What if we drafted Travon Diggs at 17?

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I would've had a issue with it. Well...it depends on who was there. If they passed up Chaisson for him I'd have a issue. I liked Diggs and even saw some early mocks having him go top 20.....but to me he was too raw to take there. I needed someone who I thought could have a immediate impact. And that was the tricky issue with where we drafted because it was going to be tough to get that there without someone massively falling. Which ended up happening with Lamb.
I was massively against taking a WR. Until we took Lamb, and I had to admit it was too good to pass up. And this is from a guy who was adamantly against taking a WR in the 1st.
 

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You know this video makes it so clear how much Romo had to improvise.
 

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Your first link from USAToday said zero about Diggs ever being considered at 17 if Lamb hadn't fallen there for them to take and the second link from SI states that Jones did say they didn't expect Diggs to be there at 51 but nothing about Diggs being any consideration at 17. So again what had been said about that is speculation not any actual fact supported by any direct quotes from Jerry or Stephen.
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I didn’t have a link in my post.
 

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That was said, but they didn't say the other 1st round grades were players they had interest in. Could have been RBs & OL. Or could have been safeties and the LBs, not enough info.

If I had to guess I think it was most likely the LB Murray, the S McKinney and a RB with McKinney and the RB being available at the start of round two.
 

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I was massively against taking a WR. Until we took Lamb, and I had to admit it was too good to pass up. And this is from a guy who was adamantly against taking a WR in the 1st.
I was against it too...mind you I don't think any of us knew Lamb would fall. I think we thought it was a SHOT that Ruggs would fall and that was the one that was more debatable if we should pass up.
 

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I was against it too...mind you I don't think any of us knew Lamb would fall. I think we thought it was a SHOT that Ruggs would fall and that was the one that was more debatable if we should pass up.

I didn't even read the writeups on the first round WRs because I never dreamed one of those guys would fall, I assumed we would take a WR but it would be the 3rd round or later.
 

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Your first link from USAToday said zero about Diggs ever being considered at 17 if Lamb hadn't fallen there for them to take and the second link from SI states that Jones did say they didn't expect Diggs to be there at 51 but nothing about Diggs being any consideration at 17. So again what had been said about that is speculation not any actual fact supported by any direct quotes from Jerry or Stephen.
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The quote is in the article and I copied it into the post on the first page of this thread:

Dallas even shored up its secondary in middle rounds, beginning with drafting cornerback Trevon Diggs at spot 51 … after considering him for 17.
 

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Great point, that kind of how I view Chaisson and Lamb. Martin would be kind of like Chaisson being our pick this time where a guy we loved was there at our pick. But the lottery winning like Lamb would have been Aaron Donald falling to us.

Yes, Donald would of been great, but quite honestly Martin really helped this team solidify the OL for several years. Both are home run selections in that draft class!
 

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I didn't even read the writeups on the first round WRs because I never dreamed one of those guys would fall, I assumed we would take a WR but it would be the 3rd round or later.
Same. I Figured we'd look for a 3rd receiver but in the 3rd or later.
 

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Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if Diggs was a top 3 target with that pick. It's why there was no doubt what they were going to do in the 2nd round when he was still there.
 

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But then again, Stephen said it was a debate on taking Diggs or Gallimore in the 2nd. That it was pretty close.
 

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In a sliding doors moment where we are sitting at 17 and wanting to take Diggs. I think we are trading down to the bottom of the 1st picking up an extra 3rd round pick.

We're looking at a draft something like:
Rd 1 Trevon Diggs
Rd 2 Van Jefferson
Rd 3 Neville Gallimore
Rd 3 Terrell Burgess
Rd 4 Reggie Robinson
Rd 4 Tyler Biadasz
Rd 5 Bradley Anae
Rd 7 Ben DiNucci

That draft is by no means bad but Ceedee Lamb is several rungs better than Van Jefferson and Burgess.
 

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I posted the links in post #9 of this thread. There was also a number of tweets on it at the time.

Your first link from USAToday said zero about Diggs ever being considered at 17 if Lamb hadn't fallen there for them to take and the second link from SI states that Jones did say they didn't expect Diggs to be there at 51 but nothing about Diggs being any consideration at 17. So again what had been said about that is speculation not any actual fact supported by any direct quotes from Jerry or Stephen.
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I'm relieved that we didn't acquire Diggs any sooner that what we did.

From what I saw of him in several videos, he was lax in his coverage.
 

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The quote is in the article and I copied it into the post on the first page of this thread:

Dallas even shored up its secondary in middle rounds, beginning with drafting cornerback Trevon Diggs at spot 51 … after considering him for 17.

Again all 3 articles mention taking Diggs at 51 but NONE of them have "after considering him at 17" anywhere in the articles. A SI sportswriter did say "have Dallas remaining open to taking a corner, and not likely having to move around from 17 to do it. And then landing either Alabama corner Trevon Diggs or Clemson corner A.J. Terrell." but quoted nobody so that falls under speculation.

Just admit it that what you're trying to push as some creditable news is just been speculation by sportswriters to get clicks to help with their pay.
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But then again, Stephen said it was a debate on taking Diggs or Gallimore in the 2nd. That it was pretty close.
Pretty much explains why

PICK IS IN

would flash within seconds each time we were up.

Let's hope it holds up on the field. It really couldnt have been scripted better. Maybe the universe is ready to give back to us innocent folk.
 

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That draft is by no means bad but Ceedee Lamb is several rungs better than Van Jefferson and Burgess.

Yeah, I wasn't really going deep into the scenarios of what could have happened. My main point is that Lamb was the dream scenario, Chaisson was the optimistic/likely scenario but even the fall back, worst case scenario where we made a slight reach for Diggs at 17 to fill the one real position of need still would have worked out. Lamb was the winning lottery ticket, but we had several other wins in this draft also like Diggs dropping to 51 and Biadasz and Anae dropping the way they did.

I also think in a normal draft Reggie Robinson would have been a late riser on the draft boards and been picked higher than the 4th round. This draft was a whole bunch of Christmas presents.
 

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I'm relieved that we didn't acquire Diggs any sooner that what we did.

From what I saw of him in several videos, he was lax in his coverage.
Diggs is chockfull of talent, but he's quite projectish. That's why he slid. He's not ready at this point.
 
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