What will frustrate you more?

[Buzzbait]

It depends on who’s on the board
Sewell I take and start getting ready for second round
All pro type talent you don’t pass up
After him I think trading a couple spots is fine but I’m not trading out of top 10
We need elite players
We have plenty of picks

Same here, I don't like trading down. Never did. I want the best quality players we can get.
I don't believe in trading quality for quantity.

 

[cowboyec]

winning the east and going home early in the play-offs.

we don't need to draft a QB.
Dak is our guy.

 

[JayFord]

Winning the division and going one and done

Going one and done in the playoffs holds the same weight as missing the playoffs imo

 

[Motorola]

You play the game for one reason, winning a SB. You can't do that with out making the Playoffs, so winning the division at this point is a must since no WC will come from the east, even with the expanded format. And you don't take a QB if you are really convinced that DP is the guy, which they seem to be.

All this other talk about draft slot, tanking etc is just nonsense. You can't stand in front of your team and tell them you are not going to try and win. That is just beyond stupid.

Nearly half of the league - 15 teams - have 3 wins or less.
That top-5 pick is far from a lock.

 

[DandyDon52]

The Cowboys winning the division and going 1 and done or the cowboys getting a top 5 pick and not taking a QB?

myself after this weekend am more encouraged and will not root for losses. If it happens so be it I'm on the get defense train and lots of it. Id love to see Jaylon replaced or relegated to back up

sorry i couldn't figure out how to make a poll

sorry i couldn't figure out how to make a poll- you have to be a supporter to make polls.
cowboys getting a top 5 pick and not taking a QB would bother me more than the 1 and done scenario.
JOnes boys dont have open minds, they see with tunnel vision, so all fans of this team can look forward to is those playoff years where we get knocked
out by div round.

 

[Ranched]

Beat the Egals and no playoffs!

 

[Bing]

None of the above. If we have a top 5 pick the smart thing is to draft a QB and build the team around him while he is on a rookie contract. Again that's the smart thing to do. But we all know the word smart and Jerry Jones does not belong in the same sentence.
I figure if we end up with A top 5 pick Jerry will use that pick to draft a TE....because he is just that stupid

 

[Buzzbait]

Winning the division and going one and done
Going one and done in the playoffs holds the same weight as missing the playoffs imo

Winning the NFC-Least doesn't count for as much as it used to when it was a stronger division. Now it's the lowliest division in the NFL.
I agree, one and done doesn't mean much, except a worse draft pick. Better to get the better draft pick and come back next year and go deeper in the playoffs. JMO.

 

[IceStar-D7]

Dallas is not taking a quarterback. So forget it! You take a quarterback doesn't even mean he'd be better then Dak. Could be a lot worse. Minus Lawrence it's no NFL ready quarterbacks I'd take that's left. Quarterback and the offense is not our problem. It's defense-Offensive tackle and coaching!

 

[conner01]

Same here, I don't like trading down. Never did. I want the best quality players we can get.
I don't believe in trading quality for quantity.

If you are short of picks it has some logic
Latter in the round players get more equal so there is some logic
At 3 I don’t see the logic
We could get best tackle prospect in years, a elite CB prospect, top LB and pass rusher
Too many great options to trade down and get a “good” player while passing on an elite player

 

[conner01]

you can do both, trading from 2-3 down to 5-10 no later then 12

im betting player like Trask might be worth a look around there and the trade netted another 1st and 2nd and still get all the defenders you had in mind.. ive looked through a lot of mocks and there arent any LOCK defenders in the top 10 , sure they have upside but no BOsa, watt, Ramsey, or Donald types so why not have your cake and eat it too, take risk at QB with the extra pick but hes not preserved to play year 1 still FT dak and see how that goes, maybe you end up trading Dak but Trask is climbing the draft boards and you never know ..

There are locks many years
But in this draft to me there is only one QB worth a top 10 picks and that’s Lawrence
And he’s going number one
After him the talent is at other positions, not QB
Based just on talent a third or more of first round QB’s wouldn’t even go in the first round
But because they are QB’s they go higher than better players at other positions
QB is not a huge need to me
If an elite guy like Lawrence is there I take him, otherwise I take another elite player
We have plenty of picks
We need talent not picks

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I tell them to play like they did against Pitt, aka, good enough to keep it close, but not well enough to win. It’s auditioning time. If you wanna be on the team next year and get paid, play hard and show me you want to. If not, you’re either going to be cut, traded, waived, or let go into FA.

so play hard but lose? Good luck with that. This is their profession. This is what they do. You cant install a loser mentality in order to garner a few draft slots. Tanking is a fan thing. It doesn’t exist in real life.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The Cowboys winning the division and going 1 and done or the cowboys getting a top 5 pick and not taking a QB?

The Cowboys aren't making the playoffs so going 1 and done isn't really an option.

And the Cowboys aren't taking a QB with a top 5 pick.

So I can't really address your OP.

However, I will be frustrated if the Cowboys don't listen to offers to trade down. That makes a ton of sense.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

The Cowboys winning the division and going 1 and done or the cowboys getting a top 5 pick and not taking a QB?

myself after this weekend am more encouraged and will not root for losses. If it happens so be it I'm on the get defense train and lots of it. Id love to see Jaylon replaced or relegated to back up

sorry i couldn't figure out how to make a poll

cowboys winning the division and going 1 and done....

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Fans use that "tank" opinion because they are embarrassed to say their team sucks. Nobody in the NFL tanks and the Cowboys sure won't do it.

 

[john van brocklin]

You play to win. There is no guarantee even with the first pick in the draft. There have been plenty of busts. This year should be an audition for all the players. Show us your effort and you are here to stay or you get the boot. That is the attitude if you want to take this team forward. This country club atmosphere has to end for us to ever be considered serious contenders.

Well said!

 

[jaythecowboy]

The Cowboys winning the division and going 1 and done or the cowboys getting a top 5 pick and not taking a QB?

myself after this weekend am more encouraged and will not root for losses. If it happens so be it I'm on the get defense train and lots of it. Id love to see Jaylon replaced or relegated to back up

sorry i couldn't figure out how to make a poll

Winning the division and going one and done would upset me more. I'm fine not drafting a qb.

 

[75boyz]

Listening to the Dak-a-roos about how Jerry signed Dak for $37.5 million for 4 years and he's just reaggravated the ankle for the third year in a row thereby destroying our chances of a making the post season. Meanwhile moaning that Lawrence and Fields are tearing the league.

And all of THIS is a very very strong possibility. But at least they'll have Dak.

 

[plasticman]

Unapologetically, I don't know how to root for a loss. It goes against every fiber of my being.

I understand the reality of a lost season and the need to go for youth over experience but I expect 100% effort by all involved from the GM to the towel-person.

Winning is a culture. You don't build on a winning culture by prioritizing the acquisition of talent over winning. The only goal is winning.

 

[SackMaster]

Making the playoffs would piss me off, but drafting a QB in the 1st Round, let alone Top-5, would piss me off even more. Defense, defense, defense (or maybe OT).

I know, I know. Dak isn't good enough blah blah blah, not enough salary cap yada, yada, yada.

You CANNOT miss on the QB if you are letting a Top-10 QB walk. With previous and known interest in QBs like Manziel and Lynch, I don't trust that the Cowboys will get it right, even if they had a shot at a "generational talent" QB (which I believe is HIGHLY debatable).

Let's look at the ONLY good QBs the Cowboys have had since Aikman. Romo would have been likely cut if Carter was able to say off drugs. And despite drafting the best QB from the 2016 draft (and it's not even close folks) they only got him after the guy they wanted was "stolen" in front of them.

Think about that for a second. We may have easily lost out on Romo if Carter wasn't an idiot. And Dak was not even the guy the Cowboys wanted in the 2016 draft. But the two QB the Cowboys showed interest in did not last more than 2 seasons with the teams that drafted them despite BOTH being 1st Round picks. Just think how RARE that is that a 1st Round QB doesn't even make it half way through their rookie contract.

But I'm supposed to believe we will nail the QB pick based off of the guys they have WANTED to bring in the past while the two best QBs in the past 20 years were purely based on luck / emergency backup plans?

So let's gamble and pray we stay away from re-entering the late 90's / early 2000's of Cowboys football while allowing the best player on the team (again, not even close) to walk.