Re-living ‘99: A week-to-week look back on one of the greatest seasons in NFL history.
The Dallas Cowboys are on the clock with the number one overall pick and while I wouldn’t necessarily call the Russell Maryland pick a “misstep,” he had the unfortunate task of following up Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, and Emmitt Smith as the Cowboys three most recent number one picks. Or perhaps fortunate is the right word since Maryland did win three Super Bowl championships because of those picks.
And while Dallas had two more picks in the top 20 in 1991 (receiver Alvin Harper, defensive tackle Kelvin Pritchett), their best pick didn’t come until tackle Erik Williams as their third pick in round three.