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[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by GloryDaysRBack

Funny, I don't see us taking him no matter what

Sadly, I feel the same way. Dallas seems to have signed the two linemen to make it possible to address the defense with the first pick no matter what.

While I want to build up the defense, I feel it's wrong to do it at the cost of DeCastro. There is no defender who will be available who is more of a sure thing.

[gimmesix]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

every time some gomer talks about supposedly there is a small gap between DeCastro and Glenn, I just roll my eyes. There is a LARGE gap between those two at the guard posisition; and frankly I think that DeCastro could probably play RT about as well as Glenn.

Those talking about our running game being so good always leave out two facts

5 TDs in 2011

When was the last time we could run the ball on short yardage plays with any confidence?

And of course this leaves out protecting Romo

I actually think Amini Silatolu will prove to be the second-best guard in this draft, and possibly even the best. He would be the consolation prize for me if we didn't draft DeCastro.

The main reasons I like DeCastro better is because I think he's more NFL ready and more proven.

I also will be consoled somewhat if we get Peter Konz in the second or by trading up from the 45th pick.

[StarMan]

I want DeCastro more than any player in this draft. But it doesn't sound like we're going to take him. Hopefully it's all a smokescreen.

[CCBoy]

Originally Posted by cowboysooner

Show me the video where he knocks an NFL quality defensive lineman off of the line of scrimmage without a double team like Nicks does or big old Cordy Glenn does. He is a really good player but this outside running game stuff is not usually successful at the goal line. I went back and watched him vs. Gerald McCoy and he got knocked back quite a bit and was on the ground. Granted it was junior vs. freshman but I don't know of any other game he played against a good defensive tackle.

He is great on the second level and the edges. It is throwback Jerry Kramer stuff.

I recall a Kung Fu quote: 'Grab the pebble from my hand, Grasshopper, and you will then be ready to go fourth on your own.'

One can see Grasshopper all over David DeCastro. But to claim at the collegiate levels, anyone is going up against a Reggie White or even a Bob Lilly is stretching the imaginations to the level of a Disney Production.

Maturity and balance early on, is a struggle for any High Schooler transitioning even into the Collegiate level. There isn't much chain to the past in a level change from the lower end of a Collegiate career to that of entering the NFL. He's ready now...and at a level that exists well with an entry level for both Eugene Upshaw and the Cowboy's own Larry Allen.

He's a defineable influence on the outside and down field. As he rubs elbows, in the ranks of the NFL, his temperament an dominance will be there. Don't give too much head space and timing to working a slide ruler for failure here.

He's a great interior lineman. No scout or evaluator is having any reservations or labeling problems on this product.

[cowboysooner]

I'm really just wanting to see some film of him doing what the most important things an nfl guard does block really goods big guys close to them 1 on 1. The pulling angle and other stuff is great and fun to watch but that is bonus stuff. The phone booth stuff is where games are won and lost and I have not seen 1 clip of him doing it.