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http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2013...ey-trust-2013-nfl-draft-results-jason-garrett
there's no question that the Dallas Cowboys continued their recent trend of alternating emphasis in the 2013 draft. 2011 was heavy on offense, using six of the eight picks on that side of the ball. In 2012, they went the other direction, picking five defensive players with the eight picks they came into the draft with, including the trade up for Morris Claiborne, which ate up the original first and second rounder. They went back to offense this year, although getting four out of seven offensive players may not look as heavily slanted. But the first three picks were all offense, putting a very heavy qualitative advantage in that direction.
That seems a bit counter-intuitive. I was sort of under the impression that you needed really salty safety play to make the Kiffin defense work. But as MacMahon points out, history supports what Kiffin says.
John Lynch was the star at safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early years under Kiffin, but he was drafted in 1993 and only emerged after Kiffin arrived in 1996. Outside of him, Kiffin used mid-round draft picks (sort of like, oh, third round pick J.J. Wilcox, perhaps) and cheap free agents (maybe Will Allen) to make things work. In that light, Kiffin is not coming into a situation that is any worse than he had bach then, and arguably he is a good bit better off. He certainly has some young players, and hopefully they will bring the instincts with them.
there's no question that the Dallas Cowboys continued their recent trend of alternating emphasis in the 2013 draft. 2011 was heavy on offense, using six of the eight picks on that side of the ball. In 2012, they went the other direction, picking five defensive players with the eight picks they came into the draft with, including the trade up for Morris Claiborne, which ate up the original first and second rounder. They went back to offense this year, although getting four out of seven offensive players may not look as heavily slanted. But the first three picks were all offense, putting a very heavy qualitative advantage in that direction.
That seems a bit counter-intuitive. I was sort of under the impression that you needed really salty safety play to make the Kiffin defense work. But as MacMahon points out, history supports what Kiffin says.
John Lynch was the star at safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early years under Kiffin, but he was drafted in 1993 and only emerged after Kiffin arrived in 1996. Outside of him, Kiffin used mid-round draft picks (sort of like, oh, third round pick J.J. Wilcox, perhaps) and cheap free agents (maybe Will Allen) to make things work. In that light, Kiffin is not coming into a situation that is any worse than he had bach then, and arguably he is a good bit better off. He certainly has some young players, and hopefully they will bring the instincts with them.
