^thisIf Melly Mel would have sent Barmore to the Cowboys at 15 now we're talking about really beginning to fix this defense.
A real DT and an extra first next year is nice.
now THAT is something I CAN get behind.Give me Ojulari at 15 and a corner in round 2
Ya know what the defense would have looked like with Jaycee Horn in it last year?
No different.
Why not both but I am greedy like thatWould you guys rather have NEs 2022 1st or their 2021 2nd (46 overall)?
IMAGINE if we double dip at DT back to back. Taking Barmore at 15 then coming back and drafting either Olijari or Tommy Togiai at 44. lol..wow...Talk about instant fix on defense. wow. It would be the recipe for a quicker rebuild IMO.Drafting a corner is nice, but wont fix much now.If Melly Mel would have sent Barmore to the Cowboys at 15 now we're talking about really beginning to fix this defense.
A real DT and an extra first next year is nice.
Also the NFL of today is not the NFL of 1990's where bad teams were terrible and they could be predicted to be terrible for ever, see Patriots, Bucs, Bengals, Seahawks.Beware of having too many draft picks.
With only one of the top five quarterbacks still available, the Patriots jump five spots with the Cowboys, giving Dallas their 2022 first-round pick in return. The Cowboys don't need a quarterback, so they'd be thrilled to get an offer like this and move down only a few spots, because their biggest holes are on defense and they can get a good player at No. 15.
This would be the first time in the common draft era (since 1967) that five quarterbacks went in the top 10 picks. The quickest that five QBs were picked was in 1999, when five went in the top 12.
15. Dallas Cowboys - Jaycee Horn CB South Carolina
Dallas trades back five spots with New England, gains what would likely be a 2022 first-round pick and is able to plug a need at No. 15. The Cowboys' defense was dreadful last season, and they lost starting corner Chidobe Awuzie in free agency. They can pair Horn with 2020 second-round pick Trevon Diggs, who had a nice rookie season. The knock on Horn is that he had only two career interceptions, but that ball production should come in time.
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44. Dallas Cowboys - Joe Tryon DE Washington
Tryon played linebacker, defensive end and defensive tackle at Washington, picking up eight sacks in 2019 before opting out of last season. At 6-foot-5, 260 pounds, he'd play end for the Cowboys, who have an under-the-radar hole behind DeMarcus Lawrence. Dallas could go offensive line here as well.
If Melly Mel would have sent Barmore to the Cowboys at 15 now we're talking about really beginning to fix this defense.
A real DT and an extra first next year is nice.
This is all true and I don’t disagree.Drafting a corner at #10, or even #15 -- can't be the BPA.
Corners are reactionary players that lack aggression and physicality -- constantly on an 'island' with coverage on receivers, & are highly dependent on the front 7 in attacking and pressuring the QB.
At #10, or #15, draft impact players that are aggressive, and are game-changers -- OL attacks the defense, WR's challenge the defense, DL collapse the pocket and pressure the QB, LB's attack the line of scrimmage, etc.,
Corners are 'island' players -- their impact is minimal, they are contingent on the DL causing the QB to panic (if a QB has time to throw, I don't care who you have in the secondary), & more important drafting them at #10, or #15, a team is leaving more valuable/foundational impact players on the board.
Before you all chime with Patrick Peterson or Jalen Ramsey -- just note some of the front 7 players those corners benefited from during their respective tenures in Arizona and Jacksonville.
In particular, Campbell, Chandler Jones, and Yannick Ngakoue put up high sack numbers -- look up the numbers.
Arizona:
Calais Campbell
Sam Acho
Darnell Dockett
Karlos Dansby
John Abraham
Alex Okafer
Chandler Jones
Jacksonville:
Calais Campbell
Malik Jackson
Myles Jack
Yannick Ngakoue
The most important place on the field is the pocket.
Teams need players that can throw from that spot, that can protect that spot, and that can attack that spot.
The fetish with corners at the top of the 1st round needs to stop.
Give me the best edge rusher in the draft:
Jaelan Phillips.