Cowlishaw: 3 reasons Cowboys should draft QB in 1st round (even if it means moving up)

[waving monkey]

If the Cowboys aren't falling in love with quarterback Carson Wentz at the Senior Bowl, give it time. They surely will if they have a clue.

And after that courtship is complete, they can cheat on Wentz by falling for Cal's Jared Goff or Memphis' Paxton Lynch at the scouting combine next month. These are the three quarterbacks projected to go in the first round -- Goff very high, Lynch in the middle and North Dakota State's intriguing Wentz really all over the round, top to bottom, in the early mock drafts.

There remains an argument to be made that Dallas should ignore quarterback with the No. 4 pick in the draft and, instead, grab a wide receiver or the best defensive player to enhance the team around Tony Romo for the next two years. It's not a bad argument.

It's just flawed because it suggests that with Romo and Dez Bryant back in uniform in 2016, the Cowboys return to the 12-4 status they attained in 2014 before plummeting all the way to 4-12 this season and that one key player at the top of the draft can elevate them to Super Bowl contender

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[bodi]

Even if the decision to put a protective plate into his collarbone is more preventive than anything else, how many times can your quarterback go under the knife before returning to the practice field this spring at age 36 before you recognize that the time to address the future is now?

The fact that Romo hopes to play three or four more years (and the Cowboys contractually need him to play at least two) doesn't mean you wait until 2018 to start snooping around for the next quarterback.

The third reason takes place this week in the Bay Area. No matter how it plays out, Super Bowl 50 will be won by a quarterback taken with the first pick of the draft. That's 16 out of 50 as long as you include Joe Namath (AFL's No. 1 pick) and without including Steve Young, who signed with the USFL before being the NFL's No. 1 supplemental draft pick.

If you start adding other high picks who won Super Bowls -- the Chiefs' Len Dawson and the Bears' Jim McMahon (fifth), Ravens' Trent Dilfer (sixth), Giants' Phil Simms (seventh) and mid-first rounders like Flacco, Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger and Commanders' Doug Williams -- you can cover half the Super Bowls pretty quickly without ever getting to a quarterback drafted No. 20 or below.

 

[waving monkey]

If everybody is honest they have to concede how vulnerable Romo's is
in the coming seasons. It shouldn't be debated. The debate is how long.

The time is short no matter and having the luxury of a talented QB at the helm
while the new Franchise QB learns from the master is invaluable.

The insanity is claiming a Wide receiver,linebacker,defensive end/tackle,defensive back
would be more influential to winning seasons confounds me no matter how studly the
the other positional player is.