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Old 04-23-2005   #16
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B+ right now.

Good value everywhere and didnt see anyone take a guy we wanted. Ware and Spears was pretty much a lock and after that Burnett was just good value. He was the best defender on a good SEC team. Very similar player to Thomas Davis except he was even more physical and always near the line of scrimmage.
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We just converted half our LB to DL. We have a 30m starting DL, it better be pretty friggin good.
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I give it a solid A

Consistant pressure with 4 or 5 guys is the best way to improve your team with all the defensive rule changes. It helps out everybody, even the offense giving them a shorter field.
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I give it an "A"

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A-

Ware was the 13th rated player in Ourlads
Spears was the 12th rated player in Ourlads
Burnett was the 27th rated player in Ourlads

Very good value in Spears. Excellent value in Burnett.
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A with ware winning rookie of the year as the icing on the cake.

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Ware ranked #11th rated player on the Cbz's Old Dudes Board.
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also for those comparing spears to ellis really need to look again. spears is a whole lot more physical and nastier than ellis. ellis is a hard work, spears is just pure brute force, he is going to be scary under the tuna's tutiledge.

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I have to admit that I did not get a warm fuzzy feeling about the Burnett pick. I'm not dis-ing the guy, I know very little about him but I thought there were at least equal players at other positions of greater need. I will give the first round an A+ but the second round brings the overall grade down to a B+/A. I'm not at all unhappy but I am not as happy as I would have been had we nailed down the FS position.

I know a lot of people are saying that the FS is not as important if we get the pass rush going but I disagree. If that pass rush causes the QB to throw some bad passes you still have to have someone with the talent and savey to go get the pick. I am from the old school Cliff Harris / Charlie Waters days. Having a pair of top safeties has won a lot of games for the Cowboys and I am a firm believer that the Safety positions can be key to the teams success. Just think how good we would be with Ed Reed back there with Roy.
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I have to admit that I did not get a warm fuzzy feeling about the Burnett pick. I'm not dis-ing the guy, I know very little about him but I thought there were at least equal players at other positions of greater need. I will give the first round an A+ but the second round brings the overall grade down to a B+/A. I'm not at all unhappy but I am not as happy as I would have been had we nailed down the FS position.

I know a lot of people are saying that the FS is not as important if we get the pass rush going but I disagree. If that pass rush causes the QB to throw some bad passes you still have to have someone with the talent and savey to go get the pick. I am from the old school Cliff Harris / Charlie Waters days. Having a pair of top safeties has won a lot of games for the Cowboys and I am a firm believer that the Safety positions can be key to the teams success. Just think how good we would be with Ed Reed back there with Roy.
Well said Jack... when teams use a three-step drop, pass rush is neutralized and you better be able to cover.
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Well said Jack... when teams use a three-step drop, pass rush is neutralized and you better be able to cover.
I think the 3 step passing game plays into the strength of the 3-4, more hands in the passing lanes.

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Well said Jack... when teams use a three-step drop, pass rush is neutralized and you better be able to cover.
Yeah, but a three step drop commits you to throwing underneath stuff. Chances are your FS is too deep to be covering in that situation anyway.
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We passed on a safety when we took Burnett becasue Burnett was rated high on our board than any safety.

This is a team who is battling several major injuries to
key players including Pro Bowl talents like Lee, Austin, Jenkins, Murray,
Carter and Ratliff. Other key starters missing include Costa, Smith, Church and
Coleman. That is 11 key players - that's half the starting lineup. Yet we still went 8-8.
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BP himself said he didn't think there was anyway we would get Ware and Spears and we did. All 3 picks were the highest rated guys on our board and weren't reaches. I give this draft an A so far.

This is a team who is battling several major injuries to
key players including Pro Bowl talents like Lee, Austin, Jenkins, Murray,
Carter and Ratliff. Other key starters missing include Costa, Smith, Church and
Coleman. That is 11 key players - that's half the starting lineup. Yet we still went 8-8.
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Anyone think we take anymore LBers day two or are we done?
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Anyone think we take anymore LBers day two or are we done?
i think we need to address the FS, RB, positions in the later rounds.

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