The Dallas Cowboys have incurred two of their biggest draft blunders over the past three years due to a focus on scheme over simply acquiring talented players. But with the hiring of Mike McCarthy as head coach, and the coaching staff almost entirely replaced, has that philosophy now changed in Dallas?
In the 2017 NFL Draft, the Cowboys famously drafted Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton over Wisconsin linebacker T.J. Watt with the 28th overall selection in the first round. Charlton was believed to be the better scheme fit.
Three years later and Charlton is no longer on the Cowboys roster as the team waived him last September.