While wringing your hands over the decision-making process that the Cowboys may take as to the release of veterans, let's take a quicky comparison of last year's team to the 1992 squad that won their first Super Bowl:
1992 |
POS | EXP | 2009 | POS | EXP | |||||
OFFENSE | OFFENSE | |||||||||
Alvin Harper | WR | 3 | Roy Williams | WR | 6 | |||||
Mark Tuinei | LT | 10 | Flozelle Adams | LT | 12 | |||||
Nate Newton | LG | 7 | Kyle Kosier | LG | 8 | |||||
Mark Stepnoski | C | 4 | Andre Gurode | C | 8 | |||||
John Gesek | RG | 3 | Leonard Davis | RG | 9 | |||||
Erik Williams | RT | 2 | Marc Columbo | RT | 8 | |||||
Jay Novacek | TE | 8 | Jason Witten | TE | 7 | |||||
Michael Irvin | WR | 5 | Miles Austin | WR | 4 | |||||
Troy Aikman | QB | 4 | Tony Romo | QB | 7 | |||||
Emmitt Smith | RB | 3 | Marion Barber | RB | 5 | |||||
Daryl Johnston | FB | 4 | Deon Anderson | FB | 3 | |||||
TOTALS | 53 | 77 | ||||||||
DEFENSE | DEFENSE | |||||||||
Tony Tolbert | LE | 4 | Marcus Spears | LE | 5 | |||||
Tony Casillas | LT | 7 | Jay Ratliff | NT | 5 | |||||
Russell Maryland | RT | 2 | Igor Olshanksy | RE | 6 | |||||
Charles Haley | RE | 7 | DeMarcus Ware | WLB | 5 | |||||
Vinson Smith | LLB | 3 | Keith Brooking | ILB | 12 | |||||
Robert Jones | MLB | 1 | Bradie James | ILB | 7 | |||||
Ken Norton | RLB | 5 | Anthony Spencer | SLB | 3 | |||||
Kevin Smith | LCB | 1 | Terence Newman | LCB | 7 | |||||
Larry Brown | RCB | 2 | Mike Jenkins | RCB | 2 | |||||
Thomas Everett | SS | 6 | Gerald Sensabaugh | SS | 5 | |||||
James Washington | FS | 3 | Ken Hamlin | FS | 7 | |||||
TOTALS | 41 | 64 | ||||||||
GRAND TOTALS | 94 | 141 |
Need I use the old expression "Youth Be Served"?