Behind the scenes look at the Mazi selection

[speedkilz88]

Video feels staged and fake. I don't believe that's how the decision actually got processed.

I would assume they had already planned that the video would be released in draft specials.

 

[Kingofholland]

Interesting, I do wonder if Mazi would have lasted until pick 31..Obviously we would have ended up with Matthew Bergeron if he wasn't.

 

[rambo2]

Negative.

If that were true Machota wouldn't have just tweeted it. The Bergeron naming and the Chiefs calling were not on the prior video.

There was a guy in here that said I didn't know what I was talking about when I said that the Chiefs wanted to trade up for Mazi.

 

[rambo2]

Interesting, I do wonder if Mazi would have lasted until pick 31..Obviously we would have ended up with Matthew Bergeron if he wasn't.

The Chiefs wanted him.

 

[speedkilz88]

The Chiefs wanted him.

I think they were trying to jump over the Saints to get him.

 

[rambo2]

I think they were trying to jump over the Saints to get him.

That's right and then we had the run on dtackles and would have missed out if we didn't take Mazi there.

 

[TwistedL0g1k]

Dropping 5 spots, from #26 to #31, in exchange for a 3rd round pick is actually a very good trade for Dallas based on the draft value charts.

Obviously not worth it if you lose a great player, but Dallas does not do this enough. A 3rd round pick is potentially a very good player, on the cheap too. Two high picks vs. one is often the better choice, especially if you trust your scouting department.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

I can only imagine the board’s reaction if we picked Berguson at 26.

I would have been thrilled,,, tackle, guard, or center would have been alright by me... that being said, I like the Mazi pick too.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Sure hope he pans out. The collective GM group here seem to have all agreed on the choice.

I know the 3Tech DT evaluators from past drafts have not produced any real gems of late either.
So I hope the 1Tech scouts turn the tide with this pick.

Cuz Micah could sure use the help.

i hope so too. its never a guarantee, ala just see Isiah Simmons, the 7th pick of the draft, but you make grades, you do your assessment, you do your projection and you go with it.

facts are that there are only about 15-18 true first round talent players in each draft. after that, its about grades you given a player, need, etc.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Dropping 5 spots, from #26 to #31, in exchange for a 3rd round pick is actually a very good trade for Dallas based on the draft value charts.

Obviously not worth it if you lose a great player, but Dallas does not do this enough. A 3rd round pick is potentially a very good player, on the cheap too. Two high picks vs. one is often the better choice, especially if you trust your scouting department.

IMHO, after the first 15 to 18 that may truly be a first roudnd talent, the rest is about grades, needs for each player and each team. if you are picking 25 and below, you had a good team, probably a good record last year, you are competing and need to round out what ever ails you to get past the hurdle. last year our issue was run defense, specially run up the middle. we were 22nd in run defense. so shoring up run defense would be critical. there wasn't another DT taken until middle of 2nd round, so given prior to the draft its all about grades and need, if Mazi was graded high and could help at DT, then you go with it. because you may end up with another player and you still have run defense issues. I don't mind the pick but will he work out? that's another question, however everyone gives the players a grade, has a draft chart and you just go with it.

 

[Carson]

Dropping 5 spots, from #26 to #31, in exchange for a 3rd round pick is actually a very good trade for Dallas based on the draft value charts.

Obviously not worth it if you lose a great player, but Dallas does not do this enough. A 3rd round pick is potentially a very good player, on the cheap too. Two high picks vs. one is often the better choice, especially if you trust your scouting department.

In theory absolutely.

But when the two guys you want (Smith and Bergeron) are there, you don’t move down

 

[john van brocklin]

I can only imagine the board’s reaction if we picked Berguson at 26.

Pitchforks and torches decending on the star.

 

[Sheepherder]

Risen, would you happen to know how they went about making their 2nd pick? And does Jerry, himself make that pick. I've heard that he makes the 2nd pick.

 

[rambo2]

Risen, would you happen to know how they went about making their 2nd pick? And does Jerry, himself make that pick. I've heard that he makes the 2nd pick.

With Schoonmaker and Richards on the team. I like that 2nd pick.

 

[speedkilz88]

Risen, would you happen to know how they went about making their 2nd pick? And does Jerry, himself make that pick. I've heard that he makes the 2nd pick.

That's silly. Jerry has repeatedly said that he's the tiebreaker if there is a split room. If Jerry was dictating the 2nd round picks, do you really think he's demanding Schoonmaker over RB Kendre Miller & WRs Marvin Mims, Jalin Hyatt or Cedric Tillman?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Here's a tweet from May 1 and the thread where everyone discussed it.



https://cowboyszone.com/threads/the-mazi-vs-bergeron-closing-debate-in-the-war-room.510873/


And the video the clip came from then:

Mazi seems so ... intelligent and stuff.

 

[Sheepherder]

With Schoonmaker and Richards on the team. I like that 2nd pick.

I sure hope Richards has an upside because the depth is not very good if somebody gets hurt. We got Steele coming back after a knee injury and If Tyrone goes down, it could get bad. That's my opinion.

 

[rambo2]

I think they were trying to jump over the Saints to get him.

The show also showed that the Cowboys were not going to take Kincaid at 26. The Bills got taken there.

 

[Sheepherder]

That's silly. Jerry has repeatedly said that he's the tiebreaker if there is a split room. If Jerry was dictating the 2nd round picks, do you really think he's demanding Schoonmaker over RB Kendre Miller & WRs Marvin Mims, Jalin Hyatt or Cedric Tillman?

I've never heard one way or the other, that's why I asked.

 

[Hardline]

I can only imagine the board’s reaction if we picked Berguson at 26.

I wouldn't have had a problem with it. There were quality DTs to be had with the 2nd round pick.