Dallas Cowboys to be ‘Super’ in 2010?

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In 2009 the Dallas Cowboys finally ended a 13 year playoff win drought by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild card round. Unfortunately, their run ended the following week with a defeat at Minnesota against a rejuvenated Brett Favre.

As the Cowboys enter the 2010 offseason they have a large number of restricted free agents, but very few would be considered key contributors. The Dallas Cowboys have managed their contract situation well in that most of their core players are under contract for the next few seasons.

However, the team is likely regretting the decision to trade for WR Roy Williams that cost them their first, third and sixth 2009 draft picks, as well as a new six year contract worth $54 million ($26 million of which is guaranteed).

2009 Team Record: 11-5
First Round Pick: 27th Overall

Roster Analysis

2009 Active Roster Batting Average (NFL Average): 52.83% (44.69%)
2009 Draft Pick Retention: 50%*
Undrafted Players on 2009 Active Roster (NFL Average): 26.42% (27.89%)

2010 Free Agents

Unrestricted: 2
Restricted: 12
Notable: Miles Austin, WR (RFA); Gerald Sensabaugh, S (RFA); Marcus Spears, DE (RFA)

Last Five First Rounds

2008 – Felix Jones, RB, Arkansas (22nd Overall)
2008 – Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida (25th Overall)
2007 – Anthony Spencer, OLB, Perdue (26th Overall)
2006 – Bobby Carpenter, LB, Ohio State (18th Overall)
2005 – Marcus Spears, DE, LSU (20th Overall)
2005 – DeMarcus Ware, OLB, Troy (11th Overall)

DNQBR

For the 2009 season, Tony Romo had a Draft Nuggets quarterback rating of 18.4, good for 9th in our rankings.^

Notes & Observations

• Six of the Dallas Cowboys twelve 2009 picks made the team’s active roster
• Two picks ended the season on injured reserve while another two made the practice squad
• The team did not have a 2009 first round pick as a result of the trade that netted Roy Williams from Detroit
• Of the team’s last six first round selections five were on the defensive side of the ball

* we have not performed a complete analysis of teams’ 2009 draft selections versus their 2009 active rosters in order to calculate an NFL league average.

^ we will detail the breakdown of the DNQBR in a future post, however, the figure represents the approximate number of points per game that the team’s quarterback contributes. As a point of reference Saints QB Drew Brees lead the league with a DNQBR of 26.3, while Jets QB Mark Sanchez possessed the lowest at .7

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