Jones has right idea for Cowboys Owner shying away from Manziel is the correct move for team happy w

[BrAinPaiNt]

JJT

IRVING, Texas -- In the past, Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has been known to lie about the team's draft plans when queried.

This isn't one of those times.

Johnny Manziel -- Johnny Football, if you prefer -- might be headed any number of places Thursday during the first round of the NFL draft, but Dallas isn't one of them.

Thank goodness.

You should be thrilled. Ecstatic. Overjoyed. Jerry the GM appears to be acting like, well, a GM.

Perhaps he has ended his obsession with shiny baubles such as Terrell Owens. Maybe he understands smart, safe drafting is the best way to build a sustained winner.

Now, maybe y'all -- you know who you are -- will give up on this ridiculous notion regarding Johnny Football wearing a blue star on the side of his helmet.


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[tideh20heel]

I wish he was acting like a gm before he extended him

 

[NJ22]

Really does he have an obsession with 1st rd QB's? He's drafted ONE in 25 years! That worked out pretty good..

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Really does he have an obsession with 1st rd QB's? He's drafted ONE in 25 years! That worked out pretty good..

2...if you count the supplemental draft.

 

[Idgit]

I wish he was acting like a gm before he extended him

Gonna try to ride that particular horse, huh?

 

[NJ22]

2...if you count the supplemental draft.

was Walsh a 1? good call.

 

[tideh20heel]

Gonna try to ride that particular horse, huh?

Thought it was a bad idea at the time proved to be worse than I imagined. I can point to one playoff win produced for over a hundred million dollars invested as my evidence. So yeah not the best move.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

was Walsh a 1? good call.

He was in the supplemental draft.

Could you imagine the uproar if we had just taken a QB at #1 in the draft and took another one in the Supplemental draft at #1...both in the same year.

 

[tideh20heel]

Funny part was they didn't realize how the draft worked and that they could have put in a 3rd round bid. Even Jimmy wasn't perfect

 

[NJ22]

He was in the supplemental draft.

Could you imagine the uproar if we had just taken a QB at #1 in the draft and took another one in the Supplemental draft at #1...both in the same year.

Would be nuts. But as bad as that team was, it was a worthwhile gamble.

 

[Fredd]

Just say no to Manziel

 

[NJ22]

Just say no to Manziel

He won't be there anyway... If he is You gotta take him! . All in the eye of the beholder with him. The guys that like him (me) see Tarkington and those that don't (you) see flutie.

 

[Sarge]

I am actually surprised at the number of people that think we are giving any consideration whatsoever to Manziel. It simply is not going to happen.

 

[Idgit]

Thought it was a bad idea at the time proved to be worse than I imagined. I can point to one playoff win produced for over a hundred million dollars invested as my evidence. So yeah not the best move.

Ah. The old QB-wins playoff games all by himself argument. That one's a toughy to argue against.

 

[tideh20heel]

Ah. The old QB-wins playoff games all by himself argument. That one's a toughy to argue against.

How about the old qb destroys teams salary structure and has never produced any post season success and is now injured and prohibits the teams ability to improve for the duration of his tenure argument. He was a bad investment bottom line. Enjoy his 27 mil dollar cap hit next year. Not all his fault certainly but when you consume resources like he does you need to produce at a high level when it matters.

 

[Nightman]

Funny part was they didn't realize how the draft worked and that they could have put in a 3rd round bid. Even Jimmy wasn't perfect

It ended up being the first overall pick for the next season. They could've had Cortez Kennedy or Junior Seau with that pick. They got a few picks back from NO for Walsh, but that was a big mistake.

 

[tideh20heel]

Or they could have drafted Blair Thomas

 

[Beast_from_East]

How about the old qb destroys teams salary structure and has never produced any post season success and is now injured and prohibits the teams ability to improve for the duration of his tenure argument. He was a bad investment bottom line. Enjoy his 27 mil dollar cap hit next year. Not all his fault certainly but when you consume resources like he does you need to produce at a high level when it matters.

30 TDs, 10 Ints...........statistically the best season of his career.

You think a rookie QB comes in and tosses 30 TDs?

 

[theSHOW]

2...if you count the supplemental draft.

I don't

 

[theSHOW]

It ended up being the first overall pick for the next season. They could've had Cortez Kennedy or Junior Seau with that pick. They got a few picks back from NO for Walsh, but that was a big mistake.

Lets give Jimmy credit for the Aikman pick and lay that Walsh pick on Jerry.