Still think the Cowboys did the right thing by waiting until this year to draft a QB to take over.
2009- We took Stephen McGee in the 4th.. He stunk (Also did not have a 1st to take say Freeman). Didn't miss out on anybody of note.
2010- Wanted John Kitna who was old, but a decent backup to lead a playoff team if needed, he couldn't. (Took Dez.. Only missed out on Jimmy Clausen & Colt McCoy.. Made right choice)
2011- Took Tyron Smith #9.. Passed on Gabbert, Ponder... Made right choice... Dalton & Kaepernick were both gone by the time we came up in 2nd. Took Bruce Carter, bad pick missed out on Ryan Mallet only. Not sure we made the wrong choice of Carter & Mallet.
2012- Here's the year we could have took a QB, and only look bad not doing so because Mo Claiborne has been a bust. But at the time, he was a stud, and looked like a can't miss.
Osweiler, R. Wilson but we would have had to take them in the 2nd, we didn't have because of Mo.
Foles & Cousins is who we missed out on by taking Tyrone Crawford in the 3rd. Maybe Cousins would have been better, MAYBE, but Foles? Nah I'm fine with Crawford.
We take Weeden on after 2 years, who washed out with Browns, old rookie, but was drafted in 2012
Also tried Kellen Moore who went undrafted in 2012. Okay, but not good enough.
2013- A horrible year for QBs. EJ Manuel best QB there, gone well before our pick. We took Frederick, only lost out on Geno Smith
2014 - Thank god we didn't waste a 1st on Manziel. Zack Martin > Bridgewater. Could have had Derek Carr in the 2nd, but traded a 2nd & 3rd for Lawrence to fix a horrific DLine. Lawrence was a mid-1st round player who dropped due to questions about off the field. Jimmy Garopolo went in the 2nd, and we still have no idea if he's good or not
2015 - Horrific year for QBs after Winston & Marriota
2016 - Tried to trade up for Paxton Lynch, and would have mortgaged a lot for him. Didn't happen, and Dak fell into our laps.
Really 2012 is the only year that I can see that we screwed up not taking a QB, and it was because Mo didn't hit anywhere near his projections. Had he, it wouldn't have looked bad.
Every other year, we made the right draft choices.
NONETHELESS, we should probably think about moving some of the depth we have in the OLine (I.e. Leary) to pick up another draft pick in 2017