Mailbag: Forecasting Marinelli’s Future; Is QB A Draft Need This Year?

[Hoov]

Interesting....Create a narrative, repeat it over and over again until it gains traction. Wait a few weeks then say, "I heard someone say that Marinelli is leaving". It matters not that you are the "someone", mediots and fans have short memories.

Kind of sad and funny at the same time....but true

 

[Bluefin]

I think being patient usually works far more often than being impulsive when it comes to the draft.

Personally, I would rather see us try and develop a QB the way the Packers did with Rodgers. Draft him late in the 1st round and have him sit for as long as Romo can play efficiently.

I think that's a good idea.

But the team is concerned about developing a passer and then possibly losing him as a free agent.

I don't really buy that, it's just an excuse.

All first round contracts contain a team option for a fifth season.

The real issue with drafting a QB early, especially in round one, is that there is a real need to come away with as many immediate starters and contributors as possible every year.

That can make it tough to draft a QB, but certainly not impossible. We just spent a 2nd, again, on a TE last year. Gavin Escobar might be Jason Witten's eventual replacement, but we haven't squeezed much production out of that pick yet.

Dallas also wasn't planning on keeping three passers this year.

Dustin Vaughan showed enough to force them to keep him.

I think that's where the teams that drafted QB's this season (outside of Oakland with Derek Carr) screwed up. Jacksonville started Bortles, Cleveland started Manziel and Minny started Bridgewater. I just don't think any of them were ready to start playing outside of Carr who has fantastic throwing mechanics and understands the ins-and-outs of NFL offenses and defenses due to his brother playing in the NFL.

Agreed.

Most rookie quarterbacks should be allowed to sit for a year or two, watching and learning is not a bad thing.

But those are rare situations when they happen, most QBs will get dropped right in the frying pan.

I think it should be a serious consideration in the upcoming draft, but you just can't force it. If there's not a QB worth taking, you just can't take the QB.

I'm pretty comfortable with the idea the Cowboys will not force a pick at QB next year.

Too comfortable, in fact.

Dallas is almost allergic to drafting the position.

Pushing the position will only become a worry when Tony Romo is done.

If a home grown option isn't already in place on the roster, then something regrettable might occur during the draft.

I'd like to avoid that.

Being open to selecting a quarterback early in the draft if he's the BPA might be the ointment.

Maybe not in 2015, though all options should be on the table, but the odds should start going up in 2016 and '17.

 

[Derekmtl85]

"David: Both Tony Romo and the Cowboys absolutely believe he can play another four or five seasons."

I'm afraid we are fooling ourselves if we really think this. I see more like 2-3 tops

Of course you'd know the guy's body more than the guy himself.

Share that crystal ball, why don't ya?

 

[Craig]

Id love to see a qb drafted in the 2nd or 3rd in one of the next two drafts to be developed for 2 or 3 years. And take over for romo when he is done. I hate the idea of drafting a guy to step right in. Keep a good oline together so they can have a good run game and isolate the qb once they start.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I think that's a good idea.

But the team is concerned about developing a passer and then possibly losing him as a free agent.

I don't really buy that, it's just an excuse.

All first round contracts contain a team option for a fifth season.

The real issue with drafting a QB early, especially in round one, is that there is a real need to come away with as many immediate starters and contributors as possible every year.

That can make it tough to draft a QB, but certainly not impossible. We just spent a 2nd, again, on a TE last year. Gavin Escobar might be Jason Witten's eventual replacement, but we haven't squeezed much production out of that pick yet.

Dallas also wasn't planning on keeping three passers this year.

Dustin Vaughan showed enough to force them to keep him.



Agreed.

Most rookie quarterbacks should be allowed to sit for a year or two, watching and learning is not a bad thing.

But those are rare situations when they happen, most QBs will get dropped right in the frying pan.



I'm pretty comfortable with the idea the Cowboys will not force a pick at QB next year.

Too comfortable, in fact.

Dallas is almost allergic to drafting the position.

Pushing the position will only become a worry when Tony Romo is done.

If a home grown option isn't already in place on the roster, then something regrettable might occur during the draft.

I'd like to avoid that.

Being open to selecting a quarterback early in the draft if he's the BPA might be the ointment.

Maybe not in 2015, though all options should be on the table, but the odds should start going up in 2016 and '17.

Ive read before that we were considering Dalton in 2011. Makes some sense because it may have kept them from giving Romo another contract. I think at this point if someone really jumps out at them they will consider, but I dont think they are going to force themselves

 

[Eddie]

GB did the right thing by drafting Aaron Rodgers and have him sit behind Brett Favre for three years to live and learn.

Nothing wrong with doing it the right way. Otherwise we'll be forced to reach for Quincy Carter again, and push him into the line-up two years too early.

 

[DFWJC]

I made it clear last year that I thought a later round Zach Mettenberger was a far better than Manziel. I thought he was the better pro prospect straight on the up and up, let alone with he 3-4 round cushion.
When he dropped all the way to the 6th round last year I would have taken him for sure....probably at the spot that used for Devin Street. We would have spent next to nothing on him and had what I consider to be a potential NFL starting talent on the roster to groom.

So never say never. If the value lines up, you should take it.

 

[DFWJC]

Ive read before that we were considering Dalton in 2011. Makes some sense because it may have kept them from giving Romo another contract. I think at this point if someone really jumps out at them they will consider, but I dont think they are going to force themselves

True.

I also think that if you ask a Cincy fan, they'd say if Tony Romo was their QB right now instead of Dalton, they would be unstoppable.
Maybe they'd be overreating, but there is a pretty clear drop off from Romo to Dalton.

 

[ghst187]

Of course you'd know the guy's body more than the guy himself.

Share that crystal ball, why don't ya?

the winning lottery numbers are as follows: 9-29-88-82 and 6
(decode that btw)

well i don't think its a bold prediction or anything given the fact that he has a bad back (with surgeries), is getting up there in age, skips practices regularly, ain't getting younger, and by my voodoo mathematical formula (patent pending)…4-5 more seasons would have him playing at 39 and 40 years old. That's a pretty rare feat even with a good back. Peyton Manning is 38 and everyone knows he's living on borrowed time, nor has he taken the abuse Romo has. I'll be pretty excited if we get 2-3 more years of high level play out of him.


I do find it interesting though that the FO has revealed the QB strategy…this means that we'll probably be looking hard at QBs in the 2016 draft.

 

[Derekmtl85]

the winning lottery numbers are as follows: 9-29-88-82 and 6
(decode that btw)

That was pretty good.

 

[burmafrd]

sad thing about drafting a QB after the first round is how much lower the percentage of hits vs busts there are. You get some in the second round (Brees) but after that?

 

[CCBoy]

Not for me, it's defense, defense, defense...and then consider defense.

 

[Galian Beast]

"David: Both Tony Romo and the Cowboys absolutely believe he can play another four or five seasons."

I'm afraid we are fooling ourselves if we really think this. I see more like 2-3 tops

How much time did you give Peyton Manning?