DMN: The five best Dallas Cowboys CBs of all time, ranked

[Irving Cowboy]

The five best Dallas Cowboys CBs of all time, ranked: Is Prime Time No. 1 or is it one of Landry's stars?
By SportsDayDFW.com

Editor's note: SportsDay is beginning a series that attempts to figure out the best Dallas Cowboys players at each position. Today we examine cornerbacks.

The Dallas Cowboys' organization is one of great success and has an illustrious history. There have been some big names that have worn jerseys for America's Team.

Out of all of the cornerbacks in franchise history, who was the best? That's what our panel of writers and columnists tried to determine.

Each voter named their top five cornerbacks. A first-place vote counted for five points, second place gets four points, third place gets three points and so on.

Those who listed their top five players include Brandon George, Kate Hairopoulos, David Moore, Jon Machota, Tim Cowlishaw, Rick Gosselin and Kevin Sherrington.

Here's how they broke it down:

1. Mel Renfro (7 first-place votes), 35 points

2. Everson Walls, 26 points

3. Deion Sanders, 21 points

4. Terence Newman, 16 points

5. Cornell Green, 7 points

The rundown
George: Mel Renfro was a lifetime Cowboys player, reaching 10 Pro Bowls en route to the Hall of Fame.
Hairopoulos: Renfro had 52 career interceptions.
Moore: Walls is underappreciated. Old-timers will tell you Green is Ring of Honor's biggest omission.
Machota: I've never seen a more feared CB than Deion Sanders. A once in a generation talent.
Cowlishaw: Haven't seen any Walls-types here the last 20 years.
Gosselin: Walls & Green are overdue their recognition for the Cowboys' Ring of Honor.
Sherrington: Not enough recent Cowboys competing for this position.

 

[dbair1967]

Its too bad Kevin Smith ruptured his Achilles at the start of the 95 season, otherwise he'd have an argument to be here for sure. He was a really good player and nobody seemed to give Jerry Rice more problems than he did.

 

[onlyonenow]

Its too bad Kevin Smith ruptured his Achilles at the start of the 95 season, otherwise he'd have an argument to be here for sure. He was a really good player and nobody seemed to give Jerry Rice more problems than he did.

yeah his is one of those examples of great career possibilities destroyed by injury. Like Gale Sayers- if he had not had that first knee injury who knows what he would have accomplished. He was never the same = or even close to it.

I have watched game film of him and he was unbelievable in the open field- it was like he was going normal speed and everyone else was in slo mo.

 

[bbgun]

Its too bad Kevin Smith ruptured his Achilles at the start of the 95 season

we were lucky Deion was still unsigned at that point

Walls: a lot of picks but gave up a lot of big plays. and he left Dallas unceremoniously after Jimmy cut his ass in-season.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Walls: a lot of picks but gave up a lot of big plays. and he left Dallas unceremoniously after Jimmy cut his ass in-season.

If I remember correctly, he cut Walls after the game at Phoenix because he said he was laughing and joking with Cardinals players after he got burned by Ernie Jones for the winning TD.

 

[bbgun]

yeah, that was the game, but I can't remember if he was the one who gave up the winning TD.

Troy nearly got killed for nothing

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[TheZoneSucks]

If I remember correctly, he cut Walls after the game at Phoenix because he said he was laughing and joking with Cardinals players after he got burned by Ernie Jones for the winning TD.

Imagine if Jimmy had been coach when Choice got Vick's autograph after we had just got our asses kicked by the Eagles. I know I would have cut him right then and there. I'd have his shit thrown out into the hallway outside the locker room before he could change out of his football pads.