Draft Day ***Cowboys Draft DAY ONE***

[cowboyec]

will they slide smith inside to guard or is it smith vs steele at right tackle.

 

[Floatyworm]

Honestly.....we could have taken......Tre McBride TE Colorado St... And I would have felt better.

 

[Sydla]

They must love Dante Fowler.

LOL

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Sooooo, 27 years in a row now?

 

[WillieBeamen]

True but Smith has the potential to be better then Zion/Green if developed properly. He is big ball of clay so the pick could be a disaster. The problem is you can see the front office has no clue how to make moves. Smith could have been had with a trade down.

U trust this OL coach to develop him? Everyone on the line outside of Zack has regressed

 

[Grenic]

I’ve been around for a while. When this board freaks out about a pick, they generally work out well.

Think your very much wrong about this, think this board has a great record

 

[StarLord]

Yall remember when Travis Frederick should of been a 4th rounder by most on this board.

You remember Taco? Because this is a Taco situation.

 

[NeonNinja]

We took an OL who needs a ton of coaching with an OL coach I don't have any trust in at all.

Brilliant minds in that room.

 

[john van brocklin]

Lol I’ve never seen the Cowboys draft someone everyone hates. I feel like it’s 50/50 at times. Not tonight.

We were spoiled by the Parsons pick.

 

[BobSacamano]

But man, 6’5” 320. Dude is a physical marvel.

 

[phildadon86]

They must love Dante Fowler.

LOL

Yup.

 

[TheDude]

We took an OL who needs a ton of coaching with an OL coach I don't have any trust in at all.

There's the thing. This line got worse as it got healthier.

My god I hope they bring Houck back

 

[Buzzbait]

Jesus

He wasn't in the draft.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

They can redeem themselves by getting Travis Jones.

 

[Avery]

Well, Jets get Johnson. They cleaned up well.

 

[Mannix]

This team doesn't like to draft conventional talent. The are always looking for projects that don't pan out.

They always have to try and convince everyone how smart they are.

 

[Miller]

The Jets have made us look stupid…think about that

 

[marchetta]

Tyler Smith OL/OG Tulsa

STRENGTHS
Tyler looks like an athletic offensive guard, player offensive tackle. He has good size and strength and is a powerful offensive lineman. He shows just enough lateral agility and quickness to be moved inside as a guard. Tyler is quick out of his stance and excellent at going out to the second level making his blocks. He has the athleticism to be used as a pulling offensive lineman and on sweeps and screens. Tyler has excellent athletic talent to play more than one position on the offensive line for the team that selects him but as I always say, it takes more than talent to play in the NFL.

CONCERNS
Tyler when playing tackle has never known a penalty that he didn’t want to commit. After being a starting offensive lineman for his college team his techniques are so poor it makes my headache. This sends a signal to me that Tyler is not very coachable and struggles with authority figures. It also sends a signal to me that most authority figures in his football life have enabled this attitude because of his athletic talent. To minimize these issues, I think you have to move him inside.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.67
I love his potential at guard. I love the fact that a very smart center who he can have respect for, will help him to mature. I love his power to run block and his athleticism to pass block. But I don’t love using him as a tackle and I think that using him as a tackle will be his downfall. After he is in the NFL for 4 or 5 years, a team might ask him to move to tackle in a pinch, but he should be a hell of a guard. I believe that Tyler can be a pro bowl guard and one of the best in the NFL.

- The Huddle Report

 

[stiletto]

Was this a Jerry or Stephen pick?

It was an idiotic-fool pick. Take your pick which fool it is

 

[TheHerd]

People complain we need a trenches pick, we either need to fix our run game or run defense and they do that and people are still upset. He is only 20 and will be an upgrade at guard day 1 and eventually replace Tyron at left tackle

He'll be the most frustrating player. Pancake one play holding the next We won't be able to fix his technique. He's not going to work out here. We need technically perfect linemen. We never develop a raw linemen. Not our thing.