Spagnola: Finding That War Daddy DE Has Been Like Chasing Down Bigfoot

FRISCO, Texas – For the Dallas Cowboys, going on their 58th NFL season and two weeks from their 57th NFL draft, gosh, they must feel like they’ve been searching for Bigfoot …

When it comes to drafting pass-rushing defensive ends.

Oh, they’ve had their needs over the years. And they’ve certainly taken their cuts, from the forgettable Ray Krause, Nate Borden and John Gonzaga, the first three defensive ends selected, they in the 1960 expansion draft, all the way to the 54th and last one taken, Charles Tapper, in the fourth round of the 2016 draft.

But their batting average of success rests comfortably below the Mendoza Line, the poor sap, Mario Mendoza, whose batting average in the Majors always…