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Should the Cowboys draft a quarterback every year?
http://thelandryhat.com/2016/04/02/should-the-cowboys-draft-quarterback-every-year/
When it comes the Dallas Cowboys, there are many differing opinions about how America’s Team should approach the NFL Draft. That goes for every franchise in the league. But the fact that the quarterback position is the most vital in all of football is something most agree upon. So why do the Cowboys so rarely draft any?
In fact, the Cowboys haven’t drafted a quarterback since 2009. (Stephen McGee, Texas A&M, 4th round) And before that, it was Georgia’s Quincy Carter in the second round of the 2001 draft!...
...Actually, there have been a total of four quarterbacks drafted by Dallas since Troy Aikman was selected first overall in 1989. Those include Steve Walsh in 1989 (supplemental draft), Bill Musgrave in 1991, and the aforementioned Carter and McGee. Since Aikman’s selection, now 27-years ago, the Cowboys have yet to draft another quarterback in the first round.
The Cowboys current starting quarterback, Tony Romo, was famously signed out of Eastern Illinois as an undrafted free agent back in 2003. Romo’s various predecessors following the retirement of Aikman in 2001 were acquired via free agency or a trade, were undrafted free agents themselves, or they were fresh off a baseball field.
So why don’t the Cowboys draft more quarterbacks? Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones explained why during an interview about the team passing on Texas A&M and Heisman-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel back in 2014.
“I couldn’t see how you could exist with that young quarterback and Romo, and Romo playing and being here another five or six years,” Jones told KRLD-FM during a radio interview in November. “By that time, you’ve developed a quarterback for somebody else, because they’d probably get tired of it and want to go someplace else when their contract came up.”...
http://thelandryhat.com/2016/04/02/should-the-cowboys-draft-quarterback-every-year/
When it comes the Dallas Cowboys, there are many differing opinions about how America’s Team should approach the NFL Draft. That goes for every franchise in the league. But the fact that the quarterback position is the most vital in all of football is something most agree upon. So why do the Cowboys so rarely draft any?
In fact, the Cowboys haven’t drafted a quarterback since 2009. (Stephen McGee, Texas A&M, 4th round) And before that, it was Georgia’s Quincy Carter in the second round of the 2001 draft!...
...Actually, there have been a total of four quarterbacks drafted by Dallas since Troy Aikman was selected first overall in 1989. Those include Steve Walsh in 1989 (supplemental draft), Bill Musgrave in 1991, and the aforementioned Carter and McGee. Since Aikman’s selection, now 27-years ago, the Cowboys have yet to draft another quarterback in the first round.
The Cowboys current starting quarterback, Tony Romo, was famously signed out of Eastern Illinois as an undrafted free agent back in 2003. Romo’s various predecessors following the retirement of Aikman in 2001 were acquired via free agency or a trade, were undrafted free agents themselves, or they were fresh off a baseball field.
So why don’t the Cowboys draft more quarterbacks? Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones explained why during an interview about the team passing on Texas A&M and Heisman-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel back in 2014.
“I couldn’t see how you could exist with that young quarterback and Romo, and Romo playing and being here another five or six years,” Jones told KRLD-FM during a radio interview in November. “By that time, you’ve developed a quarterback for somebody else, because they’d probably get tired of it and want to go someplace else when their contract came up.”...
