Nahshon Wright can we discuss?

Beaker42

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Can’t wait to watch him in preseason.

The Cowboys want to sit in cover 3 all game and he looks like he can do the job of a cover 3 guy.

He was a huge reach but he is intriguing and I’ve heard he’s looked good in all of their camps.
I really want to see Dan Quinn succeed, which means we succeed - but his entire stint in Dallas will be judged by this pick. There’s simply been too much discussion and second-guessing for it to be any other way.
 

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Do you find it ironic that you were the one preaching all offseason how corners arent important in Quinns defense?

Then they go out and nab two of them in the 2nd and 3rd rounds? Clearly it was a huge offseason priority with the draft.


I don’t know how you think the draft selections and what I said correlate but whatever.
 

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So not really his size just generic terms of tall and long so you can expand the list of success stories as much as possible.

I think it's idiotic to select the two 6'4" defensive backs in this draft when players that size rarely amount to anything. It's hard enough to find players in the draft. To choose this pool to fish in is beyond me.

This is nothing more than Marinelli all over again. A defensive coordinator getting to draft players to satisfy a fetish. For a head coach that ran his fat mouth about how he believes you just take good football players and scheme around them.

Of course Quinn isn't being criticized for it now. He the new guy. We're in the pretend he's the answer period of his tenure but when he's gone you'll agree with me.
This sort of realism truly beats the hell out of my idea that every year is our year.

Is there no real chance we all dance in the aisles one day?
 

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I think Merton Hanks was 6'3". He was the last Tall CB I remember. Hated the "Chicken neck" dance. I think his neck was a foot Tall.:laugh:

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Couldn't agree more. I couldn’t stand his dance. Lol
 

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This sort of realism truly beats the hell out of my idea that every year is our year.

Is there no real chance we all dance in the aisles one day?

Well that's where I jump off the Jerry hate train. Some people say you won't ever win with him. I think you can you just have to overcome him. You can catch lightning in a bottle and have a magical year. I just don’t think you can ever be a consistent winner with Jerry. Or Stephen, for that matter.
 

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It's no secret that Quinn likes to have big boundary corners. Wright standing at 6-foot-4 was a pivotal reason for Dallas being interested in selecting him. MM is very impressed w/the kid.

They're the only "experts" I believe. The kid will make the 53. BOOM!
MM was also impressed enough with Nolan to hire him as DC
 

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@MWH1967 If I remember correctly, Jerry was panned for taking some OL from Sonoma State in the second round. The internet was in its infancy back in 1994 so the ridicule was limited to the talking head experts.

Can’t remember who said it (maybe Belichick) that there isn’t much difference in talent for players taken in rounds 3-7. Development depends on work ethic, practice reps, and opportunity. Hard to show much if one only gets 20 3rd string reps each practice and some second half preseason vanilla reps.
Two decades later - the Cowboys were universally panned for picking another OL player with the next-to-last pick in the 2013 draft because he was projected as a 2nd or 3rd round selection.
'ninja' - I echo your 2nd paragraph. There had to be some legitimate scouting and evaluation to choose 5 -7 guys out of 300 prospects in the latter rounds to come in get a shot at making the team. When a diamond-in-the-rough flashes...the jeweler needs to break out the best polish and tools to create a quality product.
 

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@MWH1967 If I remember correctly, Jerry was panned for taking some OL from Sonoma State in the second round. The internet was in its infancy back in 1994 so the ridicule was limited to the talking head experts.

Can’t remember who said it (maybe Belichick) that there isn’t much difference in talent for players taken in rounds 3-7. Development depends on work ethic, practice reps, and opportunity. Hard to show much if one only gets 20 3rd string reps each practice and some second half preseason vanilla reps.
1st rounders - great talent usually good character
2nd rounders - great talent either injury problems (Lee) or character problems (Gregory)
3rd rounders - good talent and more injuries or character
4th - usually flash player that’s not consistent.
5th-7th - prospects with upside based on sheer measurables. Production usually hard to assess either due to lack of opportunities at blue chip programs or inferior competition.
 

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I was baffled with all picks between Parsons and Cox…but now appears to be that coaches were looking for players to fit a scheme. Hope it works.
 

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I was baffled with all picks between Parsons and Cox…but now appears to be that coaches were looking for players to fit a scheme. Hope it works.
I'm with you on scheme. The two 6'4" guys were so much of a push its development that is the bigger deal.

By the way , I don't mind to eat crow. I will find a way to season it.
 

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Bossman would like a word....

:grin:
This comment actually highlights one of the things I'm hoping to see at camp. I want one of them, don't care which one, to ball out to the point they get the job. I hope someone doesn't get it by default. I hope all of them play well and one still rises to the top.
 

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So not really his size just generic terms of tall and long so you can expand the list of success stories as much as possible.

I think it's idiotic to select the two 6'4" defensive backs in this draft when players that size rarely amount to anything. It's hard enough to find players in the draft. To choose this pool to fish in is beyond me.

This is nothing more than Marinelli all over again. A defensive coordinator getting to draft players to satisfy a fetish. For a head coach that ran his fat mouth about how he believes you just take good football players and scheme around them.

Of course Quinn isn't being criticized for it now. He the new guy. We're in the pretend he's the answer period of his tenure but when he's gone you'll agree with me.

You're probably not wrong. But, dang, I sure hope you are.
 

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He also needs to beat out Fatman Boss.
Don't forget about our resident rapper.
yeah lol..I'm not really counting him at all because he has already shown to be flighty. Not so sure he will be in the mix to start right away. Maybe down the line. I think to date, Nashon has proven to be more reliable...as they say, the best trait he has shown is availability. Thats a Parcelsism lol.
 

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Bossman needs to live up to his self given title. He has a long way to go. Right now he looks like "lowman on the totem pole" man
 

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I don't know what to make of Wright. Too early to tell. OTAs and rookie camps don't mean much. We really need to wait until training camp and preseason games to see if he has anything.

But, sometimes the experts get it wrong about players. Most of the time they are right though.
Really?
 
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