Jaylon Smith's nerve has no significant improvement yet

[AsthmaField]

of all the players youre gonna use to make our situation look worse, ragland is towards the bottom of the list that would make me rue. hes a 2 down linebacker, who will get killed coverage.

Yeah, talk about a wasted pick. Ragland at pick 34 would have been. He's a two down backer who is literally, a less talented McClain who can't cover.

At least there is a chance Smith becomes a game-changing, cornerstone player. There is absolutely zero chance that Ragland is much more than a two down player who will hit the RB hard from time to time.

 

[Sydla]

Yeah, I think it was wishful thinking to believe Smith could play this year. And frankly, I was hoping even if he got cleared, the Cowboys would keep him shelved for the season anyway.

 

[Bigdog]

And who says the kid was going to be there in the 4th round?

Exactly and if rumors were correct, the Patriots would have taken him with their 2nd rd pick.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

And who says the kid was going to be there in the 4th round?

No one is saying he would have been there in the fourth. I simply said that I would have loved to of taken him in the fourth. That was his value IMO. If he goes before that then another team would have over invested in him.

 

[tyke1doe]

"Significant improvement" is just about the worst possible way to phrase Smith's progress from the injury because it suggests the recovery is a gradual process where you could expect some improvement from day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month.

But that nerve is going to be like a light switch: It's either on or off, there is no in between.

Waiting for the light in a dark room to "significantly improve" without flipping the switch is a fool's errand.

With all due respect, you just contradicted yourself.

If the injury isn't a "gradual process" but a light switch, then if the switch doesn't/hasn't turn/ed on the light, then there's no "significant improvement."

However, if the injury involves a gradual recovery, then two inches of growth in the nerve is not significant improvement when you measure what it will take for the nerve to grow to where it should. But it would be minor improvement and an indication of showing progress.

I'm no doctor, but from what I've read, the nerve has to "grow" back. If so, we shouldn't be looking at "significant improvement." I'd be more interested in "gradual improvement," and that would mean telling me how much the nerve has grown in two months.

I don't expect him to be able to run like he did before the injury - at least not now. But I'd like to know the nerve is making progress even if he's not back to being 100 percent.

 

[Vinnie2u]

I pretty much figured he wouldn't play any this year anyway. So I'm not at all surprised by this. I'm hoping for a healthy Smith in 2017.

I hope so too.. It was just not the smart move.

Exactly and if rumors were correct, the Patriots would have taken him with their 2nd rd pick.

That's just hearsay.. But NE could afford to take him in the 2nd. They got Hightower and Jamie Collins. We got a Romac, Lee

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Exactly and if rumors were correct, the Patriots would have taken him with their 2nd rd pick.

They weren't correct. Broadduss confirmed it was a bogus report.

 

[Cowboys22]

It was reported that they had trade down offers and I wish they would have gone that route. Even if the NE rumors are true, they had 20+ picks to work with. I have no issue with Smith being the 2nd round target, but I think trading down 5-12 spots would not have included great risk of losing him.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't pay a lot of attention to Ed Werder given his reporting in the past. As for Smith he has been working out and doing what he needs to be doing, his doctor seems very optimistic on Smith full recovery.

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[Silver N Blue]

not saying he won't improve or ever play at a high level again...i still wanted Spence there...at the very least the three DE's could have come up with an agreement on who was going to take the year off...when does the season start....ho hum...

 

[Ren]

Kinda expected, never liked the pick in the 2nd, but I'm not gonna start worrying unless they're saying the same this time next year

 

[DeaconMoss]

of all the players youre gonna use to make our situation look worse, ragland is towards the bottom of the list that would make me rue. hes a 2 down linebacker, who will get killed coverage.

Which is 2 more downs than what we have

 

[KJJ]

Still stand by my draft day comment. Not worth the risk....

Especially not for a team that needs immediate defensive help. Smith would have been worth the risk for a solid defensive team that could afford to take a gamble but not for the Cowboys. Time is running out on Romo and if we can add some significant players to the defense that can help immediately we still have a chance to reach a SB before he's done. Once we have to move on from him we may have to put a number of resources into trying to replace him. Taking gambles with our second round picks have not paid off and is one of the reasons the team hasn't made much progress over the years.

We've wasted three #2's on TEs since 08. Bruce Carter another #2 didn't pan out. The odds on Gregory ever seeing a second contract with the team doesn't look good. If Gregory and Smith don't work out that will be six second round picks since 08 go bust. I doubt there's a team in the league that's drafted worse in the second round than the Cowboys the past decade and it's mainly because they've taken chances on injured players, a pot head and TEs they can't use because of Jason Witten.

 

[rockj7]

Going to be worse if Myles Jack has a good year.

I was thinking after the draft we could have gotten Jack and Smith plust still gotten the DT from Nebraska

 

[lostar2009]

man I love the player and it has only been 2 months. but if he can never play football again, especially with tony romo at the end of his career. this pic will haunt us, I say that because there was plenty of talent left on the board. I tell ya these 2nd round picks piss me off.

Sean Lee, Bruce, Randy Gregory, DeMarcus Lawerence, Jaylon. Not bad but could be better. If Randy pans out and Jaylon could play to his potential these 2nd round picks may be ok. JJ want that 2nd first round pick and thus where you gamble. Someone with a checker back ground or an injury bug.

 

[speedkilz88]

not saying he won't improve or ever play at a high level again...i still wanted Spence there...at the very least the three DE's could have come up with an agreement on who was going to take the year off...when does the season start....ho hum...

But that's the deal, they decided to go with the two guys they could trust, Dr Cooper & Jaylon Smith rather than add another guy they could not trust.

 

[DenCWBY]

man I love the player and it has only been 2 months. but if he can never play football again, especially with tony romo at the end of his career. this pic will haunt us, I say that because there was plenty of talent left on the board. I tell ya these 2nd round picks piss me off.

DC probably one of if not the highest risk taker in the business (esp now that uncle Al Davis is off the board). JJ is a true wildcatter in every since of the word. We'll see how it plays out in a year if not sooner.

 

[AsthmaField]

Exactly and if rumors were correct, the Patriots would have taken him with their 2nd rd pick.

Even if the Pats didn't take him with their second rounder, there is a likelyhood (IMO) of another team doing it late in the second. If that didn't happen, I don't think there's any way Smith makes it through the 3rd round into the 4th. Particularly if their talking about using the late 4th round compensatory pick that we used on Dak Prescott.

NFL Fans were all wanting to get Smith in the 4th or 5th round for their team. This just in: Fans can be a little too hopeful in players sliding to them in later rounds. There was never any real chance that Smith was going to slide to a team that late... but it is what fans hoped for.

 

[KJJ]

I was thinking after the draft we could have gotten Jack and Smith plust still gotten the DT from Nebraska

Jack was drafted in the second round by Jacksonville. Smith also would have been drafted had the Cowboys not taken him. Neither would have been undrafted free agents if that's what you're saying.