They say football organizations are built through the NFL Drafts. For the Dallas Cowboys, the franchise found emergence through young talent, but have been devastated by old lucrative contracts that hampered the team for years.
The Cowboys felt the impact of giving top coins to top positional players, however, the return of investment just wasn’t there. Contracts for mega players like Dez Bryant and Brandon Carr come to mind.
Quarterback Tony Romo, being the exception, rode into retirement but his dead money on the books still haunted the bottom line for the Cowboys.