ESPND: Fixing the Cowboys: Draft a QB and find playmaking DBs

[WoodysGirl]

This is the second installment of fixing the Cowboys.

1. One of the main things the Cowboys front office will do when it looks at draft picks is find players who force turnovers in the secondary. The problem with veteran cornerback Terence Newman is that he doesn't make enough plays on the ball. And while he was tied for the team-lead with four interceptions, he didn't have one the last seven weeks of the season and was credited with only one pass breakup the last five weeks of the year.

Mike Jenkins and Orlando Scandrick, who battled injuries along with Newman, combined for just two picks. Inside linebacker Sean Lee was tied with Newman for the team lead.

That's fine, but in a pass-happy NFL, the corners and safeties need to not only knock passes down, but pick them off to take some pressure off the offense. It's easy to say the Cowboys need a shutdown corner, everybody in the NFL does, but they're not growing on trees. So the Cowboys have to find secondary players who make plays on the ball. Playmakers.

Read the of the list: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowbo...playmaking-dbs

[Future]

If we take a QB in the 2nd round I would be absolutely appalled

[burmafrd]

more stupidity from local hacks

[Eddie]

We should definitely consider grooming Romo's replacement, but I think Tony's got about another 3 years.

This means, we should draft his replacement next year.

Not a good idea to let it linger like we did with Aikman. I don't want to go through more QC's, Hutch's, Hensen's, Bledsoe's ... et al.

[casmith07]

"Playmakers"

I ****ing hate that word.

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Originally Posted by Eddie

We should definitely consider grooming Romo's replacement, but I think Tony's got about another 3 years.

This means, we should draft his replacement next year.

Not a good idea to let it linger like we did with Aikman. I don't want to go through more QC's, Hutch's, Hensen's, Bledsoe's ... et al.

3? Please he's got at least 5 probably more. He's so tough I see him playing till 40 like his idol Favre did.

[RS12]

4. Draft a quarterback. This is nothing against Tony Romo, but he has two-years left on his contract and Stephen McGee is the backup and doesn't appear ready to become a No. 1 quarterback in this league.

The Cowboys window to win a title with Romo is growing short, so drafting a quarterback in the second round not only raises the competition level at the position, it also sends a message to the rest of the team. Everybody is expendable.

Apparently what this means is they arent likely to want to give a new contract to him in two years if he doesnt win.