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Cowboys Under-25 Talent Is Ranked #1 In NFL

Jason Garrett's youth movement has the team set up for long-term success.

The NFL is a young man's game. With the average career for players somewhere around four years (depending on how things are calculated), there is a premium on finding players that can come in and contribute early. Not only do those young stars pay off early in their careers, they are also the players who tend to be productive longer. When Jason Garrett became head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, the team was weighed down with aging, expensive players whose performance levels were declining.