This is not officially a series, but it is to the extent that it’s the fourth recent article we’ve written using Pro Football Reference’s Approximate Value metric.
Created by PFR founder Doug Drinen, the Approximate Value (AV) method is an attempt to put a single number on the seasonal value of a player at any position from any year (since 1950).
We used this stat in going over the last seven Cowboy’s drafts. We then used it to compare Ezekiel Elliott and Jalen Ramsey’s rookie seasons. And lastly we used it to compare the rookie value of every Dallas Cowboys draft back to 1961.