Twitter: Grade the Cowboys 2022 Draft

[gimmesix]

What the heck happened in 2023? Was McClay out of the office that week?

After last year, I'm not sure we would have looked at the 2022 draft the same. Tyler was a starter from the start and Bland shined in the slot, but the rest were spits and spurts and Tolbert was a no show. Ferguson, for example, finished the year with 19 catches for 174 yards and 2 TDs. Not much different than Schoonmaker, who has 6 for 49 and 2 TDs. And got to remember that Ferguson actually filled in as the starter some last year because Schultz was injured. For example, Schultz missed the first Philly game, and Ferguson had 4 catches for 40 yards and a TD. Outside of that, his numbers were very similar to what Schoonmaker has done through the first 11 games, although Ferguson did have a 3-catch, 57-yard game in his 11th.

 

[DuncanIso]

What grade you giving the 2022 Draft?



McClay crushed it, imho.
A+

2021 looks great too.

Especially with the Lance trade.

 

[DuncanIso]

Mazi is going to be good, Brooks looks good for a seventh rounder, Schoon not so much for a 2nd ... we need to see Asim Richards, Demarious Overshown and Fehoko

Hope you are right about Mazi.

 

[DuncanIso]

Jerry has already made him the highest paid executive who’s not a GM. Obviously Jerry knows he’s the centerpiece of the team’s drafting success.

Without Will McClay, the father-son dual FO leaders will be back to their fantasy football drafts again so I sure hope JJ continues to back up the brinks truck to keep McClay here.

I’m a huge WillM fan.

In many ways, he acts like a GM.

If Jerry ever steps down. I think Stephen would be wise to name him our GM.

We’ve only had 2 in our team history, I believe.

 

[DuncanIso]

Mel Kiper gave this draft a C+ His second-lowest grade in the entire draft.

Bland and TSmith put this over the top.

TSmith needs a Pro Bowl soon.

 

[Manster68]

Right now, I see two 2022 Cowboys draft picks that should be 1st Team All Pro this year: Tyler Smith & Deron Bland. Williams, Ferguson and Clark are already making significant contributions. You cannot ask for much more. This is already looking like one of the top draft classes in Cowboys history.

 

[pitt33]

What the heck happened in 2023? Was McClay out of the office that week?

But yes, 2022 looking even better with time. Hope same will happen to '23.

Don’t draft Michigan players.

Besides Brady I can’t think of a great one to play in the NFL.

Charles Woodson?

 

[Eddie]

May be our best draft class since 1975.

That's a stretch ... a long stretch.

 

[KJJ]

Mazi is going to be good, Brooks looks good for a seventh rounder, Schoon not so much for a 2nd ... we need to see Asim Richards, Demarious Overshown and Fehoko

Not so sure about Mazi. He hasn’t come close to what you would expect from a player drafted in the first round. I would put him in the same category as Schoonmaker. Both have the look of players who won’t see a second contract with the Cowboys.

 

[TwentyOne]

What grade you giving the 2022 Draft?



McClay crushed it, imho.
A+

C+

Smith is a good player at guard. But with your first round pick invested in OL you want a first day starter at LT not at guard.
So with our first round pick we missed here badly. Could have drafted a first day starter at guard in the 3rd round.

To be clear here: this is nothing against the player. Just a judgement of the ability to draft by the FO.

Sam Williams showing flashes in his sec year. As does Tolbert. But for a good draft (B) you want at least your 1st and 2nd rounder be starters from day one.

Bland is a great find. Still he is more of a system CB and not a talent like Diggs.

 

[Kingofholland]

What the heck happened in 2023? Was McClay out of the office that week?

But yes, 2022 looking even better with time. Hope same will happen to '23.

Too early to judge 2023 class. If you look back at a similar timeline

-Tyler Smith was having a solid rookie campaign
-Sam Williams had a couple sacks, but wasn't playing a lot of snaps
-Jalen Tolbert barely played
Jake Ferguson- Had like 13 catches for 120 yards
-Daron Bland was just starting to get more playing time
-Damone Clark was just getting into the lineup.

Sans Tyler Smith I don't know that we knew a lot about the draft class at this time last year.

 

[Mr_437]

C+

Smith is a good player at guard. But with your first round pick invested in OL you want a first day starter at LT not at guard.
So with our first round pick we missed here badly. Could have drafted a first day starter at guard in the 3rd round.

To be clear here: this is nothing against the player. Just a judgement of the ability to draft by the FO.

Sam Williams showing flashes in his sec year. As does Tolbert. But for a good draft (B) you want at least your 1st and 2nd rounder be starters from day one.

Bland is a great find. Still he is more of a system CB and not a talent like Diggs.

Tyler Smith is trending towards a Pro Bowl selection at LG. Tyron is a big time LT finishing up a great career, so let him stay at LT. Smith n Smith could go to the Pro Bowl, so it seems like a good set up.

What kind of system CB is Bland?

 

[Ranching]

What grade you giving the 2022 Draft?



McClay crushed it, imho.
A+

Jerry did a great job

 

[Manster68]

C+

Smith is a good player at guard. But with your first round pick invested in OL you want a first day starter at LT not at guard.
So with our first round pick we missed here badly. Could have drafted a first day starter at guard in the 3rd round.

To be clear here: this is nothing against the player. Just a judgement of the ability to draft by the FO.

Sam Williams showing flashes in his sec year. As does Tolbert. But for a good draft (B) you want at least your 1st and 2nd rounder be starters from day one.

Bland is a great find. Still he is more of a system CB and not a talent like Diggs.

Are you kidding me?

If Tyler Smith or Bland become 1st team All Pro, that will be THREE drafts in a row where Dallas drafted a 1st Team All Pro. It would be EIGHT of 13 drafts (from 2010-2022) where the FO found a 1st Team All Pro (Not Pro Bowler - ALL PRO)! No other team in the NFL comes remotely close to that!

Going back to 2010 again, and assuming either/or Smith & Bland make the Pro Bowl, then only the 2012 and 2017 drafts the previous 13 years do not have a Pro Bowler. Again, no one else comes close!

And who gives a crap where Tyler Smith plays? Tyler is the absolute best OG in the league already - and Tyron has been pretty awesome at LT. I was so happy when the Cowboys kept Larry Allen at guard all those years in the 90s and early 2000s. It got him to the Hall of Fame! Tyler Smith is already on a similar path. Why on earth would anyone mess with that? The remedy is, if you are not happy with the other tackles already on the roster, you GO DRAFT ANOTHER TACKLE!

Dallas very well might have the two best guards in the NFL right now - DO NOT MESS WITH THAT!

Gee Wiz! Way too many fans want every draft pick and acquisition to be an instant superstar. That doesn't happen.

No team has done better in the draft in the last 20 years (since Parcells arrived to teach the FO how to evaluate players) than the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[dagreat1_87]

turning out good but shows the faith the front office had in ferguson considering we got Schoon a year later. Such a waste

 

[SlammedZero]

Wow!! Looking back, that actually was a really great draft.

 

[CowboysFanKY88]

May be our best draft class since 1975.

2016 was pretty good.

 

[pansophy]

What the heck happened in 2023? Was McClay out of the office that week?

But yes, 2022 looking even better with time. Hope same will happen to '23.

Yeah it took a year for these guys to really show up

 

[youngjerryjones]

Overshown will start next year and Mazi in 3 years will be very good - better than Hankins now. It's just about getting Schoon to take over the spot but IDK how they didn't see FERG was going to become the guy last year?

 

[Walker]

Anytime you can get 2 good players in 1 draft its an A+, the rest is just gravy on top