Third and 12, who is your go-to WR, based upon Cowboys' history

[MarkP88]

I have been a fan since 1968 and have seen all the great Dallas receivers, the most clutch player and answer to this question is Pearson.

Pearson played in the 70s when you could actually play defense, and Pearson still showed up in the biggest moments when everyone knew the ball was going to him.

After "The Catch" listen to John Madden's commentary. He says cover Pearson at all cost. The SF defense does just that surrounds him with four defenders and he still gets open and makes the catch.

This happened all through his career. When you needed a play you went to Pearson. And the opposing team knew this and still couldn't stop him. That's why he was an AP all decade 1st team WR. He was the best.

Irvin will be selected by most as an emotional pick. But the facts and history shows Pearson is the most clutch player in Dallas history when you needed a play.

It's definitely fair to take Drew, especially adjusting for the era he played in. Even thinking about his famous moment - the Hail Mary - he preceded that with a huge 4th down conversion. All that being said, I'd still rate Irvin a bit higher in terms of "it's 3rd and 12, you need a first, and the whole world know where the ball is going."

 

[Starforever]

Receiver: 1 Michael Irvin 2 Drew Pearson
Tight ends: 1 Bill Joe Dupree 2 Jay Novacek
Running Back out of backfield: 1 Bob Hayes 2 Tony Dorsett
OL Trick Play: Larry Allen

 

[zrinkill]

Scissor man ....... no question.

 

[slick325]

Qualifications: Eight or more years starting for Cowboys:

My vote goes for Michael Irvin with Aikman throwing the ball. They were unstoppable. Irvin could get open against anyone including Deion Sanders. Irvin was The Playmaker since his days at the University of Miami. Once he recovered from his ACL tear and returned in Oct. 1990 until Oct. 1999 when he suffered a career ending neck injury, he gave us the best 10 years of excellence the franchise ever saw and he drove his teammates to maximize their talents. He was a positive force for energy and dominance, developed into a winner by Jimmy Johnson down in Coral Gables, Florida. Once unleashed onto the NFL, he terrorized opposing secondaries.

2nd choice, Drew Pearson. In 1973, as a rookie free agent WR at 6"0 175 lbs, he popped out as Mr. Clutch in a playoff game against the Rams. The Boys held a slim lead, slipping away; the Rams' defense was suffocating the Cowboys. Things looked bad. Then the original #88 gave us a thrill with a preview to his greatness. Staubach hit him for a scintillating 83 yard TD that broke the game open. He was so clutch. In the Hail Mary game, he was responsible for over 80 yards of catches on that miracle drive. The catch on the sideline before the Hail Mary, it seemed Drew jumped 4 feet into the air.

3rd choice: Bob Hayes. He averaged 20 yards a catch for his career. The greatest HR hitter in Cowboys' history. Had he played with Aikman and modern offenses, he would have caught 100 passes and reached 2000 yards in several seasons.

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Jason Witten
Jay Novacek
Doug Cosbie

Irv is my first choice. Dez would be my 2nd choice.

Neither of them run precise routes like CeeDee. My fear would be the untimely drop from Lamb but I would not doubt at all that he would get open.

 

[john van brocklin]

Qualifications: Eight or more years starting for Cowboys:

My vote goes for Michael Irvin with Aikman throwing the ball. They were unstoppable. Irvin could get open against anyone including Deion Sanders. Irvin was The Playmaker since his days at the University of Miami. Once he recovered from his ACL tear and returned in Oct. 1990 until Oct. 1999 when he suffered a career ending neck injury, he gave us the best 10 years of excellence the franchise ever saw and he drove his teammates to maximize their talents. He was a positive force for energy and dominance, developed into a winner by Jimmy Johnson down in Coral Gables, Florida. Once unleashed onto the NFL, he terrorized opposing secondaries.

2nd choice, Drew Pearson. In 1973, as a rookie free agent WR at 6"0 175 lbs, he popped out as Mr. Clutch in a playoff game against the Rams. The Boys held a slim lead, slipping away; the Rams' defense was suffocating the Cowboys. Things looked bad. Then the original #88 gave us a thrill with a preview to his greatness. Staubach hit him for a scintillating 83 yard TD that broke the game open. He was so clutch. In the Hail Mary game, he was responsible for over 80 yards of catches on that miracle drive. The catch on the sideline before the Hail Mary, it seemed Drew jumped 4 feet into the air.

3rd choice: Bob Hayes. He averaged 20 yards a catch for his career. The greatest HR hitter in Cowboys' history. Had he played with Aikman and modern offenses, he would have caught 100 passes and reached 2000 yards in several seasons.

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Jason Witten
Jay Novacek
Doug Cosbie

I can say Lamb would not even be a consideration for me.
For whatever reason he drops easy passes.
I don’t think it’s correctable, it’s just who he is.

 

[nhcowboyfan]

Definitely not patrick crayton

Michael fing irvin!!!!

Or Jackie Smith.

 

[LouBrown]

Forget just the Cowboys, there might not be a better pick in the entire league history than Irvin.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Witten — Run 11 personal so that I have a RB to help block and have the WRs all run routes to draw coverage away from Witten.

I'd have him run a seam option route — have him get about 11 yards downfield and fire it to him, or if he wasn't open have him break it off and have him run inside or outside depending on the coverage. I'd trust the rapport he and Romo had to make it work.

"It's one of the great givens in all of sports... I'll put Witten's Y-Option against it any day of the week."
— Jason Garrett

 

[ICP]

Yeah, Irvin, Pearson, Hayes

 

[sbark]

Cole Beasley last 8 yrs?
Novacek & Aikman were fun to watch

 

[gtb1943]

For his era Irvin
for his era Pearson
since them?
Witten.