Cowboys interested in lacy?

[Bowdown27]

@TheHuddleReport: BOYLHART: Are #Cowboys looking at #Alabama RB Lacy At 18 to help Tony with a stronger running game. Moving on up. #nfldraft #sny

@TheHuddleReport: BOYLHART: #Cowboys Will have to move up in front of #Steelers & #Rams if they want #Alabama RB Lacy. #nfldraft #sny #nfl #ESPN

And this twitter handle was the first last year to say that the cowboys would jump up for Claiborne so I figured I'd post it

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Ha, I would love to see the reaction of this board if we moved up and selected Lacy.

 

[9darter]

Yeah right. I'd rather trade the entire draft to move up for Milliner...

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

 

[basstapp]

I would vomit. There is not a running-back worth a 1st round pick. Think about who drops if someone takes a running-back 1-17 it would only give us a player we actually need.

 

[Gaede]

Cannot understand twitter talk...Though I remember SDogo mentioning Huddlereport as a very reliable source last year...

I love Lacy and all, but trading up for a RB is ********...Especially when your run blocking is godawful

 

[CashMan]

Cannot understand twitter talk...Though I remember SDogo mentioning Huddlereport as a very reliable source last year...

I love Lacy and all, but trading up for a RB is ********...Especially when your run blocking is godawful

I think drafting a RB in the 1st rd, in this pass happy league is a terrible idea.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

I think drafting a RB in the 1st rd, in this pass happy league is a terrible idea.

While I agree with your general conclusion, I'd say it may be becoming less pass happy. The 49ers and Seahawks were very successful and both ran more than they passed. The Ravens had far more success the latter half of the season when they started running more.

 

[Gaede]

I think drafting a RB in the 1st rd, in this pass happy league is a terrible idea.

That too.

Although, I have always thought that when the league becomes 'pass-happy' or 'run-happy,' the opposite strategy will re-emerge and take advantage of these one-dimensional defenses. That is to say, I honestly feel like the game will soon become run-heavy again because defenses are now being constructed to defend the pass. The first team to buck that trend will be at a major (albeit temporary until the rest of the league catches up) advantage. I could be completely wrong though and the NFL will just get more and more pass happy.

So I would be in favour of going run-heavy.

But we need offensive linemen to run the ball. Losing a key pick to trade up for a RB won't make Costa, Livings, Bernadeau and Free less sucky.

 

[CashMan]

That too.

Although, I have always thought that when the league becomes 'pass-happy' or 'run-happy,' the opposite strategy will re-emerge and take advantage of these one-dimensional defenses. That is to say, I honestly feel like the game will soon become run-heavy again because defenses are now being constructed to defend the pass. The first team to buck that trend will be at a major (albeit temporary until the rest of the league catches up) advantage. I could be completely wrong though and the NFL will just get more and more pass happy.

So I would be in favour of going run-heavy.

But we need offensive linemen to run the ball. Losing a key pick to trade up for a RB won't make Costa, Livings, Bernadeau and Free less sucky.

I think that rule changes, and the fact that points being put up on the board, keep fans interested which generates $$$$, so I do not think the NFL will go back to, heavy running league.

 

[DFWJC]

I don't think Dallas would take Lacy at 18 under any circumstance.

I'm not sure if any team would take him at 18, but it could happen. Certainly not Dallas though.

I could see Dallas taking a RB sometime after the second round though. The later the better as far as I'm concerned.

 

[egn22]

its not like we don't have a stud RB. he's been hit with a few injuries over the past 2 seasons but i'm far from wanting to replace Murray, and if we selected a RB with our 1st pick that would be what we were doing.

No way this happens.

 

[Idgit]

I don't think Dallas would take Lacy at 18 under any circumstance.

I'm not sure if any team would take him at 18, but it could happen. Certainly not Dallas though.

I could see Dallas taking a RB sometime after the second round though. The later the better as far as I'm concerned.

That's what I think happens, too. Honestly, though, if they go as early as the 2nd round at RB, I'm going to try hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. They've done a good job in recent years at RB, and it's a position of need, even though most of us really like Murray, too. If they think they need to add a horse early and get the interior lineman further down, I'll be holding my breath, but I can live with it. This assumes we add an OL starter somewhere in VFA, though.

 

[RS12]

Gary Brown says no.

 

[DFWJC]

That's what I think happens, too. Honestly, though, if they go as early as the 2nd round at RB, I'm going to try hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. They've done a good job in recent years at RB, and it's a position of need, even though most of us really like Murray, too. If they think they need to add a horse early and get the interior lineman further down, I'll be holding my breath, but I can live with it. This assumes we add an OL starter somewhere in VFA, though.

Oline, Dline, Safety, more Oline.....
I really hope they hold off on RB until 1-3 rds later than even the 2nd round.

There are some pretty studly backs that will be threr in the 4th or so. They really just need a real solid backup who can carry the load when/if Murray goes down.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Jerry was overheard saying he likes lacy things and immediately the media assumes he is interested in drafting Lacy.

 

[Idgit]

Oline, Dline, Safety, more Oline.....
I really hope they hold off on RB until 1-3 rds later than even the 2nd round.

There are some pretty studly backs that will be threr in the 4th or so. They really just need a real solid backup who can carry the load when/if Murray goes down.

I agree, on paper, that looks entirely doable. At the same time, I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth when Demarco Murray was taken with a third rounder, and I don't think many would want a do-over on that pick. If they get the right guy as high as the second, it might well be that we're ok with that a few weeks into the season. You can't ever really have enough impact players.

All that said, I'm on board with interior OL right now. And adding another quality defender to get in better position for next offseason makes a lot of sense, too.

However it goes down, though, it's more important to get an impact guy than it is to get a guy at the right position. We can always rent a starter for a year or so and go big on DL early next year.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

I agree, on paper, that looks entirely doable. At the same time, I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth when Demarco Murray was taken with a third rounder, and I don't think many would want a do-over on that pick. If they get the right guy as high as the second, it might well be that we're ok with that a few weeks into the season. You can't ever really have enough impact players.

All that said, I'm on board with interior OL right now. And adding another quality defender to get in better position for next offseason makes a lot of sense, too.

However it goes down, though, it's more important to get an impact guy than it is to get a guy at the right position. We can always rent a starter for a year or so and go big on DL early next year.

Yeah I was not happy when Murray was taken. Thought he was too much north south and not enough wiggle. Glad I was dead wrong.

 

[Idgit]

Yeah I was not happy when Murray was taken. Thought he was too much north south and not enough wiggle. Glad I was dead wrong.

At the end of the day, we've got some significant holes, and I really want to see them fixed, but I'll take a guy who can play at any position over a highly-regarded one who can't. And you can't tell 'til training camp what you might have gotten, anyway.

It sure would be nice, though, if the guys we think can really play happen to be at OG, OT, or S when it comes our time to pick.

 

[DFWJC]

I agree, on paper, that looks entirely doable. At the same time, I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth when Demarco Murray was taken with a third rounder, and I don't think many would want a do-over on that pick. If they get the right guy as high as the second, it might well be that we're ok with that a few weeks into the season. You can't ever really have enough impact players.

All that said, I'm on board with interior OL right now. And adding another quality defender to get in better position for next offseason makes a lot of sense, too.

However it goes down, though, it's more important to get an impact guy than it is to get a guy at the right position. We can always rent a starter for a year or so and go big on DL early next year.

Yeah we're on the same page.

BTW, I didn't mind when we took Murray. I had no trust in Felix at all.

But the other needs did not appear so glaring at the time and even then, there is a significant difference between the 2nd and 3rd round.
Like I said, if they do like they did with Murray and burn a 3rd rounder, I'm somewhat ok with that.

When Murray was taken in 2011, there were 5 running back taken before him, and you could argue that Murray and Steven Ridley (taken right after Murray also in the 3rd rd) have been better than all of them.
Murray was more of good argument for waiting on a RB that it is for taking one real early.

Then last year we all know what happend with washington's 6th rounder. No need to even go into 2009. That loaded RB draft still had many of the better ones go later (Foster was even undrafted).