Broaddus FO thinks they are set at safety

[TheSport78]

I have hope for Wilcox. I don't think anything at all of the other safeties on the roster.

I liked the pick when it was made, but he needs to put on a substantial amount of muscle this offseason. He looked like a boy among men last season.

 

[TheSport78]

You're overlooking the value of draft picks (possibly due to bad drafting by the cowboys), but a 3rd round draft pick is a player you expect to turn into a starter, if not year one, then by year 2. Which is exactly the position Wilcox would have/should have been in had he not been injured. Expecting something from a 4th round draft pick is also not asking too much.

I believe in the philosophy that if you feel as an organization you have a position of strength or stabilization, ADD to it and make it stronger. Garrett has paraphrased this line of thinking in the past, but then you have idiot Jerry Jones being interviewed in the media and essentially saying that they're okay at safety. It's a conflict of interest between owner and coach and that's why we've been consistently mediocre for a long time now.

 

[casmith07]

I liked the pick when it was made, but he needs to put on a substantial amount of muscle this offseason. He looked like a boy among men last season.

He doesn't need to gain that much. He's a free safety, naturally.

 

[Nirvana]

 

[Gameover]

Why?

 

[Hoofbite]

A 3rd round pick to me is a developmental player that you HOPE becomes a starter, but the player should not keep you from strengthening the position or adding a prospective better player.

A 4th round pick should receive no loyalty from the organization, especially at the safety position. The Cowboys have given Matt Johnson the past two seasons to prove himself, and he's spent more time in the tub than on the field.

They've already said they reached for Johnson too.

 

[Doomsday]

The safety play was a complete and utter joke last season. It cost them at least two games. Yea, they may improve but I dont get why you would bet the season on it. There has to be at least an average veteran out there that can come in and help solidify the spot next to Church.

 

[Wolfpack]

Looking into the inner workings of the Dallas Front Office is like watching an old school Ernest Bourgnine flick, its cheesy and you know its not going to end well for anyone.

 

[Woods]

The safety play was a complete and utter joke last season. It cost them at least two games. Yea, they may improve but I dont get why you would bet the season on it. There has to be at least an average veteran out there that can come in and help solidify the spot next to Church.

Actually, that's what I would do in the Cowboys position if they believe they have something good in the young players at Safety. Bring is a veteran while the young guys (hopefully) improve. Preferably a veteran who is cheap enough to move on from if the young Safeties step up.

 

[Bizwah]

I think you build from the inside out. If there is a choice between a DL ans a safety...you take a DL.

Clinton-Dix and Pryor are nice prospects, but I can think of quite a few DL I'd take ahead of them.

 

[Alexander]

He fell asleep at the beach.

This is Broaddus we're talking about here. He's guessing. People need to stop acting like he's got some inside source within the organization. There is no way we are so stupid as to tell a writer what we're thinking in the upcoming draft.

No, but I am sure he picks up enough flavor of the moment that he can be accurate half the time.

I have no doubt we are happy where we are at safety. Too many recent resources, too many reasons to be "optimistic".

 

[ConstantReboot]

The plan for this draft should be to fix both sides of the trenches on offense and defense. Defense first. We need a passrushing DE. WDE, and tackle. We also a guard or tackle in the later rounds. If we spend the 1st 5 picks on fixing the trenches in this draft I'll be happy. Please no glory picks in the 1st or 2nd. We can use those for later.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

They should think they're safe. If you spent a 3rd rounder JUST last season on Wilcox, and you locked Barry Church up long term and you still haven't cut Matt Johnson than that tells me you think you are set at safety. If you thought Wilcox was worthy of a 3rd rounder last year than you should feel the same now.

 

[Hostile]

The safety plan: Pick a ton of white dudes from middle of nowhere community college and hope they can play.

Not that race makes a player good, bad, or ugly, but Barry Church is not white. Jakar Hamilton is not white. JJ Wilcox is not white. Jeff Heath is white, but he was not picked. He signed as a UDFA.

The only white Safety we have picked in at least 7 years is Matt Johnson, and no one knows if he can play or not at this point. If he can it won't have anything to do with the color of his skin.

Very ignorant post.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Yeah, I wouldn't call them "set" at safety.

Sure we are. After all, it's the 11th hour. The draft is over. All mini camps are finished. Training camp is over. Pre-season games are done. The final cuts have been made. We start the new season tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!



Oh wait..............

 

[yentl911]

I actually think the guys we have could be decent Safeties. Church is already solid and an excellent open field tackler. A year under their belt should help Heath and Wilcox a bunch too. Let's remember that Wilcox has not played the position very long and although he shouldn't have played as much as he did last year, he should benefit from the experience.

I am not as down on Heath as much as most either. He has the skill set to be a solid player. He needs some time.

Johnson might be a player too but I have all but given up hope of "Blown Glass" staying anywhere near the field.

 

[cml750]

We have not had an impact safety since Woodey left. I guess Roy Williams was decent until he got paid. Maybe Church and Wilcox can show us something if we can fix the pass rush.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Sure we are. After all, it's the 11th hour. The draft is over. All mini camps are finished. Training camp is over. Pre-season games are done. The final cuts have been made. We start the new season tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!



Oh wait..............

LOL!

Yeah.

 

[ThreeandOut]

No, but that doesn't mean you ignore a position if the value is there in the draft.

We are set at nothing on defense.

Well put. They may not want to spend a high pick on the position but they shouldn't ignore it either if a safety is the best player on their board in the middle/late rounds.

 

[xwalker]

Jerry said the same thing about the safety position this year, just like he said defensive line was a strength for us last year. They will never learn.

Is there a link to Jerry saying that they were set at Safety? Many reports came out that they would have drafted a safety in the 1st round if the player that they liked had been available. Broaddus referenced it multiple times.

The DLine appeared to just about everyone to have as much talent as just about any position prior to the draft.
Ware
Spencer
Ratliff
Hatcher
Crawford

What position would have been better if all of those guys were healthy? The OLine looked like a much bigger question mark at this time last year as compared to the DLine. Bern and Free had been terrible in 2012 and Leary had never taken a snap in a real NFL game.

The after the fact emotions about the DLine just don't match up with the facts.