No one thought he was going to play as great as he did. So no more searching for Tony's successor. That was what made it a great draft.

Now if we can find that defensive player, rather one of the 2nd year guys coming off an injury, or a rookie, or what most likely it will be, combination of all those coming together. Growing pains, yes, but half way through the season, we will see for sure of how good they can possibly be.

 

[big dog cowboy]

What a great article!!! It's so good I'm going to reread it later.

This tidbit about Fredbeard is pretty dang amazing:

"Frederick typically doesn't distance himself in a significant way from the rest of the league's best centers in grading terms, but he is asked to do more in terms of types of blocks by his offense than any of the others, and that is why he is higher on this list."

"Frederick now hasn't allowed a sack in two years of play and just one in the past three seasons combined."