The Dallas Cowboys were the most disappointing team in the entire league in the offseason.
The only way to make this offseason not look like a massive failure will be to have a historically strong rookie class.
And while the early assessments don’t suggest that, Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy will have no choice but to bank their hopes on that.
As shown by Ed Werder on Twitter, the Cowboys could have as many as four rookie starters on the field for their season opener vs. the Cleveland Browns.
The #Cowboys are expecting to start four rookies tomorrow in Cleveland – and that’s not even counting DE Marshawn Kneeland. Will McClay offers an evaluation here. https://t.co/YdbsJPBq3a
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdNFL) September 7, 2024
Per the unofficial depth chart, the Cowboys will have CB Caelen Carson, LB Marist Liufau, C Cooper Beebe, and OT Tyler Guyton as starters.
This would be the first time in franchise history that they field four rookies as starters in the first game of the season.
Beebe and Guyton will look to keep the Browns’ stout front seven away from Dak Prescott and help establish the run for their unimpressive running back corps.
Liufau will look to keep Jerome Ford and David Njoku in check, all while Carson might be tasked with going against Jerry Jeudy.
The Cowboys vowed to go all-in in the offseason, and that clearly wasn’t the case.
But if any of those rookies — or all of them — turn out to be good, not everything might be lost in Arlington.
