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Cowboys' drafts rate well by Pro-Football-Reference.com
9:37 AM Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Todd Archer/Reporter
Reader Gary Hays e-mailed me a link from the New York Times' Fifth Down blog in which Chase Stuart of Pro-Football-Reference.com names the Cowboys as the ninth-best drafting team based on the contributions they received from their picks in 2009.
The Eagles were listed 10th while the New York Giants came in at No. 18 and Washington was No. 29.
The formula uses the Web site's Approximate Value system. Jacksonville had the highest percentage at 82.2%. Pittsburgh was No. 2 at 72.6%.
The Cowboys finished last year with 32 draft picks either on the 53-man roster, injured reserve or the physically unable to perform list. While many people believe Jerry Jones misses more than he hits on draft day, this formula suggests he's not as bad as people think.
The draft is the most important tool a team has to improve and despite all of the money they throw into scouting there is no fool proof plan. Every team has misses. Every team. I remember Scott Pioli telling a story from the Super Bowl a few years ago when people ask him how smart he was as New England's personnel chief.
In 2000, the Patriots drafted Tom Brady in the sixth round, probably the steal of all steals. But whenever Pioli needed to be reminded of his genius he looked at a photo featuring one of their fifth-round picks, tight end Dave Stachelski, who never played a snap for the Patriots.
"If I was so smart, I wouldn't have risked an entire round of the draft in picking Brady," Pioli said then.
In other words, a big element of draft-day success is luck.
9:37 AM Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Todd Archer/Reporter
Reader Gary Hays e-mailed me a link from the New York Times' Fifth Down blog in which Chase Stuart of Pro-Football-Reference.com names the Cowboys as the ninth-best drafting team based on the contributions they received from their picks in 2009.
The Eagles were listed 10th while the New York Giants came in at No. 18 and Washington was No. 29.
The formula uses the Web site's Approximate Value system. Jacksonville had the highest percentage at 82.2%. Pittsburgh was No. 2 at 72.6%.
The Cowboys finished last year with 32 draft picks either on the 53-man roster, injured reserve or the physically unable to perform list. While many people believe Jerry Jones misses more than he hits on draft day, this formula suggests he's not as bad as people think.
The draft is the most important tool a team has to improve and despite all of the money they throw into scouting there is no fool proof plan. Every team has misses. Every team. I remember Scott Pioli telling a story from the Super Bowl a few years ago when people ask him how smart he was as New England's personnel chief.
In 2000, the Patriots drafted Tom Brady in the sixth round, probably the steal of all steals. But whenever Pioli needed to be reminded of his genius he looked at a photo featuring one of their fifth-round picks, tight end Dave Stachelski, who never played a snap for the Patriots.
"If I was so smart, I wouldn't have risked an entire round of the draft in picking Brady," Pioli said then.
In other words, a big element of draft-day success is luck.
