ESPN: How Dallas Almost Missed on Dak, over and over

[rynochop]

Yep Jimmy wanted a linebacker, James Francis in the 1990 draft and Pittsburgh took him before us so we had to "settle" on Emmitt Smith.

I'm sure if there was a CZ back then, the same folks would have said we took Smith to high, and him being a game changer is short sighted, should have gone D.

 

[tyke1doe]

Yep Jimmy wanted a linebacker, James Francis in the 1990 draft and Pittsburgh took him before us so we had to "settle" on Emmitt Smith.

Actually, Cincy took him. We traded with Pittsburgh to jump in front of Atlanta, who would have taken Emmitt but settled for Steve Broussard.

But I get your point.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Say whatever you want, but finding a franchise QB in the UDFA heap and then finding his successor in the 4th round, is extremely lucky!

 

[Tommy]

Say whatever you want, but finding a franchise QB in the UDFA heap and then finding his successor in the 4th round, is extremely lucky!

If our UDFA and 4th round QB's turned out to be total busts would you have called that bad luck or bad scouting?

 

[Mr Cowboy]

If our UDFA and 4th round QB's turned out to be total busts would you have called that bad luck or bad scouting?

no that would be expected..... not many franchise QBs are found there.

 

[reddyuta]

Anybody who thinks this was anything other than pure luck is delusional,he was the 6th or 7th ranked QB on our board,we would have drafted any of the 6(excluding Kessler who actually looked decent) if he fell for our spot.There is nothing wrong in being lucky in the draft and i dont see why we should not acknowledge that.

 

[bsbellomy]

If our UDFA and 4th round QB's turned out to be total busts would you have called that bad luck or bad scouting?

That's like saying you're lucky if you win the lottery and unlucky if your ticket loses.

 

[Alexander]

Say whatever you want, but finding a franchise QB in the UDFA heap and then finding his successor in the 4th round, is extremely lucky!

Beyond that.

For what whatever deal with the Devil Jones negotiated to win that last Super Bowl with Switzer, he has got two potential franchise QBs on the cheap.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

The Cowboys took Dak and all of the other teams had passed on him up to that point. The rest of it is pretty much irrelevant. Criticizing the team that actually selected him instead of the ones who didn't seems pretty silly to me. We got him, they didn't.

Never, ever underestimate how butt hurt and biased 90% of the national media can be when the Cowboys are good.

 

[Doomsday]

Luck favors the prepared!

 

[MagicMan]

I realize the Boys were lucky to have Dak develop as quickly as he has; just like NE was lucky to see how Brady has turned out after getting him in the 6th round. Did they fire anyone for not picking him sooner? No one cares when they were picked only that they were picked. The SB trophies still count. Kind of makes up for the Stephen McGee pick in the 4th last time. You win some and you lose some.

Only in Dallas would we be arguing over how the sausage gets made.......and not enjoy the final product. Savor the season for once.

 

[drawandstrike]

I'm sure if there was a CZ back then, the same folks would have said we took Smith to high, and him being a game changer is short sighted, should have gone D.

"OMG we coulda got a perfectly competent, average, undersized RB in round 4!"

 

[Kaiser]

Yes, so after losing out on Cook, Dallas is going to come out say "we really wanted Cook but had to settle for Dak".

Then why did they say they were targeting Lynch? Jerry was open about the deal they offered and that he regretted it didn't come together, why would it be different with Cook?

Unless the goal is just to rip on the team.

 

[T-RO]

Luck favors the prepared!

That's a severely misplaced quote in this case.

There is no connection between the Cowboys draft preparation and them striking gold.

In all their preparation they didn't see what they had before the draft...and they didn't see what they had after the draft. Nor did anyone else.

There weren't any draft pundits talking about Dak as a 1st or second rounder....and nobody came forward in May or July and talked about what a star Dak was going to be.

It was pure luck. Just like Romo.

 

[windjc]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...owboys-almost-missed-qb-dak-prescott-2016-nfl

Pretty funny stuff. I'd forgotten about a few of these..like Foles, etc.

This was funny too.

Everyone realizes that Dallas actually DRAFTED Prescott, right?. Dallas is actually the ONLY TEAM that DIDN'T PASS on drafting him.

 

[windjc]

That's a severely misplaced quote in this case.

There is no connection between the Cowboys draft preparation and them striking gold.

In all their preparation they didn't see what they had before the draft...and they didn't see what they had after the draft. Nor did anyone else.

There weren't any draft pundits talking about Dak as a 1st or second rounder....and nobody came forward in May or July and talked about what a star Dak was going to be.

It was pure luck. Just like Romo.

DALLAS DRAFTED PRESCOTT. Jesus people. Cognitive dissonance is at all time highs around here.

 

[T-RO]

DALLAS DRAFTED PRESCOTT. Jesus people. The cognitive dissonance is at all time highs around here.

If you are going to ply that expression do it appropriately. The ones here trying to make Jones to be some brilliant drafter are the ones with factual dissonance.

...Flying a paper airplane through a hurricane!

If the Cowboys thought Dak was a quarterback who could start in the NFL...they wouldn't have waited until the bottom of the 4th round. And Jerry isn't discussing his failure to trade up for Lynch.

Jerry wasn't good. He sure was lucky.

 

[CVN68_Cowboys]

If you are going to ply that expression do it appropriately. The ones here trying to make Jones to be some brilliant drafter are the ones with factual dissonance.

...Flying a paper airplane through a hurricane!

If the Cowboys thought Dak was a quarterback who could start in the NFL...they wouldn't have waited until the bottom of the 4th round. And Jerry isn't discussing his failure to trade up for Lynch.

Jerry wasn't good. He sure was lucky.

Jerry haters are about to watch him not only get into the Hall in Jan., but probably win NFL Exec of the Year for the second time in 3 years as voted on by his peer owners. Jesus, if we win anything on the field, might be time for a sports suicide hotline to be pinned here.

 

[windjc]

If you are going to ply that expression do it appropriately. The ones here trying to make Jones to be some brilliant drafter are the ones with factual dissonance.

...Flying a paper airplane through a hurricane!

If the Cowboys thought Dak was a quarterback who could start in the NFL...they wouldn't have waited until the bottom of the 4th round. And Jerry isn't discussing his failure to trade up for Lynch.

Jerry wasn't good. He sure was lucky.

NO. EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE had Dak with a 3rd round draft grade or below AND EVERY TEAM in the league passed on drafting him. EXCEPT DALLAS. Getting "lucky" is scouting a guy who you try to move up for and fail to do so but he still falls to your position. Not grading a guy and drafting him in the exact grade area you have for him. That's called scouting and following your board. Not being lucky.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Luck favors the prepared!

It was a combination of things.

Yeah, luck figured into it.

But it's not like the Cowboys weren't considering the kid. I mean QB coach Wilson spent a lot of time with him.