Last all-time at 104-167, five last-place finishes, no titles, and the most valuable player in league history.
Christian McCaffrey produced 520 points above replacement for Sweep The Leg across nine seasons, more than any player has produced for anybody. The franchise won nothing with him. They also have a losing record against all nine opponents, the only team of which that is true, and their best quarterback across nineteen seasons is Dak Prescott at plus 3 over 66 starts, which is a rounding error.
Both ledgers are underwater and one of them is the worst in the league. The draft returns minus 723 across 1,651 starts. Everything acquired any other way returns minus 1,301 across only 1,081 starts, which is the largest negative figure any franchise has produced by any route. They lose more per start off the board than they do on it.
The holding tells the same story twice. Amari Cooper started 114 games across ten seasons for plus 9, the second-longest hold on the roster and worth almost exactly nothing, while McCaffrey was next to him. This is a franchise that has proved it can identify a great player and has never once proved it can build the other eight slots.
Three finals reached, in 2017, 2019 and 2023, and three lost. In two of the three they arrived from outside the top four the year before and went back there the year after. Five last places is the most in the league, and 2024 was one of them, the season after their most recent final.
All six positions, in detail. The callout above is the glance.
| Pos | Player | Here | Starts | Titles together | Franchise PAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Dak Prescott | 2018–2025 | 66 | — | +3 |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | 2017–2025 | 100 | — | +520 |
| WR | Andre Johnson | 2008–2015 | 94 | — | +143 |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski | 2011–2012 | 23 | — | +138 |
| K | Wil Lutz | 2018–2019 | 28 | — | +57 |
| DEF | Patriots | 2011–2012 | 12 | — | +26 |
| Kept | ||
|---|---|---|
| Claimed off the wire | ||
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Five places. Who, when, and compared to whom.
Three finals reached, three lost. This franchise has never won one.