Christian McCafferry Sitting there at 32

[Risen Star]

I wouldn't see it as adding the player, I would see it as minimizing the best offensive skill player on the roster.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Witten is on his way out

According to who?

Where did this come from?

 

[Hardline]

It all depends on if a Darrin Sproles type is worth drafting in the first round.

 

[WeaponX]

I love the broad, blind BPA stance so many cling to here. It obviously shows you both A: don't understand how BPA actually works and B: don't understand that absolutely no team in football blindly takes the BPA.

To answer the OP, I would be irate. If you use him enough to ever justify the pick, you waste Zeke. If you don't use him enough to justify it, you've wasted that pick.

Was about to make a similar comment. You don't take your "Lucky and/or Dunbar replacement" with your first round pick.

 

[WeaponX]

Also as a WR



Yet New England finds ways to use multiple slot WRs at the same time, really not an either or imo.



The 100 touches I gave you really only included guys that are expendable, Morris, McFadden, Dunbar and Whitehead. On top of that, it's very doubtful that Terrence Williams will be resigned, I just don't see how people can assume that this offense couldn't use a player of McCaffery's skills.

It's not so much that people don't think we couldn't use him, but that it wouldnt be worth the price we'd have to pay.

I will say though that he kind of reminds me of Percy Harvin when he came out of Florida, and he had one or two pretty productive years in Minnesota before they moved him. I'll give you that, and if we could get that type of player it'd be worth it. Only thing is that while the Vikings had AP (Zeke in our example), they didn't have a Dez or a Beasley.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

Hopefully Rico Gathers works out well for us

Oh yes

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I'm not advocating for taking McCafferey but I think he's a much better version of Lance Dunbar.

I don't trust this staff in using him correctly or the right amount.

 

[kevm3]

Hopefully they learned their lesson with Felix Jones. You don't take a specialty back in the 1st round.

Felix averaged nearly 9 yards a carry in his first year and 6 in his second. He only started looking bad once they made him lead back and we were in rebuild mode with our O-line. If I could get 9 yards a carry from McCaffery when he spells Zeke or he tears it up as a slot receiver, I absolutely would take him with a 1st that is essentially a 2nd rounder.

 

[reddyuta]

I think he is a good player but he is getting overhyped at the moment.

 

[Doomsday]

He would be a better fit for some one like San Diego in my opinion.

 

[maxdallasfan]

The kid won't get past New England

 

[Oh_Canada]

I didn't know he played defense.

 

[stilltheguru88]

I wouldn't see it as adding the player, I would see it as minimizing the best offensive skill player on the roster.

B b but I thought it was all about BPA.

 

[Vinnie2u]

The kid won't get past New England

Or Greenbay

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I didn't know he played defense.

Lool.

 

[Sydla]

If he is at the top of your draft board, you take him.

Doubt he will be there though.

I am all for best player available logic but at 32, taking another TB with a first round pick would be kind of silly IMO. That might be a case where you take best available at a position not called TB.

 

[Sydla]

According to who?

Where did this come from?

Mr. Father Time.

 

[xwalker]

People ignore that. I absolutely hate the generalized "if he's the bpa I'd take him" crap. The Philadelphia 76ers tried that and ended up with 3 centers and nowhere to play them. Just listening to the idea should present a problem of what happens if the bpa is OL the entire draft? Or CB? Do you take 7 of them? Or do you actually do what 32 NFL teams do and take a player from a grouping?

These teams grade by numbers. At 32, say you have two players with an 85, one with an 84, two with an 83 and the next highest a 79. If that 79 is a DE, you probably shouldn't take them. If 85 is a RB and the 83's are DEs, you absolutely take the DE. I really don't understand why it's so hard to grasp. I guess it just sounds nice to constantly spout off bpa.

The Cowboys and many teams use a tiered grading system. I think they divide round one into 3 parts. A player can be R1T1, R1T2 or R1T3. When they are on the clock, they look at the players available on the highest tier. If there is more than one, then they use "need" to make the decision or they might try to trade down if there are several on the same tier. There are some occasions that they will go down a tier and skip a higher tier player, but they try really hand to avoid doing that. If a RB is the only player on the top tier in this upcoming draft, they will likely check to see if any team wants to trade for that player. If not, they will likely drop down a tier because the investment in another RB would be too much both in terms of the pick and the salary.

 

[CATCH17]

If we're going to pick an offensive player I want it to be someone who can improve the blocking.

Either a Tackle or Tight End.

 

[xwalker]

If we're going to pick an offensive player I want it to be someone who can improve the blocking.

Either a Tackle or Tight End.

The Cowboys need another WR.