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Tidbits from Will McClay from Calvin Watkin's interview with him for an article in The Athletic:
https://***BLOCKED***/953825/2019/0...alks-cowboys-draft-picks-philosophy-and-more/
There you have it. Marinelli's relationship with Frost drove the train for this pick.
I guess this really is something everyone parrots, taking their lead from the Joneses. There is probably a big sign on the wall in the personnel area.
Looks like they are waiting for a transformational safety to drop into their laps before they consider it important enough. Well, good luck with that unless you want to trade up very high to get that kind of player in most drafts.
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Overall though, that article was pretty good at getting down to the thought processes.
It probably is one of the view articles you will see with some depth and insight as to what they were thinking.
https://***BLOCKED***/953825/2019/0...alks-cowboys-draft-picks-philosophy-and-more/
There were red flags with Hill because of some issues with the UCF staff. How did you guys address those things?
We see the red flag and we’re going to dig on the red flag and make our interpretation based on what we know. Part of this whole scouting business is people talking to people and getting an opinion. That’s where your information comes from and you can take it with a grain of salt and we’re going to dig and talk to every person and find a way to collectively say: ‘This is who this kid is.’ It also stems from us spending time with the kid and knowing the negatives that were said and the positives that were said. We want to find the whole truth and not listen to somebody’s opinion.
The truth will be determined by what we find out and what we believe. There’s something to (Nebraska coach) Scott Frost playing for Rod and knowing who Rod is and the value Rod put into that word, because he knows that person and that person knows him. That gave us a little bit and then we brought him in and spent time with him and found out what he’s all about. That kid is all football, and shoot – I say this every year when people bring up questions about this guy or that guy or they formulate opinions about a guy who is 21 years old on a college campus. We’ve seen things in the news and politics and everything else going back to when people did when they were in college. Let’s not make a judgment on a kid based on who that kid is, being 20 years old, and the decisions that we make.
There you have it. Marinelli's relationship with Frost drove the train for this pick.
Connor McGovern was a surprise pick. He’s got position flex. What do you guys like about him?
Just an extremely solid football player and is pro-ready, and you never know what’s going to happen. Our offensive line is our strongest unit and Jerry (Jones) says you want to keep strength strong and if that value was there for him, a late second-round player in that round (third), it took a great deal of discipline from us not to do the sexy thing and say, ‘Okay, let’s go get a lesser player that we had valued down in that range.’ If you got a second-rounder up there and you’re in the third round and it’s a good fit, why not do it. And especially with all the things coming up. You’ve got to do business in the NFL as well as go win games.
Why not draft a tight end?
We like what we have. If the opportunity would have presented itself at the right price to add a tight end, you consider it. But this is ongoing, evolving. There’s going to be guys, teams have added players and teams that drop players and players you can look at if we feel like we need to add to that position. You don’t add it all in the draft. A lot of people don’t play with tight ends anymore the way we’re looking for tight ends. That makes a difference too.
I guess this really is something everyone parrots, taking their lead from the Joneses. There is probably a big sign on the wall in the personnel area.
I guess the perception was safeties would go off the board high in the second round and at some point tight ends would go. But the first safety didn’t get picked until late in the first round and then two more safeties were selected after you guys picked Trysten Hill. The tight end spot was interesting, we all knew the Iowa tight ends would go and maybe Irv Smith (Alabama) slipped a little bit. It was hard to predict.
It’s all on what you’re looking for. College football produces more pass-catching, match-up tight ends, and then those teams that have Y tight ends, they are either good blockers or good receivers. When you’re trying to find a complete guy it’s difficult. You shouldn’t force it. With our new direction offensively and what we’re talking about doing, it’s about having players that have roles and now it’s the objective to put players in position that we have to succeed.
Looks like they are waiting for a transformational safety to drop into their laps before they consider it important enough. Well, good luck with that unless you want to trade up very high to get that kind of player in most drafts.
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Overall though, that article was pretty good at getting down to the thought processes.
It probably is one of the view articles you will see with some depth and insight as to what they were thinking.