3 pre-draft Cowboys rumors that were clearly a smokescreen

[Mac_MaloneV1]

No we don't. They can deny it all they want. Kincaid was heads and tails a better TE target than LaPorta.
Mazi Smith was a fall back option.

I don't think this is true at all.

Kincaid was an overage, injured prospect with one year of production and a singular skillset. He's basically just a big WR.

 

[DCwarrior]

Smokescreen or not we did great with that 1st round pick. Time will tell on our new TE.

 

[Jarntt]

I don’t think those were smokescreens. Avila was in consideration at 26 and TE was clearly a priority because we reached for one at 58. I think drafting a QB became less important once they re-signed Rush.

Yeah. I didn't read the article, but the headline makes no sense. You never know how a draft will fall. If things went a certain way we MIGHT have selected a TE or Avila at #26. The only thing you can say the draft proved wrong was the Cowboys are definitely drafting a QB, but I never heard anyone use the word definite related to drafting a QB. That would be stupid because for all you know the guys you like go earlier than you have them ranked and for all we know that could have been exactly what happened

 

[conner01]

I heard Slater speak on this though and she admitted they fed her misinformation…they did not see the Mazi or Beregon in the first round coming.

May be true, if so it’s actually pretty smart to not let the league know who you want to pick

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I am starting to like Dallas draft a lot more!​

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Cowboys: 3 pre-draft rumors that were clearly a smokescreen​

3. High possibility of Steve Avila in first round​

2. Cowboys are definitely drafting a quarterback​

1. Everything related to the TE position​

Credit to the entire Cowboys' draft team for executing the best smokescreen of the first round. All everyone heard in the weeks leading up to the draft was that Michael Mayer wasn't getting past Dallas at No. 26 overall.

In the event Dalton Kincaid was still available, though, he would have been the pick considering he was the team's top-ranked tight end. That was the narrative being pushed by draft experts and the general media.

That wasn't true, either, though it baited the Bills into trading one spot ahead of the Cowboys to draft Kincaid. Fans in Buffalo and some national pundits are crediting the Bills with duping Dallas, but it was actually the other way around as Dallas likely wouldn't have taken Kincaid in round one anyway.

Per ESPN's Todd Archer, Iowa's Sam LaPorta was the team's TE1 followed by Kincaid and Mayer. Additionally, the Cowboys didn't have a first-round grade on any of them. We like to think they would've traded up in the second round if one of LaPorta or Mayer had fallen within their range, but they were gone by pick 35.




https://thelandryhat.com/posts/3-pre-draft-cowboys-rumors-clearly-smokescreen-avila-kincaid-mayer/2

So because they cowboys execs said something that wasn't true...or did not come to pass.... you think it's was adept.

Wow...no wonder Jerry is rich.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

May be true, if so it’s actually pretty smart to not let the league know who you want to pick

It is and in years past they didn’t care I wonder is this them changing or McCarthy influence.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

So because they cowboys execs said something that wasn't true...or did not come to pass.... you think it's was adept.

Wow...no wonder Jerry is rich.

You don’t think it was intentional?

 

[big dog cowboy]

I thought we would take a QB on day 3. If for no other reason than to develop, & or (hopefully) put some pressure on QB1 & QB2.

I was disappointed they couldn't find a way to draft one like Jerry said they would. Tune went in the round I thought, ok this round we are getting Tune. Nope. The draft just didn't fall right for them to get one. Didn't get a UDA either.

Hopefully next year they get one. At some point they have to. Kicking the can down that road year after year is going to catch up with them. It's not about avoiding drafting one to give Dak a unchallenged free ride. It's about getting a possible replacement for him. Frankly, sooner the better.

 

[big dog cowboy]

TE was clearly a priority too, as they reached for Schoonmaker any way you want to slice it.

Not sure why this keeps getting posted. Because we now know it obviously isn't true.

 

[T-RO]

That wasn't true, either, though it baited the Bills into trading one spot ahead of the Cowboys to draft Kincaid. Fans in Buffalo and some national pundits are crediting the Bills with duping Dallas, but it was actually the other way around as Dallas likely wouldn't have taken Kincaid in round one anyway.

The author's silly claim built with straw.

 

[T-RO]

We already know for a fact that isn't true.

LOL. You actually believe an NFL's GM's post-draft marketing spiel? "Know for a fact" -- funny stuff, bro.

Here are two laws of reading team's draft chatter:
-Before the draft it's lies and mis-direction
-After the draft it's PR, spin and marketing to sell hope and tickets for the new season. (and to preserve respect in case of criticism)

 

[DFWJC]

The premis of this thread has a builtin flawin that it assumes Tod Archer knew Dallas’ draft board.

 

[T-RO]

The premis of this thread has a builtin flawin that it assumes Tod Archer knew Dallas’ draft board.

Exactly. Cowboys control the narrative and "leak" the messages they want to perpetuate those narratives.

Unless we get some "tell-all" book from some insider in the future...we'll never know.

I might think the Cowboys would have taken Kincaid, but that's just my best guess.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Exactly. Cowboys control the narrative and "leak" the messages they want to perpetuate those narratives.

Unless we get some "tell-all" book from some insider in the future...we'll never know.

I might think the Cowboys would have taken Kincaid, but that's just my best guess.

Sometimes ol' Jer will literally just show us his draft board, lol. But we can't count on that.

 

[removed_20241105]

Exactly. Cowboys control the narrative and "leak" the messages they want to perpetuate those narratives.

Unless we get some "tell-all" book from some insider in the future...we'll never know.

I might think the Cowboys would have taken Kincaid, but that's just my best guess.

I assume they are always in PR mode. I’d probably be open to change my opinion relative to the draft if we heard other audio. They seemed to feel this particular audio was most important. Why release it?

 

[buybuydandavis]

The only pick in the draft I didn't like was our 2nd pick.

Despite our first 3 picks being seen as minor reaches, there hasn't been a lot of coulda shoulda woulda on the alternatives.
I didn't follow the draft at all, but I'm curious who we would have taken if we went pure BPA.

 

[T-RO]

I assume they are always in PR mode. I’d probably be open to change my opinion relative to the draft if we heard other audio. They seemed to feel this particular audio was most important. Why release it?

Even if disappointed teams always pretend that got their guy and LOOOOVE their picks. Again: it's PR...gotta rev up hope and sell tickets. I spend time following other teams and other fan bases. The front offices virtually always applaud, slap shoulders and celebrate like they got the next Lawrence Taylor or Tom Brady.

Do a google search for draft war room, pick any team. See this kinda thing:



Then players when drafted usually say something like this: "I couldn't have landed with a better organization than the Texans" [Insert team]

That's the dance, people.

 

[Flamma]

Despite our first 3 picks being seen as minor reaches, there hasn't been a lot of coulda shoulda woulda on the alternatives.
I didn't follow the draft at all, but I'm curious who we would have taken if we went pure BPA.

The Cowboys don't draft BPA. They draft for need, and someone they don't believe will be there in a later round. I agree with that logic. Mazi was a very good pick for what the Cowboys needed. But there were DEs and CBs ranked higher. If the pressing need is DT, why the hell would you draft someone else? Only two reasons. An obvious player dropped so far that you can't ignore them, or there were no players you needed that you couldn't get later on. Lamb is a good example of the first reason.

My beef was in picking any TE in the 2nd round. I thought we could have used a RB or OL at that pick. But who knows, maybe the RB we got in the 6th will surprise us all. But still, the OL worries me. Injuries can be a problem.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Exactly. Cowboys control the narrative and "leak" the messages they want to perpetuate those narratives.

Unless we get some "tell-all" book from some insider in the future...we'll never know.

I might think the Cowboys would have taken Kincaid, but that's just my best guess.

I know. Dan Quinn texted Micah the pick before the draft started

 

[jterrell]

The Landry Hat is a terrible source for Cowboys takes.
Offering anyone who will write for free the opportunity creates bad writing.

You can find better takes here although amidst a lot of really bad ones I know.


TYhe team was serious at TE.
The team did like Avila but not R1 like.
The team was NOT drafting an R1 rated player because they has less than 15.
So they were picking their preferred options amongst R2 grades.

R1 options were DL/OL/TE.
No real smoke-screening on any of that.