How am I supposed to feel about this draft?

Flamma said:

Defensive tackles Barmore or McNeill. Safeties Moehrig or Holland. Just to name a few.

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Verdict said:

My daughter got married this weekend and as a result, I didn’t see much of the draft. I caught the first round and that is about it.

I see several different schools of thought going on here, which are lumped into a few categories:

1. The Cheerleaders. Every pick was wonderful. Home Run.

Me:
That’s doubtful, but OK

2. The Cowboys suck. Jerry never does anything right. I have never heard of any of these guys. They must suck because I haven’t heard of them.

Me: You didn’t know about any NFL players at some point in time.

Also me:

On the other hand it IS frustrating as hell when the Cowboys pick a no name player over a guy everyone has heard of and expects to be a hit, and later on the no name gets cut, while the named player does what we expected him to do—succeed.

3. I love the fact that we addressed defense with almost every pick, our defense sucked last year.

Me: Hmm. What are the odds that a defender was the best player available at each of the first seven picks. Not likely. I smell reach.

4. The Cowboys draft totally sucks.

Me: Shouldn’t we at least wait to see what comes from this draft class before we declare it a bust?

5. I LOVE THE PARSONS PICK.

Me: Slater WAS on the board. He was also highly ranked. The talking heads and most people on the board had him rated higher. CW sucks. What happens when CW yells “Ole’” and Dak is out the rest of the year. Can Parsons play T or G?



I’m partly poking fun here. I knew that this year the ratings of the players would be more diverse than ever because of the opt outs and the limited playing time some players had. But it doesn’t make me feel any better that most of the players we picked in 2-4 screamed reach.

I guess its a wait and see game, as it always is, but I feel pretty uneasy about the 3rd round picks especially. We passed on what seem like really good players to draft some people I haven’t heard much about. I hope the Cowboys know a lot more than I am worried that they know.

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CowboyoWales said:

Argh, you're playing the classical Cowboys way of drafting.....pick the name not the player.

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rocyaice said:

The draft is about finding players to make your team better. Every pick isn't going to be a All Pro. But what I will say is the Cowboys had a plan. Whether we like that plan I don't know but they had one and they had a type of player they wanted.

Its the draft I wanted. I didn't want any offensive players I would've took all defense. They took the majority defense and that's all you can ask for.

They came out of this draft with at least one elite prospect in Parsons. Potentially came out of this defense with 2 starters and a few rotational guys. That's all you can ask for at this time and if I factor in what they did last year..in this 2 year rebuild of the defense....they've done well. Much better than you can expect in such a short period of time.

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Cowboy Lover said:

Yep. DEFENSE!

"My plan" was to give the defense 2-3 studs, and 2-3 JAGs. NO "projects". (hurt/didn't play last year/headcase/etc). Kind of a bad year for such wishful thinking (as pointed out to me, thanks!) . But...we gave the defense some bodies...hopefully we get 2-3 "players". And pick up some trade/FAs?

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Flamma said:

You said it all right here. This draft was going to be tough for the reasons you put forth. We had 5 picks in the first 3 rounds. According to my board 3 of the picks weren't in the top 100. I thought that odd. Not the usual thing they do. But considering the circumstances I'm going to assume they know what they're doing.

The main thing I didn't like was their complete refusal to trade up when Dallas had 11 picks to work with. A lot of teams did this to get top prospects. The Cowboys just sat there. It was almost as if they were avoiding them.

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Verdict said:

I can understand the Cowboys’ unwillingness to package multiple third round picks to move up. They are premium picks and you would expect that they would get premium players with those picks.

But I am a little bit surprised that they didn’t use a 4th or 5th round pick to move up a little bit in the 3rd round. Of course Cox is a name we all know so maybe it’s better that they didn’t move up with a 4th round pick.

The Cowboys seem super confident that they had a plan and implemented it. I’m not certain that they did the right thing. On the other hand I’m not sure they didn’t do the right thing.

Maybe this is a hall of fame draft class of the ages. Or maybe it’s the 2009 draft all over again. I won’t be surprised either way. But I will say this—if we wasted this draft class and all the ammo we had on hand, it’s going to be seriously disheartening to the fan base. Time will tell which it is.

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CowboyoWales said:

So you wanted names that you've at least heard of?

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Verdict said:

I can understand the Cowboys’ unwillingness to package multiple third round picks to move up. They are premium picks and you would expect that they would get premium players with those picks.

But I am a little bit surprised that they didn’t use a 4th or 5th round pick to move up a little bit in the 3rd round. Of course Cox is a name we all know so maybe it’s better that they didn’t move up with a 4th round pick.

The Cowboys seem super confident that they had a plan and implemented it. I’m not certain that they did the right thing. On the other hand I’m not sure they didn’t do the right thing.

Maybe this is a hall of fame draft class of the ages. Or maybe it’s the 2009 draft all over again. I won’t be surprised either way. But I will say this—if we wasted this draft class and all the ammo we had on hand, it’s going to be seriously disheartening to the fan base. Time will tell which it is.

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Cowboy Lover said:

Yep. DEFENSE!

"My plan" was to give the defense 2-3 studs, and 2-3 JAGs. NO "projects". (hurt/didn't play last year/headcase/etc). Kind of a bad year for such wishful thinking (as pointed out to me, thanks!) . But...we gave the defense some bodies...hopefully we get 2-3 "players". And pick up some trade/FAs?

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CowboyoWales said:

Spot on. For once we drafted sensibly and to improve the elements of the team that we're lacking.

Some fans are too set on looking at individuals and not looking at improving aspects of their game. We've moved on from looking for the all-round Jack-of-all-trades players in the latter rounds and drafted players who have specific talents that may play in the NFL. An example is Moehrig, yes he's the name, yes he's possibly BPA, yes he plays a position of need....however his talents and worth is as based more on his SS in the slot abilities which with Neal and Wilson we dont need. I do like the ability not to get so hung up on names.

We came out with immediate improvements on: run defense, pass rush, slot cover. The secondary may take time, however, as we know CB is one of the positions that takes time due to the technical refinements.....and if Bossman can perform, i dont care what he does in his rapping life.

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charron said:

Not all of these players will make the team but they all should help push the current group to do better.

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rocyaice said:

I wonder who does make this team though...hate this time of the year because every draft I see all of these guys making the roster and they never do lol.

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Verdict said:

My daughter got married this weekend and as a result, I didn’t see much of the draft. I caught the first round and that is about it.

I see several different schools of thought going on here, which are lumped into a few categories:

1. The Cheerleaders. Every pick was wonderful. Home Run.

Me:
That’s doubtful, but OK

2. The Cowboys suck. Jerry never does anything right. I have never heard of any of these guys. They must suck because I haven’t heard of them.

Me: You didn’t know about any NFL players at some point in time.

Also me:

On the other hand it IS frustrating as hell when the Cowboys pick a no name player over a guy everyone has heard of and expects to be a hit, and later on the no name gets cut, while the named player does what we expected him to do—succeed.

3. I love the fact that we addressed defense with almost every pick, our defense sucked last year.

Me: Hmm. What are the odds that a defender was the best player available at each of the first seven picks. Not likely. I smell reach.

4. The Cowboys draft totally sucks.

Me: Shouldn’t we at least wait to see what comes from this draft class before we declare it a bust?

5. I LOVE THE PARSONS PICK.

Me: Slater WAS on the board. He was also highly ranked. The talking heads and most people on the board had him rated higher. CW sucks. What happens when CW yells “Ole’” and Dak is out the rest of the year. Can Parsons play T or G?



I’m partly poking fun here. I knew that this year the ratings of the players would be more diverse than ever because of the opt outs and the limited playing time some players had. But it doesn’t make me feel any better that most of the players we picked in 2-4 screamed reach.

I guess its a wait and see game, as it always is, but I feel pretty uneasy about the 3rd round picks especially. We passed on what seem like really good players to draft some people I haven’t heard much about. I hope the Cowboys know a lot more than I am worried that they know.

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rocyaice said:

Exactly.

And last year was one of those drafts....It just shockingly fell the way fans did.....

But this draft was different. This draft had direction. This draft needed to find players to fit what Quinn wants to do.

I'm with you on Keldon I don't are that he wants to rap. To use that as a reason he should fall or to insinuate he doesn't like football is silly. To me that's someone looking for a flaw in him. Tom Brady has other investments that never get questioned. It doesn't stop him from prepping for games on Sunday.

90% of the infatuation people have in Moehrig is he was somewhat a name that fell. Same goes for Barmore.....this level of talent is available in the draft every single year.

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Verdict said:

I think Barmore and Moerig were probably pimped a bit too much. Slater may have also fallen into this category to a lesser degree as well.

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