Roster Rundown with the picks added in.

Let’s take a look at the possible position battles based on the rookies added and see where we stand. There may be some errors here as dallascowboys.com still had some players listed on the roster who are long gone like Tank Johnson, Zach Thomas and Killa Davis. Just let me know if I missed some and I will get them fixed.

I offered a few of my thoughts on the batlles, but the real reason for the post is to start up some conversation. So fire away.

C - Andre Gurode, Cory Procter, Matt Spanos

G - Leonard Davis, Ryan Gibbons, Montrae Holland, Kyle Kosier

OT - Flozell Adams, Marc Colombo, Doug Free, Pat McQuistan, Robert Brewster

DC.com has Brewster listed as a tackle but he will most likely move inside to guard. This makes the position battle between Gibbons, Holland, Spanos & Procter. I have to admit that I don’t know enough about Brewster to say for sure, but I believe he beats out Spanos, Gibbons and maybe Procter.

QB - Tony Romo,  Jon Kitna, Stephen McGee

No battle here, just a wise move and 3 – 4 years of grooming for McGee. Hopefully he moves into the back-up spot ahead of Kitna by next year.

FB - Deon Anderson, Julius Crosslin

RB - Marion Barber, Felix Jones, Tashard Choice, Alonzo Coleman

TE - Jason Witten , Martellus Bennett, Rodney Hannah, John Phillips

The battle here is between Hannah and Phillips. Hannah has a ton of potential and 3 years in the system on his side. Phillips has his college production and affiliation with John Garrett on his. This one is a toss up to me. I think it all comes down to blocking and special teams play.

WR - Roy Williams, Miles Austin, Patrick Crayton, Isaiah Stanback, Sam Hurd, Travis Wilson, Manuel Johnson

I saw good things from Manny Johnson at Oklahoma. I felt he had more talent than Iglasias (sp?). I really think he may end up beating out Hurd. Travis Wilson is camp fodder. The real questions in this group don’t center around draft picks, but unproven commodities.

Defense

CB - Terence Newman, Orlando Scandrick , Mike Jenkins, Alan Ball, Michael Hawkins, Mike Mickens

Mickens is said to be top 5 talent. If that is the case then Ball and Hawkins may be looking over their shoulder for playing time. Right now it doesn’t look like this group is too overloaded.

S - Ken Hamlin, Gerald Sensabaugh, Pat Watkins, Tra Battle, Courtney Brown, Jerome Carter, Michael Hamlin, Stephen Hodge, DeAngelo Smith

This is an interesting group. I think Pat Watkins and Courtney Brown are goners after camp. They simply have not shown enough to stay and bump a guy who was just drafted. The Cowboys simply think that if the guys they drafted show the potential they saw. They will keep them over the underachievers.

DE - Igor Olshansky, Marcus Spears, Jason Hatcher, Stephen Bowen, Marcus Dixon

DT - Jay Ratliff, Junior Siavii, Tim Anderson,

LB - DeMarcus Ware, Bradie James, Anthony Spencer,  Keith Brooking, Greg Ellis, Bobby Carpenter, Steve Octavien, Justin Rogers, Matt Stewart, Brandon Williams, Jason Williams, Victor Butler

I’ve heard rumblings that Ellis may be gone. Justin Rogers will have to really wow the staff to stick around. His ST ability is just not going to be enough to keep him around anymore. We have too many interesting ST players that have potential to compete for playing time to keep him around. The guys at the bottom of this depth chart shouldn’t unpack their bags in San Antonio.

K - Nick Folk

KO - David Buehler

This guy is going to be really fun to play with. He just has too much potential all over the place to dismiss as just someone to push Folk. Keep in mind that he outran and out lifted all three of the USC linebackers that were drafted in the first 40 picks. He could be a real steal. He is raw, but sometimes that is what you want.

KR - TBD

LS - L.P. Ladouceur

P - Mat McBriar