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I’ve noticed that there are plenty of lists going out lately. Most of which shed no respect to Cowboys play­ers who have right­fully earned it. So to ful­fill the appetite of you fans I’ve cre­ated a list of the Best Cowboys of the last 15 Years. .. So get ready!

1 Emmitt Smith–The leagues lead­ing rusher. Smith proved to be a “Go to guy” by cou­pling hard nose, down­hill run­ning with incred­i­ble dura­bil­ity. With 3 Super Bowl rings, Smith may be the most notice­able player in Dallas Cowboys History.

2 DeMarcus Ware- Perhaps the most nat­u­rally tal­ented player to emerge on this defense in years, Ware con­sis­tently strikes fears into oppos­ing offen­sive coör­di­na­tors. Ware has increased his sack total in each of his 3 sea­sons end­ing with 20 last year. There is no signs of slow­ing down which is good news for this defense!

3 Troy Aikman- Concussion Troy can’t be for­got­ten for all the mar­velous things he did in Dallas. He was a model field gen­eral, orches­trat­ing 3 Super Bowl vic­to­ries and becom­ing the Cowboys all time lead­ing passer with 32,942 yards.

4 Darren Woodson- The one player that ANY of us would give ANYTHING to have back. Darren Woodson played the sec­ondary per­fectly forc­ing 23 inter­cep­tions. He was the back­bone in many great defenses and earned a rep­u­ta­tion as one of the fiercest safeties in the league.

5 Michael Irvin–A dis­trac­tion? Sure. However, Michael’s pro­duc­tion was unmatched. He aver­aged over 15 yards per gain and had over 60 touch­downs in his career. He was a con­sis­tent tar­get who was reli­able and a HOF athlete.

6 Larry Allen- A big strong offen­sive line­man who was ver­sa­tile in his play. At 325 lbs he was an immov­able force and a good rea­son for Emmitt’s success.

7 Jason Witten– Witten is a Blue Collar, Smash mouth player who has, in my opin­ion, defined the future play of tight ends. He blocks well, He’s intel­li­gent, and He’s a big­ger threat in the pass­ing game then most receivers, He can shed tack­les, and he’s not afraid to throw his body around.

8 Tony Romo– Though under con­stant scrutiny, he has pro­duced more 300 yard pass­ing games then any quar­ter­back in Dallas his­tory in 3 years. With a 64 per­cent com­ple­tion rate, and a ratio or 2 td’s to 1 inter­cep­tion, his reg­u­lar sea­son play is com­pa­ra­ble to some of the great­est quar­ter­backs of all time (Coming soon: a com­par­i­son against Peyton, Aikman, and Young in there first 4 years) I believe that given the oppor­tu­nity, Romo will thrive in future play­off appearances.

9 Deion Sanders– Prime time, Sanders elec­tri­fied the field with his won­der­ful cov­er­age, abil­ity to force inter­cep­tions for touch­downs, and punt return­ing skills. Sanders had abil­i­ties that we will for­ever miss and may not see for years to come.

10 Terrence Newman– Not Deion Sanders, but that doesn’t mean he’s nec­es­sar­ily worse. Terrence doesn’t pro­duce stats like some of the other élite DB’s but that’s because he’s never really tested. He is a shut down cor­ner with speed and game break­ing abil­ity. He will be the sta­ple in this defense for years to come.

11 Greg Ellis– A bit­ter end to this story. Greg has given his all to this team and that has to be respected. He was a feared defen­sive end, but an even more dev­as­tat­ing OLB with the abil­ity to get to the passer; he’s reg­is­tered 77 career sacks with the Cowboys.

12 Daryl Johnston– The moose led the way for Emmitt through­out his career… Enough said.

13 Dat Nguyen– Nguyen solid­i­fied the mid­dle line­backer slot in his sec­ond year after lead­ing the team in spe­cial teams tack­les the first. His run stop­ping abil­ity and hard hit­ting made him well known through­out the league. If it weren’t for a disc injury, Dat would be along Bradie James, sup­port­ing the same num­ber 1 defense he helped solid­ify in 2003.

14 Marion Barber– A hard­nosed run­ner this team hasn’t seen since Smith. After going through Troy Hambricks stages and a lit­tle flash of Cason, Barber was a breath of fresh air. He has become a “Closer” and has the tal­ent to become a fran­chise back and league leader.

15 Flozell Adams– Though penalty prone, Flozell has pro­vided sta­bil­ity to the offen­sive line in Larry Allen’s Absence. He is big, strong, and mobile. He also uses his hands well and is also a tal­ented blocker. An excel­lent round out to this list.

**Notable Mention** George Teague– For his incred­i­bly mem­o­rable hit on Terrell Owens, when Owens was boast­fully dis­re­spect­ing the star.