Don't draft a QB this year

[gimmesix]

We should take Bosa if available because that guy will be a stud DE in the NFL. We should take a corner with round 2 and then whatever from there. I have my eye on Deshaun Watson from Clemson. I haven't watched him at all this season but last night he looked really good. He'll have another year to hone his craft and will most likely be a top pick in 2017's draft. If the Cowboys un/fortunate enough to be in a position to draft him (should he declare) the Cowboys need to a take a hard look at him.

I don't want Dallas to draft a QB in the first round just to do it. However, we're in great position to get a franchise QB if one is there for the taking.

I believe there are multiple ways we can go after the QB of the future (and it doesn't necessarily involve drafting one this year ... although, again, I believe we have to consider our draft position).

Here's my draft strategy:

1) If Dallas' draft board has a QB rated on the same level as the other players at the top of the draft, then you take him.

2) If players at other positions are rated higher when Dallas picks at 4, you take one of them.

3) If a QB we like is rated anywhere from midway through the first to the bottom of the round, you consider trading up to take him.

4) If a QB is rated equally with other players when we pick in the second, you take him. If that's not the case, rinse and repeat for the remainder of the draft.

What bugged me about last year concerning the RB position wasn't that we didn't take one in the first, second, third, etc., but simply that we didn't take one at all.

I could live with Romo, a quality vet backup and a developmental prospect this year. And using the same strategy each year until Romo retires.

Kirk Cousins was a fourth-round pick. Tom Brady a fifth-rounder. Matt Hasselbeck a sixth-rounder. Tyrod Taylor a sixth-rounder. Etc.

Now, it's far easier to find your franchise guy in the first round, but not trying like Dallas has done except with Stephen McGee leaves you with no shot of finding the next Brady, etc., unless you happen to luck upon a Romo.

 

[Direwolf63]

The time to get a starting QB is the draft after Romo announces his retirement. The best place to learn how to play QB in the NFL is on the feild.

Couldn't disagree more. Very few QB's succeed from day 1. Peyton Mannings and Andrew Lucks are few and far between. The vast majority of young QB coming out of college would be much better off holding a clipboard and learning how to run an NFL offense before actually doing so. Especially since so few colleges run an NFL style offense anymore.

The Cowboys would be much better off doing what Green Bay did with Aaron Rodgers. A smooth transition from Romo to his replacement is far, far preferable than just throwing a rookie out there on day 1, having no idea how he will do. That is asking for disaster, IMO.

 

[MRV52]

Watson is a one-read QB, with running skills to make that work. Think Vince Young.

He may be a Heisman candidate, but I doubt he'll be very successful in the NFL.

First time you watch this kid? Your are so wrong he has all the tools for the NFL.

 

[MRV52]

Same..

He is a very accurate passer as well.

There is definetely upside there with him.

He made some nice long touch passes that were out of this world. Nice prospect and someone who I think will be a good NFL Qb.

 

[Doc50]

First time you watch this kid? Your are so wrong he has all the tools for the NFL.

He certainly has the tool that enables him to stare down the primary receiver, then run.

Another RG3.

 

[kazzd58]

Watson is a one-read QB, with running skills to make that work. Think Vince Young.

He may be a Heisman candidate, but I doubt he'll be very successful in the NFL.

no think a better vince young who is accurate and way better than whats in the draft right now imo id rather have Watson than Goff, Lynch or Wentz.

 

[kevm3]

I don't get what's the huge deal about Lynch. Lynch got shut out by an 8 and 8 Auburn and lost to schools like Temple and Navy. He seems like one of those measurables qb. Goff, I'd take. Wentz, I haven't watched all that much about him.

 

[sbark]

Draft a qb this year at the right spot and value of what mcclay spots him at

 

[MRV52]

He certainly has the tool that enables him to stare down the primary receiver, then run.

Another RG3.

 

[Hardline]

Couldn't disagree more. Very few QB's succeed from day 1. Peyton Mannings and Andrew Lucks are few and far between. The vast majority of young QB coming out of college would be much better off holding a clipboard and learning how to run an NFL offense before actually doing so. Especially since so few colleges run an NFL style offense anymore.

The Cowboys would be much better off doing what Green Bay did with Aaron Rodgers. A smooth transition from Romo to his replacement is far, far preferable than just throwing a rookie out there on day 1, having no idea how he will do. That is asking for disaster, IMO.

Actually that's not a recipe for disaster with the Cowboys offensive line. One of the reasons this line is being built is for the future QB.
Aaron Rodgers did not become elite on the sidelines. He was an elite QB waiting his turn.

 

[reddyuta]

Actually that's not a recipe for disaster with the Cowboys offensive line. One of the reasons this line is being built is for the future QB.
Aaron Rodgers did not become elite on the sidelines. He was an elite QB waiting his turn.

Right.your strategy is to get a QB when Romo retires(which could be from game 1 next season). This is great if you have a top pick or even a top 5 pick.what happens if we don't? Do you suggest we don't pick one or just pick a QB because we are desperate?.this is how you and up with Christian ponder and EJ Manuels of the world.

 

[kevm3]

Auburn, not Boise

 

[Direwolf63]

Actually that's not a recipe for disaster with the Cowboys offensive line. One of the reasons this line is being built is for the future QB.
Aaron Rodgers did not become elite on the sidelines. He was an elite QB waiting his turn.

If this were true, he would have been the first player taken in the draft. Nobody knew how good he was, which is why he went #20 or so.

If the plan is to no longer remain in the top 5 of future drafts, then the time to take a QB is this year while you have an opportunity to get one of the top QB's. As reddyuta said, If Romo retires and the Cowboys are at #20, you will you get that's ready on day 1? The answer is.....nobody.

Get a QB high this year, learn from Romo how it's done for 2 years, and hit the ground running when Romo is finished. To me, that's the only way to go.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

If this were true, he would have been the first player taken in the draft. Nobody knew how good he was, which is why he went #20 or so.

If the plan is to no longer remain in the top 5 of future drafts, then the time to take a QB is this year while you have an opportunity to get one of the top QB's. As reddyuta said, If Romo retires and the Cowboys are at #20, you will you get that's ready on day 1? The answer is.....nobody.

Get a QB high this year, learn from Romo how it's done for 2 years, and hit the ground running when Romo is finished. To me, that's the only way to go.

This is true, I *think* he ran the same system as several other high profile busts. Akili Smith, Joey Harrinton and Kyle Boler to be exact.

 

[darthseinfeld]

There's an argument I keep hearing about how we should avoid drafting a QB because they are super hard to find. I don't really understand it.

If they arent as good as Luck, Manning or Elway its a waste of a pick

 

[reddyuta]

If they arent as good as Luck, Manning or Elway its a waste of a pick

most zoners here dont know the reality of QB play in college football,they are in for a rude awakening in the coming years.

 

[Vinnie2u]

most zoners here dont know the reality of QB play in college football,they are in for a rude awakening in the coming years.

This... NFL is going to become a Disposible QB league... There aren't any Andrew Lucks in the horizon.

 

[Aven8]

I want Patrick Mahomes in 2017. He will be top 5 pick next year.

 

[DoctorChicken]

If they arent as good as Luck, Manning or Elway its a waste of a pick

This makes absolutely zero sense.

 

[Beast_from_East]

The time to get a starting QB is the draft after Romo announces his retirement. The best place to learn how to play QB in the NFL is on the feild.

Need and availability do not always coincide.

If we wait till Romo's last season, what if we are drafting in the 20s? What if the QB class totally sucks and are all read option QBs that don't fit our system? If there is a top shelf QB, how much do we have to trade to move up and get him? See Commanders for how that can backfire.

Too many variables and too many unknowns..........the odds of getting a franchise QB in the draft by using minimal resources at the exact time Romo retires is next to impossible to correctly execute. That is why you draft your franchise QB when the opportunity presents itself.

As far as sitting goes, some guy named Aaron Rogers sat 3 years and he turned out sorta ok...........you don't have to throw your rookie QB to the wolves on day 1, that is how you end up with David Carr 2.0