I prefer Dallas' draft position

[DanTanna]

LOL. Houston has had three recent #1 picks.

 

[Ashwynn]

Given a choice I'd prefer the number 1 pick in every draft. Based on win loss records, I'd prefer the last pick in the draft every year. It is what it is and we cant do anything to change where we end up. Deal with where you are and take best player available unless its a tight end or kicker and you've improved your team.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't mind our position then again this draft is strong on DL, CB and RB so the fact our area of need appear to be strong makes me comfortable that Dallas should be able to get BPA that is going to fit our needs.

 

[xwalker]

Prepare for the ritual of panic on draft day. As everybody's pet players and pie-in-the-sky hopefuls get snagged off the pile for those brutal hours leading up to Dallas' pick, there's a cloud of doom that sets in. It's a natural football reaction.

"HURRY, ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE ALMOST GONE!"

No, they won't be. In fact, call me crazy, but I like drafting late. Here's why.

1. Teams can't draft everybody in the first 26 picks. Good players fall, and it gives a well-run draft room - which we finally have - the chance to digest and calculate the best move to make. Sometimes LOTS of good players on your board fall, which makes trading back a few spots smart. Sometimes a run starts on a position of a player you REALLY want, so you have a chance to discuss a trade up. There's time to think.

2. There's less financial risk, AND teams get a fifth-year option for the later first-round picks. Even though the new CBA has lessened the risk, there are still high-priced busts littering the top 10-15 picks. Teams are often over-pressured to take the big QB name, or the physical freak DE diva, when the bang-for-buck just isn't there in relation to the commitment involved.

3. Solid picks tend to come late in the first round and through the third. That's when guys like Travis Frederick and Sean Lee and Demarco Murray get picked. Good, solid players that didn't necessarily wow everybody at the combine. They can be had for a reasonable amount of money, and they have plenty to prove when the arrive.

4. The prospective layout evolves before your eyes. Teams reach for guys. A run on QBs or tight ends begins, and names you didn't imagine start a free fall, which leads to trades and panic from lesser franchises (Oakland and Washington come to mind), which just pushes more possibilities Dallas' way. Of course, this can work the other way, too.

5. Negotiations can be had in the background as the draft evolves. Minnesota is trying to unload Adrian Peterson, and I think the only way Dallas goes for that would be a draft-night bargain trade. Drafting later plays into Dallas' hands if they are interested at all in him. The Vikings will start to panic if nothing has happened by draft night.

6. The anticipation is just more fun. When you pick early, it's like your wedding night. It's over before you blink.

The 5th year option is a much better deal on pick 11-32 than for the top 10 picks because it is calculated differently.

 

[Crown Royal]

I'll add another hot sports opinion:

The NFL draft in general has become wildly overrated in terms of winning. It's important, but teams need to be competent at bringing in personnel at a value and maximizing the return of those investments. The draft is certainly a piece of that, but it isn't the only piece.

The adage of "build through the draft" has grown into this huge monster that isn't completely accurate.

 

[Doomsday101]

I'll add another hot sports opinion:

The NFL draft in general has become wildly overrated in terms of winning. It's important, but teams need to be competent at bringing in personnel at a value and maximizing the return of those investments. The draft is certainly a piece of that, but it isn't the only piece.

The adage of "build through the draft" has grown into this huge monster that isn't completely accurate.

I agree there are other factors but being able to get young talent on 3 to 4 year low end contracts and getting pro bowl quality play is big. I think when you look at poor drafts and it's effect on any given team including the Cowboys show quit a bit of importance of the draft. FA prices tend to be pretty high even for JAGS

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Generally, but the chance of the financial repercussions of Mo Claiborne, RG3, or Eric Fisher are riskier.

First rounders cheap labor. From 1 to 32. I'd rather pay a little bit more and get my guy.... Than pay a little bit less and get a guy.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I prefer Tampa's draft position.

So a bit of a thread hijack but let's say a few years ago Dallas had acquired Tampa Bay's 2015 1st round pick. So, we still were a very good team last season, but now we have the top overall pick. Who do you take? and why?

 

[Nation]

So a bit of a thread hijack but let's say a few years ago Dallas had acquired Tampa Bay's 2015 1st round pick. So, we still were a very good team last season, but now we have the top overall pick. Who do you take? and why?

Vic Beasley for me. Consistent college production, and certainly showed enough athletically at the combine to make me think he could be a force at the NFL level.

But if I identified Mariota or Winston as a franchise QB, I certainly take them without blinking.

 

[Titleist]

LOL. Houston has had three recent #1 picks.

The one advantage of being a perennial loser and dumpster fire franchise.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

As long as we don't get fleeced again like in 2013 by the Niners, I'll be happy. Sure, we luckily picked up T. Williams with that extra draft pick, but we let them move up almost half the 1st round in exchange for a mid-3rd round pick. I felt a little woozy when it was initially announced.

 

[KingintheNorth]

As long as we don't get fleeced again like in 2013 by the Niners, I'll be happy. Sure, we luckily picked up T. Williams with that extra draft pick, but we let them move up almost half the 1st round in exchange for a mid-3rd round pick. I felt a little woozy when it was initially announced.

Yes, Cowboy fans mistake the result of that trade (Travis Frederick and Terrence Williams) with the actual trade. We got beat in the trade but we did well with the results.

 

[btcutter]

I think I want either to be in the top 10 or bottom 5 of the draft instead getting stuck in the middle position. As it's been discussed before there are usually only 15-20 1st round talents. You either want to be able to pick and choose your player in the top ten or you want to have talent drop to you in the bottom 1/3. In the middle you maybe forced to pick a player rated lower because of need and pass up the BPA. That's typically when teams reach for a player.

 

[jday]

Prepare for the ritual of panic on draft day. As everybody's pet players and pie-in-the-sky hopefuls get snagged off the pile for those brutal hours leading up to Dallas' pick, there's a cloud of doom that sets in. It's a natural football reaction.

"HURRY, ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE ALMOST GONE!"

No, they won't be. In fact, call me crazy, but I like drafting late. Here's why.

1. Teams can't draft everybody in the first 26 picks. Good players fall, and it gives a well-run draft room - which we finally have - the chance to digest and calculate the best move to make. Sometimes LOTS of good players on your board fall, which makes trading back a few spots smart. Sometimes a run starts on a position of a player you REALLY want, so you have a chance to discuss a trade up. There's time to think.

2. There's less financial risk, AND teams get a fifth-year option for the later first-round picks. Even though the new CBA has lessened the risk, there are still high-priced busts littering the top 10-15 picks. Teams are often over-pressured to take the big QB name, or the physical freak DE diva, when the bang-for-buck just isn't there in relation to the commitment involved.

3. Solid picks tend to come late in the first round and through the third. That's when guys like Travis Frederick and Sean Lee and Demarco Murray get picked. Good, solid players that didn't necessarily wow everybody at the combine. They can be had for a reasonable amount of money, and they have plenty to prove when the arrive.

4. The prospective layout evolves before your eyes. Teams reach for guys. A run on QBs or tight ends begins, and names you didn't imagine start a free fall, which leads to trades and panic from lesser franchises (Oakland and Washington come to mind), which just pushes more possibilities Dallas' way. Of course, this can work the other way, too.

5. Negotiations can be had in the background as the draft evolves. Minnesota is trying to unload Adrian Peterson, and I think the only way Dallas goes for that would be a draft-night bargain trade. Drafting later plays into Dallas' hands if they are interested at all in him. The Vikings will start to panic if nothing has happened by draft night.

6. The anticipation is just more fun. When you pick early, it's like your wedding night. It's over before you blink.

Good read, but this post would have been 10 times better had you left out point 5.

 

[Apollo Creed]

It helps that we aren't desperate with gaping holes throughout the depth chart.

Churn your roster with young talent on rookie deals, it's every franchises blueprint, sans the perennial cellar dwellers. And Dallas has been one of the best in the business over the last 4-5 years.

The importance of drafting well is hitting those singles and doubles. Those balls eventually carry out the park (see Zack Martin, Travis Fredrick, etc).

When you swing for the fences, you either hit it 500 feet (Dez Bryant) or strike out (Morris Claiborne).

We still have guys like Lawrence, Crawford, Hitchens, Williams, Wilcox, etc on rookie deals that haven't hit their ceiling.

Throw in a few low risk vets like McClain, Hardy, get a healthy Lee back - and we're an NFC title contender before the draft even starts.

They mess around and have another great draft? And we're in business for many years to come, especially if they can groom a Romo replacement during this 3-4 year window.

 

[kiheikiwi]

So a bit of a thread hijack but let's say a few years ago Dallas had acquired Tampa Bay's 2015 1st round pick. So, we still were a very good team last season, but now we have the top overall pick. Who do you take? and why?

Williams - DT from USC, pretty much rated best player in this draft. Stick him next to Crawford and see what happens.

 

[erod]

First rounders cheap labor. From 1 to 32. I'd rather pay a little bit more and get my guy.... Than pay a little bit less and get a guy.

Most of the Pro Bowl squads were from the "get a guy" range.

 

[erod]

How many top 15 picks reside on the rosters of Green Bay, New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Orleans, Denver.....you know, the teams that win almost every year.

 

[Hardline]

So a bit of a thread hijack but let's say a few years ago Dallas had acquired Tampa Bay's 2015 1st round pick. So, we still were a very good team last season, but now we have the top overall pick. Who do you take? and why?

Leonard Williams. Its obvious why.
And I only said I would want to have TB draft position. Not their crappy record.

 

[erod]

I always think about the teams that have to swallow hard and draft guys like Jameis Winston because they're so lost at QB.

Locker, Ponder, RG3, Geno, Sanchez, McCown, Clausen, Manuel, Manziel.....even guys like Newton and Kaepernick that don't live up to their draft status.

You know it makes those teams insane when a team with Farve drafts a guy like Rodgers late in the first round. Or when a team with Dallas' quarterback history lands Romo as an undrafted free agent.

I honestly don't see a QB in this draft that warrants a first-round pick.