Cowboys 2021 draft class faces a critical third season

Ever since Bill Parcells made it a talking point during his head coaching tenure in Dallas, we place a lot of emphasis on players’ third seasons in their NFL careers. This critical point of expectation is now upon the Cowboys’ 2021 draft class, and it finds most of them still struggling to find their place on the team.

Of course, we’re not talking about LB Micah Parsons. If he was the only win that Dallas had in the 2021 NFL Draft then it was almost enough to call it a success. Parsons’s impact was immediate and he’s on pace for a Hall of Fame career.

No, this is about his 2021 classmates. With a few exceptions, the majority of these third-year prospects will be going into training camp with…