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It's a Fallen Star that everyone likes. lol
no more calls we have a winner.
It's a Fallen Star that everyone likes. lol
Defending drafting backups for the purpose of being a backup is ridiculous. Jmo
The funny thing is if the Cowboys took Mitchell in the 4th round and Hitchens in the 7th... Nary a word would be said.
People like to pigeonhole him into a backup but I think that is garbage. He made a lot of tackles and played a lot of snaps for one of the best defenses in the country. The team clearly values him and projects him into a starting role in the future.
You guys are trying to define him by this characterization but I am not so quick to proclaim that say Quarles would be more likely to start over McClain than Hitchens is to over Carter, Wilber or whoever. Your premise assumes the conclusion: Hitchens is a talentless hack.
And I have no idea why people are gushing over Gardener. I don't see him starting unless a whole lot of guys get hurt. That is delusional.
He was specifically taken as a back up/insurance policy for Lee from the Cowboys. I don't think that's a smart way to draft.
I stand by what said, you don't draft a player just as a backup player.What? Have you ever heard of "depth"? The Cowboys had none, maybe this year they do. smh
I stand by what said, you don't draft a player just as a backup player.
we went against our board with higher rated players still available because our special teams coach beat the table for him because his friend that he trusts vouched for him. We threw months of scouting and evaluation out the window because the special teams coach asked them to.
that's all you need to know about this pick.
I stand by what said, you don't draft a player just as a backup player.
I'm not presuming Hitchens is talentless. This isn't about the player so much as where he was picked relative to the value. If other teams had him rated higher, then so be it. We gave up a third and then reached with our 4th round pick. At the end of the day, the player will prove us either wrong or right but this team has drafted notoriously poorly in the later rounds.
I stand by what said, you don't draft a player just as a backup player.