Our "Elite" Players..

[on8thdayGodcreatedBledsoe]

Bledstudsoe.

Hello people, the guy is in the top 20 ALL TIME in virtually every passing category, top 10 in several. He threw for the 2nd most yards in Cowboy's history last year. He threw for the most TD's since Aikman in 1992. He produced 5 fourth quarter come from behind wins last year -- 5 times last year the Cowboys were losing in the 4th quarter and went on to win the game -- that's huge.

He is an elite player who had the misfortune of losing his job to the best QB in the league then had the further misfortune of being sent to the biggest joke of a franchise in the NFL in Buffalo (still put up probowl #s one season there!). Now that Bledsoe has a legit #1 receiver to throw to he is going to shut up all the critics.

 

[baj1dallas]

I wouldn't say that Witten is an elite player. He's not a game changer yet. He could become an elite player this season though. IMO it's Eldorado, Roy, and TNew that are elite.

 

[kartr]

I would love to think it, but Bledsoe isnt elite.. you are right, he was a major part of us winning some games last year.. but any good QB should mean that.. and thats what he is at this point-- good.. but not elite..

Glenn is very good, but not elite.. the elite recievers are Owens, Harrison, Johnson, Moss, and Holt.. then you got guys like Santana Moss, Steve Smith, Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin.. then you got guys like Hines Ward, Chris Chambers, Joey Galloway, and Terry Glenn..

Bledsoe lost as many as he won, which is not the sign of a good qb, let alone elite. Farve would have won the first Commander game, the Raider game, the Seattle game and the Denver game and the second Giant game with all the talent we had.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

Roy Williams is our only "elite" at this time....but, we have several with potential to be.........WARE, SPEARS, CARPENTER, T.O., WITTEN, BLEDSOE, FLO, NEWMAN, HENRY, GLENN, Etc....

 

[AtlCB]

there are only 2 elite players on this team, TO and Roy

I think putting guys like newman, witten, flo, vandy, bledsoe, etc... are making the "elite" wayyy to generous. although they are all very good players, they are not impact players week in and week out.

Think about it...who would you rather have to win right now at TE

gates, gonzales...
and then there are handful at witten's level ie mcmichael, shockey, cooley

at cb i love newman dont get me wrong, but he doesnt have the numbers to show me elite status. until he becomes a game breaker type guy he cant be elite

I have to disagree. Witten is in the top 3 for TE's. He is a game changer. His numbers have been consistantly near the top of the league for TE's. Newman is also elite. It is difficult to have a lot of int's when no one throws to the receiver that you are covering. Newman is easily one of the top 5 CB's in the league.

 

[on8thdayGodcreatedBledsoe]

Bledsoe lost as many as he won, which is not the sign of a good qb, let alone elite. Farve would have won the first Commander game, the Raider game, the Seattle game and the Denver game and the second Giant game with all the talent we had.

Have you lost your mind? "All the talent we had"??????? We had: a mediocre running back who missed half the season, two aging wide receivers, and an aging offensive line that had 2 rookies on it by mid season. Also, don't forget that the defense and special teams lost at least 3 games all by themselves.

 

[Q_the_man]

Bledsoe lost as many as he won, which is not the sign of a good qb, let alone elite. Farve would have won the first Commander game, the Raider game, the Seattle game and the Denver game and the second Giant game with all the talent we had.

If we had a kicker 4 of those 5 games we win

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Jason Witten
Roy WIlliams
Terrence Newman
Mike Vanderjagt
TO

2nd-tier

Drew Bledsoe
Anthony Henry

 

[Bob Sacamano]

3. Terence Newman- This one is debatable

I don't see how it is, Newman allowed 0, zippo, nadda TDs last year, that's elite

don't agree with you putting Ware on there, potential or not, he's still not elite, but soon will be

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Aaron Glenn is elite at his position I think which is Nickle Corner. He got burned twice last year (Maybe more) but he was also instrumental in victories throughout the season.

that's an interesting point, good call

 

[Bob Sacamano]

there are only 2 elite players on this team, TO and Roy

I think putting guys like newman, witten, flo, vandy, bledsoe, etc... are making the "elite" wayyy to generous. although they are all very good players, they are not impact players week in and week out.

Vandy is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, that's elite, that's impact

Newman allowed 0 TDs, that's elite, that's impact

Witten had one of the best years ever for a TE in '04, that's elite, that's impact

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Bledsoe lost as many as he won, which is not the sign of a good qb, let alone elite. Farve would have won the first Commander game, the Raider game, the Seattle game and the Denver game and the second Giant game with all the talent we had.

that's better than winning 0 games for your team

 

[Clove]

TO
RW
Ware

 

[Bizwah]

Vandy is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, that's elite, that's impact

Newman allowed 0 TDs, that's elite, that's impact

Witten had one of the best years ever for a TE in '04, that's elite, that's impact

Another thing to remember about Newman.....

He didn't commit one PI all of last year. He wasn't even flagged for one that was declined.

At least that's what Adam said I think.....I don't want to put words in his mouth, but I can remember him saying something like that.

Elite players:
Roy
TO
Newman

Very good players:
Witten
Adams
Glenn

Good players:
Bledsoe
Ware
Henry

Potential Impact players:
Julius Jones
Chris Canty
Marcus Spears
Bradie James

 

[sbneff]

Bledstudsoe.

Hello people, the guy is in the top 20 ALL TIME in virtually every passing category, top 10 in several. He threw for the 2nd most yards in Cowboy's history last year. He threw for the most TD's since Aikman in 1992. He produced 5 fourth quarter come from behind wins last year -- 5 times last year the Cowboys were losing in the 4th quarter and went on to win the game -- that's huge.

He is an elite player who had the misfortune of losing his job to the best QB in the league then had the further misfortune of being sent to the biggest joke of a franchise in the NFL in Buffalo (still put up probowl #s one season there!). Now that Bledsoe has a legit #1 receiver to throw to he is going to shut up all the critics.

Elite players don't finish in the middle of the pack or at the bottom of the barrel when compared to his peers. Would you like me to post where he finished among the league's QB's in the last 10-years?

I thought you said Brady is ONLY a system QB? Now he's the best, oh I understand, you're using him to make Bledstud's benching sound better. Well, we all know (in NE) that Bledsoe was on the way to being benched; his injury only expedited the inevitable.

 

[sbneff]

Have you lost your mind? "All the talent we had"??????? We had: a mediocre running back who missed half the season, two aging wide receivers, and an aging offensive line that had 2 rookies on it by mid season. Also, don't forget that the defense and special teams lost at least 3 games all by themselves.

Along with a mediocre QB - would you like me to post his stats over his entire career, and then we'll compare them to all the other QB's in the league. It will only confirm the assertion, but you already know that.

 

[21JJ21]

Flozell adam is a top 3 LT in the league

 

[Ashwynn]

I only see 2, maybe three on the team.

TNewm - best in the game.

el dorado. - Oh you dont know how it pains me to say this, but hes the best in the game too.

You can make a case for the kicker guy. I personally consider a kicker a saftey net and with a better offense and/or defense a kickers value is not nearly as magnified. But hes the best at that position and thats gotta account for something. So like I say, depending on how you look at it, 2 to 3 elite players on the boys.

I would like to say Witten, but Gates is just as good. Others are notably good as well, you could say 'arguably the best' for the Wittens, Roys and Flos of the team. But Tnewm and el dorado are the only true 'elite' players on the team for now.

 

[ghst187]

I don't know about elite players but I definitely consider myself an elite poster...

 

[Future]

Vandy is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, that's elite, that's impact

Newman allowed 0 TDs, that's elite, that's impact

Witten had one of the best years ever for a TE in '04, that's elite, that's impact

but vandy missed the only kick that ever really mattered for him...

newman maybe i will give you but the lack of INTs means hes not a game changer

Witten wasnt elite that year...he was 2nd in catches to gonzalez, and 3rd in TDs to gonzalez and gates. those are the two elite receivers, by far. witten is just a notch below them