QB Acquisitions from Aikman's Last Season/Post Johnson Era to the Present

[DallasEast]

A look back at the quarterbacks given the final okay for roster pickup by the Mad Genius during the past 24 seasons. Are there any missing players?

 

[DallasEast]

The same breakdown as shown above for members who cannot see the graphic:

Draftees
Quincy Carter (2nd Round)
Ben DiNucci (7th Round)
Stephen McGee (4th Round)
Dak Prescott (4th Round)
Isaiah Stanback (4th Round as wide receiver)
Mike White (5th Round)

Free Agent Signees
Drew Bledsoe
Brooks Bollinger
Randall Cunningham
Andy Dalton
Will Grier (via waivers)
Brad Johnson
Ryan Leaf (twice in same season)
Kyle Orton
Mark Sanchez
Vinny Testaverde
Dustin Vaughan
Brandon Weeden

Practice Squad Signees
Garrett Gilbert (via Cleveland Browns)
Kellen Moore
Alex Tanney
Anthony Wright

Trades
Matt Cassell (via Buffalo Bills)
Drew Henson (via Houston Texans)
Jon Kitna (via Detroit Lions)
Trey Lance (via San Francisco)

Undrafted Free Agent Signees
Richard Bartel
Chad Hutchinson
Tony Romo
Cooper Rush
Jameill Showers
Clint Stoerner

Edit: Added Richard Bartel, Brooks Bollinger, Will Grier, Mark Sanchez, Alex Tanney, Dustin Vaughan, Mike White.

 

[DallasEast]

Crap! I forgot Mike White.

Edit: Fixed.

 

[TwistedL0g1k]

It would be interesting to see a study of the correlation between draft capital devoted to the position and playoff wins.

 

[The Fonz]

My favorites ( not in order)

Drew Bledsoe
Randall Cunningham
Vinny Testaverde
Kellen Moore
Anthony Wright
Jon Kitna
Tony Romo
Clint Stoerner

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[KJJ]

Until we build a great defense that shows up in the playoffs we’ll never win another championship regardless the QB.

 

[TwistedL0g1k]

These stats taken from an analysis of 242 QB's drafted over 2 decades (averages):

Round__ Win%__ Rating

1____ 46.68%___ 82.68
2____ 35.97%___ 67.06
3____ 22.41%___ 62.03
4____ 21.05%___ 60.43
5____ 15.27%___ 31.80
6____ 13.87%___ 43.02
7_____ 6.39%___ 24.87

 

[Coogiguy03]

What about Max Knake!!!

 

[Coogiguy03]

My favorites ( not in order)

Drew Bledsoe
Randall Cunningham
Vinny Testaverde
Kellen Moore
Anthony Wright
Jon Kitna
Tony Romo
Clint Stoerner

Drew Bledsoe the only reason we could run the flea flicker was because he had the big arm

 

[KingintheNorth]

A look back at the quarterbacks given the final okay for roster pickup by the Mad Genius during the past 24 seasons. Are there any missing players?

Definitely trust these guys to find the next QB.

Yikes.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Tony Banks was a UFA pick up for a very brief time. Jerry even floated the idea of him being the immediate starter.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Why haven't we sniffed a Conference Championship game in over a quarter of a century?

 

[DallasEast]

What about Max Knake!!!

Knafe would have made it if he had one of these:

A blast from the past:

 

[DallasEast]

Tony Banks was a UFA pick up for a very brief time. Jerry even floated the idea of him being the immediate starter.

True but the Mad Genius, who supposedly picked Banks up to mentor Quincy Carter (what he publicly hyped repeatedly), brilliantly cut Banks before the season. All these guys made the cut. Heck. Some of them started games for Dallas, lol.

 

[KJJ]

Definitely trust these guys to find the next QB.

Yikes.

The Cowboys have been blessed at QB throughout the teams history. The two QBs we won championships with were great but they also had great running games, including a couple of hall of fame backs and great defenses that showed up big in postseason. Their teams also had hall of fame head coaches.

 

[DallasEast]

The Cowboys have been blessed at QB throughout the teams history. The two QBs we won championships with were great but they also had great running games, including a couple of hall of fame backs and great defenses that showed up big in postseason. Their teams also had hall of fame head coaches.

What you say is true but I do not believe @KingintheNorth's observation factored in Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman, Tony Dorsett, Emmitt Smith, a pair of Doomsday defenses, Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson giving Jerry Jones input on acquiring quarterbacks from 2000 to present.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Until we build a great defense that shows up in the playoffs we’ll never win another championship regardless the QB.

Agreed.

Plus, a very good Oline and running attack.

 

[Hadenough]

A look back at the quarterbacks given the final okay for roster pickup by the Mad Genius during the past 24 seasons. Are there any missing players?

Lotta trash on that list. The sad thing is I could of told him that before Jerry signed them.

 

[Blast From The Past]

Until we build a great defense that shows up in the playoffs we’ll never win another championship regardless the QB.

Gotta build a multi faceted defense that can thump the run but also get after the qb in passing downs.