HUGE DRAFT MISTAKES: Moss and now JONES!

[Rockytop6]

Once again...there will be some people that won't be satisified unless we have all the players that we don't have.

It's never "Look at who we have", it's always, "Look at who we shoulda or coulda had!!!"

I say amen to that. I really like our draft last year. There is always a player a team passes on thinking they will be available later or there is somebody they like better, etc. and time proves they didn't make the best choice with every pick. You can always second guess the people in the war room. I would not have picked any of the players we did in the 6th and 7th rounds the last two years and yet the Cowboys came up big.

I'll stick with Jones/Parcells/Ireland. They have made a believer out of me.

 

[MC KAos]

i'm against taking big receivers in this day and age. look at the other tall receiver the jags took 2 years ago. and then you look at the lions and have to scratch your head. it goes in cycles and it appears is the smurfs time once again.

well, they DID draft roy williams, who is an AMAZING wide receiver

 

[big dog cowboy]

moss was a HUGE issue, i was SO PIS#(R(@#$*@#(*$#@(*$@#(*$@#(*$#@(*$@#(*$@#(*$(@ when we didnt take him!!! and then thanksgiving.....oi, still hurts thinking about him burning us like that

That was more of a front office blunder than a drafting issue. Going into the draft and being forced to draft a DE in the first round was very idiotic thinking. Needing a DE starter (we only had one starter at the time) also prevented us from trading down like we should have to take Ellis a few spots later because we couldn't risk missing on him.

 

[J-DOG]

I can see it now...Leftwich goes back to pass, he looks for the fade to Jones in the corner of the end-zone and...Watkins knocks it away!!!!! Cowboys win!
I have a feeling that Watkins may see some playing time in that first game.
Check out the height of the Jaguars wr's and you will agree.

 

[dargonking999]

I dont see them making it down anywhere near the endzone for watkins to knock it away,

 

[cowboy4eva]

No Spears= No 3-4.

Give me Spears.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

That draft it wasn't even a question for BP. They didn't even contemplate taking Jones when Spears was available. They were debating taking Spears at 11 instead of Ware, but they believed that Spears would be more likely to fall to 20... when he was there, they didn't think twice.

Jones, as has been stated, was considered a huge reach when the Jags took him. This was a non-issue when we were drafting. Moss was at least an issue when we decided to take Ellis.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

the guy who is supposed to replace him as the big-play threat in the passing game (Matt Jones) has his foot strapped into a walking boot because of an ankle injury

Zoners: felt I needed to step to the plate and say I jumped the gun......and maybe I am wrong about this guy!

Sorry folks!

 

[Verdict]

Jones may, at some point, make us regret passing on him, but his numbers from last year do not make that case. He may have a lot of potential, and he may ultimately become great, but so far his actual performance numbers are not very impressive. Keep in mind that I was a Jones fan and am still of the belief he may ultimately turn out to have been a better pick than Spears, but to say it is a fact that we should have selected Jones over Spears is a leap of faith at this point in time.

Looking at the "what ifs" from another vantage point.... If a worm had a machine gun, the birds wouldn't try to eat him.

I think we all agree that it may have been a mistake to pass on Randy Moss. However the point is moot since we didn't draft Randy Moss.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Zoners: felt I needed to step to the plate and say I jumped the gun......and maybe I am wrong about this guy!

Sorry folks!

No problemo. I knew you would come around.