Who Turned Heads At Thursday's Practice?

BourbonBalz

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You mean scouts, other teams, analysts? They all do this for a living. How many busts and bad picks have the Cowboys had? But dont they do it for a living too?
Every team in the NFL thought Tom Brady and Terrell Davis were worth no more than a 6th round pick. They thought Joe Montana was worth no more than a third round pick. They all thought Romo and Drew Pearson were not draft worthy at all. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of other examples. Again, it just goes to show it’s far from an exact science. The point is, there are many that constantly criticize the people that do this for a living and think they know more. Those people are full of ****.
 

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It would put us in really good shape at corner if both he and Joseph work out. Similar to what we were hoping with Awuzie and Lewis. Hopefully, we'll end up doing better than that.
Awuzie was a middle to bottom pack on CBs...he needed a strong pass rush to support him, but he wasn't special like we all thought he might have been. Lewis is fiesty. I think he was misused and his forte is on the inside, covering smaller slot WRs and blitz on occasion. its not a starting CB type skill set, but as Bilicheck used to say "tell me what he can do and I will use him 15-20 plays a game", so lets see what Quinn can pull out of him
 

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Most ironic part about Wright is that absolutely NO ONE liked that pick. Even the biggest homers said Wright was the ONE pick they didn't like.
they didn't have a problem with who was taken.
they had a problem with the when.
 

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Everyone hated the Anthony Hitchens pick. Too early. Could of been had in the 7th. I’m hoping for similar results.
 

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You mean just like all 31 other teams? You mean like that? All teams make bad picks. It’s not an exact science. Regardless, they know a hell of a lot more than you and me. I freely admit it, but many on here think they’re God’s gift to pro football. They should be embarrassed, but I guess they’re too stupid and delusional to know better.



If you feel embarrassed to give an opinion or it bothers you that others dont like what the Cowboys do then maybe a fan forum just isn't the place for you.

Some fans may just be completely stupid and cant figure things out and are embarrassed that other fans have a strong opinion.

If you either dont have an opinion, or dont understand football, thats fine. But dont embarrass yourself by acting like the rest of us are that pathetic.
 

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Every team in the NFL thought Tom Brady and Terrell Davis were worth no more than a 6th round pick. They thought Joe Montana was worth no more than a third round pick. They all thought Romo and Drew Pearson were not draft worthy at all. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of other examples. Again, it just goes to show it’s far from an exact science. The point is, there are many that constantly criticize the people that do this for a living and think they know more. Those people are full of ****.

If your not smart enough to form an opinion, thats your problem.
 

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sounds like we might have a good'n back there.
just in time...we need the help.
 

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This would be great if he actually is a steal, and turns out to be our Surtain/Sherman.

A bunch of DBs that have went on to have great careers, weren't always 1st rounders.

Some dudes just get over looked or don't get as much coverage.
 

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If you want to keep being pedantic, be my guest. But you can go back to the thread and see that I was actually quite positive about the pick.

Im going to bet that you were positive about every single pick. You like everything we do.
 

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That's interesting. So all drafts look equal now since we don't know.

Does this extend to games too? Should I not know if the Chiefs could beat the Lions or the Ravens could beat the Jaguars? No opinions until the facts are in?

Do you even follow the draft then? It must be thoroughly boring for you if you do when the end result of all that time and effort is they all look the same and nobody knows yet.

Not sure where you get that all drafts look equal. I certainly have my opinions heading into the draft. I really wanted Alim McNeill because I felt he was the best NT available who might can offer even more than just being a run stuffer. Could I be wrong? Absolutely. Could Bohana end up turning out to be a better player? Absolutely.

While I hold out hope that Dallas sees the same thing I do in a player and takes him, 90 percent of the time, they don't draft even one player who I felt would have been a great draft choice. Does that mean Dallas made bad choices? Absolutely not.

I think it's ridiculous to get your panties in a wad over the choices Dallas makes when you don't know how those picks are going to turn out. If you find that to be fun, more power to you. I like studying the draft and forming opinions, but I'm not bound by them to the point where I have to ridicule a pick just because it wasn't the one I would have made or because some draft expert out there said the player should have been taken in the fourth round instead of the third.

The draft is not boring at all to me. In fact, I'd say I enjoy it more than those who jump off a cliff every time they think Dallas made a terrible choice. The overreactionary stuff just makes me shake my head, especially when we've seen time and time again choices that were ridiculed turn out to be our better players and choices that were lauded failing to do anything of significance in their careers.
 

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Not sure where you get that all drafts look equal. I certainly have my opinions heading into the draft. I really wanted Alim McNeill because I felt he was the best NT available who might can offer even more than just being a run stuffer. Could I be wrong? Absolutely. Could Bohana end up turning out to be a better player? Absolutely.

While I hold out hope that Dallas sees the same thing I do in a player and takes him, 90 percent of the time, they don't draft even one player who I felt would have been a great draft choice. Does that mean Dallas made bad choices? Absolutely not.

I think it's ridiculous to get your panties in a wad over the choices Dallas makes when you don't know how those picks are going to turn out. If you find that to be fun, more power to you. I like studying the draft and forming opinions, but I'm not bound by them to the point where I have to ridicule a pick just because it wasn't the one I would have made or because some draft expert out there said the player should have been taken in the fourth round instead of the third.

The draft is not boring at all to me. In fact, I'd say I enjoy it more than those who jump off a cliff every time they think Dallas made a terrible choice. The overreactionary stuff just makes me shake my head, especially when we've seen time and time again choices that were ridiculed turn out to be our better players and choices that were lauded failing to do anything of significance in their careers.

I see, so you can either love the draft class if it's the players you like going in or you can have no opinion on it if they don't draft those players because...well, let's face it, nobody really knows what any of them will do anyway.

Did you get your fan degree at Rockport University, by any chance?
 

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Ok, so if you said nothing at the time of the pick, then you didnt have an opinion. My point is that NO ONE should be telling ANYONE they told them so if this kid works out. NO ONE touted him as a good pick when he was drafted. He was the one consensus pick that no one liked.

Now you always get those homers that listen to a press conference and are now convinced it was a good pick. Blind homers will always back whatever the Cowboys say.
Well the search feature for older posts on this forum is either extremely hard to locate, or non existent, so very difficult to make claims that nobody had anything positive to say.
The majority may have not liked the pick, but a few here were in recognition.
 
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