Taco getting beat bad by La’el

jjktkk · Jul 31, 2019

JD_KaPow said:
Thought about him. He was taken 22nd and he had tons of injury issues. He's not in the same category as the Richardsons of the world. But the fact that the team (and Aikman) liked him better than Tony Gonzalez in that year's draft is pretty funny. Funny and sad.

They didn't like LaFleur better than Gonzalez, Gonzalez was drafted ahead of when Dallas picked.

JD_KaPow · Jul 31, 2019

jjktkk said:
They didn't like LaFleur better than Gonzalez, Gonzalez was drafted ahead of when Dallas picked.

I didn't say they had the choice during the draft. I said that they preferred him going into the draft. It's Wikipedia, but there are references:

After the team's offense suffered because of the health of Jay Novacek and the lack of production at tight end,[2] the Dallas Cowboys were determined to solve the situation in the 1997 NFL Draft, even going as far as soliciting quarterback's Troy Aikman input in private workouts of the two top ranked players at the position: Tony Gonzalez and LaFleur, that were reported by the Sports Illustrated magazine.[3] It was eventually published in the media that both the Cowboys and Aikman, had him rated ahead of Gonzalez, because they considered him to possess a rare combination of skills.[4]

MCMetal69 · Jul 31, 2019

Teague31 said:
If we could get a 5th for him I’d take it

We'll be lucky if we can get some new socks in a trade for him.....................................

HowardC · Jul 31, 2019

glimmerman said:
Bobby Carpenter.

Don't forget Shante Carver...

ScipioCowboy · Jul 31, 2019

JD_KaPow said:
He went 18th. If you go strictly by draft position, he could be one of the two biggest Cowboys busts ever. Nobody ahead of 18 was nearly that useless, but Sonny Gibbs, also taken 18th (albeit in the 2nd round in 1962), never played a snap for the Cowboys.

We've had lots of busts in the 20s: Billy Cannon (25th, 1984) and Bill Thomas (26th, 1972) were probably the worst.

Interesting. I just googled them.

Both players had injuries that cut their careers short. Kind of rotten luck.

Alexander · Jul 31, 2019

Zordon said:
Total BUM.

Never hated a Cowboy more than him.

Meanwhile TJ is tearing up Steelers camp....

I don't blame the player completely.

The braintrust made the poor evaluation. They felt Watt was a rush specialist and that Charlton could both rush and defend the run. He does neither.

Altestic · Jul 31, 2019

rocyaice said:
Naw I don’t know I think you can do those guys in the 2nd too.

Not projects. If you have a late 2nd you consider a guy like Gregory or JSmith with high upside but high risk. But Taco was never really high upside; I could see it if he had, say, Montez Sweat or Gregory speed and athleticism, but Charlton was always very average in terms of athleticism.

Altestic · Jul 31, 2019

Alexander said:
I don't blame the player completely.

The braintrust made the poor evaluation. They felt Watt was a rush specialist and that Charlton could both rush and defend the run. He does neither.

If nothing else I'd rather have Watt for when Gregory wasn't available. The front office saw Watt as another Gregory, with injury concerns instead of suspension concerns.

Altestic · Jul 31, 2019

DakPresgoat said:
Good point. Actually I think this is one of the reasons the cowboys have been drafting better lately.

They have been taking less projects in the 2nd and 3rd rounds lately than they did during the “down” years. Just taking good football players from major programs.

The only “projects” they have taken in this rounds lately were Jaylon and Gregory. And neither were projects in terms of their play, it was just injury and off field concerns.

Charlton was a project. Claiborne was just a bad scheme fit... and injuries, similar to Dee Milliner's career arc. Jaylon and Gregory were gambles, not projects. But it doesn't always work out; even the Mighty Howie Roseman Eagles haven't gotten Sidney "Stone" Jones to work, yet.

RustyBourneHorse · Jul 31, 2019

America's Cowboy said:
Should have taken TJ Watt!

Agreed. TJ would have been a much better choice.

RustyBourneHorse · Jul 31, 2019

Teague31 said:
If we could get a 5th for him I’d take it

I'd be happy with a 6th at this point for him.

Sarge · Jul 31, 2019

America's Cowboy said:
Didn't these "geniuses" learn from passing up on JJ Watt and seeing how destructive he's been his whole career with the Texans? So, instead, come the 2nd chance around, they decide to pass up on his little brother as well, who btw is tearing it up with the Steelers? SMH.

Many of us could see this coming a mile away. Doesn't fit our scheme is nonsense.

TheMarathonContinues · Jul 31, 2019

Altestic said:
Charlton was a project. Claiborne was just a bad scheme fit... and injuries, similar to Dee Milliner's career arc. Jaylon and Gregory were gambles, not projects. But it doesn't always work out; even the Mighty Howie Roseman Eagles haven't gotten Sidney "Stone" Jones to work, yet.

Jaylon and Gregory were projects. No one knew if Gregory could stay off the weeeeeeeeeeeddddd and Nobody knew if Jaylon would ever even play football. Gambles but projects.

TheMarathonContinues · Jul 31, 2019

Sarge said:
Many of us could see this coming a mile away. Doesn't fit our scheme is nonsense.

I love the moves you guys take credit for but you never hear the moves you guys wanted that ended up being bad lol.

nightrain · Jul 31, 2019

Attitude problem. Dude simply thought he arrived on draft night. Never had the drive to be better.

Vanilla2 · Jul 31, 2019

Maybe this is the guy who wants out.

LatinMind · Jul 31, 2019

America's Cowboy said:
Should have taken TJ Watt!

Watt would get killed at DE. Hes out really wide in the 3-4 steelers run. We saw Ware struggle bad at DE and Watt isnt Ware.

CB61 · Jul 31, 2019

erod said:
Shante Carver, Kavika Pittman, and Ebenezer Ekuban called.

Sure can tell you're not a millennial LOL

CB61 · Jul 31, 2019

I never was impressed with taco

CB61 · Jul 31, 2019

What was wrong with Ebenezer I thought he held up the sidelines well, when you started running he looked like he had transmission issues he had one gear and it wasn't fast

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