Find it funny that after the fact so many fans would make different choices. It always is true that a fan expert would have picked this guy or that guy or would fire the GM or pseudo GM but the simple fact that every club has failed in choosing a first, second or third round choice. There is not a single GM today that hasn't been let go from his job with the exception of Jerry Jones and pseudo GM Will McClay. McClay and his scouts generate the reports of players that the coaches want to fit THEIR system of defense or offense. The GM is suppose to listen to the coaches and McClay based on those reports but as we all know Jerry many times has overruled those choices.
Looking at Taco vs T.J., even after the draft McClay acknowledge that they (McClay and scouts) had T.J. rank higher but Marinelli wanted Taco because he saw T.J. as only a 3-4 type defensive player. We all see how that worked out. And so did 28 other clubs who did not have him rated that high and yes there were a few clubs that did not have a 1st round pick but they could have traded up to get him if they thought he was worth it. Did Dallas make a mistake? Absolutely but as always hindsight is 20-20. The blame should be on Marinelli for not seeing the athlete T.J. was compared to Taco but even if we would have drafted T.J., then Marinelli would have put him probably at middle linebacker instead of DE which IMO would have been a waste.
Last year Jerry was all set on drafting a CB and we know that Parsons fell into our lap but you might also remember that we actually traded down 2 spots before we drafted him and if the Giants hadn't of traded #11 to Chicago then they could have very well taken him. We were lucky he was still there.
