IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys’ selection of Iowa linebacker Anthony Hitchens caused a lot of head scratching. The Hitchens fans among the media draft analysts gave him a sixth-round grade. Many had him as a seventh-rounder or undrafted free agent. The Cowboys took him in the middle of the fourth round with the 119th overall pick. What did Dallas’ scouts see in Hitchens that others might have missed? “We saw a guy who could run with size, and we saw one of the few inside linebackers that we thought could come in here and help us if we lost Sean Lee,” said owner/general manager Jerry Jones, whose widely criticized first-round selection of center Travis Frederick last year worked out well.
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