As a general rule, it’s not always good to look back into the past to see where things may have gone right or wrong. In professional sports, however, it serves its purpose as a measuring stick to know where organizations need to do better. For the Dallas Cowboys, one of their problem areas a year ago was there lack of impactful free agents.
As we know now, the Cowboys basically bombed last year with their free agent signings. Aldon Smith was arguably the most impactful, but as good as he started out the 2020 season he faded just as quickly as things progressed.