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How Good Is The Dallas Cowboys' Roster Depth In 2015?
By One.Cool.Customer
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/6/6/8740913/how-good-is-the-dallas-cowboys-roster-depth-in-2015
Last summer, Pat Kirwan of CBSSports penned an article in which he looked at roster depth across the league. Kirwan provided a list of 13 questions (actually it's 12 questions, he skipped the backup QB one) that have to get a positive answer for a team to qualify as having solid roster depth.
At the time, the questions sounded fairly well thought out, and I attempted to answer each depth question for the 2014 Cowboys as well as such questions can be answered in June. I chose to answer each question with "Yes," "No," or "Probably," and assigned two points for a "Yes," one point for a "Probably," and zero points for a "No." Last year, I gave the Cowboys 16 points for the 13 depth questions below, and we'll see later on how they fare this year.
When he put together the 13 questions last year, Kirwan also "combed through all the rosters looking for the teams with the best depth." That process ended with Kirwan identifying the Seahawks and Bengals as the teams with the best depth in 2014. The Seahawks would end up with a 12-4 record and a Super Bowl appearance, and the 10-5-1 Bengals would exit the playoffs in the wildcard round.
Kirwan also listed five teams as honorable mentions for best roster depth, and for an article titled "Roster depth key to championships" that honorable mentions list turned out to be anything but, with none of the five teams making the playoffs, and only one team even managing a winning record. The five honorable mentions: Eagles (10-6), Dolphins (8-8), 49ers (8-8), Commanders (4-12), and Buccaneers (2-14).
Do those results invalidate the entire 13 questions Kirwan originally asked? Perhaps they do, but I'm going to answer them anyway for the 2015 Cowboys...
By One.Cool.Customer
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/6/6/8740913/how-good-is-the-dallas-cowboys-roster-depth-in-2015
Last summer, Pat Kirwan of CBSSports penned an article in which he looked at roster depth across the league. Kirwan provided a list of 13 questions (actually it's 12 questions, he skipped the backup QB one) that have to get a positive answer for a team to qualify as having solid roster depth.
At the time, the questions sounded fairly well thought out, and I attempted to answer each depth question for the 2014 Cowboys as well as such questions can be answered in June. I chose to answer each question with "Yes," "No," or "Probably," and assigned two points for a "Yes," one point for a "Probably," and zero points for a "No." Last year, I gave the Cowboys 16 points for the 13 depth questions below, and we'll see later on how they fare this year.
When he put together the 13 questions last year, Kirwan also "combed through all the rosters looking for the teams with the best depth." That process ended with Kirwan identifying the Seahawks and Bengals as the teams with the best depth in 2014. The Seahawks would end up with a 12-4 record and a Super Bowl appearance, and the 10-5-1 Bengals would exit the playoffs in the wildcard round.
Kirwan also listed five teams as honorable mentions for best roster depth, and for an article titled "Roster depth key to championships" that honorable mentions list turned out to be anything but, with none of the five teams making the playoffs, and only one team even managing a winning record. The five honorable mentions: Eagles (10-6), Dolphins (8-8), 49ers (8-8), Commanders (4-12), and Buccaneers (2-14).
Do those results invalidate the entire 13 questions Kirwan originally asked? Perhaps they do, but I'm going to answer them anyway for the 2015 Cowboys...