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Youth Versus Experience

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"?

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