Grade The Cowboys Draft

[Hostile]

What letter grade would you give the Cowboys Draft?

[SaltwaterServr]

Solid meat and potatoes. B+. Landing Peterson would have kicked it to an A, or a somewhat lopsided trade in our favor.

[ologan]

Solid B! I think I'm about the only one who likes the Chapas kid!

[Wimbo]

I'll vote in about 3-4 years on how good the draft was. I was happy with the first 2 picks. And the Arkin pick. But, who knows how any of these guys will turn out. I really, really hope that when free agency starts up we are able to do something about the Safeties.

I am also concerned that our Defense was 2nd to last in points allowed & 23rd in yardage allowed last year, yet we only drafted 2 defensive players.

[CowboyDan]

B from me. I'm really excited about Smith, Carter and Harris. I'm still scratching my head about Murray.....not because of his talent, but because I was hoping for a defensive pick. I thought they got good value at every pick. I was sad to see Casey Matthews end up with the Eagles...I was really hoping we would snag him....love that kid's lineage.

[diehard2294]

I give it a B based on the potential some of the picks have

I could see 4 starters coming out of this group

[beevomav]

Smith = Columbo gone
Carter = Brookings gone or role reduced
Murry = Barber gone and Choice's 3rd down play gone
Arkin = depth in Oline..more toys for Hudson
Thomas = one of the DB spares may be gone
Harris = Kevin Martin clone according to Goose Gosselin
Chapas = best blocking FB in college..
Nagy = could be our starting center in two years..

This from Goose Gosselin:

The Cowboys had a superb third day of this draft. Harris is a Kelvin Martin clone and the arrival of Arkin and Nagy will help Smith make the offensive line deeper and more competitive. Murray can solve a running back riddle.

[iceberg]

solid but not sexy. many "fans" didn't get a recogized name late in the draft so the blow off our later pics. i think RB *will be* a position of need so we filled it. we also concentrated on the OL and that's a wonderful thing.

B+

[theogt]

Originally Posted by SaltwaterServr

Solid meat and potatoes. B+. Landing Peterson would have kicked it to an A, or a somewhat lopsided trade in our favor.

Same grade.

Yes, if last year was a "special teams" draft, this was the "meat and potatoes" draft.

[baj1dallas]

Originally Posted by theogt

Same grade.

Yes, if last year was a "special teams" draft, this was the "meat and potatoes" draft.

I dunno, I don't see Carter or Murray as starters, more like specialty guys for most of their careers.

I give it a B- but if Arkin starts within a couple of years it would be a B+ or even A depending on Tyron.

[ThreeSportStar80]

I believe they hit with the 1st, 2nd , 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th round picks.

[kiheikiwi]

Draft gets a C. If useing free agency completes the draft. We need safety and d-line and maybe a starting guard. Aren't we already the team with the highest payroll ? And now because free agency comes after the draft, we will get into a biddingwar for players. Average draft, that may pay dividends a few years down the road, when we needed it to pay dividends now.

[Corleone]

Originally Posted by kiheikiwi

Draft gets a C. If useing free agency completes the draft. We need safety and d-line and maybe a starting guard. Aren't we already the team with the highest payroll ? And now because free agency comes after the draft, we will get into a biddingwar for players. Average draft, that may pay dividends a few years down the road, when we needed it to pay dividends now.

I agree, gotta give it a C+ only because Carter probably wont start this season, Murray wont start because it sounds like hes a specialty guy at least for this season. I dont think Harris can take over the #3 WR spot, but looks like a good slot player. Arkin, Nagy and Thomas have potential. So really we got one immediate starter on a team with more than one hole. As far as drafting on potential/value, we did very well and this draft very well could end up being an A but not right now from what I have read and heard.

[DallasEast]

Grade: B

Points assigned to each pick

06.00 Tyron Smith (2, 2, 1, 1.00 pts)*
05.00 Bruce Carter (2, 1, 1, 1.00 pts)*
04.00 DeMarco Murray (2, 0, 1, 1.00 pts)*
04.75 David Arkin (1, 2, 1, 0.75 pts)*
02.75 Josh Thomas (1, 1, 0, 0.75 pts)*
02.75 Dwayne Harris (2, 0, 0, 0.75 pts)*
00.00 Shaun Chapas (0, 0, 0, 0.00 pts)*
00.00 Bill Nagy (0, 0, 0, 0.00 pts)*
25.25 Total / 8 Picks = 3.16 or B


* Points System Legend (Need, Grade, Top 100, Mentionable pts)

Need: Biggest Team Need (3 pts), Starter Needed (2 pts), Depth Needed (1 pt), Position Supplemented (0 pts) - based upon http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/team-needs/

Grade: Draft grade greater than 6.0 (2 pts), 4.0-5.9 (1 pt), less than 3.9 (0 pts) - based upon NFL.com draft "expert" numbers http://www.nfl.com/draft/2011/tracker#dt-by-round-input:1/dt-tabs:dt-by-round/dt-by-grade-input:4

Top 100: On Gosselin's annual list (1 pt), not on his list (0 pts)

Mentionables: Draftees listed on three of the top five draft lists averaged over the past five years (1.00 pt), on 2 of 3 lists (0.75 pts), on 1 of 3 lists (0.50 pts), on 0 of 3 lists (0.00 pts) - based on TheHuddleReport.com Top 200 (subscription), DraftCountdown.com Top 254 http://www.draftcountdown.com/Rankings/TOP.php and ScoutsNotebook.com Top 100 http://scoutsnotebook.com/modules.php?name=top100_1011

Arbitrary point system created by myself

Top 100 Big Board Scores: http://www.thehuddlereport.com/Free/top100scoring.shtml

[Doomsday101]

I give them a B