I Wanna Go Mach 2

[CATCH17]

Great draft but I would stay away from Solder if at all possible.

Give me Carimi.

 

[Randy White]

change #15 to Constanza and take out #209, and I love it..

I would NOT draft Solder with the Cowboys' 2nd round pick. I wouldn't touch him unless I had a pick somewhere last 5 or so picks in the 2nd round.

 

[Randy White]

With the day that Julio Jones had today, I could see someone like the Patriots trying to get in front of the Skins before they take him. Moss is headed to FA, so they will also need a WR as well as a QB. Not sure what we could get from the Pats to slide down to 17, but I could see that happen with the amount of picks they have in the draft.

The Patriots don't need, nor would they trade up, for Jones. The type of receivers they use for their system, they can get in the later round ( or even late 1st round ) where they have plenty of picks.

Teams trading up for Jones would be somebody like the Vikings ( Rice has declared for FA ), Rams, Jaguars, and Chargers.

If Peterson, Dareus, or Quinn are not available at #9, I'd prefer to move to the Rams spot and draft the best available offensive tackle or somebody who slid. I might even go back to the future and go with Ingram.

 

[Hostile]

Tell me two weeks ago that Tyron Smith would be off the board before 9 and I would of called you crazy but now I'm thinking by the time the draft rolls around it will be common knowledge if you want Smith you better get him before 9.

Leaning that way myself, which could mean Peterson is there.

 

[Hostile]

To those who don't like Solder...the Cowboys do not agree with you.

 

[TheDallasDon]

To those who don't like Solder...the Cowboys do not agree with you.

Its not that I don't like him its just that im greedy and want the players I wanthboy:

 

[Randy White]

Tell me two weeks ago that Tyron Smith would be off the board before 9 and I would of called you crazy but now I'm thinking by the time the draft rolls around it will be common knowledge if you want Smith you better get him before 9.

Anything can happen in the draft, but I don't see it. I know you guys are saying the Cowboys are high on him and all the rumbles you're hearing is that he's " their guy " at #9, but I'm not buying the chatter. He might be their guy, but not at #9 and looking at the top 15, the only team that might pull the triger is Detroit, but I'm not sure he fits Jim Schwartz or Scott Linehan's profile of an O-lineman. Top 20 other than Detroit are the Patriots ( 17 ) " maybe", and Giants ( 19 ), with NY being the biggest threat.

I think Dallas can safely move down within the 14-19 area and still find him there, if the interest is real.

 

[Randy White]

To those who don't like Solder...the Cowboys do not agree with you.

Wouldn't be the first time..

 

[YosemiteSam]

#109. John Moffitt, OG Wisconsin, 6'4", 320. I'd start Montrae Holland and get rid of Davis. But if Moffitt can outplay Holland, I'd start 2 rookies on the right side of the OL. Bottom line, we need nasty on the OL and we haven't had much of it.

While I know where you are coming from, that is a scary thought.

 

[YosemiteSam]

To those who don't like Solder...the Cowboys do not agree with you.

It's not that I don't like him, it's more that I'm a fan of big powerful maulers vs finesse zone blocking guys. (even Free takes a hit here)

Solder is a big guy with quick feet. He is a bigger Doug Free IMO. I wouldn't be pissed if we took him, I just wouldn't want to do that at #9. The only offensive lineman I would take at #9 is Tyron Smith.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Anything can happen in the draft, but I don't see it. I know you guys are saying the Cowboys are high on him and all the rumbles you're hearing is that he's " their guy " at #9, but I'm not buying the chatter. He might be their guy, but not at #9 and looking at the top 15, the only team that might pull the triger is Detroit, but I'm not sure he fits Jim Schwartz or Scott Linehan's profile of an O-lineman. Top 20 other than Detroit are the Patriots ( 17 ) " maybe", and Giants ( 19 ), with NY being the biggest threat.

I think Dallas can safely move down within the 14-19 area and still find him there, if the interest is real.

I think you are way off here. I'm thinking we would be lucky if Smith falls to #9. I think he is a top 5 player in this draft. Even today with him coming out at least a year early.

 

[CATCH17]

To those who don't like Solder...the Cowboys do not agree with you.

And who better to judge Oline than the Cowboys.

 

[CATCH17]

It's not that I don't like him, it's more that I'm a fan of big powerful maulers vs finesse zone blocking guys. (even Free takes a hit here)

Solder is a big guy with quick feet. He is a bigger Doug Free IMO. I wouldn't be pissed if we took him, I just wouldn't want to do that at #9. The only offensive lineman I would take at #9 is Tyron Smith.

I wouldn't even take Tyron Smith at 9 unless you told me he was our future Left Tackle and I like the guy.


We got a top 10 pick.. Lets use it on a premium position please. If not do a trade down and pick up Carimi / Cam Jordan or someone like that.

 

[Randy White]

I think you are way off here. I'm thinking we would be lucky if Smith falls to #9. I think he is a top 5 player in this draft. Even today with him coming out at least a year early.

Who picks him in the top 5 ? Tell you what: who picks him in the top 10 ? and don't include the Cowboys on that one

 

[Randy White]

And who better to judge Oline than the Cowboys.

That's not right

 

[YosemiteSam]

I wouldn't even take Tyron Smith at 9 unless you told me he was our future Left Tackle and I like the guy.


We got a top 10 pick.. Lets use it on a premium position please. If not do a trade down and pick up Carimi / Cam Jordan or someone like that.

I think he will be the Cowboys future LT (if drafted of course)

 

[Woods]

Who picks him in the top 5 ? Tell you what: who picks him in the top 10 ? and don't include the Cowboys on that one

I believe the nationalfootballpost.com (W Bunting) has him projected to the Skins at 10. At least he had him there . . . .

EDIT: Yes, he's still projected there.

Here's a Q&A from W Bunting regarding T Smith as well. (Just for information purposes)

HI Wes, just started reading your blog and have a question about the OT's in this class. I know you are a big fan of Tyron Smith, but do you think he could really be a solid rookie starter at RT? I am just curious why you are so high on a guy that never won the LT job at USC. Having watched quite a lot of games the last few seasons I am a hug fan of Sherrod. I think he is the most NFL ready OT in this draft. How serious are teams taking Ilajana's recent double hernia surgery. How much will it affect his draft status? - BigDinLA on Feb 20

Tyron Smith played behind a very good LT in Charles Brown who was a second round pick last year. USC wanted to get him on the field so they moved him to the right side and kept him there. He can bend, plays with good leverage and as he wills out will get even better in the run game. I think the double Hernia will slightly hurt Ijalana's draft stock, but he's a gifted athlete and will still go high.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Who picks him in the top 5 ? Tell you what: who picks him in the top 10 ? and don't include the Cowboys on that one

I didn't say he would drafted top 5, I meant he is top 5 player available.

The reason I think he may not make it to #9 is the fact that there are several teams looking for QBs a head of the Cowboys and well, they all aren't going to get one.

In my opinion there are three positions that carry extreme weight when drafting top 10. QB, pass rusher, and LT. Smith will be a LT before it's said and done and every team in the NFL knows this. That is why I think he may not make it to #9.

 

[Hostile]

I wouldn't even take Tyron Smith at 9 unless you told me he was our future Left Tackle and I like the guy.


We got a top 10 pick.. Lets use it on a premium position please. If not do a trade down and pick up Carimi / Cam Jordan or someone like that.

He played RT at USC. You need to get over the fact that your promises that Free could not play LT swung and missed badly.

 

[CATCH17]

He played RT at USC. You need to get over the fact that your promises that Free could not play LT swung and missed badly.

I never said he could not. Just said I wasn't sold on it and would've preffered we get someone who has done it.

Im still not opposed to moving Free back to right either if we find a stud LT.