BulletBob
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... I know a little sumpin bout expectations, long-term strategy planning, and building teams, for what it’s worth. So without further ado … here’s my draft day story and resulting analysis. The opinions to follow plus about $1.50 will buy you a pretty good bowl of soup at most traditional home-style diners.
The Background and Expectation
Thought I’d throw another $.02 into the ring, since the analysis is rampant. I want to echo the sentiment of several other posters that we should all take the draft-day grades with a grain of salt. While I would have loved to see B+/A- ‘s across the board, please keep in mind that most of the national sports writers are looking at the picks themselves based on their own individual assessment of talent, and do not overlay that assessment on top of a team’s short-term or long-term strategy to arrive at sound conclusions.
Let me preface my analysis with the fact that this seemed like a very shallow talent pool. Now, who thinks it’s smart to make a big splash in a shallow pool?
Let me also note that I was originally very disappointed in what our boys did in the draft as far as the actual picks go. Let me explain why. See, going into this year’s draft, I bought all of that BPA talk hook, line, & sinker. So, I really was expecting Jerry & Co. to sit back and let the draft come to us. I figured that if the brain trust really felt that we could line up and play today effectively, this BPA thing could really work.
So, I expected to have the Cowboys tagged with the steal of every round. I expected each round to bring an amazed Kiper staring into the camera saying, “Wow, great pick by the Cowboys – I had this kid going two rounds earlier. What a steal!”
I sat down with my wings, laptop, headphones, and TV Remote, isolated in my cave from the rest of the family.
In a de ja vu moment, with shades of Steven Jackson dropping in our laps, lo and behold, here comes Brady Quinn … first steal of the draft – Round 1!
The Background and Expectation
Thought I’d throw another $.02 into the ring, since the analysis is rampant. I want to echo the sentiment of several other posters that we should all take the draft-day grades with a grain of salt. While I would have loved to see B+/A- ‘s across the board, please keep in mind that most of the national sports writers are looking at the picks themselves based on their own individual assessment of talent, and do not overlay that assessment on top of a team’s short-term or long-term strategy to arrive at sound conclusions.
Let me preface my analysis with the fact that this seemed like a very shallow talent pool. Now, who thinks it’s smart to make a big splash in a shallow pool?
Let me also note that I was originally very disappointed in what our boys did in the draft as far as the actual picks go. Let me explain why. See, going into this year’s draft, I bought all of that BPA talk hook, line, & sinker. So, I really was expecting Jerry & Co. to sit back and let the draft come to us. I figured that if the brain trust really felt that we could line up and play today effectively, this BPA thing could really work.
So, I expected to have the Cowboys tagged with the steal of every round. I expected each round to bring an amazed Kiper staring into the camera saying, “Wow, great pick by the Cowboys – I had this kid going two rounds earlier. What a steal!”
I sat down with my wings, laptop, headphones, and TV Remote, isolated in my cave from the rest of the family.
In a de ja vu moment, with shades of Steven Jackson dropping in our laps, lo and behold, here comes Brady Quinn … first steal of the draft – Round 1!
