Cowboys on target

[theogt]

I haven't seen much to support that Dallas was targeting Free in the fourth (doesn't mean it wasn't, just that I haven't seen that information), although it is clear that the Cowboys were happy he was there.

From what I read, it looks like Stanback was the priority and DeOssie was next in line. Whether they were initially targeting Free or not, it certainly would have been a good idea from a value standpoint.

I do seem to remember, or at least think I remember, reading something, though, about Dallas working out Free the week before the draft.

Yeah, they went up there and worked him out right before the draft. In one of the press conferences they said they were having a hard time deciding whether to pick Free or Stanback with the 1st pick in the 4th. They thought they had a better chance of getting free in their 2nd 4th. When he made it to them they jumped up and cheered.

The stuff about the team wanting DeOssie only came out several days after the draft in a blog post on the DMN blog. I haven't actually heard anyone from the FO say we wanted him, though I don't doubt we did.

I think that he was saying if we used the early 4th round pick that we used to tack Stanback, we could have had DeOssie.

I think that pick was one we had to trade up to get... so I assumed he was saying if we traded up to get DeOssie, we could have had him at the 4th pick of the 4th round.

That's just what I thought he was saying. I could be wrong though.

We traded our 2nd for Cleveland's 3rd and 4th. We took Stanback with their 4th. He was assuming what would have happened had Steve Smith fallen to us in the 2nd. His scenario would have also had to assume that DeOssie would have fallen to us in the 4th.

 

[speedkilz88]

I think that he was saying if we used the early 4th round pick that we used to tack Stanback, we could have had DeOssie.

I think that pick was one we had to trade up to get... so I assumed he was saying if we traded up to get DeOssie, we could have had him at the 4th pick of the 4th round.

That's just what I thought he was saying. I could be wrong though.

What theogt meant was that if they took Steve Smith at 53 then they wouldn't have that 1st fourth round pick since they got it in the trade down. DeOssie was taken before the 2nd fourth rounder. In the scenario given they would have probably still ended up with Doug Free there. (Its certainly possible Marten and Stanback could have been there since they wouldn't have been taken by the early Cowboys picks.)

 

[AsthmaField]

We traded our 2nd for Cleveland's 3rd and 4th. We took Stanback with their 4th. He was assuming what would have happened had Steve Smith fallen to us in the 2nd. His scenario would have also had to assume that DeOssie would have fallen to us in the 4th.

Right... and DeOssie did fall to us in the 4th (at cleveland's pick). He went after we took Stanback. He was saying we could have had DeOssie instead of Stanback.

Right? I may be looking at something differently than you or I could be missing something.

 

[AsthmaField]

What theogt meant was that if they took Steve Smith at 53 then they wouldn't have that 1st fourth round pick since they got it in the trade down.

Ah... gotcha. I knew I must be looking at it differently than him.

Thanks.

 

[gimmesix]

We traded our 2nd for Cleveland's 3rd and 4th. We took Stanback with their 4th. He was assuming what would have happened had Steve Smith fallen to us in the 2nd. His scenario would have also had to assume that DeOssie would have fallen to us in the 4th.

It also what-ifs Medlock and McClain being available in the sixth.