GRADE THE DRAFT: CBs

[The_Slamman]

I said before, things would start to get interesting on defense. Since Jimmy Johnson, the Cowboys have drafted 23 CBs which is, by far, the most of any position. Here is the list...


1. Charlie Williams
2. Alundis Brice
3. Wendell Davis
4. Lee Vaughn
5. Dwayne Goodrich
6. Kareem Larrimore
7. Mario Edwards
8. Derek Ross
9. Pete Hunter
10. Terence Newman
11. B.J. Tucker
12. Bruce Thornton
13. Nathan Jones
14. Jacques Reeves
15. Courtney Brown
16. Alan Ball
17. Mike Jenkins
18. Orlando Scandrick
19. DeAngelo Smith
20. Mike Mickens
21. Jamar Wall
22. Josh Thomas
23. Morris Claiborne

Again, bold players indicate that they were drafted in the first 3 rounds. Obviously, it's too early to judge Morris Claiborne but he must be included as the question is how well has the organization replenished the position through the draft.

Terrence Newman obviously gave the Cowboys 7 good years (a couple of which were exceptional) and 2 Alan Ball-esque years. Mike Jenkins has give the Cowboys 1.5 good years (one of which was exceptional), 1 terrible year, .5 injured and/or slowed down by injury year, and we'll give him a pass on his rookie year. Other than those 2 (and hopefully Claiborne), the CB position has been the Cowboys achilles heel for many, many years. It is amazing to me to see how few players actually panned out with all of the resources dedicated to the position. The only year where 2 drafted CBs actually played well in the same year is 2009. Despite spending 23 draft picks on the position, the organization has still be forced to resort to bring in multiple high priced FAs to address the position. This raises the question... is this a scouting issue or a coaching issue? both?

Regardless, how well has the organization replenished the position through the draft?
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1. Charlie Williams - D
2. Alundis Brice - D
3. Wendell Davis - D
4. Lee Vaughn - F
5. Dwayne Goodrich - F
6. Kareem Larrimore - F
7. Mario Edwards - C
8. Derek Ross - D
9. Pete Hunter - C
10. Terence Newman - A
11. B.J. Tucker - F
12. Bruce Thornton - F
13. Nathan Jones - D
14. Jacques Reeves - D
15. Courtney Brown - F
16. Alan Ball - D
17. Mike Jenkins - B
18. Orlando Scandrick - C
19. DeAngelo Smith - F
20. Mike Mickens - F
21. Jamar Wall - F
22. Josh Thomas - F
23. Morris Claiborne - N/A

20/22 = .90 = F
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[boysday23]

Someone gave this group an "A".... . But in all seriousness, I think if we do this in the future we need a slightly altered grading system to grade by. Some people, it seems, are almost valuing the group of players evenly instead of Terence Newmans grades are the same as Mike Jenkins grades since they where drafted in the same round, and their grades count more towards the overall score than Orlando who was drafted later. I'm probably not making much sense, but just throwing my 2 cents in.
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[The_Slamman]

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[boysday23]

[TheStarStillShines]

The first few years were awful, just brutally awful. The team, though, has taken a few good CBs in the past 10 years, and it's not a coincidence that they coincided with BP as HC.

It would be interesting to see how the team has drafted under different coaching regimes. I think we can all guess what the outcome would be, but it would still be interesting to see the variation in draft philosophy from coach to coach.
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[plan9misfit]

I would give us a C here. We've had some successful guys in Newman, Jenkins, Mario Edwards (early on), Derek Ross (before he lost him mind), and Scandrick relative to their draft slots, but we've missed on a slew of guys. And a lot of it is because we can't evaluate players and are obsessed with the notion that a poor pass rush is compensated for by having a ton of DBs.
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The_Slamman wrote:

It's like we are in a win now mentality with lose now personnel.

[The_Slamman]

Before we move on to the next position, I wanted to analyze the CBs a little bit more. There have been 23 CBs drafted. Can we narrow it down to the top 5?

Who are the top 5 CBs drafted that have actually played so far? I think everyone agrees that TNew is number 1. Most would probably agree that Mike Jenkins is number 2. Who are 3-5???

1. Terrence Newman
2. Mike Jenkins
3. ???
4. ???
5. ???


What are your guys thoughts?
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