Cut Zeke, Sign and Trade Pollard, Draft Bijan Robinson at 26

[Sarge]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

Fool me once……

 

[T-RO]

I started a thread last night with these key thoughts: "Cut Zeke, Sign and Trade Pollard, Draft Bijan Robinson at 26." See the "Sweet'n Spicy" thread.

Not sure how/why we needed a copy-cat thread 12 hours later.

 

[thunderpimp91]

I started a thread last night with these key thoughts: "Cut Zeke, Sign and Trade Pollard, Draft Bijan Robinson at 26." See the "Sweet'n Spicy" thread.

Not sure how/why we needed a copy-cat thread 12 hours later.

Bro we've been on the same Dak thread for 5 years now, this is nothing.

 

[cowboysfan99]

No. Draft Kendre Miller in the 4th round instead.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Robinson will not be around on the 26th pick.... will probably go top 20, maybe 15. Not every NFL team or fans are as adamant about not choosing a RB in the first. If you need one, he is the first choice. Head and shoulders above the rest. My sleeper is his teammate Roschon Johnson, who is similar in skill sets but not as publicized. May be able to grab him in the third.

 

[BayAreaCowboy]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

First off, Bijan won’t be there at 26. Gibbs might not be there at 26. But signing and trading a guy like pollard is just doesn’t make sense anyway. You tag him for the $10M and draft a RB. If not the first round, grab McBride in the late second or hopefully third. But if Dallas wants Bijan, they will have to be willing to move in front of at least Tampa Bay.

 

[gimmesix]

You can’t do a sign and trade in the nfl as the dead money would cripple you. Or do you mean trade his franchise tag rights? If you get it wrong and no one would pay him as much as a franchise tag costs coming off injury, then you’re stuck with him on your books. It’s also a rule You can only franchise players you intend to keep. So if he says he wants to stay a cowboy and you trade him anyway, you can be severely fined by the NFL, even lose draft picks.

I think you could sign and trade him on the tag, but you wouldn't get much in return. Maybe a third-rounder. Then the team that trades for him would try to work out a longer-term deal at a decent cost. Can't expect to get a first or second for a player coming off injury, but a team in need of a starting back that doesn't want to use a first or second to guarantee finding one (and even then it's iffy) might be willing to trade a third. Pollard has relatively low mileage and proven ability.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

Egads!
Sod.
Robinson is from UT-Austin, where stars are flaky or loose cannons. RBs, being a dime a dozen, can wait until the latter rounds. Dont waste a No. 1 pick on a RB.

 

[3rdEyewarrior]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

id draft hm and keep zeke for 3 more years. that way when Robinsons deal is up, he won't be worn down nd we can comfortably resign him and how he can be elite though out

 

[DandyDon52]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

I dont know the guy, but if he has size and speed, and can catch, and isnt a dummy, then he might be worth it esp @ # 26.
They are not going to get a good lineman that far down as a rule, but again it would depend on who is still on the board @ # 26.
I think jones boys said something about maybe using # 1 on a RB .

As someone said he might be off the board earlier than 26, so do they trade up? is he that good?

It does fit in with MM saying he wants to run the ball more.
Doing that with elliot and a recovering pollard wont be awesome, but with a new young RB and pollard and malik, then they would possibly
have a good run game.

 

[CowboysRule]

That …doesn’t work.

Teams have been trying to do that for decades.

What doesn't work?

 

[eromeopolk]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

 

[Zekeats]

No. No RB in the first. You can get talented runners in later rounds. It is time to move on from Zeke. Even if he takes a pay cut he looked so bad after Pollard went down. He is done and just taking a roster spot at this point. Not sure really what to do with Pollard. His injury really threw a wrench into things.

Thank god cause he won't/can't hold up. He's not a workhorse and the injury helped prove that and may have saved them from another terrible contract.

 

[Bullflop]

Jerry can't get over being a fan, despite Zeke being a mere shell of what he once was. Too bad Stephen can't fire him, not that he would.

 

[heir]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

I know the "rule" about not drafting a RB in round one but I think this case is different though. Picking him at 26 if he is by far the best player on the board I don't mind as much because RB is also a big need for this team. If we were picking anywhere near top 10 I would say no. At 26 you might not have any first round graded players left on your board anyway. I have seen him ranked as a top 5 player based on talent in this draft and you get him at 26 would be an absolute steal. Again, not saying I would do it right away. It has to be based on who is available and at what position.

 

[Cowboyfanforlife]

Egads!
Sod.
Robinson is from UT-Austin, where stars are flaky or loose cannons. RBs, being a dime a dozen, can wait until the latter rounds. Dont waste a No. 1 pick on a RB.

Yea sure.....dont waste first round pick on any position on the field.....definitely wouldnt be worth getting a top player to help win superbowls.....just not worth it......lol

 

[CowboyFrog]

I’m against paying RBs but I’m not against drafting them in the first.

Just use them for 5 years and get rid of them.

After year 3 if you can trade for a first then do it.

Had we just used Zeke for 5 years we’d be sitting pretty but the Jones’s still think football is played like it was in the 90s.

The problem is 1st round picks have leverage, Why would Robinson not do what Zeke did knowing thats the plan... This FO signs thier 1st round picks.. lets not do the same thing again. 5 years from a 1st pick may be doable, if he holds out in year 3 then that pick starts to hurt if you let him walk.

 

[AndersonLittle12]

Screw the RB committee, save cap money, get another pick, and draft B.Robinson as the featured back. He has size and speed, and makes a nice target for any QB.....Thoughts?

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[rnr_honeybadger]

Are teams trading for Running Backs?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Yea sure.....dont waste first round pick on any position on the field.....definitely wouldnt be worth getting a top player to help win superbowls.....just not worth it......lol

You mock me.
Yes you do, brave lad.
But drafting a RB early?
No, chap,
Not when we need a big-time O lineman and an NT!!! Ohhh, you miff me so. But Rounds 1 and Not they can step in immediately, but tha makes sense.
You want Super Bowls? You start with lines that block and push and escort: Broderick Jones, Georgia OR Cody Mauch North Dakota State, late first or early 2nd.
Then the nose tackle, again within reach of our draft order.