BTB NFL Draft Mailbag: What To Do At Number 40?

[cowboyjoe]

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...nfl-draft-mailbag-pick-number-40-second-round

We'll be running this feature up until the draft, so be sure to send your questions in to [email protected]--don't forget to include your username--and I'll send them along the proper channels.

This time around, we have a couple of queries interested in what the Cowboys might do in the second round of the draft, where they currently sit with the fortieth pick in their pockets. In the past couple of weeks, the consensus has been climbing on the Tyron Smith bandwagon; this tide was in no way stemmed by his showing at USC's pro day earlier this week. With it an ever-growing consensus (at least for now; the draft winds change frequently) that he will be the pick at # 9, people are turning their attention to what options Dallas might have at # 40. Given that most of us perceive the Cowboys' needs to be, in roughly this order, OT, Safety, DL, CB, OG, ILB, it makes sense that, if an offensive tackle were to be taken in the first round, the Cowboys would be looking at secondary or defensive line in the second. Indeed, our draft-related daily double speaks directly to this; we have one question about each of these positions vis-a-vis the eighth pick in round two.

See the questions and Longball's sage responses after the jump...

 

[supercowboy8]

If Brandon Harris or Aaron Williams is there they should be the pick. If both are gone then trade down and get a OG or DE and add a extra 3rd.
I for one think that staying put at 9 is a mistake. We need and have to trade back and add an extra pick or two. We need more value picks. If we miss out on Smith because we trade back then fine, we can add an extra 2nd and 3rd if we trade back enough times in the 1st.

I would much rather have
Carimi
Harris
Cannon
Ellis/Jenkins
Rackley

over
Smith
Harris
Rackley or Ellis/Jenkins

 

[Avery]

Either Williams or Harris at the corner would be good picks. If they went Smith at #9, I'd be shocked if they hit OL again (though I think Cannon would be a great fit inside for Kosier/Davis.

 

[kevinhickey]

What to do at #40? First if all, if Jerry and company are set at selecting a OT with their first pick; I would move back several positions. I would do this for the simple reason; we only need a RT. The Pick would be either Tyson Smith or Gabe Carimi, who ever is left on board. Now with two 2nd round selections I would pick hopefully Safety Moore then the Centre from Penn St. Wisniswki.