Allocation of Draft Resources vs. Offensive Line Needs

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by visionary

yes, we can fill most of our holes this offseason if we are smart becasue htis draft is deep at DL, OL, and safety

our major needs are 2 DL, 2-3 OL, 1 safety
there are other needs like backup RB and slot receiver that are further down the list

what we should do is:

FA:
1 DL
1 OL

Draft:

if possible, trade down into mid 20s and get extra 3dr round pick

Rd 1: OL or DL (based on value and our draft board)
Rd 2: OL or DL (whichever was not obtained in Rd 1)
Rd 3: FS (this is a deep safety class at safety and there will be someone available here who can potentially compete for a starting spot and cettainly develop into a starter)
Rd 3: OL
Rd 4: slot receiver or back up RB
Rd 5: slot receive or back up RB

and so on

we can make it work if we are smart

I could see things working out that way.

[Eddie]

No trading down. We need to stay put and get the best player available for that slot. No more games. Don't try to get cute.

[rwalters31]

Originally Posted by Eddie

No trading down. We need to stay put and get the best player available for that slot. No more games. Don't try to get cute.

No more pretty boys! We need BIG Uglies!!

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by rwalters31

No more pretty boys! We need BIG Uglies!!

Sounds good to me. I'll take a big ugly any day.

The bigger and uglier the better.

[MichaelWinicki]

But truthfully if the Cowboys came up empty on every round when it came to offensive lineman BECAUSE there was a CLEARLY better rated talent available at the spot they were drafting, then I'm on board with not taking any offensive linemen. I think you have to take what the draft gives you. If you force-feed positions then you get drafts like this:

2 49 Dwayne Goodrich CB Tennessee
4 109 Kareem Larrimore CB West Texas A&M
5 144 Michael Wiley HB Ohio St.
6 180 Mario Edwards CB Florida St.
7 219 Orantes Grant OLB Georgia

[Kangaroo]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

But truthfully if the Cowboys came up empty on every round when it came to offensive lineman BECAUSE there was a CLEARLY better rated talent available at the spot they were drafting, then I'm on board with not taking any offensive linemen. I think you have to take what the draft gives you. If you force-feed positions then you get drafts like this:

2 49 Dwayne Goodrich CB Tennessee
4 109 Kareem Larrimore CB West Texas A&M
5 144 Michael Wiley HB Ohio St.
6 180 Mario Edwards CB Florida St.
7 219 Orantes Grant OLB Georgia

Sad part is Edwards was the best of that group he was not great but played solid for us he was great value for being a 6th rounder.

Larrimore and Goodrich where terrible draft picks both had questionable character which of course showed up. The issue really is we drafted two questionable characters which was way to big of a gamble. Equals fail

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by Kangaroo

Sad part is Edwards was the best of that group he was not great but played solid for us he was great value for being a 6th rounder.

Larrimore and Goodrich where terrible draft picks both had questionable character which of course showed up. The issue really is we drafted two questionable characters which was way to big of a gamble. Equals fail

I'll tell ya, looking at the drafts from that time period the Cowboys paid zero attention to character when drafting guys. I mean year after year until about the time Parcells came on board, the Cowboys were blowing a couple picks per draft on knuckle-heads.

Thankfully they've done much better in that area.