![]() After completely gutting their roster on the offensive line at the start of the 2011 season, that unit has enjoyed relative stability with six out of nine linemen remaining from 2011. What is perhaps more interesting than looking at the absolute churn number is to look at where the churn on the Cowboys' roster occurred. I always scoff at that notion, because if you were to look closely at what is happening with the roster, or if you actually knew what you were talking about, you'd recognize that the roster renewal is intrinsic to the way the NFL operates. There are some commentators that would have you believe the Cowboys are in a rebuilding mode. So by itself, the number is not terribly interesting, but it does highlight one particular aspect of the NFL: a continuous roster renewal that's the modus operandi of just about every NFL team. Here's how the four NFC East teams compare: Players left on 2013 roster from the 2011 opening day rosterĪll four teams had roughly the same level of churn. They provide a pretty good cross-section of NFL teams, a recent Super Bowl winner, a playoff participant, a ho-hum team and a bottom-feeding team - the Giants, Redskins, Cowboys and Eagles respectively. In fact, this level of churn is pretty normal across the NFL. While a statement like "less than half of the players remain on the roster" sounds like a lot, it's not. Kevin Kowalski, Jermey Parnell, David Arkin Here's an overview of which players from the 2011 opening day roster are still with the team, grouped into starters and backups according to their role on opening day 2011: Position and No. ![]() The result: Slightly less than half of the players going into the 2011 season are still under contract with the Cowboys today. ![]() To determine the level of churn over the last two years, I looked at the 53-man roster on opening day of the 2011 season against the Jets, and compared it to the current roster. ![]() Given that the Cowboys have now had three successive non-winning seasons, a good degree of churn is probably to be expected. Inspired by their post, I wanted to understand just how much roster churn the Cowboys have undergone in the last two years. Yesterday, BTB's own Joey Ickes and Tom Ryle proposed their Extremely Early Cowboys 53-man Roster Projections. ![]()
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