seems like we have been focusing on the trenches unless you only consider the defensive side of the trenches important. you choose quanity over quality. they chose quality over quanity. those trade ups also brought us some pretty good players too.
The quality over quantity argument doesn't hold up with Claiborne. He's proving to be a bust and that hurts this team just as much as the 2009 draft did in 2012.
Also they never focused their efforts on the DL in the early rounds.(1-3) In 2007 they selected Spencer in the 1st rd, and then they didn't chose another DL player until 2012 in rd 3 (Crawford) and then Lawrence this year in the 2nd. In a 7 year span you only select 3 DLs in those premium rds?
The reason behind them not using their draft picks on DL is because they had a formidable DL in Ware, Spencer, Hatcher, and Ratliff. But there was nothing behind them whatsoever and that's where this team has continually screwed up. None of those players are here now and if we had drafted
quality depth behind those guys we would have a better DL than we have now.
It is this line of thinking that keeps haunting the Cowboys year after year.
You have guys like Nick Hayden here, because Josh Brent did a terrible thing and we haven't been able to replace him with better talent because the War Room continually makes poor decisions on draft day.
the biggest issues we've had over the years has been trading for players like roy williams. that trade was a huge setback for the team. you can blame s. jones for signing him but once you gave up the farm to get him you had no option but sign him. the bad decision was not the contract but the trade, which by the way the vast malority of fans whole heartedly supported
Again more proof that this front office has no idea what it is doing.
