When pick 17 was on the clock, whose name did you expect to be called

With Garrett and Rod still running the draft room the pick would not have been CD.

McKDaddy said:

some dude with serious medical issues and questionable football skills

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but a RKG.

Kingofholland said:

When the pick came up and Lamb was still available I couldn't imagine he wouldn't be the pick unless a ridiculous trade opportunity came up to trade down.

However, there was a thought in the back of my mind for a split second that the Cowboys could mess the pick up, lol. Chaisson is an intriguing prospect, but is a raw talent that lacked consistent college production. Didn't love this pick idea at the time.

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Yeah ever since the Moss and Ellis debacle I have never felt safe assuming that the Cowboys would draft a great player even if he fell into their laps.

DFWJC said:

This

I had mixed emotions.

1. Couldn't believe that both Lamb and Chaisson fell to us.
2. Did not think at all we needed to spend a 1st or even 2nd on a WR...with that deep class and Cooper/Gallup already starting
3. But Lamb was too good of a prospect to pass up.

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Going into the draft I definitely wanted dline, and didn't want WR, but Lamb was fantastic value *and* I had *no* interest in Chaisson. If Lamb wasn't there, I would have hoped on them trading back. If Kinlaw was there, I would have rather had Kinlaw.

Given the board, Lamb was the only choice. Too much value to pass up.

gp_cowpolk said:

Romo

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We got Romo 2 in the 7th!

Before the draft, when looking at how things might fall, it seemed to me that there was a chance that one of the top three WR’s would Fall to 17. I wrote in a thread somewhere on here that if one of Lamb, Jeudy, or Ruggs III fell to our pick, I just didn’t see how any of the defenders left would be even close to how those 3 WR’s were graded.

I did know the team needed defense more, but I rated the 3 wideouts so highly that they’d be far and away the BPA unless Henderson or Kinlaw fell (full disclosure, I didn’t like Henderson a lot but Kinlaw was a guy that I really liked).

Going into the draft I figured Terrell, Diggs, Chaisson, Delpit, and McKinney would be there at 17, but all of those guys are at least a couple of tiers below all three WR’s. Of those names, I figured that Chaisson was the one that I’d want to draft (I liked him a lot)... but not nearly as much as Lamb/Jeudy/Ruggs.

Leading up to the draft, nearly every time I would play out the first round, I ended up with one of the big 3 WR’s available at 17... so I wasn’t really surprised to see one of them still there, but what did shock me was that the one sitting there was Lamb. I didn’t think there was any way he’d make it to Dallas’ pick. I had him easily the best wideout in what was a historically deep WR class. I knew a couple at least would go in the first 16 with possibly the third there for Dallas... but that guy being Lamb never entered into my mind.

I thought Lamb was the best wideout to come out of the draft since, probably Amari Cooper... and truth be known, I probably liked Lamb better than Coop when they were both coming into the league, so I’m not sure how far back you’d need to go to find a WR that I ranked as highly as CeeDee.

So, needless to say, Lamb was the clear, easy pick to me and I was beyond thrilled when the Commish called out his name. However, I wasn’t sure that Dallas would feel the same way that I did about Lamb, and I was concerned that they might take Chaisson because of the defensive need and how highly they rank the DE position.

To answer the question though, I expected Lamb to be the pick because he was the BPA by a good stretch and both McClay and Stephen both like to stick to their boards... and before the draft, it sounded like McCarthy had a similar outlook.

I still wasn’t sure though and because of how much I wanted Dallas to draft Lamb, I was sweating bullets.

When they called out his name, I was more excited about that pick Than I’ve been in a long, long time.

Who all watched the Eagles meltdown videos and read their messages boards after we took Lamb?
That made the Lamb selection double sweet.

Red Dragon said:

Yeah ever since the Moss and Ellis debacle I have never felt safe assuming that the Cowboys would draft a great player even if he fell into their laps.

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Yep, which then started a whole chain of events where we gave up 2 1sts for Joey Galloway which cost them for years. Steven Jackson was another example and the Cowboys had to correct their mistake drafting Felix Jones a few years later. It almost happened with Manziel too.

Teague31 said:

but a RKG.

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RKG needs to be buried in the back yard and never spoken about ever. In theory i get it but, we don't have 200 years for it to work out so we can call it good.

no way jerry would pass on lamb, and I think MM said yeah lets grab him!
so I had no doubt they would pick him, and I didnt know much about lamb.

I think the fans of many teams wanted this guy , and are probably mad about him falling to dallas, and now the cowboys have him.
I was impressed with his combine tape, and read he has very good work ethic, so maybe that rubs off on some other cowboys.

Once CeeDee fell to us, I knew he would be the pick.

darthseinfeld said:

Vote or die

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"Expect" might be too strong of a word, but I was chanting "Ceedee Lamb," leading up to it.

Hadenough said:

When Lamb fell to the Cowboys they had to take him. I don't like that they are paying Amari 20 mil and then spend a first round pick on Lamb but they went with the best player available.

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No, they didn't. JK Dobbins, Deandre Smith, Grant Delpit, Kenneth Murray, AJ Epensa, all rated higher. BPA would've gotten us Dobbins.

yeh, yeh yeh ... if we go back to the forum board at the very night of the draft ...or day after the draft ..and re-read the threads, that will be the telling indication of how and what fans projected and predicted the 17th overall pick, and of course their reaction was when we picked CeeDee Lamb.

of course a break open crowd of posters are gonna say NOW that they knew Lamb would be the pick. ..but i don't buy it.

Just like me, they thought and assumed Chasson would be the Cowboys pick, as everybody under Earths' sun was projecting and predicting him to the Cowboys.

quickccc said:

yeh, yeh yeh ... if we go back to the forum board at the very night of the draft ...or day after the draft ..and re-read the threads, that will be the telling indication of how and what fans projected and predicted the 17th overall pick, and of course their reaction was when we picked CeeDee Lamb.

of course a break open crowd of posters are gonna say NOW that they knew Lamb would be the pick. ..but i don't buy it.

Just like me, they thought and assumed Chasson would be the Cowboys pick, as everybody under Earths' sun was projecting and predicting him to the Cowboys.

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I couldn't imagine us drafting a WR. I forgave them when we got Galley in the 3rd and the signed Poe and McCoy.

quickccc said:

yeh, yeh yeh ... if we go back to the forum board at the very night of the draft ...or day after the draft ..and re-read the threads, that will be the telling indication of how and what fans projected and predicted the 17th overall pick, and of course their reaction was when we picked CeeDee Lamb.

of course a break open crowd of posters are gonna say NOW that they knew Lamb would be the pick. ..but i don't buy it.

Just like me, they thought and assumed Chasson would be the Cowboys pick, as everybody under Earths' sun was projecting and predicting him to the Cowboys.

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I didn't specifically predict them picking Lamb (draft is such a toss-up anyways), but I did think there was a decent chance either he or Jeudy would fall.
Kinlaw, Derrick Brown, Lamb and Jeudy were basically the only four I would have been happy with at 17 since I was not a big believer in Chaisson.

kskboys said:

No, they didn't. JK Dobbins, Deandre Smith, Grant Delpit, Kenneth Murray, AJ Epensa, all rated higher. BPA would've gotten us Dobbins.

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I would of liked Delpit but Lamb was too good to pass on. All you had to do was watch some of his games in college and you could tell the kid is special.

kskboys said:

No, they didn't. JK Dobbins, Deandre Smith, Grant Delpit, Kenneth Murray, AJ Epensa, all rated higher. BPA would've gotten us Dobbins.

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What are you talking about?

None of those players were rated higher than Lamb.

FYI - I assume that you mean D’ANDRE SWIFT D'Andre Swift, not Deandre Smith...

Hadenough said:

I would of liked Delpit but Lamb was too good to pass on. All you had to do was watch some of his games in college and you could tell the kid is special.

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I understand. However, we didn't go BPA.

xwalker said:

What are you talking about?

None of those players were rated higher than Lamb.

FYI - I assume that you mean D’ANDRE SWIFT D'Andre Swift, not Deandre Smith...

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And the reply is "Nuh uh."

Uh huh, back at ya!!!!

BPA is such a grey area, it's impossible to draft BPA anyway.

I looked at several different rating services. Ones I saw had Lamb rated below the players I named. Maybe the ones you looked at didn't.

However, your "Nuh uh" reply did amuse me!!!!!!!!!!!!!