My post history clearly suggests the opposite as I'm openly critical of the team in several areas that actually affect winning and losing. But your fantasy in this regard is, at least, consistent.
I've said in other threads that I look at both the draft and CFA collectively for an offseason since they combine to represent the collective effort of the scouts and management to evaluate the rookie talent pool. We know for a fact, for example, that the Cowboys will not select a player they have a mid-round grade on in some cases if they expect that player will make it to college free agency and thus be available without a pick. This is because the teams in this league approach the rookie talent pool as a whole and don't just look at adding talent with their actual picks.
What that in mind, 2012 brought us Mo, Leary, Wilber, Crawford, Hannah, Dunbar, Johnson, and Beasley. By my count, that's 4 starters or key role players and three other players who all play significant snaps on offense or defense. And, of course, Johnson, who you guys all dislike for whatever backwards reasons. Apart from Leary, the OL need was addressed in VFA, though you complained about that and were proven wrong in retrospect, too. Not too bad with a fractured process.
The Mo pick was a really good maneuver in that draft, and it's turned out that he hasn't been worth the value we gave up to get him to-date. That might be because he was mis-evaluated, but I'm not so sure that's the case. I still consider him a work in process, but there's no denying he's underdelivered on everybody's expectations.
2013, then, brought us Frederick, Escobar, Williams, Wilcox, Holloman, Heath, and Hamilton. It's too early to evaluate that class as a whole, but it looks like we could have as many as five starters from that group half way through their respective rookie contracts. I have a hard time buying any argument that finds fault with that for no better reason than they didn't like the discussion going on in the draft room at the time the first round selection was made. Then again, I don't have any particular ax to grind when it comes to evaluating what the team does I just try to look at the players who were added and evaluate them based on their relative ability to perform on our roster over time.
