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How did Cowboys do in the draft?
Will Chambers: What are your thoughts when you see what the Cowboys did getting Taco Charlton in the first round, going cornerback-heavy next few rounds? What did you think of what the Cowboys did [in the draft]?
Rick Gosselin: That was the strategy going in. They had to get a pass rusher at 28. The best pass rusher on the board was going to be a Cowboy. I knew that. And then they were going to draft secondary.
You can't rush the passer, you can't compete for championships in this league. They had to upgrade the pass rush to do that. And if you have a good pass rush you can get by with average corners. If you have great corners and no pass rush then they become average corners.
The pass rush is where it all starts. Matter of fact, the offensive and defensive lines is where you win in this league. The Cowboys had to fix the pass rush. They did that with Charlton.
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Best player comparison for Taco is...?
Jean-Jacques Taylor: Who is a good comp for Taco Charlton?
Rick Gosselin: The knock on him is the lack of speed, but he's got size. There's a guy in the 90s, the Bengals drafted him, named Reinard Wilson out of Florida State. Very strong player, good pass rusher without a whole lotta speed. He's the one who jumps out at me.
It's tough. Usually these weakside guys are 6-5, 255-260. He's much bigger than that, and that gives him position versatility. He can play on the left side as well as the right. It's tough because, again, he's not a burner.
But you gotta understand he was the 28th pick of this draft. If this guy was his size and ran a 4.5 [40-yard dash], he'd been in the top five picks. But he's not a 4.5 guy. It's tough to get a comp on that.
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Did Dallas miss on any prospect they really wanted?
Will Chambers: Do you think that the Cowboys had moments throughout this draft where they didn't get the player they wanted because somebody else got taken maybe by somebody in the division or just somebody in front of them?
Rick Gosselin: I think they woulda loved to have Charles Harris, the Missouri end who went at 21. That's a guy I thought they had a chance at getting. I think they woulda snapped him up in a second. He's a little faster foot than Charlton. Again, they were going to take the best pass rusher that was left.
They thought that T.J. Watt was more of a 3-4 linebacker. That's the way that it played out. Pittsburgh took him [as a] pass rusher off the linebacker spot. I think they woulda liked to had him.
I think [with] Switzer it came down to Donnel Pumphrey who the Eagles took right before them. They may have taken Pumphrey. He led the nation in rushing.
I think they're pretty happy with their draft. I think they never in their wildest dreams thought they were going to get Jourdan Lewis in the third round. And Xavier Woods, they were talking about him in the fourth round [and] then get him in the sixth. I think it worked pretty well.
Marquez White: here's a guy who started at Florida State [and] played in a national title game. I think that was a real good late-round pick. The other thing I liked about it they took those two defensive tackles. If you're going to miss late, miss with size. These are two big guys that can fit in Marinelli's rotation.
I think by and large they were quite happy with their picks. I don't think there was any, 'Woe is us. We couldn't get the guy we wanted.' Except for Charles Harris, I think they like what they got.
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Will Chambers: What are your thoughts when you see what the Cowboys did getting Taco Charlton in the first round, going cornerback-heavy next few rounds? What did you think of what the Cowboys did [in the draft]?
Rick Gosselin: That was the strategy going in. They had to get a pass rusher at 28. The best pass rusher on the board was going to be a Cowboy. I knew that. And then they were going to draft secondary.
You can't rush the passer, you can't compete for championships in this league. They had to upgrade the pass rush to do that. And if you have a good pass rush you can get by with average corners. If you have great corners and no pass rush then they become average corners.
The pass rush is where it all starts. Matter of fact, the offensive and defensive lines is where you win in this league. The Cowboys had to fix the pass rush. They did that with Charlton.
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Best player comparison for Taco is...?
Jean-Jacques Taylor: Who is a good comp for Taco Charlton?
Rick Gosselin: The knock on him is the lack of speed, but he's got size. There's a guy in the 90s, the Bengals drafted him, named Reinard Wilson out of Florida State. Very strong player, good pass rusher without a whole lotta speed. He's the one who jumps out at me.
It's tough. Usually these weakside guys are 6-5, 255-260. He's much bigger than that, and that gives him position versatility. He can play on the left side as well as the right. It's tough because, again, he's not a burner.
But you gotta understand he was the 28th pick of this draft. If this guy was his size and ran a 4.5 [40-yard dash], he'd been in the top five picks. But he's not a 4.5 guy. It's tough to get a comp on that.
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Did Dallas miss on any prospect they really wanted?
Will Chambers: Do you think that the Cowboys had moments throughout this draft where they didn't get the player they wanted because somebody else got taken maybe by somebody in the division or just somebody in front of them?
Rick Gosselin: I think they woulda loved to have Charles Harris, the Missouri end who went at 21. That's a guy I thought they had a chance at getting. I think they woulda snapped him up in a second. He's a little faster foot than Charlton. Again, they were going to take the best pass rusher that was left.
They thought that T.J. Watt was more of a 3-4 linebacker. That's the way that it played out. Pittsburgh took him [as a] pass rusher off the linebacker spot. I think they woulda liked to had him.
I think [with] Switzer it came down to Donnel Pumphrey who the Eagles took right before them. They may have taken Pumphrey. He led the nation in rushing.
I think they're pretty happy with their draft. I think they never in their wildest dreams thought they were going to get Jourdan Lewis in the third round. And Xavier Woods, they were talking about him in the fourth round [and] then get him in the sixth. I think it worked pretty well.
Marquez White: here's a guy who started at Florida State [and] played in a national title game. I think that was a real good late-round pick. The other thing I liked about it they took those two defensive tackles. If you're going to miss late, miss with size. These are two big guys that can fit in Marinelli's rotation.
I think by and large they were quite happy with their picks. I don't think there was any, 'Woe is us. We couldn't get the guy we wanted.' Except for Charles Harris, I think they like what they got.
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