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Did the Cowboys have CB Isaiah Johnson rated as highly as the media claimed?
They might have but I have not seen any solid indication of how much they liked Isaiah Johnson.
They met with him at his Pro Day. They were there primarily to see DT Ed Oliver who was widely known to be one of their favorite players in the draft.
There was tons of media speculation that the Cowboys loved Johnson, but it seemed like a lot of that was assumption based on his size and the one meeting.
I've seen comments that Kris Richard "got shafted" because they didn't draft a Safety in the 2nd and didn't draft Isaiah Johnson with the pick used on Tony Pollard. KR has said he wanted the DT in the 2nd. I have not seen/heard any comments by KR about not drafting Isaiah Johnson.
I don't have him as listed as one of the pre-draft 30 visits and attending HS and college in Houston wouldn't qualify him as a local visit (CB Westry was a pre-draft visit and was signed as a udfa).
The Cowboys picked Michael Jackson in the 5th round and his measurable(s) were not much below Johnson's. The Cowboys commented that they had multiple played they liked in the 4th and later which is why they traded down with the second of the two 4th round picks.
Speculation was that they traded down because Johnson was gone; however, I wonder if they had a similar rating on both Johnson and Jackson.
Jackson was considered to be a bit further along in his development as a CB than Johnson who had originally played WR. Johnson played 23 games after switching to CB with 15 starts. Jackson was always a CB and played in 51 games.
Broaddus & minions said that the Cowboys had CB Lonnie Johnson rated highly. There was speculation that the Cowboys had hoped he might fall to their 3rd round pick but he was drafted in the 2nd.
Isaiah Johnson & Michael Jackson
Height
Johnson 6-2
Jackson 6-1
Weight
Johnson 208
Jackson 210
Forty
Johnson 4.40
Jackson 4.45
Ten
Johnson 1.55
Jackson 1.60
Arms
Johnson 33
Jackson 32-1/2
Hands
Johnson 08-3/4
Jackson 9-3/4
Wingspan
Johnson 79-1/8
Jackson 77-1/4
Age
Johnson 23.4
Jackson 22.3
They might have but I have not seen any solid indication of how much they liked Isaiah Johnson.
They met with him at his Pro Day. They were there primarily to see DT Ed Oliver who was widely known to be one of their favorite players in the draft.
There was tons of media speculation that the Cowboys loved Johnson, but it seemed like a lot of that was assumption based on his size and the one meeting.
I've seen comments that Kris Richard "got shafted" because they didn't draft a Safety in the 2nd and didn't draft Isaiah Johnson with the pick used on Tony Pollard. KR has said he wanted the DT in the 2nd. I have not seen/heard any comments by KR about not drafting Isaiah Johnson.
I don't have him as listed as one of the pre-draft 30 visits and attending HS and college in Houston wouldn't qualify him as a local visit (CB Westry was a pre-draft visit and was signed as a udfa).
The Cowboys picked Michael Jackson in the 5th round and his measurable(s) were not much below Johnson's. The Cowboys commented that they had multiple played they liked in the 4th and later which is why they traded down with the second of the two 4th round picks.
Speculation was that they traded down because Johnson was gone; however, I wonder if they had a similar rating on both Johnson and Jackson.
Jackson was considered to be a bit further along in his development as a CB than Johnson who had originally played WR. Johnson played 23 games after switching to CB with 15 starts. Jackson was always a CB and played in 51 games.
Broaddus & minions said that the Cowboys had CB Lonnie Johnson rated highly. There was speculation that the Cowboys had hoped he might fall to their 3rd round pick but he was drafted in the 2nd.
Isaiah Johnson & Michael Jackson
Height
Johnson 6-2
Jackson 6-1
Weight
Johnson 208
Jackson 210
Forty
Johnson 4.40
Jackson 4.45
Ten
Johnson 1.55
Jackson 1.60
Arms
Johnson 33
Jackson 32-1/2
Hands
Johnson 08-3/4
Jackson 9-3/4
Wingspan
Johnson 79-1/8
Jackson 77-1/4
Age
Johnson 23.4
Jackson 22.3