New Years Cowboys Mock Draft

[BigDInCharlotte]

Originally Posted by ghst187

I DON'T like DBrickshaw Ferguson. Really didn't impress me, very agile, long arms, good technique, but the guy barely weighs 290. He'll have to add 25 pounds before opening day 2006.

This was one of the comments made during the Minnesota-Virginia bowl game. I don't know if he has a problem with maintaining a higher weight, or this is the weight Groan wanted him to play at, but it could be a factor come draft time.

[BlueStarDude]

Can't recall myself, but I read that Walter Jones and Jon Ogden were barely 300 lbs when they came out. They've certainly added weight and turned out fine.

Also, when you consider that more and more teams are turning to smaller DE speed rushers like Dwight Freeney or John Abraham, or else are using 3-4 with OLBs like McGinest, Merriman, Ware, etc., it could be time when tackles who are a little bit smaller (but more athletic, as Ferguson is) start staking their claim.

Anyway, it won't be our problem, as Ferguson will be gone by time we pick, even if he does drop a handful spots from where he's currently projected.

[Oh_Canada]

Originally Posted by BlueStarDude

Can't recall myself, but I read that Walter Jones and Jon Ogden were barely 300 lbs when they came out. They've certainly added weight and turned out fine.

Also, when you consider that more and more teams are turning to smaller DE speed rushers like Dwight Freeney or John Abraham, or else are using 3-4 with OLBs like McGinest, Merriman, Ware, etc., it could be time when tackles who are a little bit smaller (but more athletic, as Ferguson is) start staking their claim.

Anyway, it won't be our problem, as Ferguson will be gone by time we pick, even if he does drop a handful spots from where he's currently projected.

I am not big on 340lbs blobs myself. In an era of attack style defenses, quick and nimble beat out big and slow any day.

[neosapien23]

Originally Posted by BlueStarDude

Key Free Agent Signings:
1. LeCharles Bentley, C, Saints
Pro Bowl center would go a long way toward shoring up the O-line.

2. Jon Runyan, OT, Eagles
Would finish the job of shoring up the O-line and give us time to see what Pettiti can develop into.

Draft:

TRADES
1. Trade out of first round for a second, fourth, and 2007 first (to help land Brady Quinn).
2. Greg Ellis traded for a third round pick.

2nd (from trade) Bobby Carpenter, OLB, Ohio St.
Could excel at strongside OLB in the 3-4. Bill Parcells coached his father.

2nd Kai Parham, ILB, Virginia
Learned the 3-4 under Parcells protegé, Al Groh, like 2005 draft pick Chris Canty, and turned in a super season.

3rd (from Ellis trade) Anthony Smith, FS, Syracuse
[View Full Quote]Was recruited by now Cowboys assistant Paul Pasqualon. Play-making safety to team up with Roy Williams.

3rd Anthony Fasano, TE, Notre Dame
What the doctor ordered: better blocker than Whitten, better hands than Campbell, will give our two TE set more bite. Comparable to Notre Dame alum Mark Bavaro.

(4th gone to Eagles)

4th (from trade) Kevin Boothe, G/T, Cornell
Smart, versatile lineman who could be starting at guard in a year or two.

5th Steve Fifita, DT, Utah
322 pound nose guard who moves well off the ball. Similar to former Utah DT Sione Pouha, a Jets third rounder in 2005, but shorter, which may knock him down a round or two, especially in a much stronger draft.

6th (from Eagles) Cletis Gordon, CB, Jackson St.
Good size, good speed, dangerous return man. More athletic than Jacques Reeves or Nathan Jones, but will need a season or two to work on technique.

(6th gone to Chiefs)

7th Nick Reid, LB, Kansas
A little undersized for 3-4, but has the frame to get bigger.

Bentley will not be a free agent. Him and Hutchinson will both be franchised if they don't sign long term deals. Runyan is a turd. He will turn out worse than Ferguson once he gets paid. I do agree with you assemnet on trading Ellis for a 3rd and Glover for a 4th. Who knows we might get better picks?

[cowboy braddas]

who the hell is all this scrubs

[Compacity]

Greg Ellis is worth a late first or early second... not no third round-draft choice... that bananas....