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Cowboys' picks have captain backgroundsMay, 16, 2014 May 16
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By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas – Jason Garrett did not invent the term “right kind of guy,” but the Dallas Cowboys head coach certainly uses it a lot.
It does not mean a team full of choir boys, but leadership is part of the criteria. Of the Cowboys’ nine draft picks, nine were captains on their college teams.
Zack Martin, the first-round pick, was a two-time captain at Notre Dame. Anthony Hitchens (Iowa), Devin Street (Pittsburgh), Ben Gardner (Stanford) and Ahmad Dixon (Baylor) were captains last season.
“You want guys who are good people, certainly, but you want guys with great football character; guys who love to play, who have a passion for playing,” Garrett said after the draft. “When you think about describing a lot of these defensive guys: they’re all physical players, they all love contact, they love to play the game, they’re well respected by their teammates and their opponents, you hear great things about them from their coaches. So those are kind of guys we want on our team.
10:30
AM ET
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowbo...in-backgrounds
By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com
IRVING, Texas – Jason Garrett did not invent the term “right kind of guy,” but the Dallas Cowboys head coach certainly uses it a lot.
It does not mean a team full of choir boys, but leadership is part of the criteria. Of the Cowboys’ nine draft picks, nine were captains on their college teams.
Zack Martin, the first-round pick, was a two-time captain at Notre Dame. Anthony Hitchens (Iowa), Devin Street (Pittsburgh), Ben Gardner (Stanford) and Ahmad Dixon (Baylor) were captains last season.
“You want guys who are good people, certainly, but you want guys with great football character; guys who love to play, who have a passion for playing,” Garrett said after the draft. “When you think about describing a lot of these defensive guys: they’re all physical players, they all love contact, they love to play the game, they’re well respected by their teammates and their opponents, you hear great things about them from their coaches. So those are kind of guys we want on our team.
