CN:Jerry Jones Fires Up the Smoke Machine

[cowboyjoe]

http://www.cowboyszone.com/2011/03/jerry-jones-fires-up-smoke-machine.html
Posted by Rafael at Sunday, March 27, 2011
The NFP's Greg Gabriel, a former personnel chief for the Bears, outlines the manner and method to teams' pre-draft fibs here.


I know, through observation and through sources, that the Cowboys have done both. They tend to mix in players they do like and some they don't, and leave it to observers among their peers and among the fan base to guess which players are which.

When the Cowboys present their full list of visits, don't assume that they are brining in only players who interest them in early rounds. Mid and late round prospects -- and the requisite fakeout players -- will also visit Valley Ranch. Take North Carolina S Da'Norris Searcy, who has a visit to Dallas scheduled. Is he a mid-round prospect? A late-round prospect? A priority free agent who can add some special teams juice? I asked around for assessments and had one source tell me he didn't think Searcy deserved a draft pick.

 

[SDogo]

http://www.cowboyszone.com/2011/03/jerry-jones-fires-up-smoke-machine.html I asked around for assessments and had one source tell me he didn't think Searcy deserved a draft pick.

dont know about the rest of it but that's just silly.

 

[cowboyjoe]

dont know about the rest of it but that's just silly.

Hey Sdogo, I had a thought: Silverbear puts this up and I believe you do too. How about looking at cowboys last 3 drafts of players cowboys had in dallas for a visit. And see if we can determine what kind of players cowboys have in for smokescreen that they dont want, to fool us or other NFL teams and look at the players that the cowboys actually are interested in, maybe find some kind of pattern.

What do you think? In regards to the article I just posted.

 

[SDogo]

Hey Sdogo, I had a thought: Silverbear puts this up and I believe you do too. How about looking at cowboys last 3 drafts of players cowboys had in dallas for a visit. And see if we can determine what kind of players cowboys have in for smokescreen that they dont want, to fool us or other NFL teams and look at the players that the cowboys actually are interested in, maybe find some kind of pattern.

What do you think? In regards to the article I just posted.

I was looking at that earlier, I'll do something up soon but from the initial glance it seemed like the 3rd, 4th, 7th and UDFA is where the percentage was strong in comparison to players visited with vs players taken or picked up.

Last year was the only year in the last 3 they took a player in the 2nd round that they met with.

 

[cowboyjoe]

I was looking at that earlier, I'll do something up soon but from the initial glance it seemed like the 3rd, 4th, 7th and UDFA is where the percentage was strong in comparison to players visited with vs players taken or picked up.

Last year was the only year in the last 3 they took a player in the 2nd round that they met with.

cool info buddy
no rush, just thought we might find something related to that subject posted, and get closer to actual type of players cowboys like and dont like