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Tier 1, the Top 5, include:
Tier 1, the Top 5, include:
- Howie Roseman, Eagles
- Brett Veach, Chiefs
- Duke Tobin, Bengals
- Jerry Jones, Cowboys
- Bill Belichick, Patriots
Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys (since 1994)
First and foremost, we have to mention Cowboys vice president of player personnel Will McClay, who deserves as much credit for what Dallas does year in and year out as anyone.
Dallas has the highest ratio of homegrown to external talent in the NFL, truly taking the draft-and-develop approach to heart and consistently winning football games as a result. While this is the most sustainable and repeatable roster-building philosophy, Dallas showed this offseason in trading for wide receiver Brandin Cooks and cornerback Stephon Gilmorethat it will supplement the roster with outside talent when the timing is right and the reinforcements are necessary.
“America’s Team” gets a lot of flak for coming up short in the playoffs over the past few decades, and what makes them sustainable arguably limits their ceiling at times, as well, but the consistent influx of elite talent in Dallas is undeniable. The Cowboys finally started to extend players like cornerback Trevon Diggs this past offseason to early extensions, which was a major weak spot in their operation for years.