Broaddus: Parcells fired me over Charles Woodson

[big dog cowboy]

As do all coaches! Drafting isn't a science

Even the great Jimmy Johnson had some clunkers.

 

[Tristan]

2002 Dallas Cowboys draft

Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 8 Roy Williams * S Oklahoma
2 37 Andre Gurode * C Colorado
2 63 Antonio Bryant WR Pittsburgh
3 75 Derek Ross CB Ohio State
4 129 Jamar Martin FB Ohio State
5 168 Pete Hunter DB Virginia Union
6 179 Tyson Walter G Ohio State
6 208 Deveren Johnson WR Sacred Heart compensatory
6 211 Bob Slowikowski TE Virginia Tech compensatory
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

2003 Dallas Cowboys draft

Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 5 Terence Newman * CB Kansas State
2 38 Al Johnson C Wisconsin
3 69 Jason Witten * TE Tennessee [1]
4 103 Bradie James LB LSU
6 178 B. J. Tucker CB Wisconsin
6 186 Zuriel Smith WR Hampton
7 219 Justin Bates G Colorado

2004 Dallas Cowboys draft

Round Pick Player Position College Notes
2 43 Julius Jones RB Notre Dame
2 52 Jacob Rogers OT Southern California
3 83 Stephen Peterman G LSU
4 121 Bruce Thornton CB Georgia
7 205 Nathan Jones CB Rutgers
7 216 Patrick Crayton WR Northwestern Oklahoma State
7 223 Jacques Reeves CB Purdue

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Lotta misses there Broaddus

Man that 2004 draft pissed me off! Steven Jackson fell right to us, and we needed him bad! Couldnt believe we traded down for julius.
Then w the the extra first the following year we take felix jones, sigh...
Those who talk about wasting Romos career could look right there!
S Jax was a hell of a back for 6-7 years imo

 

[Tristan]

Wow...I don't even remember some of those names, I don't mind Roy, Andre, Terence, Bradie...other than that again wow.

Ahhh good ol Pete Hunter

 

[Tristan]

Maybe he shouldn't be the one buying the groceries. ?.

Hes the last dude I would let near the shopping list! I love Parcells the character and even as an outdated coach with great concepts, but this guy has been awful at gm imo way to much to list but he ruined the Dolphins! He should be villified for ever for passing on Matt Ryan for an OT a bust OT at that! Look at what the Miami fans have suffered thru! He had Jay freakin Fiedler maaaan!!!

 

[Tristan]

As do all coaches! Drafting isn't a science

Parcels had some stubborn flaws when it came to qb's imo

 

[xwalker]

Man that 2004 draft pissed me off! Steven Jackson fell right to us, and we needed him bad! Couldnt believe we traded down for julius.
Then w the the extra first the following year we take felix jones, sigh...
Those who talk about wasting Romos career could look right there!
S Jax was a hell of a back for 6-7 years imo

They took DWare and Spears the following year (2005).

Felix was 2008.

 

[Vintage]

Man that 2004 draft pissed me off! Steven Jackson fell right to us, and we needed him bad! Couldnt believe we traded down for julius.
Then w the the extra first the following year we take felix jones, sigh...
Those who talk about wasting Romos career could look right there!
S Jax was a hell of a back for 6-7 years imo

The hell are you smoking? With the extra first, we took Marcus Spears.

 

[Tristan]

They took DWare and Spears the following year (2005).

Felix was 2008.

Aha! Not as bas then lol! Still hated the felix jones mike Jenkins duo, then again I was in the trade the farm McFadden camp lol.

 

[Tristan]

The hell are you smoking? With the extra first, we took Marcus Spears.

Ultra Master Bubba Kush if you must know, I bread it myself Had my trade down years all mixed up lol. Still wanted Jackson

 

[DavidS]

Broddus is a moron

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Broddus is a moron

Correction, he's a "maroon" per fuzzylumpkin.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

lol....fired him over Woodson....because he hit on every other player!

 

[FLCowboyFan]

Parcels had some stubborn flaws when it came to qb's imo

But to be fair he found and developEd Romo

 

[Tristan]

But to be fair he found and developEd Romo

I was a henson guy back then, I just thought romo would be a marc bulger type at best. I think in some ways his being able to find romo undrafted gave him an arrogance that he could find a good qb anywhere and franchise crushing mistakes like passing on matt ryan

 

[pansophy]

Not sure that's a fair criticism these days. We may take risks in the 2nd, but we've been playing it safe in the first.

Yes and no. We ended up playing it safe in the 1st round because our maneuvering hasn't worked out. We have then just been incredibly fortunate that such solid players have been available. We do get some credit for knowing to take them, but it would not be accurate to suggest that Jones just sat back and these players have landed in our laps. Zeke may be the exception, but at #4 he was obvious given what makes our offense run.

 

[TheCount]

Yes and no. We ended up playing it safe in the 1st round because our maneuvering hasn't worked out. We have then just been incredibly fortunate that such solid players have been available. We do get some credit for knowing to take them, but it would not be accurate to suggest that Jones just sat back and these players have landed in our laps. Zeke may be the exception, but at #4 he was obvious given what makes our offense run.

It's impossible to know if other teams don't end up playing it safe after exploring riskier options, so hard to cite that as any real sort of proof. Exploring is something you want your staff doing on draft night, as long as they don't make any stupid decisions as a result.

I don't think taking an RB at #4 was an obvious decision by any stretch, but who knows, maybe it was for them.

 

[Galian Beast]

Glad to see a lot of people agreeing with me.

Someone on this board still has a quote of mine in his signature where I called Bill Parcells out on slowing the recovery of this team.

The move to the 3-4 and the two tight end system that no one was prepared to adapt to was killer.

We drafted a lot of players as someone mentioned that were big in slow when the NFL was getting a lot faster.

His ego definitely got in the way of progress. I still say he ruined Julius Jones and Drew Henson. He really botched drafted Steven Jackson. And could have botched drafting DeMarcus Ware.

 

[Galian Beast]

But to be fair he found and developEd Romo

Sean Payton found Romo, not parcells..

 

[Galian Beast]

It's impossible to know if other teams don't end up playing it safe after exploring riskier options, so hard to cite that as any real sort of proof. Exploring is something you want your staff doing on draft night, as long as they don't make any stupid decisions as a result.

I don't think taking an RB at #4 was an obvious decision by any stretch, but who knows, maybe it was for them.

I would say that Zeke outside of these off the field issues was the obvious pick. Given our offensive line and QB situation and who we had a RB, Zeke would help more than any other player in the draft.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

Sean Payton found Romo, not parcells..

He worked for Parcells