Ajayi was 5th round target?

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rpatricc said:
Man, if these observations are true, Im really bummed out about how this draft fell. Baltimore stole Davis in 3rd, Buck Allen in 4th, and Miami stole Ajayi in 5th. And we got LBs who might not even make the team after signing free agents at the position.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4742224/five-wonders-late-round-rb-wasnt-answer
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Archer "having a feeling" is not that much of a ringing endorsement that they would have. Could be, but he doesn't seem to be all that plugged into what the Cowboys are going to do.
 
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They brought in veterans who they can easily cut if they don't completely outplay these rookies. The rookies have spots on this team. Definitely Wilson, and maybe even Nzeocha.
 
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rpatricc said:
Man, if these observations are true, Im really bummed out about how this draft fell. Baltimore stole Davis in 3rd, Buck Allen in 4th, and Miami stole Ajayi in 5th. And we got LBs who might not even make the team after signing free agents at the position.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4742224/five-wonders-late-round-rb-wasnt-answer
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We had some terrible luck in three rounds when it came to getting running backs.
They weren't desperate, but they would have taken certain ones if they were there from rounds 3-5.
With Gregory falling all the way to 60, that also eliminated that round too. But that part was good luck vs the other way around.
 
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They brought in/visited with 7 RB: Gurley, Gordon, Abdullah, Coleman, Yeldon, Ajayi, and Duke Johnson.

I have heard mutterings that they were considering the other Johnson from UNI but I don't think they liked the RB after those guys were gone. I'm not so sure about Doug Johnson.
 
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There will be multiple RBs that no one here is even thinking about right now available before the season starts. I'm not worried at all and I still think our main RB this year is not yet on the roster.
 
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If we wanted a RB, we'd have gotten one. There was plenty of opportunity. No doubt, we might have talked about it seriously if one was there at our spot at value, but that's apparently about all we cared about it.
 
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No biggie.

Every draft has a bunch of running backs. Most of these guys will no better than Joseph Randle.

Go back the past few years and look at all the running backs drafted. They were all supposed to light it up, but they mostly all end up being basically the same dude.
 
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Cowboys22 said:
There will be multiple RBs that no one here is even thinking about right now available before the season starts. I'm not worried at all and I still think our main RB this year is not yet on the roster.
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Have to agree here. Maybe not a main RB but maybe someone to chair the committee. There will be a lot of free agent RB's come September and which line do you think they want to run behind?
 
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rpatricc said:
We should have IMO. We didnt need another LB after re-siging McClain, signing Rivers and Gachar, and having Lee return. LB could have waited until next year.
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I'm not disagreeing.

I was a little shocked by the Wilson pick

I thought Ajayi, Stephon Diggs, David Tull or Grady Jarrett would have been better

The FO obviously didn't want a RB
 
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It sounds like Duke Johnson was the guy that they were looking at in the 3rd and some talk maybe David Johnson at the same spot. The Buck Johnson and Mike Davis picks in the 4th seem more like assumptions. It doesn't appear the doctors passed Ajayi's knee.
 
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speedkilz88 said:
It sounds like Duke Johnson was the guy that they were looking at in the 3rd and some talk maybe David Johnson at the same spot. The Buck Johnson and Mike Davis picks in the 4th seem more like assumptions. It doesn't appear the doctors passed Ajayi's knee.
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I was surprised when Duke wasn't there for us in the third. I thought he would be. It'd be interesting to see if they'd have valued him over the swing OT or not. I think that swing OT was a bigger need than many had pegged it to be, going in.
 
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Idgit said:
I was surprised when Duke wasn't there for us in the third. I thought he would be. It'd be interesting to see if they'd have valued him over the swing OT or not. I think that swing OT was a bigger need than many had pegged it to be, going in.
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The guys on the site say that they would have went for Duke. Helman even mentioned that David Johnson also would have been considered. But I don't remember anyone else piping up in agreement either. (I don't trust anything Helman says)
 
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I'd guess the reason that they didn't take a RB is simple, the ranking they gave them didn't stand up to the point that they needed to draft them.
 
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speedkilz88 said:
The guys on the site say that they would have went for Duke. Helman even mentioned that David Johnson also would have been considered. But I don't remember anyone else piping up in agreement either. (I don't trust anything Helman says)
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Yeah, Ajayi (before the injury was reported), Duke, and Johnson I all thought made the most sense for us given where we'd likely be picking them. But I don't doubt if getting one of those guys was a priority, we'd get in position to take them somewhere after the Gregory pick. We probably could have done it and still got the swing OT, too, but we'd have missed out on Damien Wilson (who I think is going to be a good one), but people would have been happier, overall.
 
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We had chance after chance to take Ajayi and declined to do so.

Archer's 'feeling' defies reality.
 
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I think they graded the players pretty much right.
1st Gurley, Gordon
2nd Yeldon probably had a 2nd rd grade but not where he went, Tevin Coleman
3rd Duke, David Johnson
4th Mike Davis, Buck Allen
5th Ajayi

I have little doubt that they would have taken one of those RBs if they were there in that Rd at that pick. It just didn't work out that way. Almost all of them got very close to their picks in those Rds, but other teams coveted them ahead of them and obviously had similar grades on them. If Gregory wasn't there at 60, I bet RB is the pick.

Thats the problem with picking so late in the Rd. By the time your pick comes up its either stick to your board and pick the talent graded for that rd and hope a lower rated target slides to your next pick, or reach for need. I would have liked to see them trade around the draft some more, but mainly for guys like OO, C. Davis, X. Cooper and such. I would have been a big fan of a move up in the 3rd to get OO even for a 4th. Jones, Gregory and OO? Yes please.
 
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