2011 Draft: Played a huge roll in win over the Skins

[viman96]

We have four players from that draft that are contributing at a high level. Do not get upset about the players that are not with the team or that are not producing. Hitting on 50% of the draft is good. All four have Pro Bowl capability as well.

#9. Tyron Smith, OT, USC
#40. Bruce Carter, LB, North Carolina
#71. DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma
#110. David Arkin, OL, Missouri St
#143. Joshua Thomas, DB, Buffalo
#176. Dwayne Harris, WR, East Carolina
#220. Shaun Chapas, FB, Georgia
#252. Bill Nagy, C, Wisconsin

 

[cowboyschmps3]

Hell Yeah

 

[viman96]

I forgot Dan Bailey was a UDFA in 2011. Even though he was not drafted he still counts towards the 2011 haul

 

[viman96]

Old post by Risen Star from 2012 about Mel Kiper's regrading the 2011 draft. I had a comment in that thread about it being too early to grade the draft. Wonder what Mel would think today?

Dallas Cowboys

Post-draft grade: B-

Summary: I said then that I liked the conviction Dallas had to get younger on the offensive line, stay at No. 9 and take Tyron Smith, even though that was no home run in terms of value. Still, that pick turned into a win for the Cowboys. Smith, who started all season as a 20-year-old, played on the right side, but all indications are he could develop into a blindside tackle if they find it necessary to move him there. The grade rises if he can. Right now, a right tackle isn't your goal with a lineman taken at No. 9 overall. Bruce Carter's NFL script is still unwritten, but DeMarco Murray obviously was a great value in the third before he went down for the year. Murray's injury, incidentally, is why it's hard to ever say a great running back out of the third round is a "steal" -- RBs land in the third because you expect them to get hurt. It's just reality. There isn't much else here so far. Dwayne Harris flashed in the preseason but wasn't a factor. Aside from Smith, the best rookie was kicker Dan Bailey, but alas, he wasn't drafted and thus can't be factored in here.

New grade: C+


Rest of league: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft2012/story/_/id/7442150/mel-kiper-regrading-2011-nfl-draft

 

[Clove]

True, I'll tell you, I wish we could play the Giants/Skins & Rams every week. Just rotate them, I like beating up on the scum of the league. Now if we could only beat a good team.

 

[Future]

I think you could Bold Arkin too. If he wasn't so terrible, we wouldn't have gone out and signed Waters lol

 

[theebs]

True, I'll tell you, I wish we could play the Giants/Skins & Rams every week. Just rotate them, I like beating up on the scum of the league. Now if we could only beat a good team.

Actually the rams have been playing well.

They did yesterday to Houston what I feared they would do to us.

Not a playoff team but a quality team probably at seasons end.

 

[Awakened]

"RBs land in the third because you expect them to get hurt. It's just reality."

Ouch.