The Greatest Dallas Cowboy Tight Ends of All Time

This is a list of the greatest tight ends in Dallas Cowboys history; Some teams just seem to always have a special player at a certain position like Steeler linebackers, well Dallas always seems to have a great tight end on their roster. If you like my article about the best Dallas Cowboys tight ends ever then check below for more Dallas Cowboys articles.

As a kid I was a huge fan of America's Team and loved them until the day Tom Landry was fired. I thought Landry needed to go but didn't like the way it was handled by Jerry Jones. I am not a Cowboys fan anymore but still find myself pulling for them when they don't play my favorite team. At stats for this article about the best Dallas Cowboys tight ends ever, come from Profootballreference.com.

No.1. Jason Whitten

Jason Whitten is the best tight end in the history of the Dallas Cowboys. He is also the only active (at the time of this writing) player on the list. Whitten is a great player in against the zone and as a bailout for the Dallas Cowboys. Whitten isn't much of a blocker but that improved over his career. Whitten played on some bad teams with not so great quarterbacks for a good part of his career. In 116 games Jason Whitten has caught 546 passes for 6,235 yards and 28 touchdowns and only fumbled three times.

No.2. Doug Cosbie

I think Doug Cosbie is the 2^nd best tight end the Dallas Cowboys ever had. He had a better average per catch than Jay Novacek and was a better blocker. Doug Cosbie also played with less successful teams and with Danny White as his principal quarterback rather than Aikman.

No.3. Jay Novacek

Of course the fact that Jay Novacek was on a team with such weapons no doubt cut into his stats. Novacek wasn't much of a blocker but played more like a wide receiver lined up at tight end. His career numbers include time with the Cardinals but with Dallas Jay Novacek caught 339 passes for 3,576 yards and 22 touchdowns.

No.4. Billy Joe Dupree

Billy Joe Dupree is one of my favorite Dallas Cowboys of all time and belongs in their top five tight ends list. Dupree played taller than his 6.4 inches and looked like a big tree out there. In 159 games Billy Joe Dupree caught 267 passes for 3,565 yards and had 41 touchdown receptions. No Dallas Cowboy tight end caught more touchdown passes than Billy Joe Dupree.

No.5. Mike Ditka

Ditka had pretty much shot his wad before he joined the Dallas Cowboys. But he still had 72 receptions for 924 yards and five touchdowns as a Dallas Cowboy tight end. As you can see in this article on Yahoo, I put him on my top five tight ends of all time list.

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