If we had stayed put and drafted DeCastro...

[Verdict]

If we had stayed put last year and drafted DeCastro or Brockers and the linebacker we had apparantly targeted in round 2, where would we be now?

Resigning Jenkins to pocket change?

Drafting a corner high?

More solidified on the OL or DL, with the better option of going BPA?

Having our third starter at linebacker already without the need to sign the F/A we signed a week or so ago? (Durant)?

 

[visionary]

If we had stayed put last year and drafted DeCastro or Brockers and the linebacker we had apparantly targeted in round 2, where would we be now?

Resigning Jenkins to pocket change?

Drafting a corner high?

More solidified on the OL or DL, with the better option of going BPA?

Having our third starter at linebacker already without the need to sign the F/A we signed a week or so ago? (Durant)?

no knock on Mo (who i think is a good player) but that was a poor decision by our FO

the only position you ever trade up from outside the top 10 to inside the top 10 is for QB or LT if your team does not have one

no CB is worth giving up your 1 and 2 for

 

[jterrell]

Almost impossible to fully say.

We'd have Brockers(DeCastro was never the pick there) and Bobby Wagner.

Both guys likely start with Wagner joinging Lee and Carter for a truly salty young LB trio. Brockers would be an interesting fit in a tampa 4-3. Solid, solid DT. Not a true 3 tech nor a true 1 tech but good enough to do both and even play some strongside DE for you on short yardage.

But we'd definitely have a major hole at CB and last year we'd have been really hurt there once injuries hit at FS and CB together. Recall Carr played some FS to get us by.

This is not going to go away but I'd take Claiborne. Always take the better and more rare player in these scenarios IMHO.

Claiborne is better than any CB in this draft. BY FAR. Brockers would be only the 4th best DT.

 

[Picksix]

Tough to play this game. Hard to say where we'd be individually or overall. Might be better off, might not. You could play "what if" with every player on the team if you wanted to. Fact is, we made the deal. Doesn't really do much one way or the other to think about what might happen/have happened if we didn't.

 

[RastaRocket]

I like Mo, so at this point I don't even care anymore. Glad to have him.

 

[kazzd58]

Let it go bruh... 2013 Draft just a few days away... let it go

 

[Verdict]

It is no so much lamenting the trade .... more along the lines of what would we be facing in the upcoming draft.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Resigning Jenkins to pocket change?

Any plan that involves Mike Jenkins is flawed.

 

[jnday]

Any plan that involves Mike Jenkins is flawed.

Jenkins had plenty of fans that wanted him to stay when the Colts wanted to trade for him. They don't say much now. The extra draft pick would have helped things.

 

[RastaRocket]

Jenkins had plenty of fans that wanted him to stay when the Colts wanted to trade for him. They don't say much now. The extra draft pick would have helped things.

He's not a bad player, but I think our secondary is better off without him at this point. Somebody will get him at a good price next season.

 

[Fredd]

I still love the deal

Mo>DeCastro + Wagner in my book

 

[5Stars]

It is no so much lamenting the trade .... more along the lines of what would we be facing in the upcoming draft.

Then, that is what you should think about. Getting a player like Mo did cost some froggys, but the man is going to be solid in the backfield for a long time.

One thing at a time. Decastro was the pick I wanted also, but the Cowboys got the one thing they needed..defend the pass.

Hopefully, the Cowboys go long on the offensive line along with a bad dude at safety.

 

[AbeBeta]

Mo was solid last year despite having very little off-season strength work due to his wrist injury. He's got a great mentor in Carr and good coaching. It was a good move and we came out ahead in draft value for the trade. Corners take a little while. Any improvement at all for the upcoming season and Mo is going to be great.

 

[CyberB0b]

no knock on Mo (who i think is a good player) but that was a poor decision by our FO

the only position you ever trade up from outside the top 10 to inside the top 10 is for QB or LT if your team does not have one

no CB is worth giving up your 1 and 2 for

While I would give up a 1 and 2 for an elite corner, I don't think Mo is that guy. I will be happy if we get Terence Newman performance out of him. TNew was pretty damned good for a few years and slightly above average the rest of the time. I could live with that.

The timing was terrible. We had so many holes (and still do) that we could have filled with two picks instead of one, but oh well.

 

[5Stars]

Mo was solid last year despite having very little off-season strength work due to his wrist injury. He's got a great mentor in Carr and good coaching. It was a good move and we came out ahead in draft value for the trade. Corners take a little while. Any improvement at all for the upcoming season and Mo is going to be great.

I read an article that said that Mo could not even lift weights last season because of his wrist.

 

[viman96]

If we had stayed put last year and drafted DeCastro or Brockers and the linebacker we had apparantly targeted in round 2, where would we be now?

Resigning Jenkins to pocket change?

Drafting a corner high?

More solidified on the OL or DL, with the better option of going BPA?

Having our third starter at linebacker already without the need to sign the F/A we signed a week or so ago? (Durant)?

Everyone all year would have whined about not drafting a CB high in the draft. All season you would heard complaining how JJ does not know what he is doing. All off season everyone would be talking about which CB to take high in this draft.

So we would basically be having the same type of conversation but just for a different position.

 

[AbeBeta]

I read an article that said that Mo could not even lift weights last season because of his wrist.

he was clearly very light last year -- he still stuck his nose in and tackled well. You have to have remarkable skill to not get abused at the weight he was playing last year.

 

[5Stars]

he was clearly very light last year -- he still stuck his nose in and tackled well. You have to have remarkable skill to not get abused at the weight he was playing last year.

It's to bad that he is irrelevant...

:starspin

 

[gdoggy]

Commanders helped us get better terms with the rams to move up

 

[Picksix]

It is no so much lamenting the trade .... more along the lines of what would we be facing in the upcoming draft.

My bad. Didn't mean to rain on your parade. As far as that goes, if we had taken, say, Brockers and Wagner, and all else stayed the same, I'd say we'd definitely be in the market for a corner somewhere in the first couple of rounds. As strong a draft as it is for OL/DL, it's considered just as strong - if not stronger - for DB's. Maybe not at the very top, but there will be a lot of them taken in the first two days. DL most likely wouldn't be as big a priority.

Overall, I'd say we'd primarily be targeting DB, S, OL, and RB, along with TE and WR. Maybe a QB late, unless one were to drop in our laps that Garrett really wanted.