LFG!!!!
Cowboys nailed this pick. Thank you for not overthinking it Jerry. I had him as the
#1 WR in this class. Absolute stud who was a big-play machine every game I watched him play. Will slide right into the slot position vacated by Randall Cobb. Excellent pick.
Grade: A+
I wrote this somewhere else asking for my top 5 wants in the 1st round (spoiler alert - I'm ecstatic):
I know the Cowboys need defensive help. My problem is, whomever they choose in the first round, I want them to get alot of snaps....starter or otherwise...I want my first rounder to impact the team in a significant way this year, in much the same way Vander Esch did. There are only 2 corners, 2 DT's, and 1 sure-thing edge rusher (Chase Young) in the first round...there's a very good chance none of them fall to 17. Most agree the Safeties could be had later than 17, so I'd feel better about Delpit/McKinney in the event of a trade down.
If they don't find a willing trade-down partner, (which is likely in the middle of the first round...is there going to be anyone there that a team can't do without?) the best player available may actually be one of the big 3 receivers (Jeudy, Ruggs, Lamb). I know good to great receivers can be had later, but this situation is what beget the Cowboys Taco.
Of course, if CJ Henderson or Kinlaw fall, the Cowboys should probably go in that direction, but I do wonder how many actual starting snaps any of the defensive players will receive when competing with what is already on the depth chart. The fans might not be high on the corner room as it stands, but are you 100% convinced Henderson is a day 1 starter over Chido, Lewis, Brown? Kinlaw over Poe/McCoy?
Meanwhile, the Cowboys have this glaring gap at 3rd receiver, with nothing but camp bodies and injuries waiting to happen behind Cooper and Gallup. In the beginning, I thought team 40 burger was kinda silly, to be honest. But like I said, the way the draft, particularly the first round, seems to be shaping up, making a strength ridiculously stronger is starting to make more and more sense.
So, without further ado, my list:
Staying put @ 17:
One of the big 3 receivers (Lamb, Jeudy, Ruggs), if a better defensive option isn't available.
Henderson
Kinlaw
Since I don't know the situation with Vander Esch, I'm not going to put a linebacker here, but based on what I'm hearing/reading, I should be more than fine with K Murray here.
Following a small trade down (in no particular order):
Chaisson
Matos
Delpit
McKinney
Reager