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Why I named my fantasy football team ‘The Draft Whisperer”

Barry Gipson
3 min readAug 29, 2023

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Will McClay Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys The Draft Whisperer
Will McClay, in his 21st season working in the Cowboys Personnel Department, was named the club’s assistant director of player personnel in 2013 and senior director of pro/college scouting in 2015. He was named Vice President of Player Personnel in 2017, and he will continue to oversee the club’s NFL Draft process and play a key role in free agent and trade acquisitions.

When it comes to fantasy football choose your name wisely

Everyone knows how much I love the Dallas Cowboys. Since 1985 I have claimed America’s Team after attending my first game at Texas Stadium. Since 2009 I have played fantasy football, however.

Over the years I have changed my team name. It's fun to come up with a new trendy name each season. Check out these 500 here. The amount of thought you put into this process will have its own story just like mine.

Many Cowboys fans are familiar with who Will McClay is in the organization. Since 2017 he was named the Vice President of player personnel for Dallas. Between 2013 and 2017 he was the assistant.

This man is single-handedly responsible for the team’s improved success over the last 3 years primarily because of the type of players he targeted and drafted as a result.

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Barry Gipson
Barry Gipson

Written by Barry Gipson

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