Cowboys wasting draft picks

[TheMarathonContinues]

Not true. Denver wanted him badly as did New Orleans when Sean Payton left...

And Romo may have never even gotten a chance to even play for those teams. He surely wouldn't with the Aint's.

 

[jazzcat22]

I could be mistaken but I believe Payton wanted yo trade a 2nd for Romo to be his QB in Nola. We didnt take it and he signed Bree's, who wasnt the commodity he is now due to shoulder surgeries

I think you are correct. They offered a pick.
But still believe they would still have got Brees, Romo was still unproven.

I think too many people are using hindsight on it.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I think you are correct. They offered a pick.
But still believe they would still have got Brees, Romo was still unproven.

I think too many people are using hindsight on it.

I honestly think Brees winds up here if we trade Romo.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Cowboys wasting draft picks

Might be overreacting here a little GB.

 

[ConstantReboot]

If not for Dallas and Parcels, Romo may have been out of football before his career really ever began.
So how is that a waste?

Parcels gifted us with Romo. Dallas has squandered that opportunity by giving the OC and head coach position to Garrett.

 

[ConstantReboot]

And Romo may have never even gotten a chance to even play for those teams. He surely wouldn't with the Aint's.

Payton wanted him in Saints uniform when he left. So yes he would have gotten a chance.

 

[VoR]

I'm not sure what is going on, but the Cowboys are seriously wasting late round draft picks. /quote]

Even the high picks look like crap IMO. Jones can't cover at corner or safety and has no ball skills. This is a guy who won't get many passes defensed or interceptions. But yeah, he can jump and run fast....and he's a model citizen.
Gregory gets hurt then is invisible. No strength, no pass rush. La'el is just ok, but wasn't a draft pick. The rest of the picks would be cut from other teams

 

[VoR]

Payton wanted him in Saints uniform when he left. So yes he would have gotten a chance.

You do remember Payton has Brees right?
So are you saying Payton would have implemented the first 2 quarterback system in NFL history then? Because Romo would not have started over Brees.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Well....it's gonna be tough to get under the Rookie Cap already with a high pick and extra comps, legit concerns in most seasons, but this year may be the exception.


Adding DT Irving is a trump card for the front office as well.

 

[dallasdave]

Well....it's gonna be tough to get under the Rookie Cap already with a high pick and extra comps, legit concerns in most seasons, but this year may be the exception.


Adding DT Irving is a trump card for the front office as well.

 

[wileedog]

You do remember Payton has Brees right?
So are you saying Payton would have implemented the first 2 quarterback system in NFL history then? Because Romo would not have started over Brees.

When Payton got the NO job he tried to trade for Romo. The Cowboys said no, so he went and signed Brees.

 

[NumOneQB]

^
LOL @ your avatar. That's funny as hell. Love seeing Jerruh look like that.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Payton wanted him in Saints uniform when he left. So yes he would have gotten a chance.

So you believe that the team that gave Drew Brees 60 million was going to bench him for Romo in Payton's first year?

 

[AmishCowboy]

I really want to see Butler get a chance now

 

[arglebargle]

So you believe that the team that gave Drew Brees 60 million was going to bench him for Romo in Payton's first year?

They tried to get Romo first. When that failed, they courted Brees. Pretty simple.

 

[dallasdave]

Don't worry about it. We got free ones this year with the comp picks.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

They tried to get Romo first. When that failed, they courted Brees. Pretty simple.

Ummm.... no. Where did you hear this at? Romo hadn't even started a game yet and they were going to give him the keys to their franchise?

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The comp picks should make up for it. Here's a look at the Cowboys 6th and 7th round picks, non-specialists, since the Parcells era. And yes, I can do this for any team...it's not just the Cowboys:

2003: BJ Tucker, Zuriel Smith, Justin Bates
2004: Nate Jones, Patrick Crayton, Jacques Reeves
2005: Justin Beriault, Rob Pettiti, Jay Ratliff
2006: Montavious Stanley, Pat McQuistan, EJ Whitley
2007: Courtney Brown, Alan Ball
2008: Erik Walden
2009: Stephen Hodge, John Phillips, Mike Mickens, Manuel Johnson
2010: Sam Young, Jamar Wall, Sean Lissemore
2011: Dwayne Harris, Shawn Chapas, Bill Nagy
2012: James Hanna, Caleb McSurdy
2013: DeVontae Holloman
2014: Ben Gardner, Will Smith, Ahmad Dixon, Ken Bishop, Terrance Mitchell
2015: Mark Nzeocha, Geoff Swaim, Laurence Gibson


Here's a look at the Steelers, whom everybody seems to lover their drafts:

2003: JT Wall
2004: Bo Lacy, Matt Kranchick, Drew Caylor, Eric Taylor
2005: Chris Kemoeatu, Shawn Nua, Noah Herron
2006: Marvin Phillip, Cedric Humes
2007: Dallas Baker
2008: Mike Humpal, Ryan Mundy
2009: R'Shon Harris, AQ Shipley, David Johnson
2010: Jonathan Dwyer, Antonio Brown, Doug Worthington
2011: Keith Williams, Baron Batch
2012: Toney Clemons, David Paulson, Terrance Frederick, Kelvin Beachum
2013: Justin Brown, Vince Williams, Nicholas Williams
2014: Jordan Zumwalt, Daniel McCullers, Rob Blanchflower
2015: Leterrius Walton, Anthony Chickillo, Gerod Hollimon

I would say overall the Cowboys have drafted better than the Steelers in the 6th and 7th rounds. The Steelers had one incredible pick in Antonio Brown. Dallas had an incredible pick in Jay Ratliff (granted, not on the same level as Brown)

But what you see out of most of these picks are guys that are either potential special teams stars, players with great speed that teams will give a shot, players that have a major injury issues and a team is willing to give them a shot and some player that has something unique about them (i.e. size, can play all positions, height, etc). Or some of them are there to be a cheap 3rd-string for a year or two instead of having to pay a veteran more money.

Obviously, we can say that we shouldn't give up on 6th and 7th rounders because we are one of the better 6th/7th round drafting teams and we have gotten some help from them. I'm not particularly thrilled with our special teams, but ST isn't why the Cowboys are 4-9. So, giving a shot to a veteran player who has made an NFL team, like Michael did, to fill a hole is not a bad deal for a 7th rounder, especially if we can make up for it with comp picks.

I am more concerned with the issues we have and how good are we at addressing those issues. What Garrett has for him as a coach is, in general, he's done a good job with his staff at developing talent. The draft doesn't concern me as much as it would in the Wade era.

But, we still have yet to see if Garrett can develop a QB. There's other stuff as well such as the play calling, lack of aggressive play calling on both sides of the ball, being able to stay healthy and we have to almost completely rebuild the secondary now and Jerome Henderson has shown me nothing to give me confidence he can do it.









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[ConstantReboot]

So you believe that the team that gave Drew Brees 60 million was going to bench him for Romo in Payton's first year?

I don't care about the logistics. All I know Payton wanted to bring Romo over with him to New Orleans. Why not? He help draft him. He didn't help draft Brees.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I don't care about the logistics. All I know Payton wanted to bring Romo over with him to New Orleans. Why not? He help draft him. He didn't help draft Brees.

He helped draft him but goodness.....what coach in their right mind would hand over their franchise to a undrafted rookie free agent who had never started a NFL game in his life as opposed to Drew Brees who was still young and had some good years in him with the Chargers?