Can someone please explain the draft?

[boardn10]

I am serious guys. I have not had much time to check the forum or research articles but I have been confused ever since the draft.

I expected us to use this draft to rebuild the offensive line and defensive line. No? Instead we only got one linemen, who I believe to be a nasty (in a good way) center who will make a difference but everyone around him stinks other than Tyrone Smith.

And what about the defensive line? It is a weakness of ours. I was pissed when they fired Ryan who I loved as a coach and now they don't even draft any D linemen.

It just appears that every other team in our division continues to have a better grasp on how to build a quality team while the Boys seem completely confused on how to accomplish this seemingly obvious task.

Thoughts?

 

[Doomsday101]

I think the draft has more to do with future and not just next year. I like the players we took and would not be surprised to see many of them with significant roles on the team this coming season. I think Dallas will add to the roster via FA before we hit training camp.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I was hoping for some lineman too and I didn't care which side of the ball. However, I am happy with the draft, save the 2nd round pick, not sure why we went there that early. But all the other picks, including the first one were solid good picks, imo. Once you get out of the 2nd or 3rd round, drafting a lineman would not have done us any good, on either side. I doubt anyone we could have taken in the 4th 5th or 6th rounds would have been any better than the young guys we currently have on the roster, on both sides. So I see the reasoning for not going OL or DLine in the 4th 5th or 6th rounds. I really like the value of the 3rd WR, so I am ok with not going OL in the 3rd. I would have liked to have seen a lineman in the 2nd but that would be the only change I would have made.. Pretty solid draft IMO.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Have faith. Tom Landry Jr. is running the draft. And JJT wrote an article saying he was in control. If you have even a "lick of sense", you'll get that.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

The Cowboys' drafting strategy seems pretty apparent to me. They use round one to shore up a weak area, and the they go straight BPA from there.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I think the best way to understand this draft is to read the lyrics to the Beatles song Obladi Oblada

 

[DBOY3141]

Just going by the title of the thread I would say:

Draft starts the last Thursday of April and runs for 3 days.
Day 1: 31 picks in round 1
Day 2: rounds 2 and 3 are completed
Day 3: rounds 4 through 7

Normally a team has 1 pick in each round, but that changes each year depending on a variety of circumstances.

This year the Cowboys started with 6 picks, but ended up with 7 picks due to a trade with SF.

They chose 7 former college players who will try and make the team this year.

Each year the NFL goes through this process.

Hoped this helped.

 

[Cowboys22]

They drafted an OL with their first pick. He was the last OL that they like and thought could help right away. They have 14 DL on the current roster and there just wasn't a DL in the draft that represented good value and that they liked better than what they already have when they were on the clock. The DC has said multiple times that the DL is fine and a strength. So after they took an OL first, they stuck to their board and drafted players they liked that represented good value according to their board. They came away with a pretty good haul overall that will allow them to unload some bad contracts next year if not sooner.

 

[boardn10]

I think the draft has more to do with future and not just next year. I like the players we took and would not be surprised to see many of them with significant roles on the team this coming season. I think Dallas will add to the roster via FA before we hit training camp.

But how do we run an offense with a non existent offensive line? How about running a defense with a D line that can't stop the run or pressure the QB?

Again, I don't see this makeshift O line holding up for the run or pass protection.

 

[Doomsday101]

But how do we run an offense with a non existent offensive line? How about running a defense with a D line that can't stop the run or pressure the QB?

Again, I don't see this makeshift O line holding up for the run or pass protection.

Nonexistent OL? or several young guys and another one added. I would not be surprised to see a FA OL player brought in

As for defense hard to say given that many of the key players were injured last season and Ware played with basically 1 arm for half the season.

As for the draft again Draft is not fully about 1 season it is about the next 4 to 5 years. Would I have liked to have seen another OL player taken? sure, same with defense but I don't mind getting a TE when I know my starter is on the other side of 30, I don't mind another WR when I know one of my starters has been missing a lot of time over the last 2 years. I don't mind a safety when I know that too has been a troubled area.

Thing is had Dallas got an OL and the safety position kills us the same people would be hollering why did they not take care of that?

 

[reddyuta]

I am ok with the draft but the Escobar pick has potential to be a bust like Fasano and Bennett.I dont think we needed to spend another 2nd rd pick on a TE who cant block and is slow when we have Hanna on the team who has improved his catching tremendously but was rarely used presumably because he couldnt block.I am not sure Garrett will use the 2TE set a lot as others have presumed.

 

[Idgit]

I think the best way to understand this draft is to read the lyrics to the Beatles song Obladi Oblada

You're on a roll, today, BP.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I am serious guys. I have not had much time to check the forum or research articles but I have been confused ever since the draft.

I expected us to use this draft to rebuild the offensive line and defensive line. No? Instead we only got one linemen, who I believe to be a nasty (in a good way) center who will make a difference but everyone around him stinks other than Tyrone Smith.

And what about the defensive line? It is a weakness of ours. I was pissed when they fired Ryan who I loved as a coach and now they don't even draft any D linemen.

It just appears that every other team in our division continues to have a better grasp on how to build a quality team while the Boys seem completely confused on how to accomplish this seemingly obvious task.

Thoughts?

with so many needs (DL(3), OL (4), WR depth, Saftey (2), LB, RB depth), we wouldn't be able to address all of them during the draft.

also, I am opposed to drafting for need alone, as opposed to drafting BPA, depending on trades.

I like fredrick. strong, technical, football player. we had 4 rushing TDs last year. and we were at the goal lone plenty. we couldn't get a push up the middle an doften the OL men were beaten at the snap and RBs met in the backfield. this should help alleviate some of that

once we traded down, then you draft BPA. I like the Escobar pick. good hands. good route runner. gets separation. football player. Witten is over 30 and might hit the wall soon, so getting escobar is a good deal.

I think we addressed the saftey, WR and RB depth issues.

not a flashy draft, but a very solid draft IMO

 

[Ratmatt]

I am serious guys. I have not had much time to check the forum or research articles but I have been confused ever since the draft.

I expected us to use this draft to rebuild the offensive line and defensive line. No? Instead we only got one linemen, who I believe to be a nasty (in a good way) center who will make a difference but everyone around him stinks other than Tyrone Smith.

And what about the defensive line? It is a weakness of ours. I was pissed when they fired Ryan who I loved as a coach and now they don't even draft any D linemen.

It just appears that every other team in our division continues to have a better grasp on how to build a quality team while the Boys seem completely confused on how to accomplish this seemingly obvious task.

Thoughts?

That's what happens when the main decision maker isn't qualified to do the job.

 

[visionary]

I am serious guys.

It is a process during which teams select college players to play professional sports

google it, it is a fairly big deal and occurs in all major US sports

 

[Risen Star]

The DL is a real strength of this team.

 

[Offsides]

Monte Kiffin is a huge upgrade over Ryan.

 

[AbeBeta]

The Cowboys' drafting strategy seems pretty apparent to me. They use round one to shore up a weak area, and the they go straight BPA from there.

they had Frederick as #23 on their board so you could argue they went BPA there as well.

 

[xwalker]

The Cowboys' drafting strategy seems pretty apparent to me. They use round one to shore up a weak area, and the they go straight BPA from there.

Good explaination.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Romo Friendly and Cap Conscience was the theme of the 2013 Draft.