Based on who the Cowboys have met-these are the top 4 positions

[baltcowboy]

Yea, I mean for someone that big and fast just get him the ball and let him run. He was a YAC monster and he has a little Lamb to his game in being stupid quick for how but he is.

Hopefully with hard coaching we could get him attacking the ball a little more.

I am starting to think our offense might be completely different and we will actually throw the football more. I will give the Cowboys credit if they do this.

 

[reddyuta]

CB is definitely on the table at 26.we have to think long term and Joseph is not it.i dont think they have shown any interest in Banks but Forbes is a real good option at 26.

 

[cnuball21]

I am starting to think our offense might be completely different and we will actually throw the football more. I will give the Cowboys credit if they do this.

I’m perfectly fine with us staying balanced but I just want to see a more diverse offense.

- Lamb and Cooks in motion
- Heavy PA
- Throw on 1st down
- 4 WR sets
- More 3 step drop quick throws

I understand Kellen helped lead us to a top offense a few times but it just felt like as good as it was sometimes it was equally as bad sometimes. The whole all curls route is absolutely laughable…

 

[garyv]

Just me, but I don't see CB at 26. First, we are overlooking how well Daron Bland played. To me, he's earned the right to start. Second, this FO has shown they can find starting CBs w/o using a 1st round pick. OL and RB I agree 100% but still won't rule out TE

As for DE......simply put, I don't trust them enough to risk a 1st round pick on one.

I agree what I'm seeing is OL for a plug and play LG O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida; Steve Avila, TCU

 

[Cowboyny]

Love the idea of Forbes and McDonald being 2 of our top targets. Can see them being high caliber player for cheap for the next 5 years.

Both are excellent 1st rd picks. Based on the numbers, we also cannot rule out them taking a WR. Don't think taking a TE is on the table.

 

[Cowboyny]

I started looking at Johnston. The Michigan game he really played well against NFL caliber prospects. I can see him being a Watson type. The way Watson lit us up I am probably overrating him. As of right now I like about 5 guys that I can see us drafting at 26. I am trying to get myself to like Addison and Flowers. I don’t like guard at 26. Torrance and Avila are not special to me. They don’t have All-Pro potential. To pick them in the first I think the Cowboys would have to believe they are Tyler.

Johnson is reminds me on Sutton with the Broncos, Avilia is similar to Hernandez the Giants drafted, Torrence is more like Leonard Davis.

 

[baltcowboy]

Johnson is reminds me on Sutton with the Broncos, Avilia is similar to Hernandez the Giants drafted, Torrence is more like Leonard Davis.

Hernandez? Yuck…. Supposedly Slater says the team thinks Avila is a bigger/healthier Leary. We can get that later in the draft. Sutton was ok until he hurt his knee.

 

[Cowboyny]

Hernandez? Yuck…. Supposedly Slater says the team thinks Avila is a bigger/healthier Leary. We can get that later in the draft. Sutton was ok until he hurt his knee.

That might be too harsh, I like Avilia, but just not at 26. If he turns out to be anything like Leary he would be a good pick, but there are going to be better players to draft in the 1st rd.

 

[baltcowboy]

That might be too harsh, I like Avilia, but just not at 26. If he turns out to be anything like Leary he would be a good pick, but there are going to be better players to draft in the 1st rd.

The problem is Leary was an undrafted free agent. Good player but I think Mafi could be the same player and we could get him later.

 

[Cowboyny]

The problem is Leary was an undrafted free agent. Good player but I think Mafi could be the same player and we could get him later.

Leary was a 3rd rd prospect that fell due to his knee. Think Mafi could be in that same range.

 

[xwalker]

Avilia is similar to Hernandez the Giants drafted, Torrence is more like Leonard Davis.

I don't see those comparisons at all.

Mafi would be a better comp to Hernandez.

Leonard (Bigg) Davis played LT in college and 3 of his 11 years in the NFL.
- Torrence is difficult to move but he doesn't consistently move defenders.
- Bigg in college looked like Larry Allen in the NFL with regards to run blocking. Completely dominant.
- Bigg 355 pounds when drafted. Torrence 330.

I think the draft media reviews of Torrence are wrong.
- He has better feet than the reports claim.
- In college he was a better pass blocker than run blocker.
- In run blocking he was better as a positional blocker (reach blocks or zone stretch type move blocks) than pure power blocking.

 

[Cowboyny]

I don't see those comparisons at all.

Mafi would be a better comp to Hernandez.

Leonard (Bigg) Davis played LT in college and 3 of his 11 years in the NFL.
- Torrence is difficult to move but he doesn't consistently move defenders.
- Bigg in college looked like Larry Allen in the NFL with regards to run blocking. Completely dominant.
- Bigg 355 pounds when drafted. Torrence 330.

I compare Avilia to Hernandez as they are better against the pass, then as run blockers, despite their size. Avilia appears to be the better run blocker at the same juncture, but I think he needs some development in that area. How would you rate him against last year's class? Is he as good as Zion Johnson or that Texas A&M Guard on the Texans?

Torrence is more of an old schooled right guard who you run behind.

 

[xwalker]

Don’t forget about Chauncey Golston at 3-tech. By the end of last year he was playing well. Quinn noticed and started giving him more snaps at the end of the season and in the playoffs.

He is not real quick for a DE but he is very quick for a 3T DT. He has always been stout against the run (he played some DT at Iowa as well) and he still was as a 3T in Dallas. He weighs 290 (at the end of last year) and has great movement. He is probably as quick as Kancey and has way more length, which he uses well. And we all know how much Quinn loves length. In the last game against Washington Golston was giving some of their OL problems. He had some good penetration in the playoffs as well.

If there was a 3-Tech in this draft that was 6-5, 290 lbs. and was stout against the run, people would want to draft him.

I’m not saying Golston is the next Aaron Donald, but I think fans are really sleeping on him. I think Quinn likes him a lot and he was real patient with Golston’s switch to DT. By the end of last year it looked like Quinn’s patience was starting to pay off… and his usage went way up.

After another training camp as a 3T, I expect continued improvement out of Golston. I think he’ll rotate with Odighizuwa and in passing situations, they’ll have both Odighizuwa and Golston at DT.

People are completely forgetting about him.

Agree.

I think Golston can be a much better player than Gallimore.

Golston has the long arms and big hands that Dan Quinn prefers:
Hand: 10 7/8
Arm: 34 3/4
Wingspan: 84 3/8

I prefer to big 3-tech DT like Benton because they already have sub 300 pound DTs Odighi and Golston.

I'm undecided on Mazi. He is not as powerful as I expected but he is quicker and better as a pass rusher than expected.

 

[AsthmaField]

Agree.

I think Golston can be a much better player than Gallimore.

Golston has the long arms and big hands that Dan Quinn prefers:
Hand: 10 7/8
Arm: 34 3/4
Wingspan: 84 3/8

I prefer to big 3-tech DT like Benton because they already have sub 300 pound DTs Odighi and Golston.

I'm undecided on Mazi. He is not as powerful as I expected but he is quicker and better as a pass rusher than expected.

I like Golston much more than Gallimore, for sure. There is no comparison, IMO.

 

[cristglo]

That might be too harsh, I like Avilia, but just not at 26. If he turns out to be anything like Leary he would be a good pick, but there are going to be better players to draft in the 1st rd.

If they reached at 26 and he turned out like Freebeard Idbe happy then lol

 

[Cowboyny]

If they reached at 26 and he turned out like Freebeard Idbe happy then lol

Doesn't always work out reaching for players, see Taco.

 

[xwalker]

I like Golston much more than Gallimore, for sure. There is no comparison, IMO.

Gallimore in active in playoff game 1.

Then 30% snaps in game 2 vs 23% for Golston. I didn't understand why.

 

[xwalker]

I compare Avilia to Hernandez as they are better against the pass, then as run blockers, despite their size. Avilia appears to be the better run blocker at the same juncture, but I think he needs some development in that area. How would you rate him against last year's class? Is he as good as Zion Johnson or that Texas A&M Guard on the Texans?

Torrence is more of an old schooled right guard who you run behind.

Good question about Zion. I liked Zion but thought his best position was OC. Zion was more technically developed than Torrence or Avila.

I think Avila is as good as Torrence in run blocking. He pushed Mazi Smith around in that matchup.

 

[Cowboyny]

Good question about Zion. I liked Zion but thought his best position was OC. Zion was more technically developed than Torrence or Avila.

I think Avila is as good as Torrence in run blocking. He pushed Mazi Smith around in that matchup.

Would you consider him at 26?

 

[xwalker]

Would you consider him at 26?

Only because he can play both OC and OG.

Obviously depends on who is available at #26.