Benjamin Morrison CB Notre Dame

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Is this true? I seem to recall the Cowboys admitted later there was a CB left in the board that they had rated higher.
Not sure if he was BPA but Taco was considered a late 1st rounder where we took him he was just a bust…I never considered him a reach just wish we would’ve taken Watt.
 

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Not sure if he was BPA but Taco was considered a late 1st rounder where we took him he was just a bust…I never considered him a reach just wish we would’ve taken Watt.
They had Taco as a 2nd rd grade and thought the depth at corner was easier to find later. That was the draft in which they selected both Awuzie and Lewis. Taco was Marinelli's call over the scouts as he never seen him play with his hand on the ground.
 

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They had Taco as a 2nd rd grade and thought the depth at corner was easier to find later. That was the draft in which they selected both Awuzie and Lewis. Taco was Marinelli's call over the scouts as he never seen him play with his hand on the ground.
This.

King was the only player available when they picked still with a first round grade. But they believed the depth at CB was greater in the draft than DE, so they took the DE thinking they'd come back with quality CBs later.

As you said Marinelli might be the fleas ridden dog in this mess. He wasn't creative enough to see/think he could get something out of TJ Watt. What a mistake.
 

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This.

King was the only player available when they picked still with a first round grade. But they believed the depth at CB was greater in the draft than DE, so they took the DE thinking they'd come back with quality CBs later.

As you said Marinelli might be the fleas ridden dog in this mess. He wasn't creative enough to see/think he could get something out of TJ Watt. What a mistake.
Scouts liked Watt more, but front office gave Marinelli the power to select Taco.
 

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They had Taco as a 2nd rd grade and thought the depth at corner was easier to find later. That was the draft in which they selected both Awuzie and Lewis. Taco was Marinelli's call over the scouts as he never seen him play with his hand on the ground.
The Cowboys might have had him in the 2nd but mist if the media scouts had him end of the 1st.

We didn’t reach for him he was just a bust.
 
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