A longwinded pre-Beast Mock

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I think Ika and Benton will be gone before 58 and I don't believe in just drafting a guy because he's fat. I want a big DT too, but he needs to be big and athletic or we might as well stick with the fat guys we have. If anyone sees a 1T beyond round two who'd be be a decent upgrade to Bohanna/Hankins, please correct me. (I actually kind of like Roy) Until then, no 1T in my mock.

Anyway, I'm no super football guru. Just a guy who loves the Cowboys and loves the draft. I'm not using a simulator. I'm looking at several sites to determine where in the draft players are likely to be picked, including Walter, CBS and DrafTek. I read a lot of player profiles but I don't like picking players without looking at the video and judging for myself.

Some of my selections may be a little optimistic but I tried to keep things real, considering what we've heard and the team's tendencies, and I think everything below is reasonably within the realm of possibility. I'm a BPA guy, and I like great athletes as much as everyone else but I like players who produce in college. Still, Nolan Smith was hard to pass on at 26. I think there's a good chance he'll be there and a good chance the Cowboys will have a harder time not pulling the trigger than I did.

Brugler is my favorite evaluator. This is my pre-Beast mock...

26-Plan A. Zay Flowers (WR) 5-9, 182 - Boston College
Quick as snot, runs good routes and gets separation. I'd rather have JSN but I think he'll be long gone, and Flowers is a water bug tailor-made for McCarthy's Slant and Quick Out passing game.

OR...

26-Plan B. Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) 5-11, 199 - Alabama
My dilemma is this: I think Gibbs is a home-run hitter as a RB and offers much of the same pass-receiving juice that Flowers does. Pollard is similar, but the way Flowers runs routes and catches balls, getting them both on the field doesn't seem like a problem to me. Gibbs is a waterbug too, and with him in the slot and Pollard behind Dak, man, with CeeDee, Cooks and Gallup, who do you double? Theres a good chance we'll be replacing both Pollard and Cooks next year, and it's easier to find RBs than WR's but I like the idea of taking the #2 RB in a good RB draft than the #4 WR in a bad WR draft. I hate taking a five-year player in the first round, but I think Gibbs may be BPA at that point, by far the biggest playmaker on either side of the ball, and a better RB than Flowers is a receiver. Either way, we're adding serious juice to the offense.

58. Matthew Bergeron (G) 6-5, 318 - Syracuse
He played LT in 2022 but will probably move inside as a pro. He has some stuff to work on in pass pro but he has strength, length and athleticism to work with and is a plug-in mauler in the running game. That's what I want in my LG. Man, would he and Tyler would make a nasty combo on the left side. Enough with the finesse guys on the inside.

90. Daiyan Henley (LB) 6-2, 232 - Wazzou
Henley has good size and speed and great length, perfect tools for a MLB in today's game. He had 108 tackles as a RS-SR in 2022, four sacks, three FF (recovered two) and picked off a pass. He picked off four the year before. I'm not in the habit of watching Washington State football (No offense, Cougs. My team sucks more.), but while he doesn't look like a thumper on video he does seem pretty instinctive, diagnosing quickly, getting downhill and meeting runners in the backfield a lot. He is GREAT in coverage though, and I LOVE that. I only looked at him because the Cowboys have shown interest, but he looks like a player to me at a position of need.

129-Plen A. Israel Abanikanda (RB) 5-11, 215 - Pitt
As an ACC guy I've watched Abanikanda a lot and I don't get the total absence of hype. He hasn't demonstrated great pass-catching ability but he is quick and fast and breaks tackles, a home run hitter who just flat produces--1421 yards in 2022, at six yards a clip--with 20 TDs in an Air Raid offense. I love this guy and would happily take him at 90.

129-Plan B. Charlie Jones (WR) 5-11, 175 - Purdue
Not a juice guy. He's not gonna be the top-lifter that everybody wants, but he produces--moves the chains and puts the ball in the endzone. He was a little smaller and faster than expected at the combine and spent six years in college, transferring twice and not doing much until he got to Purdue, but he found his mojo in 2022, racking up 110 catches for 1391 yards and 12 tuddies. He's smart and runs good routes with enough quickness and speed to get open consistently, the kind of guy who will play 12 years lining up everywhere, running every route and just flat producing wherever he goes. Abanikanda is a better RB than Jones is a WR, but I think Gibbs fills some of that lightning quick pass catcher role while Jones does the dirty work, catching more balls than a rookie 4th WR should because he's gonna be where he's supposed to be, be open, and Dak is gonna love him. Jones is a totally different player than Ced Wilson but I can see him having the same impact and taking the same path, turning heads a little bit in TC and preseason and then making plays every time he touches the field with the lights on.

176. Zach Kuntz (TE) 6-7, 255 - Old Dominion
Small school TE with freak traits. He ran a 4.55 forty with a 40-frickin'-inch vert, 6.87 three-cone and 23 reps, all tops for TE at the combine. He only played five games in 2022 due to an undisclosed injury. I haven't watched him but he had 73 receptions for 692 yards and and five TDs as a RS-SO in 2021. Draft Network says this: Old Dominion had Kuntz aligned all over the field and he saw snaps at Y, F, in the slot, and out wide. Kuntz is an advanced pass-catcher who runs good routes and understands how to uncover. He has good speed to stress defenders through the stem and has good lateral quickness to separate at the top of his route. He is an instinctual player who understands how to work leverage, finds soft spots in zones, and knows how to make himself available for his quarterback on scramble drills. For a longer athlete, he shows good flexibility and the ability to sink to get in and out of breaks. He has good hands, body control, and ball-tracking ability and can easily high-point the football in contested situations. Whole lot to work with there. Definitely sounds like a great late-round project to me.

212.Clayton Tune (QB) 6-3, 215 - Houston
Tune is a five-year player (covid) who played in five games as a freshman, seven as a soph and started the last three years of his career, and improved every year. In 2021 he threw 420 passes for 3544 yards, 30 TD and 10 picks. Last year he tossed 496 for 4074, 40 and 10. The numbers say the guy is accurate, and looking at the video, man he throws a pretty ball. He has a decent but not great arm, but can make all the throws with touch to all levels, short, medium and deep. I know zip about the Houston offense except that they run a version of the Air Raid, so I'm under no illusions that Tune has ever had to make more than one or two reads, but his release seems pretty quick and compact, and though he doesn't have a rifle he puts the ball where he wants to when he wants to put it there. He's not the running QB that teams covet these days but he has good size and seems like a smooth athlete with good wheels and more speed than I expected. He's actually really good avoiding the rush and throwing on the run, and is a surprisingly good runner when he takes off. He's one of those QBs who stayed in school, threw a ton of balls and learned how to play the position by playing it. I think he could definitely be an upgrade behind Dak and maybe a starter one day, especially in a West Coast scheme.

246. Christopher Dunn (K) 5-10, 190 - NC State
Everybody loves Mooney, and I do too. Kid has a big leg. But Dunn is my favorite kicker coming out of college. He doesn't have Mooney's range but he's accurate up to the low 50's and more consistently accurate than Mooney is. He went 28 of 29 last year (97%) with a long of 53. He hit both his attempts from 50+.
 

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I think Ika and Benton will be gone before 58 and I don't believe in just drafting a guy because he's fat. I want a big DT too, but he needs to be big and athletic or we might as well stick with the fat guys we have. If anyone sees a 1T beyond round two who'd be be a decent upgrade to Bohanna/Hankins, please correct me. (I actually kind of like Roy) Until then, no 1T in my mock.

Anyway, I'm no super football guru. Just a guy who loves the Cowboys and loves the draft. I'm not using a simulator. I'm looking at several sites to determine where in the draft players are likely to be picked, including Walter, CBS and DrafTek. I read a lot of player profiles but I don't like picking players without looking at the video and judging for myself.

Some of my selections may be a little optimistic but I tried to keep things real, considering what we've heard and the team's tendencies, and I think everything below is reasonably within the realm of possibility. I'm a BPA guy, and I like great athletes as much as everyone else but I like players who produce in college. Still, Nolan Smith was hard to pass on at 26. I think there's a good chance he'll be there and a good chance the Cowboys will have a harder time not pulling the trigger than I did.

Brugler is my favorite evaluator. This is my pre-Beast mock...

26-Plan A. Zay Flowers (WR) 5-9, 182 - Boston College
Quick as snot, runs good routes and gets separation. I'd rather have JSN but I think he'll be long gone, and Flowers is a water bug tailor-made for McCarthy's Slant and Quick Out passing game.

OR...

26-Plan B. Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) 5-11, 199 - Alabama
My dilemma is this: I think Gibbs is a home-run hitter as a RB and offers much of the same pass-receiving juice that Flowers does. Pollard is similar, but the way Flowers runs routes and catches balls, getting them both on the field doesn't seem like a problem to me. Gibbs is a waterbug too, and with him in the slot and Pollard behind Dak, man, with CeeDee, Cooks and Gallup, who do you double? Theres a good chance we'll be replacing both Pollard and Cooks next year, and it's easier to find RBs than WR's but I like the idea of taking the #2 RB in a good RB draft than the #4 WR in a bad WR draft. I hate taking a five-year player in the first round, but I think Gibbs may be BPA at that point, by far the biggest playmaker on either side of the ball, and a better RB than Flowers is a receiver. Either way, we're adding serious juice to the offense.

58. Matthew Bergeron (G) 6-5, 318 - Syracuse
He played LT in 2022 but will probably move inside as a pro. He has some stuff to work on in pass pro but he has strength, length and athleticism to work with and is a plug-in mauler in the running game. That's what I want in my LG. Man, would he and Tyler would make a nasty combo on the left side. Enough with the finesse guys on the inside.

90. Daiyan Henley (LB) 6-2, 232 - Wazzou
Henley has good size and speed and great length, perfect tools for a MLB in today's game. He had 108 tackles as a RS-SR in 2022, four sacks, three FF (recovered two) and picked off a pass. He picked off four the year before. I'm not in the habit of watching Washington State football (No offense, Cougs. My team sucks more.), but while he doesn't look like a thumper on video he does seem pretty instinctive, diagnosing quickly, getting downhill and meeting runners in the backfield a lot. He is GREAT in coverage though, and I LOVE that. I only looked at him because the Cowboys have shown interest, but he looks like a player to me at a position of need.

129-Plen A. Israel Abanikanda (RB) 5-11, 215 - Pitt
As an ACC guy I've watched Abanikanda a lot and I don't get the total absence of hype. He hasn't demonstrated great pass-catching ability but he is quick and fast and breaks tackles, a home run hitter who just flat produces--1421 yards in 2022, at six yards a clip--with 20 TDs in an Air Raid offense. I love this guy and would happily take him at 90.

129-Plan B. Charlie Jones (WR) 5-11, 175 - Purdue
Not a juice guy. He's not gonna be the top-lifter that everybody wants, but he produces--moves the chains and puts the ball in the endzone. He was a little smaller and faster than expected at the combine and spent six years in college, transferring twice and not doing much until he got to Purdue, but he found his mojo in 2022, racking up 110 catches for 1391 yards and 12 tuddies. He's smart and runs good routes with enough quickness and speed to get open consistently, the kind of guy who will play 12 years lining up everywhere, running every route and just flat producing wherever he goes. Abanikanda is a better RB than Jones is a WR, but I think Gibbs fills some of that lightning quick pass catcher role while Jones does the dirty work, catching more balls than a rookie 4th WR should because he's gonna be where he's supposed to be, be open, and Dak is gonna love him. Jones is a totally different player than Ced Wilson but I can see him having the same impact and taking the same path, turning heads a little bit in TC and preseason and then making plays every time he touches the field with the lights on.

176. Zach Kuntz (TE) 6-7, 255 - Old Dominion
Small school TE with freak traits. He ran a 4.55 forty with a 40-frickin'-inch vert, 6.87 three-cone and 23 reps, all tops for TE at the combine. He only played five games in 2022 due to an undisclosed injury. I haven't watched him but he had 73 receptions for 692 yards and and five TDs as a RS-SO in 2021. Draft Network says this: Old Dominion had Kuntz aligned all over the field and he saw snaps at Y, F, in the slot, and out wide. Kuntz is an advanced pass-catcher who runs good routes and understands how to uncover. He has good speed to stress defenders through the stem and has good lateral quickness to separate at the top of his route. He is an instinctual player who understands how to work leverage, finds soft spots in zones, and knows how to make himself available for his quarterback on scramble drills. For a longer athlete, he shows good flexibility and the ability to sink to get in and out of breaks. He has good hands, body control, and ball-tracking ability and can easily high-point the football in contested situations. Whole lot to work with there. Definitely sounds like a great late-round project to me.

212.Clayton Tune (QB) 6-3, 215 - Houston
Tune is a five-year player (covid) who played in five games as a freshman, seven as a soph and started the last three years of his career, and improved every year. In 2021 he threw 420 passes for 3544 yards, 30 TD and 10 picks. Last year he tossed 496 for 4074, 40 and 10. The numbers say the guy is accurate, and looking at the video, man he throws a pretty ball. He has a decent but not great arm, but can make all the throws with touch to all levels, short, medium and deep. I know zip about the Houston offense except that they run a version of the Air Raid, so I'm under no illusions that Tune has ever had to make more than one or two reads, but his release seems pretty quick and compact, and though he doesn't have a rifle he puts the ball where he wants to when he wants to put it there. He's not the running QB that teams covet these days but he has good size and seems like a smooth athlete with good wheels and more speed than I expected. He's actually really good avoiding the rush and throwing on the run, and is a surprisingly good runner when he takes off. He's one of those QBs who stayed in school, threw a ton of balls and learned how to play the position by playing it. I think he could definitely be an upgrade behind Dak and maybe a starter one day, especially in a West Coast scheme.

246. Christopher Dunn (K) 5-10, 190 - NC State
Everybody loves Mooney, and I do too. Kid has a big leg. But Dunn is my favorite kicker coming out of college. He doesn't have Mooney's range but he's accurate up to the low 50's and more consistently accurate than Mooney is. He went 28 of 29 last year (97%) with a long of 53. He hit both his attempts from 50+.
I really like a lot of your players. I love Flowers and Gibbs. I don't think that the Cowboys would take Flowers now that they have traded for Cooks. A receiver that I like at 58 would be Bryce Ford-Wheaton from West Virginia. That would give them a deep threat big body receiver. I also like Cedric Tillman from Tennessee, but like Ford-Wheaton the most. I like Charlie Jones a lot as well, but I for sure want the big receiver Ford-Wheaton.
 

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Pretty good draft. I think I would take flowers/abanikanda. I agree with you about this years nose tackle class. Benton is my pet cat but he will likely be gone by the cowboys second pick .
 

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Thanks buddy I like your ideas about Gibbs and the guard in the first two rounds to be honest some of your later around people I don’t actually know about. Generally good work keep it up
 

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Went to the game where Old Dominion smoked Coastal Carolina (my alma mater). Thought until I saw this that Zach Kuntz was their strength and conditioning coach. 1. He must’ve been hurt he was on the sidelines and not in jersey but 2. He is one of the biggest humans I’ve ever seen in my life. Had to be 6’8 250 and looks like he can deadlift 1,000 lb. If that guy can play football at all I’d draft him in early to mid rounds. Insane athlete
 

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Why are we adding Zay Flowers with Brandin Cooks? Are we starting a Wonka Factory?
 

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I'm starting to really like the idea of Gibbs. We would add a mismatch player for defenses who would immediately upgrade team speed and you get three players in one, RB, WR, Kick returner.

Love Bergeron in the second. I've been taking him there most of the time. He's very similar to to Tyler as a nasty run blocker who needs some technique work in pass protection. Would love to see them run behind those two.
 
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Nice job but I think Henley might be gone before we pick in the 3rd
 

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The Cowboys rely on the draft for immediate starters/contributors especially with their high picks. With Cooks in the fold, there isnt a starting slot for Flowers and how much impact would he have as a 4th WR?

I don't think there is anyway we take a WR at 26.
 

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Went to the game where Old Dominion smoked Coastal Carolina (my alma mater). Thought until I saw this that Zach Kuntz was their strength and conditioning coach. 1. He must’ve been hurt he was on the sidelines and not in jersey but 2. He is one of the biggest humans I’ve ever seen in my life. Had to be 6’8 250 and looks like he can deadlift 1,000 lb. If that guy can play football at all I’d draft him in early to mid rounds. Insane athlete
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I am watching His Highlights Now. . . Would Love to Have Him
 

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I think Ika and Benton will be gone before 58 and I don't believe in just drafting a guy because he's fat. I want a big DT too, but he needs to be big and athletic or we might as well stick with the fat guys we have. If anyone sees a 1T beyond round two who'd be be a decent upgrade to Bohanna/Hankins, please correct me. (I actually kind of like Roy) Until then, no 1T in my mock.

Anyway, I'm no super football guru. Just a guy who loves the Cowboys and loves the draft. I'm not using a simulator. I'm looking at several sites to determine where in the draft players are likely to be picked, including Walter, CBS and DrafTek. I read a lot of player profiles but I don't like picking players without looking at the video and judging for myself.

Some of my selections may be a little optimistic but I tried to keep things real, considering what we've heard and the team's tendencies, and I think everything below is reasonably within the realm of possibility. I'm a BPA guy, and I like great athletes as much as everyone else but I like players who produce in college. Still, Nolan Smith was hard to pass on at 26. I think there's a good chance he'll be there and a good chance the Cowboys will have a harder time not pulling the trigger than I did.

Brugler is my favorite evaluator. This is my pre-Beast mock...

26-Plan A. Zay Flowers (WR) 5-9, 182 - Boston College
Quick as snot, runs good routes and gets separation. I'd rather have JSN but I think he'll be long gone, and Flowers is a water bug tailor-made for McCarthy's Slant and Quick Out passing game.

OR...

26-Plan B. Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) 5-11, 199 - Alabama
My dilemma is this: I think Gibbs is a home-run hitter as a RB and offers much of the same pass-receiving juice that Flowers does. Pollard is similar, but the way Flowers runs routes and catches balls, getting them both on the field doesn't seem like a problem to me. Gibbs is a waterbug too, and with him in the slot and Pollard behind Dak, man, with CeeDee, Cooks and Gallup, who do you double? Theres a good chance we'll be replacing both Pollard and Cooks next year, and it's easier to find RBs than WR's but I like the idea of taking the #2 RB in a good RB draft than the #4 WR in a bad WR draft. I hate taking a five-year player in the first round, but I think Gibbs may be BPA at that point, by far the biggest playmaker on either side of the ball, and a better RB than Flowers is a receiver. Either way, we're adding serious juice to the offense.

58. Matthew Bergeron (G) 6-5, 318 - Syracuse
He played LT in 2022 but will probably move inside as a pro. He has some stuff to work on in pass pro but he has strength, length and athleticism to work with and is a plug-in mauler in the running game. That's what I want in my LG. Man, would he and Tyler would make a nasty combo on the left side. Enough with the finesse guys on the inside.

90. Daiyan Henley (LB) 6-2, 232 - Wazzou
Henley has good size and speed and great length, perfect tools for a MLB in today's game. He had 108 tackles as a RS-SR in 2022, four sacks, three FF (recovered two) and picked off a pass. He picked off four the year before. I'm not in the habit of watching Washington State football (No offense, Cougs. My team sucks more.), but while he doesn't look like a thumper on video he does seem pretty instinctive, diagnosing quickly, getting downhill and meeting runners in the backfield a lot. He is GREAT in coverage though, and I LOVE that. I only looked at him because the Cowboys have shown interest, but he looks like a player to me at a position of need.

129-Plen A. Israel Abanikanda (RB) 5-11, 215 - Pitt
As an ACC guy I've watched Abanikanda a lot and I don't get the total absence of hype. He hasn't demonstrated great pass-catching ability but he is quick and fast and breaks tackles, a home run hitter who just flat produces--1421 yards in 2022, at six yards a clip--with 20 TDs in an Air Raid offense. I love this guy and would happily take him at 90.

129-Plan B. Charlie Jones (WR) 5-11, 175 - Purdue
Not a juice guy. He's not gonna be the top-lifter that everybody wants, but he produces--moves the chains and puts the ball in the endzone. He was a little smaller and faster than expected at the combine and spent six years in college, transferring twice and not doing much until he got to Purdue, but he found his mojo in 2022, racking up 110 catches for 1391 yards and 12 tuddies. He's smart and runs good routes with enough quickness and speed to get open consistently, the kind of guy who will play 12 years lining up everywhere, running every route and just flat producing wherever he goes. Abanikanda is a better RB than Jones is a WR, but I think Gibbs fills some of that lightning quick pass catcher role while Jones does the dirty work, catching more balls than a rookie 4th WR should because he's gonna be where he's supposed to be, be open, and Dak is gonna love him. Jones is a totally different player than Ced Wilson but I can see him having the same impact and taking the same path, turning heads a little bit in TC and preseason and then making plays every time he touches the field with the lights on.

176. Zach Kuntz (TE) 6-7, 255 - Old Dominion
Small school TE with freak traits. He ran a 4.55 forty with a 40-frickin'-inch vert, 6.87 three-cone and 23 reps, all tops for TE at the combine. He only played five games in 2022 due to an undisclosed injury. I haven't watched him but he had 73 receptions for 692 yards and and five TDs as a RS-SO in 2021. Draft Network says this: Old Dominion had Kuntz aligned all over the field and he saw snaps at Y, F, in the slot, and out wide. Kuntz is an advanced pass-catcher who runs good routes and understands how to uncover. He has good speed to stress defenders through the stem and has good lateral quickness to separate at the top of his route. He is an instinctual player who understands how to work leverage, finds soft spots in zones, and knows how to make himself available for his quarterback on scramble drills. For a longer athlete, he shows good flexibility and the ability to sink to get in and out of breaks. He has good hands, body control, and ball-tracking ability and can easily high-point the football in contested situations. Whole lot to work with there. Definitely sounds like a great late-round project to me.

212.Clayton Tune (QB) 6-3, 215 - Houston
Tune is a five-year player (covid) who played in five games as a freshman, seven as a soph and started the last three years of his career, and improved every year. In 2021 he threw 420 passes for 3544 yards, 30 TD and 10 picks. Last year he tossed 496 for 4074, 40 and 10. The numbers say the guy is accurate, and looking at the video, man he throws a pretty ball. He has a decent but not great arm, but can make all the throws with touch to all levels, short, medium and deep. I know zip about the Houston offense except that they run a version of the Air Raid, so I'm under no illusions that Tune has ever had to make more than one or two reads, but his release seems pretty quick and compact, and though he doesn't have a rifle he puts the ball where he wants to when he wants to put it there. He's not the running QB that teams covet these days but he has good size and seems like a smooth athlete with good wheels and more speed than I expected. He's actually really good avoiding the rush and throwing on the run, and is a surprisingly good runner when he takes off. He's one of those QBs who stayed in school, threw a ton of balls and learned how to play the position by playing it. I think he could definitely be an upgrade behind Dak and maybe a starter one day, especially in a West Coast scheme.

246. Christopher Dunn (K) 5-10, 190 - NC State
Everybody loves Mooney, and I do too. Kid has a big leg. But Dunn is my favorite kicker coming out of college. He doesn't have Mooney's range but he's accurate up to the low 50's and more consistently accurate than Mooney is. He went 28 of 29 last year (97%) with a long of 53. He hit both his attempts from 50+.
Plan A all the way. One of the best I’ve seen.

Henley likely won’t be there in the 3rd but you never know. Great haul.
 

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Good Job. Love to read mocks and the why a fan picks one over the other. As we all know things will change draft day with guys falling that we thought that no way they fall and teams picking a guy all the boards have as a 3rd or 4th round guy going way earlier.

But it is fun to read, and the reasons why. I like Gibbs alot, just not sure Dallas will take a WR or RB in the 1st.
 

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129-Plen A. Israel Abanikanda (RB) 5-11, 215 - Pitt
As an ACC guy I've watched Abanikanda a lot and I don't get the total absence of hype. He hasn't demonstrated great pass-catching ability but he is quick and fast and breaks tackles, a home run hitter who just flat produces--1421 yards in 2022, at six yards a clip--with 20 TDs in an Air Raid offense. I love this guy and would happily take him at 90.

If Bijan does Not fall into Jerry's Lap I would be happy grabbing Him later in the Draft

I love How He cuts through the holes and gets Vertical. . . . Reminds me a Little of Emmitt in that aspect . . . But He does not have the build ans strength of Emmitt.

In this NFL with Nickel as a base defense that size is no longer needed to be effective. With this receiving corp creating space I believe Israel would be a beast

(might have to bring Zeke back for Goal Line Carries):facepalm:
 

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The Cowboys rely on the draft for immediate starters/contributors especially with their high picks. With Cooks in the fold, there isnt a starting slot for Flowers and how much impact would he have as a 4th WR?

I don't think there is anyway we take a WR at 26.
Oh, I think you're right. I just wanted to add a playmaker to the offense and of the guys likely to be there at 26, Gibbs and Flowers have the most juice. I like the idea of adding to a strength too and think Flowers could be a significant contributor if we had an OC with any vision. IMHO the best way to build a team is taking the best players available and tailoring your schemes to what your players do best, and with the defense playing well I think the biggest impact for the team would be adding explosiveness on offense. Honestly, I'm really liking the idea of Gibbs at 26.
 

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Good Job. Love to read mocks and the why a fan picks one over the other. As we all know things will change draft day with guys falling that we thought that no way they fall and teams picking a guy all the boards have as a 3rd or 4th round guy going way earlier.

But it is fun to read, and the reasons why. I like Gibbs alot, just not sure Dallas will take a WR or RB in the 1st.
Thanks.

Unfortunately I agree about WR and RB. The thing about Gibbs is that he's not just a RB. The way we talk around here there will be 40 players picked before the cowboys are on the clock, so I think it's entirely possible that a guy like Porter or Mayer falls to 26. I think if Nolan Smith or Van Ness is there it'll be hard for he team to say no.
 

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I’m loving me some Gibbs. I’m saying it again wherever he goes he wins OROY.
 

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Good Work, my only issue is I think they need a future starting corner out of this class. With such a deep class, cannot see them not taking one.
 
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