A number of 1st/2nd round picks were active on Sunday except Trysten Hill

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I swear you people will never learn your lesson on counting out rookies and other young players too early.

Eventually you'll be right on a player... But my God do you look stupid along the way.
I think it's more about the front office and coaching staff. I don't remember too many that were fond of the pick to begin with myself included.
 

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Send him packing along with Taco.
Jesus christ this is such a stupid statement...absolutely as stupid as stuff gets on here. The stuff you guys say man...Dude was always a project from the moment we drafted him, not like he was a top 5 pick or something man.
 

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We're playing a team on Sunday that looks to have had a good draft. The other NFCE teams also made some good picks.

Yes. I would say that with the way it looks right now the Cowboys have the worst group in the division.

Hopefully that changes. It should. Will McClay is a draft guru.
 

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Howard was at Full Practice Status ALL Week.

I already said I didn't look at the practice status after Howard.

Ok? The coach shut him down due to the finger injury.

It's straight from Bill O'Brien.

Now if you want to debate if it was the finger or his talent, go ahead. But he was the penciled in starter so I believe they were erring on caution with his health.
 

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Interesting we're spending soooo much time on 2nd round pick who inactive the FIRST GAME of the season. Not sure the motivation here but let's talk about Pollard also, 3rd round pick who was damn near ready to start before Zeke returned. See how that works......

Yet you have a couple of posters jumping every thread yelling bust or non-factor for a kid ONE game into the season.....amazing coz these are what we like to think are respectable posters.
 

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I looked up rookie performances this morning of every 1st and 2nd round picks from the 2019 draft. Surprisingly for a supposedly "weak draft" there were a lot of rookies starting in Week 1. Trysten Hill was the first pick I got to that was inactive on Sunday. Every other 1st/2nd round pick that was healthy made their team's gameday roster in Week 1. Wow....

Didn't two 1st round picks get injured on day 1: Oak Safety Abram (who was drafted with the pick we gave up for Cooper) and an Atl OL.
I thought I read where neither of those two players were doing well when out there.

I saw 1st round NYG CB Baker get toasted. I saw 1st round NYG QB Jones play and do nothing, other than fumble. I saw NYG 1st round DL Lawrence (?) do squat.
 

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On a serious note, the bust rate around the league on DTs is probably as high as QBs. Jmo, we’re better off spending that money in free agency as opposed to using draft capital
That's true for getting serviceable players but, regardless of his standing right now, Hill has a ton of upside. Guys who reach Hill's potential don't generally become free agents, so you have to draft them.
 

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Didn't two 1st round picks get injured on day 1: Oak Safety Abram (who was drafted with the pick we gave up for Cooper) and an Atl OL.
I thought I read where neither of those two players were doing well when out there.

I saw 1st round NYG CB Baker get toasted. I saw 1st round NYG QB Jones play and do nothing, other than fumble. I saw NYG 1st round DL Lawrence (?) do squat.
Yea, there's a huge difference between being active and being...good.

There was a lot of poor football being played this week, and the young players, as is the case every year, contribute to that.
 

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Interesting we're spending soooo much time on 2nd round pick who inactive the FIRST GAME of the season. Not sure the motivation here but let's talk about Pollard also, 3rd round pick who was damn near ready to start before Zeke returned. See how that works......

Yet you have a couple of posters jumping every thread yelling bust or non-factor for a kid ONE game into the season.....amazing coz these are what we like to think are respectable posters.
Wella, whatever you do, do not label me respectable. That's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much to live up to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Some rookies make it, some don't, but I can just imagine if this board existed during Aikman's rookie year. The rush to judgment is comical, and would've had people yelling "bust!" after his first game.

They did, there was a big faction on the message boards back then who said it and were later pushing for Steve Walsh.
 

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Yea, there's a huge difference between being active and being...good.

There was a lot of poor football being played this week, and the young players, as is the case every year, contribute to that.

I know, it's crazy to think Dallas wanted to start their best players and have a veteran presence against a division rival. Who in their right mind would sit a rookie their fist game of the season against a division foe? Those silly Jones boys. If they were smart like our forum residents here they would have drafted Juan Thornhill a free safety, even though we already have a second year free safety in Woods who's coming off a great game where he had 9 tackles an a forced fumble. Gotta love the talent evaluators on the CZ forum.
 

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I looked up rookie performances this morning of every 1st and 2nd round picks from the 2019 draft. Surprisingly for a supposedly "weak draft" there were a lot of rookies starting in Week 1. Trysten Hill was the first pick I got to that was inactive on Sunday. Every other 1st/2nd round pick that was healthy made their team's gameday roster in Week 1. Wow....

What does it matter what the 1st round picks did? If they weren't on the board when Dallas was drafting, how can you include them in the comparison?
 

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Juan Thornhill started and played well.

TJ Watt is a stud.

These are hindsight suggestions either, many of us were saying this while the team was on the clock with their selections.

Give credit when due but hold people accountable for mistakes,

They nailed the LVE pick, but they absolutely blew the Taco one, and T.Hill looks like another miss.
 

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I know, it's crazy to think Dallas wanted to start their best players and have a veteran presence against a division rival. Who in their right mind would sit a rookie their fist game of the season against a division foe? Those silly Jones boys. If they were smart like our forum residents here they would have drafted Juan Thornhill a free safety, even though we already have a second year free safety in Woods who's coming off a great game where he had 9 tackles an a forced fumble. Gotta love the talent evaluators on the CZ forum.
I mean I like Trysten Hill more than most but I still would have drafted Thornhill lol
 
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