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The first round of the Cowboys Zone Mock held 4-9-05 saw its close as darkness covered the sky. The final talley went something like this:
1. San Francisco--Braylon Edwards, WR, Michigan
2. Miami--Ronnie Brown, RB, Auburn
3. Cleveland--Mike Williams, WR, USC--sat out last season.
4. Chicago--Alex Smith, QB, Utah
5. Tampa Bay--Carnell Williams, RB, Auburn
6. Tennessee--Antrel Rolle, CB, Miami
7. Minnesota (from Oakland)--Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas
8. Arizona--Cedric Benson, RB, Texas
9. Washington--Shawne Merriman, DE, Maryland
10. Detroit--Aaron Rodgers, QB, Cal
11. Atlanta via trade w/ Dallas--David Pollack, DE, UGA
12. San Diego (from NY Giants)--Alex Barron, OT, FSU
13. Houston--Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina
14. Pittsburgh (from Carolina)-- Adam "Pac Man" Jones, CB, West Virginia
15. Kansas City -- Carlos Rogers, CB, Auburn
16. Green Bay (from New Orleans)-- Thomas Davis, S, UGA
17. Cincinnati-- Erasmus James, DE, Wisconsin
18. Baltimore (from Minnesota)-- Mark Clayton, WR, Oklahoma
19. St. Louis-- Khalif Barnes, OT, Washington
20. Dallas (from Buffalo)-- Marcus Spears, DE, LSU
21. Jacksonville-- Jammal Brown, OT, Oklahoma
22. Indianapolis (from Minny,from Baltimore)-- Travis Johnson, DT, FSU
23. Seattle-- Demarcus Ware, DE, Troy State
24. Green Bay-- Heath Miller, TE, Virginia
25. New Orleans (from Denver)--Anttaj Hawthorne, DT, Wisconsin
26. New York Jets-- Justin Miller, CB, Clemson
27. Baltimore (from Dallas,from Atlanta)-- Shaun Cody DT, USC
28. San Diego-- Roddy White, WR, UAB
29. Minnesota-- Dan Cody, DT, Oklahoma
30. Carolina (from Pittsburgh)-- Luis Castillo, DT, Northwestern
31. Philadelphia-- Marlin Jackson, CB/S, Oregon
32. New England-- David Bass, OG, Michigan.
TRADES:
Dallas trades #11 for #27, #59 and a 2006 2nd round pick from the Falcons.
Denver trades picks # 25 & #56 to The Saints for #40 #77 #94 and 2nd
round pick in 2006.
Steelers have received the 14th pick from the Panthers
Panther receive # 30 & #62 & 3rd Rd draft pick in 2006 from the Steelers.
Vikes trade #22 to Colts for #29 & #92 and 5th Rd pick 2006
Dallas trades #27 to Baltimore for #95, #111 and their 1st & 5th round choices in 2006
Round 1 Winners:
Dallas--While alot of teams wanted to trade down if not out of this soft draft Dallas managed to move down twice and stack up both later picks from this draft and picks in next year's more appealing draft class pool. A 1st, 2nd and 5th next year as well as 20, 59, 95, 111 this year make it look like a strong draft potentially. Now the GM has ot make use of those picks but if he does Dallas could really be setup for years to come. Add that the guy they selected at 20 should start right away and can play both the 3-4 DE and the 4-3 DE and Dallas gets an A.
San Diego--The Chargers have a good team and the smartest move has been to bring back Brees as the starter. Now he has a big weapon in Roddy White and a blocker in Alex Barron who will protect Brees as well as open holes for LT. They didn't have to reach and didnt ignore need. For a team that was already good to improve this much you have to take note. The last thing opponents wanted to see was a top flight blocker added to the Chargers OL. Another A 1st round.
Denver--OK so they didnt add anyone and they could use some help. Still Denver was smart not to overvalue drafting a round 1 guy late and instead set themselves up next year for a very strong draft.
Detroit--They got the highest rated QB and one with the biggest upside at 10. With Garcia there to bide 2 years time and Joey Harrington looking like a failed but getting a franchise guy to groom at 10 was a boon.
Losers for Round 1:
Minnesota--The GM was too locked into Derrick Johnson. He would have taken him regardless of slot or need. Minny has done a great job this off-season of turning Randy Moss into cap cash, more defense and better chemistry. Not sure about adding another Linebacker that high while seeing Culpepper lose Moss and pass on all the round 1 replacements. The trade down from 22 to 29 was a good concept but saw 4 DL go off the board before 29. A DL there was a decent pick but it would have made more sense to go with Roddy White. Especially with Cody reminding some folks of Dimitrius Underwood.
San Fran--They probably selected the best player in the draft but lose because they couldn't get a deal to move down and because they were forced to draft in this weak class. This was a bad luck situation.
St. Louis--Barnes was a reach at 19 and after locking up Pace long term it seems a bad use of resources. Barnes could start but they needed a lot more than 1 RT.
This was merely round 1 so GMs could turn it around for better or worse and of course we wont know the truth for 3 years at least.
1. San Francisco--Braylon Edwards, WR, Michigan
2. Miami--Ronnie Brown, RB, Auburn
3. Cleveland--Mike Williams, WR, USC--sat out last season.
4. Chicago--Alex Smith, QB, Utah
5. Tampa Bay--Carnell Williams, RB, Auburn
6. Tennessee--Antrel Rolle, CB, Miami
7. Minnesota (from Oakland)--Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas
8. Arizona--Cedric Benson, RB, Texas
9. Washington--Shawne Merriman, DE, Maryland
10. Detroit--Aaron Rodgers, QB, Cal
11. Atlanta via trade w/ Dallas--David Pollack, DE, UGA
12. San Diego (from NY Giants)--Alex Barron, OT, FSU
13. Houston--Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina
14. Pittsburgh (from Carolina)-- Adam "Pac Man" Jones, CB, West Virginia
15. Kansas City -- Carlos Rogers, CB, Auburn
16. Green Bay (from New Orleans)-- Thomas Davis, S, UGA
17. Cincinnati-- Erasmus James, DE, Wisconsin
18. Baltimore (from Minnesota)-- Mark Clayton, WR, Oklahoma
19. St. Louis-- Khalif Barnes, OT, Washington
20. Dallas (from Buffalo)-- Marcus Spears, DE, LSU
21. Jacksonville-- Jammal Brown, OT, Oklahoma
22. Indianapolis (from Minny,from Baltimore)-- Travis Johnson, DT, FSU
23. Seattle-- Demarcus Ware, DE, Troy State
24. Green Bay-- Heath Miller, TE, Virginia
25. New Orleans (from Denver)--Anttaj Hawthorne, DT, Wisconsin
26. New York Jets-- Justin Miller, CB, Clemson
27. Baltimore (from Dallas,from Atlanta)-- Shaun Cody DT, USC
28. San Diego-- Roddy White, WR, UAB
29. Minnesota-- Dan Cody, DT, Oklahoma
30. Carolina (from Pittsburgh)-- Luis Castillo, DT, Northwestern
31. Philadelphia-- Marlin Jackson, CB/S, Oregon
32. New England-- David Bass, OG, Michigan.
TRADES:
Dallas trades #11 for #27, #59 and a 2006 2nd round pick from the Falcons.
Denver trades picks # 25 & #56 to The Saints for #40 #77 #94 and 2nd
round pick in 2006.
Steelers have received the 14th pick from the Panthers
Panther receive # 30 & #62 & 3rd Rd draft pick in 2006 from the Steelers.
Vikes trade #22 to Colts for #29 & #92 and 5th Rd pick 2006
Dallas trades #27 to Baltimore for #95, #111 and their 1st & 5th round choices in 2006
Round 1 Winners:
Dallas--While alot of teams wanted to trade down if not out of this soft draft Dallas managed to move down twice and stack up both later picks from this draft and picks in next year's more appealing draft class pool. A 1st, 2nd and 5th next year as well as 20, 59, 95, 111 this year make it look like a strong draft potentially. Now the GM has ot make use of those picks but if he does Dallas could really be setup for years to come. Add that the guy they selected at 20 should start right away and can play both the 3-4 DE and the 4-3 DE and Dallas gets an A.
San Diego--The Chargers have a good team and the smartest move has been to bring back Brees as the starter. Now he has a big weapon in Roddy White and a blocker in Alex Barron who will protect Brees as well as open holes for LT. They didn't have to reach and didnt ignore need. For a team that was already good to improve this much you have to take note. The last thing opponents wanted to see was a top flight blocker added to the Chargers OL. Another A 1st round.
Denver--OK so they didnt add anyone and they could use some help. Still Denver was smart not to overvalue drafting a round 1 guy late and instead set themselves up next year for a very strong draft.
Detroit--They got the highest rated QB and one with the biggest upside at 10. With Garcia there to bide 2 years time and Joey Harrington looking like a failed but getting a franchise guy to groom at 10 was a boon.
Losers for Round 1:
Minnesota--The GM was too locked into Derrick Johnson. He would have taken him regardless of slot or need. Minny has done a great job this off-season of turning Randy Moss into cap cash, more defense and better chemistry. Not sure about adding another Linebacker that high while seeing Culpepper lose Moss and pass on all the round 1 replacements. The trade down from 22 to 29 was a good concept but saw 4 DL go off the board before 29. A DL there was a decent pick but it would have made more sense to go with Roddy White. Especially with Cody reminding some folks of Dimitrius Underwood.
San Fran--They probably selected the best player in the draft but lose because they couldn't get a deal to move down and because they were forced to draft in this weak class. This was a bad luck situation.
St. Louis--Barnes was a reach at 19 and after locking up Pace long term it seems a bad use of resources. Barnes could start but they needed a lot more than 1 RT.
This was merely round 1 so GMs could turn it around for better or worse and of course we wont know the truth for 3 years at least.
