ESPN: McShay: Cowboys' spot most intriguing

[SilverStarCowboy]

This is going to be one of those drafts with a half dozen major surprises before our pick at 16. It will be impossible to predict, but it could very well drop a great player into our laps at 16.

I think it's going to happen, and his name could be Eric Ebron....TE North Carolina...http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2037778-eric-ebron-tale-of-the-tape-for-2014-nfl-draft-prospect



Or Johnny Manziel Texas A&M ...


Or Donald ...



Or Barr...



On quite a few players..... agreeable with his analysis...

 

[Hardline]

Eric Ebron would be a fantastic pick. I dont care if we have 20 TE on the Cowboys.
He is Mike Evans at the tight end position.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

This is going to be one of those drafts with a half dozen major surprises before our pick at 16. It will be impossible to predict, but it could very well drop a great player into our laps at 16.

Exactly! Someone (Stephen) needs to give Jerry a sedative before the draft begins.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

I think McShay is stuck figuring out what the Cowboys will do because the Cowboys have not established a draft pattern to follow or an identity over the past years. JJ is known as the gambler and is so very hard to read and predict.

This is the key: McShay is trying to think like Jerruh and it makes no sense. Before making the pick, he took some speed, drank ten Tequilla shots, did some LSD, and popped some amphetamines so he could think like Jerry.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Eric Ebron would be a fantastic pick. I dont care if we have 20 TE on the Cowboys.
He is Mike Evans at the tight end position.

Im really starting to come around on the idea of drafting Ebron. The problem is none of those TE's really play ST's. So getting all four of them to the game would be difficult. But you can cross WR off the needs list.

 

[Alexander]

Eric Ebron would be a fantastic pick. I dont care if we have 20 TE on the Cowboys.
He is Mike Evans at the tight end position.

People would complain about picking a QB of the future in the first round, but then have no issue drafting a "freak" TE in the first round.

Mind blowing.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

People would complain about picking a QB of the future in the first round, but then have no issue drafting a "freak" TE in the first round.

Mind blowing.

Think it depends on which QB you wanna draft.

 

[RS12]

Eric Ebron would be a fantastic pick. I dont care if we have 20 TE on the Cowboys.
He is Mike Evans at the tight end position.

The people that would complain about Ebron are the same people that think this team just needs a few pieces on defenense to win it all. They need more than a few pieces and the strength of this draft is on offense. Give me a blue chip over a red chip every time.

 

[Alexander]

Think it depends on which QB you wanna draft.

I take a future potential starting QB all day every day over a potential future starting TE.

We have already done that once, may be doing it again with Escobar unless something goes wrong with Witten.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

I take a future potential starting QB all day every day over a potential future starting TE.

We have already done that once, may be doing it again with Escobar unless something goes wrong with Witten.

I agree with you, just depends on if you think that QB could be a future franchise guy. I only see two first round guys like that in this years draft. Maybe I could be talked into three.

 

[Smith22]

People would complain about picking a QB of the future in the first round, but then have no issue drafting a "freak" TE in the first round.

Mind blowing.

I would have a problem with both. Players in the top 16 of the 1st round are generally expected to contribute immediately. If we draft a QB/TE in round 1, they will most likely be sitting 1-2 years barring a significant injury. Those are wasted years.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

I would have a problem with both. Players in the top 16 of the 1st round are generally expected to contribute immediately. If we draft a QB/TE in round 1, they will most likely be sitting 1-2 years barring a significant injury. Those are wasted years.

If we took Ebron he would play a lot year 1. I see your point with the QB though, I just disagree.

 

[Alexander]

I would have a problem with both. Players in the top 16 of the 1st round are generally expected to contribute immediately. If we draft a QB/TE in round 1, they will most likely be sitting 1-2 years barring a significant injury. Those are wasted years.

QBs also need development, far more than a tight end. If you take one in the first, you get the benefit of a 5th year option as well. That is why the Ryan Mallett comparison is not a valid one to use to debate against taking a QB. He was not a first round choice and he is gone in four years.

 

[Smith22]

If we took Ebron he would play a lot year 1.

Ebron would play, but we know the connection Romo/Witten have. Throw in Dez, Murray and TWil, and it gets hard to distribute the ball around.

 

[Alexander]

If we took Ebron he would play a lot year 1. I see your point with the QB though, I just disagree.

Did Escobar play a lot? How could you possibly predict that he would? Just because? Or they would really really mean it and be serious about the dreaded two TE offense this time?

 

[Smith22]

QBs also need development, far more than a tight end. If you take one in the first, you get the benefit of a 5th year option as well. That is why the Ryan Mallett comparison is not a valid one to use to debate against taking a QB. He was not a first round choice and he is gone in four years.

They do need to develop, but in todays offense friendly NFL, QBs are being thrown into the fire A LOT more quickly than in years past.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Did Escobar play a lot? How could you possibly predict that he would? Just because? Or they would really really mean it and be serious about the dreaded two TE offense this time?

I think he would play in the slot or out wide a lot. Escobar wasn't NFL ready year one.

 

[Alexander]

I think he would play in the slot or out wide a lot.

Then just draft a real WR and stop the madness.

The idea that a team is going to be dumb and leave a LBer out there to cover the TE walked out into the slot simply does not happen anymore. They are putting a physical slot DB out there. Ebron is not Jimmy Graham.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Then just draft a real WR and stop the madness.

The idea that a team is going to be dumb and leave a LBer out there to cover the TE walked out into the slot simply does not happen anymore. They are putting a physical slot DB out there. Ebron is not Jimmy Graham.

I'll take the corner TE matchup all day. If you have a WR ranked higher than Ebron at 16 then take him. I'm just saying I don't rule out Ebron simply based on position. When you draft that way you miss out on great players like Shady

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Im really starting to come around on the idea of drafting Ebron. The problem is none of those TE's really play ST's. So getting all four of them to the game would be difficult. But you can cross WR off the needs list.

I don't love Ebron as a replacement for JWitt. Ebron is not a great inline blocker. He's a great receiving TE but we use the TE for blocking a lot. Because JWitt can do both, it saves us from having to carry more TEs, IE, pass receiving and Blocking. Also gives us flexibility in our personnel packages. I think that if we draft a TE in the 1st, which I am not against, we need to draft a guy who is good at all phases of the position.