Rashawn Slater at 10?

[Rayman70]

Cowboys need to get back to what made us a top 5 team. OLINE AND RUNNING THE ROCK. Ball control. We need to have an elite oline to do what we want.Time to instill some toughness again on the oline and stop counting on oft injured players to regain there form. Tyron is at the end of his rope. Forget his age, its the miles on him.Collins is even a bigger concern and may not be ready to start the season. He actually has a long road ahead.

 

[Cowboyny]

he would be my pick actually ahead of Sewell. Not a knock on Sewell..but I just think Slater is more rounded at this point. Better value..but not by much lol.

Many people don't think Slater isn't that good, based purely on his lack of length. He is a legitimate blue chip prospect! Right now Slater is the best Tackle, where Sewell has all the elite, physical traits to surpass him if he reaches his potential.

 

[stilltheguru]

If i take a lineman Im taking Darrisaw or Sewell. Somebody else can take Slater

 

[beware_d-ware]

Even if you want to call Slater a guard, he is the best guard since Quentin Nelson three years ago. True blue-chip prospect. If we turn #10 into any blue-chip stud, I won't be too mad about it.

 

[Carson]

Cowboys need to get back to what made us a top 5 team. OLINE AND RUNNING THE ROCK. Ball control. We need to have an elite oline to do what we want.Time to instill some toughness again on the oline and stop counting on oft injured players to regain there form. Tyron is at the end of his rope. Forget his age, its the miles on him.Collins is even a bigger concern and may not be ready to start the season. He actually has a long road ahead.

This team will not be a run first team.

They simply have too many weapons to not pass the ball. Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Jarwin and Schultz

 

[Jfconrow]

I like Slater better then Sewell. Only reason you take Sewell instead is if you want a deal with the car dealership and want pass blocking instead of run blocking. Dallas is a running team so Slater is a solid pick

 

[john van brocklin]

What is everyone's take on Rashawn Slater? Seems like he has the ability to play all 5 positions on the offensive line, and after our series of injuries across the line last season, I could see that being a very valuable addition.

Can he play defense?

 

[Beaker42]

^^this...THINK about it, look at the status of Collins at RT..THAT SHOULD BOTHER US. Its up in the air after he had hip surgery and was woefully out of shape last year. Couple that with a car wreck. SO that is a huge issue. Look at Tyron and his back and the games he has missed last 3 years. Bad backs usually don't repair themselves longterm. SO here we are, we have big questions at both bookend tackle spots. To ignore this is willful blindness. Dang right we better look at the oline early in this draft. If Sewell or Slater is there at 10, we have to draft one of them.It would be very foolish not too.

Draft Darrisaw to be swing tackle & Tyron’s replacement, Biadasz moves McGovern to LG so we can launch Williams and if need be, move La’el back to LG and put Darrisaw at RT. Looney becomes expendable as he’s not really all that great to begin with. We have 10 guys who can play OG & C but we need better players for depth at OT.

 

[Beaker42]

Many people don't think Slater isn't that good, based purely on his lack of length. He is a legitimate blue chip prospect! Right now Slater is the best Tackle, where Sewell has all the elite, physical traits to surpass him if he reaches his potential.

Dude I like everybody on here and mean no disrespect but EVERY draft guru has Sewell ahead of Slater. Slater’s NOT GOING TO PLAY OT in the NFL unless someone gets hurt and they have to throw him out there. He has OG written all over him.

 

[Cowboyny]

Dude I like everybody on here and mean no disrespect but EVERY draft guru has Sewell ahead of Slater. Slater’s NOT GOING TO PLAY OT in the NFL unless someone gets hurt and they have to throw him out there. He has OG written all over him.

Sewell is elite, upside player, where Slater is ready to make an immediate impact as he is way ahead from the technical standpoint. It's kind of like Farley/Surtain. Sewell is expected to become the better player down the line.

I really don't care about his short arms, this kid can play. He has proven this against top competition at the position. Sure, some teams will see him more of an interior player, but it doesn't mean he cannot play the position on the NFL Level. Many insiders are projecting him as a top 10 talent, if he is a Guard only, he wouldn't be anywhere close to that range.

 

[Rayman70]

This team will not be a run first team.

They simply have too many weapons to not pass the ball. Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Jarwin and Schultz

then we wont win. Look at all the recent SB winning teams, even the chiefs in 2019. They ran the ball FIRST and successfully, to set up the pass. Its called balance. Look at Tampa Bay this year. RUN FIRST to set up the pass. They had great balance the last few weeks of the season and it paid off in the post season.We must stop trying to reinvent the game of FB. It gets us nowhere. Passing gets fannies in the seats, but running the ball coupled with good defense wins Trophies.

 

[reddyuta]

ho do we know he has short arms? i would wait for the pro day to get measurements.

 

[jrumann59]

I am in ,oline injuries should not derail our offense every year.

When you lose 80% of your starters on the OL it will derail ALL teams seasons.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

ho do we know he has short arms? i would wait for the pro day to get measurements.

ESPN (yeah I don't like them either but arm length isn't a subjective/opinion thing) shows arm length at 32 3/4.

But some profiles also say he'd be better at guard, we saw this past year that Martin can handle the tackle spot, maybe he can go there and Slater go to guard, he might be great there...

 

[Carson]

ESPN (yeah I don't like them either but arm length isn't a subjective/opinion thing) shows arm length at 32 3/4.

But some profiles also say he'd be better at guard, we saw this past year that Martin can handle the tackle spot, maybe he can go there and Slater go to guard, he might be great there...

Id rather him play LG and keep Marty and Collins as is

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Id rather him play LG and keep Marty and Collins as is

That'd be preferable, I was just hedging my bet in case Collins' recovery doesn't go well....

 

[reddyuta]

ESPN (yeah I don't like them either but arm length isn't a subjective/opinion thing) shows arm length at 32 3/4.

But some profiles also say he'd be better at guard, we saw this past year that Martin can handle the tackle spot, maybe he can go there and Slater go to guard, he might be great there...

that is kinda of short but pretty much the same as Zach martin.

 

[Nemesis4u]

i agree totally with rebuilding the trenches also lets take a look at sermon from ohio state in the 4th would give us some outs with zeke if we wanted to get out of his contract in a year and also could spell zeke im not a fan of the other rbs on this team.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

that is kinda of short but pretty much the same as Zach martin.

Yeah Martin didn't have much of a problem with "long" defensive ends...

 

[cnuball21]

Sewell is elite, upside player, where Slater is ready to make an immediate impact as he is way ahead from the technical standpoint. It's kind of like Farley/Surtain. Sewell is expected to become the better player down the line.

I really don't care about his short arms, this kid can play. He has proven this against top competition at the position. Sure, some teams will see him more of an interior player, but it doesn't mean he cannot play the position on the NFL Level. Many insiders are projecting him as a top 10 talent, if he is a Guard only, he wouldn't be anywhere close to that range.

I think saying Sewell is an upside player is an incredible exaggeration. Paye and Rousseau are upside players.

Sewell has elite tape and had one of the highest pff grades at OT as a freaking 19 year old.

He can get better, but he’s OT 1 without question for me.