Ranking '16 rookie class

[Longboysfan]

Brown is mostly left on his own when covering one vs one.

While he is, not for the most part, picking up the other teams number one WR.
He's doing a great job of covering the player that comes his way.

 

[tyke1doe]

I don't think there's any chance of that. Ramsey was an all-pro corner over the 2nd half of the season. He did it shadowing the other teams #1. I love Brown and am happy we have him, but there is no reason to think he'll every be anywhere close to Ramsey--and 0% chance he's a top 5 player form this draft. Brown wasn't even the 2nd best rookie corner this season.

The history of the league is littered with players who were drafted in lower rounds and became among the top five players of their class, so your 0 percent claim is without historical merit.

Having said that, I misinterpreted CarHarris' post to read the top 5 at his position rather than top 5 overall. My bad. My brain fart.

 

[Manster68]

Folks, when Dallas has had their great championship runs over their history, it has not just been 1 draft that put them over the top. Rather, it has been a series of drafts topped off by one stellar draft.

Let's go back to the very beginning.

The 1960s:
1961 brought Bob Lilly;
1962 brought George Andrie;
1963 brought Lee Roy Jordan.
Then there was the 1964 draft that brought in Mel Renfro, Bob Hayes, and Roger Staubach.
That was followed by 1965 which reeled in Craig Morton (later traded for the draft pick to acquire Randy White), and Jethro Pugh.
1966 brought in John Niland, Willie Townes, and Walt Garrison.
The 1967 draft Dallas had to give up their first two draft picks for Ralph Neely. Dallas also picked up Rayfield Wright.
1968 brought in Blaine Nye, D.D. Lewis, and Larry Cole.
1969 brought in Calvin Hill.

That is quite a foundation for a 20 year winning season run. Don't you think?

 

[marchetta]

Draft time is fun again.

Yeah, but it's going to suck next year having to wait until pick #32 to see who we get.

 

[agk136]

Yeah, but it's going to suck next year having to wait until pick #32 to see who we get.

I could except that every year. That would mean we are doing something right.

 

[Manster68]

Folks, when Dallas has had their great championship runs over their history, it has not just been 1 draft that put them over the top. Rather, it has been a series of drafts topped off by one stellar draft.

Let's go back to the 1970s.

1970 brought in Duane Thomas, Charlie Waters, Pat Toomay, John Fitzgerald, and Mark Washington. This draft is actually pretty underrated.
1971 was not a good draft. The only player of note was backup DT Bill Gregory.
1972 reeled in Robert Newhouse and Jean Fugett.
1973 reeled in Billy Joe DuPree, Golden Richards, and Harvey Martin.
1974 brought in Ed Too Tall Jones and Danny White.
Then there was the great 1975 draft (the Dirty Dozen). It was led by Randy White (from the Morton trade). Also, Hollywood Henderson, Burton Lawless, Pat Donovan, Randy Hughes, Mike Hegman, Herb Scott, and Scott Laidlaw.
1976 brought in Aaron Kyle, Butch Johnson, and Tom Rafferty.
1977 was all Tony Dorsett and Tony Hill.
1978 reeled in ball hawk Dennis Thurman.
1979 hauled in Robert Shaw (career shortened from injury), Aaron Mitchell, Doug Cosbie, and Ron Springs.

People wonder why Dallas kept winning all of these years.

NOTICE - how the stellar draft of 1975 was preceded and followed up by some good drafts. Do you think Landry, Schramm, and Brandt kind of knew what they were doing?

Now can you make a comparison from this of the success the Cowboys are having this decade?

 

[Longboysfan]

Folks, when Dallas has had their great championship runs over their history, it has not just been 1 draft that put them over the top. Rather, it has been a series of drafts topped off by one stellar draft.

Let's go back to the very beginning.

The 1960s:
1961 brought Bob Lilly;
1962 brought George Andrie;
1963 brought Lee Roy Jordan.
Then there was the 1964 draft that brought in Mel Renfro, Bob Hayes, and Roger Staubach.
That was followed by 1965 which reeled in Craig Morton (later traded for the draft pick to acquire Randy White), and Jethro Pugh.
1966 brought in John Niland, Willie Townes, and Walt Garrison.
The 1967 draft Dallas had to give up their first two draft picks for Ralph Neely. Dallas also picked up Rayfield Wright.
1968 brought in Blaine Nye, D.D. Lewis, and Larry Cole.
1969 brought in Calvin Hill.

That is quite a foundation for a 20 year winning season run. Don't you think?

Gil knew what he was doing way back then.

After that other teams started to catch up.

 

[waving monkey]

I think we all realize it takes consistency in drafting and coaching
thats why giving McClay time to get his chops down is paying off.
That goes for Garrett and his coaching staff as well.