10 players who belong in Dallas Cowboys Hall of Shame

8. Bobby Carpenter, Linebacker

When the Dallas Cowboys signed Bill Parcells to be the head coach in 2003, fans felt like their nightmare was over. Ever since the team moved on from Jimmy Johnson, they were under full control of team owner Jerry Jones who ran them into the ground.

Bringing on Parcells showed that he was willing to give up some of his control over the roster. While the two did end up fighting over Terrell Owens — hey, a fight was bound to happen — the majority of the decisions seemed to be coming from Parcells. And the way to tell this was simply because they were working.

Dallas had three winning seasons in four years with Parcells and they were still set up to succeed even after he left. However, that doesn’t mean every move he made was good.

In fact, the final first-round pick under the Big Tuna proved to be one of the biggest draft whiffs in team history. That was the year Dallas took Ohio State linebacker Bobby Carpenter at No. 18 overall, and a huge reason Parcells was sold on him was the familiarity he had with Carpenter’s father, Rob.

Rob Carpenter played for Parcells with the Giants and the coach loved his style of play, leading to him going after Bobby. The younger Carpenter never lived up to his draft status and had just 99 tackles in four seasons with the Cowboys. He played until 2012, but wound up with only 10 career starts, which is less than ideal for such a high pick.