Cowboys Draft Picks (last 5 years)

[BourbonBalz]

WHAT?????? Our 2005 draft was GREAT. Five starters in Ware, Spears, Canty, Ratliff, and Barber. We also got Burnett. What do you want, 7 Hall of Famers in one draft? That was a great draft.

Sorry, I think I misinterpretted your post. I thought you were talking about our 2005 draft, but now I think you were talking about the entire draft class as a whole.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Had BP had his way and we taken Spears instead of Ware at 11...........

 

[burmafrd]

And for the 1 millionth time BP by the end of the combine knew they had to take Ware first. Spears was the pick up till then. BP was hoping ware would stay under the radar but he just blew people away at the combine.

 

[mitchell2254]

And for the 1 millionth time BP by the end of the combine knew they had to take Ware first. Spears was the pick up till then. BP was hoping ware would stay under the radar but he just blew people away at the combine.

People need to read this. He compared Ware to LT before he ever played a down and people act like Parcells hated him.

 

[Wood]

When I look at that its amazing how good Dallas draft in 2008 was.

 

[Biggems]

well, in 2002, we could have drafted Ed Reed instead of Roy Williams........but its ok. Roy was better than Ed at first. Roy was a stud for 3.5 years. Then, Kelly broke his heart and he became a Tibetan Monk, and removed all violent tendencies from his lifestyle.

Honestly, instead of using that broken heart as an asset on the field to inflict as much pain and havoc on the opponent as possible, he used it to become soft, fat, lazy........basically a freakin hermit crab.

 

[Apollo Creed]

well, in 2002, we could have drafted Ed Reed instead of Roy Williams........but its ok. Roy was better than Ed at first. Roy was a stud for 3.5 years. Then, Kelly broke his heart and he became a Tibetan Monk, and removed all violent tendencies from his lifestyle.

Honestly, instead of using that broken heart as an asset on the field to inflict as much pain and havoc on the opponent as possible, he used it to become soft, fat, lazy........basically a freakin hermit crab.

The loss of Darren Woodson hurt Roy worse than his work ethic did.

 

[arglebargle]

WHAT?????? Our 2005 draft was GREAT. Five starters in Ware, Spears, Canty, Ratliff, and Barber. We also got Burnett. What do you want, 7 Hall of Famers in one draft? That was a great draft.

The 2005 draft for the NFL is now considered a very bad one. Just check out the 1st round for a list of misses. The Cowboys had the best draft for that year.

 

[BourbonBalz]

I was referring to OUR draft that year, not the entire draft class.

 

[AbeBeta]

Honestly, our percentage on players that hit vs. players that missed since '03 is probably either at or above the league average. You're really just hoping two, maybe three of your picks in a given year are going to be around contributing by the end of their rookie contracts. Parcells reformed some of Jerry's bad draft habits and Wade's got a decent enough staff around him to help somewhat in that regard. Let us not forget how badly a lot of folks thought Jerry missed on Felix over Mendenhall. They both missed the season but I don't think anybody would re-do that.

That's a good analysis. Folks really don't understand how much a crapshoot drafting is because few on the board follow the drafts of other teams as closely as they follow Cowboy drafts.

Folks also need to look at our undrafted FA players. I think most personnel guys will tell you that there often isn't a ton of difference between 6th and 7th rounders and guys who go undrafted (except maybe for the type of school they went to). These are guys who we did target and develop. That we didn't acquire them via the draft is irrelevant. We saw guys who we thought wouldn't get picked up and went out and got them. Stephen Bowen, Miles Austin, Sam Hurd, Tony Freaking Romo. Those are players who have contributed, some quite a bit. Had these been our 6th or 7th round picks and Zuriel Smith, BJ Tucker, Justin Bates, and EJ Whitley undrafted free agents, folks might be singing a different tune.

 

[The Curly One]

Forget about the last drafts. Look forward to next years draft. Oh! Wait I forgot! We gave Detroit our 1st, 3rd and 6 round round picks for Roy Williams! Ooops!

 

[slotshot]

That's a good analysis. Folks really don't understand how much a crapshoot drafting is because few on the board follow the drafts of other teams as closely as they follow Cowboy drafts.

Folks also need to look at our undrafted FA players. I think most personnel guys will tell you that there often isn't a ton of difference between 6th and 7th rounders and guys who go undrafted (except maybe for the type of school they went to). These are guys who we did target and develop. That we didn't acquire them via the draft is irrelevant. We saw guys who we thought wouldn't get picked up and went out and got them. Stephen Bowen, Miles Austin, Sam Hurd, Tony Freaking Romo. Those are players who have contributed, some quite a bit. Had these been our 6th or 7th round picks and Zuriel Smith, BJ Tucker, Justin Bates, and EJ Whitley undrafted free agents, folks might be singing a different tune.

I absolutely agree that, on average, our drafts have produced more hits than average. My point was that ours are odd because these hits are not spread out over the bulk of our drafts. Rather, we tend either to have a very good draft or a very bad one. We don't seem to have "middle of the road" drafts, with several contributing players and several duds.

 

[gimmesix]

Or your inaccuracy to not be able to hit the mark. But, I see where you're coming from. It's like basketball. You can't make a lot of points by shooting every once in awhile.

Naturally, your inaccuracy will be greater, especially because of the majority of the picks being in the later rounds, but if you hit on 6 of 12, let's say, we're still doing better than 4 of 6.

 

[gimmesix]

I think I've pointed this out like a billion times before but here goes again.

One of the major reasons why the drafts in those years were so good was that we were drafting for a defensive system that few teams were using -- we were able to get a bunch of undersized guys who had great talent but fell b/c they were too small for most defensive systems.

Of course, people's perceptions of those drafts are a bit overblown. If we were so damn good at talent evaluation how did we take James Richards before Eric Williams? How did we trade Steve Wisniewski away?

The part bolded especially exemplifies what using a bunch of picks can do for you. You can afford some misses because of the greater chances you have of making some hits. When you've got seven draft picks, then missing on five of them doesn't add much to your team. If you've got 12, even if you miss on seven of them, you've added five contributors to your team.

 

[Texan_Eph89]

2006 was definitely the worst by far.