At #14, the Cowboys are on the clock...

Easy pick for me, DeCastro.


windward;4358562 said:
DeCastro every day and twice on Sunday. CB is deep this year.

So is guard, technically.
 
tm1119;4358158 said:
Heard of Morris Claiborne?

Kirkpatrick is a much better tackler than Claiborne.

Claiborne reminds me a lot of Newman.
 
casmith07;4358704 said:
Kirkpatrick is a much better tackler than Claiborne.

Claiborne reminds me a lot of Newman.
Kirkpatrick is the better tackler but I don't see the Newman comparison for Clai.
 
Decastro and its not open for debate imo unless dre is there(i expect claiborne gone)
 
Anyone know what kind of chances we have at DeCasto being there at 14? I know it is pretty impossible to answer, but is he falling to get to us at 14? I have the same feeling that I did when this went on with T Smith. I kept thinking someone would grab him before we got him.
 
Dash28;4358709 said:
Kirkpatrick is the better tackler but I don't see the Newman comparison for Clai.

From college, you'd see it big time. Similar build, similar style of play. Not overly physical at the point of attack, etc. More of a "submarine tackler."
 
I trade down and take Dennard (though I'd still prefer a pressure player)...than take Amini Silatolu in the second round.
 
Decastro. We can nickname him Decastration after he rips the opponents balls off and hands them back to them.
 
dmq;4359224 said:
Anyone know what kind of chances we have at DeCasto being there at 14? I know it is pretty impossible to answer, but is he falling to get to us at 14? I have the same feeling that I did when this went on with T Smith. I kept thinking someone would grab him before we got him.

Guards don't usually go very high in the draft, but the new cap rules on rookies might change that. Iupati went 17th a few years back to the 49ers and he was the best Guard Prospect to come out in some time. I presonally would expect DeCastro to be there if Dallas wants him.
 
Joe Rod;4359876 said:
Guards don't usually go very high in the draft, but the new cap rules on rookies might change that. Iupati went 17th a few years back to the 49ers and he was the best Guard Prospect to come out in some time. I presonally would expect DeCastro to be there if Dallas wants him.

I agree that top G will fall mid to late 1st rd. In the case of DeCastro he is the top G in the nation and he should fall mid portion of the draft and it so happens we have a pick in the middle of the 1st as well as a big time need for improvements on the OL. Seems a match made in heaven. If Cowboys were picking in the top 10 DeCastro I doubt would be getting this much talk but at 14 yeah.
 
Doomsday101;4359884 said:
I agree that top G will fall mid to late 1st rd. In the case of DeCastro he is the top G in the nation and he should fall mid portion of the draft and it so happens we have a pick in the middle of the 1st as well as a big time need for improvements on the OL. Seems a match made in heaven. If Cowboys were picking in the top 10 DeCastro I doubt would be getting this much talk but at 14 yeah.

Well I wouldn't be upset if DeCastro is drafted, guess if we are picking an OL this high in the first round I have to wonder why it wouldn't be a OT with all the issues we saw Free have this last year. I figure Free could be a much better guard than DeCastro next year if we had another OT.

We could have DeCastro, great......Free would still get abused by Tuck just like he did JPP, we can't expect to hide him on the right side.
 
Deep_Freeze;4360223 said:
Well I wouldn't be upset if DeCastro is drafted, guess if we are picking an OL this high in the first round I have to wonder why it wouldn't be a OT with all the issues we saw Free have this last year. I figure Free could be a much better guard than DeCastro next year if we had another OT.

We could have DeCastro, great......Free would still get abused by Tuck just like he did JPP, we can't expect to hide him on the right side.

Top OT as we saw last year will go in the 1st part of the 1st rd. Top G will normally fall in the middle portion of the 1st rd. As for moving Free to G I'm not looking to experiment. We know Free can play the RT he has shown that. I like LT with Smith and Free back to RT.

Again I'm open to other picks in the 1st rd depending on how the draft falls but if on draft day DeCastro is still there at 14 I have no problem taking the best interior lineman in the nation as my 1st pick.

I guess what I’m saying I’m not looking for the 3rd or 4th best player at a position in the 1st rd I want the best player out there at a certain position of need. In this case I think DeCastro fits that bill
 
Doomsday101;4360276 said:
Top OT as we saw last year will go in the 1st part of the 1st rd. Top G will normally fall in the middle portion of the 1st rd. As for moving Free to G I'm not looking to experiment. We know Free can play the RT he has shown that. I like LT with Smith and Free back to RT.

Again I'm open to other picks in the 1st rd depending on how the draft falls but if on draft day DeCastro is still there at 14 I have no problem taking the best interior lineman in the nation as my 1st pick.

I guess what I’m saying I’m not looking for the 3rd or 4th best player at a position in the 1st rd I want the best player out there at a certain position of need. In this case I think DeCastro fits that bill

Actually I'm not sure what Free can do after this year (he had shown he could play LT and look what happened), he looked so foolish out there that sometimes it should make you doubt whether he should be on the edge at all. Of course having the best player at a position in a draft is good, but it does depend on the position, and I don't see us talking about taking the best fullback in the first round.

Extreme case, but the point is, positions do mean something. We drafted 2 guards just last year, plus a OT. Now, after our D looked like a high school squad out there, I believe it is overkill. We do have other needs, and I would rather fill a guard in FA for now then use another first rounder.
 
I take one of the premier corners if they fall or the best pass rusher on our board. D-fence
 
It'd be great to get the top Guard. I hope it works out.
 

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