Building this team through the Draft

[Coogiguy03]

We hear this so much, realistically, how many of those players will actually help you out in the season?

The recent most draft we used, Smith, Williams, and Bland. While the other guys need time to get ready for this game. Then by this year's draft, will be adding more young guys to this team. People are going to get lost in the shuffle.

I say draft well, but still pick up some free agents!

 

[Rayman70]

must do both well.

 

[CATCH17]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

 

[Coogiguy03]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

Right lol

 

[Rayman70]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

the Hankins deal was great actually. Same with TY. The others, stank.

 

[DFWJC]

By far you need to build thru the draft
But FA and draft are complimentary

 

[Jake]

The two SB teams have drafted well and picked up some good free agents. That's not a coincidence.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

The two SB teams have drafted well and picked up some good free agents. That's not a coincidence.

The two SB teams also don't operate under the "We like our guys" philosophy. They churn their roster and are consistently looking to improve. That's the main difference. For Jones and his braintrust, building the team isn't a 365 day endeavor.

 

[DFWJC]

The two SB teams also don't operate under the "We like our guys" philosophy. They churn their roster and are consistently looking to improve. That's the main difference. For Jones and his braintrust, building the team isn't a 365 day endeavor.

Dallas spent in Free Agency this year than the Eagles
I guess just not as much bang for the buck

 

[big dog cowboy]

We hear this so much, realistically, how many of those players will actually help you out in the season?

The recent most draft we used, Smith, Williams, and Bland. While the other guys need time to get ready for this game. Then by this year's draft, will be adding more young guys to this team. People are going to get lost in the shuffle.

Asking rookies to contribute is risky. Sure there are a couple that can step in but most can't. The idea is to draft good enough that you won't ever need free agents because the roster is already stocked.

 

[jujoboys]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

Bingo. Thank goodness Jerry keeps throwing money at Will McClay to stay. I know he misses on some players every now and then but no one is perfect. McClay does an excellent job when you consider that he is probably having to battle Jerry at times when it comes to picking the right player. If only we had Will McClay running the draft, another guy working the CAP and signing free agents (ours and external), and Jed Clampett and Jethro Bodine in charge of marketing the team (or out cruising on their yacht counting their money).

 

[phildadon86]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

Lol you hated the parsons pick. Stop acting like you know what you’re talking about.

 

[CATCH17]

Lol you hated the parsons pick. Stop acting like you know what you’re talking about.

I did. Still don’t like him at linebacker. My opinion immediately changed after watching the Chargers game and I said he needed to stay on the edge because he isn’t anything special as a linebacker.

Cowboyszone disagreed with me. Dan Quinn didn’t.

Had anyone know he was this type of player off the edge Dallas doesn’t draft him.

 

[Thrill99]

Bingo. Thank goodness Jerry keeps throwing money at Will McClay to stay. I know he misses on some players every now and then but no one is perfect. McClay does an excellent job when you consider that he is probably having to battle Jerry at times when it comes to picking the right player. If only we had Will McClay running the draft, another guy working the CAP and signing free agents (ours and external), and Jed Clampett and Jethro Bodine in charge of marketing the team (or out cruising on their yacht counting their money).

A big motive for McClay to stay here is to stay close to his son who is in high school in Frisco, I believe. All bets are off when he graduates in the next year or so.

 

[fivetwos]

I did. Still don’t like him at linebacker. My opinion immediately changed after watching the Chargers game and I said he needed to stay on the edge because he isn’t anything special as a linebacker.

Cowboyszone disagreed with me. Dan Quinn didn’t.

Had anyone know he was this type of player off the edge Dallas doesn’t draft him.

I specifically recall you wanting Jalen Phillips, the best edge guy from what nearly everyone knew. That guy is a player.

So, the need was correct, and much better than a top 10 corner as most assumed would happen.

I mean really, who in the media had Parsons as anywhere near the edge guy he is? The big buzz was him opting out and some shower incident.

 

[Creeper]

We've discussed this many times already. There are so many problems with a draft only strategy. Some years there just aren't any good QBs. If you need a QB you have to wait another year. But the same is true with every position, except for other positions top tier free agents can be found to fill gaps in a roster. Once teams find a QB, they usually lock him up if his is a good one. Then again, How many Mahomes, Allens, Rodgers and Brady's are there?

 

[john van brocklin]

We hear this so much, realistically, how many of those players will actually help you out in the season?

The recent most draft we used, Smith, Williams, and Bland. While the other guys need time to get ready for this game. Then by this year's draft, will be adding more young guys to this team. People are going to get lost in the shuffle.

I say draft well, but still pick up some free agents!

You have to use Free Agency to supplement your roster.
See the other contending teams.
The Jones boys don't know how to evaluate other teams players, so they just overpay their own free agents.
Since we draft well, we have good teams, but you gotta have great teams to play for a chip.
You gotta use Free Agency and the draft to get great teams.

 

[ChuckA1]

I specifically recall you wanting Jalen Phillips, the best edge guy from what nearly everyone knew. That guy is a player.

So, the need was correct, and much better than a top 10 corner as most assumed would happen.

I mean really, who in the media had Parsons as anywhere near the edge guy he is? The big buzz was him opting out and some shower incident.

I wanted Parsons from the very beginning and had no idea he'd be as good as he is. I expected him to be a great linebacker, occasionally blitzing. I had no idea he'd be such a force on the edge.

 

[CATCH17]

I specifically recall you wanting Jalen Phillips, the best edge guy from what nearly everyone knew. That guy is a player.

So, the need was correct, and much better than a top 10 corner as most assumed would happen.

I mean really, who in the media had Parsons as anywhere near the edge guy he is? The big buzz was him opting out and some shower incident.

Yep.. I had Phillips as my #1 defensive player in the draft.

I didn’t like Parsons because I didn’t see him having a big effect on the pass game as a linebacker and you don’t draft guy to stop the run with premium picks.

Especially a guy who lacked instincts to play the position and was all athlete.

As an edge rusher he’s just a natural. He didn’t even need a lot of coaching to be elite at it.

 

[HungryLion]

They do a great job of drafting.

They’re terrible with Free Agents, trading, and properly evaluating / paying their own talent.

The NFL draft is what keeps this team relevant.

A bit of luck doesn’t hurt too. They did everything possible to not draft Parsons and still got him.

Absolutely. I mean Surtain has been great too. But give me parsons all day every day