Cowboys tied for 3rd in the NFL for homegrown players

[perrykemp]

Saw this on ESPN today. I see this as a good sign that the Cowboys (specifically the Front-Office) have adopted a philosophy and building from within, player development, and generally emphasizing the draft and the UDFA market as opposed to expensive Free Agents to build the team.

I think this year we see it pay dividends.

Article Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/83464/inside-slant-push-for-homegrown-players

2013 Week 1: Indigenous Players

Number of players on teams' rosters who have not appeared in a regular-season game for another team. Updated through Monday night.

Team

No.

Packers

50

Falcons

45

Texans

40

Browns

40

Cowboys

40

Rams

40

Patriots

40

Ravens

39

Dolphins

39

Vikings

39

Bengals

38

Saints

38

Eagles

37

Steelers

37

Bills

36

Giants

36

Jaguars

35

Seahawks

35

Panthers

34

49ers

34

Titans

33

Buccaneers

33

Raiders

33

Jets

33

Broncos

32

Chiefs

32

Chargers

32

Bears

31

Cardinals

31

Colts

29

Commanders

29

Lions

28





Average

35.875

Source: Elias Sports Bureau

 

[Galian Beast]

Packers having 50 is craziness.

 

[8FOR!3]

I don't really see any direction corelation between the good teams and bad teams. At least we're doing it the "right" way I guess. But yeah essentially the whole Packers team is homegrown. That's crazy.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Its funny the reputation we have is Jerry always goes out and buys players......

 

[Zordon]

Is this by choice or by force since we have very little room to spend anymore.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Is this by choice or by force since we have very little room to spend anymore.

When have the Cowboys ever bought free agents though? Cowboys always have had homegrown talent for as long as I can remember. A few exceptions of course like Deion, TO, Ken Hamlin, Leonard Davis.....

 

[dargonking999]

Its funny the reputation we have is Jerry always goes out and buys players......

Is this by choice or by force since we have very little room to spend anymore.

Lol...too funny...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Purging the roster of overpriced FA's the last couple of years has really changed the makeup of our roster. Add better drafting to the mix and eventually it will pay off in another championship.

 

[Lonestar94]

The only star player we have from another team is Brandon Carr.

 

[CapnCook]

When have the Cowboys ever bought free agents though? Cowboys always have had homegrown talent for as long as I can remember. A few exceptions of course like Deion, TO, Ken Hamlin, Leonard Davis.....

And Tank Johnson, and Adam Jones, and Kyle Kosier, and Marc Colombo, and Keith Brooking, and Zach Thomas, and Roy Williams, and Montrae Holland

There was awhile there where Jones was FA/trade happy.

The trend is definitely changing.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

And Tank Johnson, and Adam Jones, and Kyle Kosier, and Marc Colombo, and Keith Brooking, and Zach Thomas, and Roy Williams, and Montrae Holland

There was awhile there where Jones was FA/trade happy.

The trend is definitely changing.

That's like 10 players out of the thousands of guys that have come through here since the 90's lol. Cowboys have never been free agent happy.

 

[dstovall5]

All those teams with the most home grown talent do have something in common, they're all very good teams or on the rise to becoming good teams. Coincidence? I don't think so.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Interesting stat and kind of surprising due to our front office's reputation. It just goes to show you have to analyze things for yourself. The hype is usually misleading.

 

[gimmesix]

Those numbers aren't quite right, or maybe just not updated. Dallas has 15 players who aren't homegrown, although three haven't technically played for anyone else. With a 53-man roster, that means we have 38 homegrown players. If you count the ones who've only gone to camp with other teams or been on other teams' practice squads, it's 41.

Of those players, six are starting Sunday: Carr, Allen, Durant, Selvie, Hayden, Waters or Bernadeau (so only one on offense, and two of the defensive ones because of injury).

The others are Kyle Bosworth, Landon Cohen, Edgar Jones, Kyle Orton, Caesar Rayford, Ernie Sims, Andre Smith, Darrion Weems.

 

[perrykemp]

Those numbers aren't quite right, or maybe just not updated. Dallas has 15 players who aren't homegrown, although three haven't technically played for anyone else.

Of those players, six are starting Sunday: Carr, Allen, Durant, Selvie, Hayden, Waters or Bernadeau (so only one on offense, and two of the defensive ones because of injury).

The others are Kyle Bosworth, Landon Cohen, Edgar Jones, Kyle Orton, Caesar Rayford, Ernie Sims, Andre Smith, Darrion Weems.

I think the criteria used is has a player ever taken a regular season snap for another team. If not, they are considered developed by the team (ie homegrown).

 

[gimmesix]

I think the criteria used is has a player ever taken a regular season snap for another team. If not, they are considered developed by the team (ie homegrown).

I updated to show that we have 41 considered homegrown by that criteria, and 38 if you consider players who've only been with Dallas.

This report might have been done before we acquired Rayford.

 

[BAZ]

That's like 10 players out of the thousands of guys that have come through here since the 90's lol. Cowboys have never been free agent happy.

They were under Parcells, you just forget the bad ones, Peerless Price, Eddie George, Scott Fujita, Testaverde, bad times. Glenn, Key, Furgason, Akon Adele, Marco Rivera, must be like half a dozen safeties I'm forgetting. Vanderjagt, jaysus was he a bust.

 

[gimmesix]

They were under Parcells, you just forget the bad ones, Peerless Price, Eddie George, Scott Fujita, Testaverde, bad times. Glenn, Key, Furgason, Akon Adele, Marco Rivera, must be like half a dozen safeties I'm forgetting. Vanderjagt, jaysus was he a bust.

Yes, Parcells strongly believed in bringing in stopgap players and Friends of Bill.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Yes, Parcells strongly believed in bringing in stopgap players and Friends of Bill.

Not to mention the fact he went for Wisconsin center Al Johnson in the second round in 2003 when the scouts were screaming for Jason Witten; who luckily was still around in the third. But that's a debate for another topic....

 

[JoeyBoy718]

It was definitely a different story shortly before Romo and in the early Romo era. Remember when we had Bledsoe throwing passes to Terry Glenn? Vinny Testie before that. Then we added TO. I think we had another free agent vet WR. The whole OLine up until recently was free agent vets, aside from Gurode. Romo was a diamond in the rough--before him it was all free agents. RB has been pretty homegrown as much as I can remember, aside from the Eddie George experiment. Our safeties have always been vet free agents, from Hamlin to Sensy to the short-lived experiment with the ex-Jet (forget name), now Allen. CB has pretty much always been homegrown, aside from Carr (good signing). We ran through a lot of vet LBers (even now), but the future looks bright with three homegrown talents in Lee, Carter and Holloman. We ran through a lot of stop gap DLmen. Overall, I like the recent trend of becoming homegrown, young and cheap. Keep up the good work.