Matthew Golden should probably be our pick

[NDGAEDE]

I watched a few hours of Luther Burden tape today and I can’t believe I was so wrong about this player. It’s absolutely insane how many yards Brady Cook left on the field where Burden beat his man and was wide open. Several hundred. His numbers this year were solely due to horrible QB play. I think he’s WR 2 after Tet

Was just about to post this

Turns out his QB was pure garbage!

 

[Pass2Run]

JMO, sign a FA WR.......there is still SDiggs and ACooper out there.

Trade down and Use rd 1-3 on (playmaker- preferably on D; prefer CB, LB, DE), DT, and RB.

If this team doesn't get a running game, then it doesn't matter who WR2 is. Dak is not Mahomes, Burrow, or Allen. He isn't going to put precise throws 40 yds down the field. He needs a running game. So get the running game first.
And get the D straightened out. Dallas can score 28 a game, and it not matter a bit if the D is giving up 35. Right now, most of the assets and money are tied into the QB, front line, and WR........at least until Parsons signs. This team badly needs DL, LB and RB. It isn't going anywhere till these three positions are made better.

Then and only then would a WR2 make any difference at all. There is still only one ball they are playing with. There are still 5 OL, 1 QB, and 5 skill players on the field. Teams love it when the QB is a playmaker as well, but in general 5-1-5 is the setup. Teams and people don't seem to understand that one group of skill players sets up the other group, and excellent TE's help both the running and passing games. The talent on the team determines the playmakers, but the coaching is the one who either makes it excel or allows it to decline.

I think what you're not considering is that the NFL is a still a pass to run league. That's one thing we haven't figured out all that well. In any case, your team should be good at both.

 

[Pass2Run]

You're entitled to your opinion, I simply don't understand it at all. It's really tough to be a great offense in this league without either an excellent duo of WRs or a QB who can run. Tolbert is a guy who on film does the easy things well. Hes an excellent create space on the comeback route guy, but all the analytics show thats already the easiest route to get separation on.

This is the better reason to not go WR. You have what should be a decent D...lets put in the additional resources in attempt to make it great. Our best hope offensively is to run the football well and build off that. I'm just not sure 'well we already have Tolbert' is a valid reason to not invest in the position.

Plus,.look at it this way. You score more points, which tends to elevate the entire team.

Having two studs at WR can give a team and an offense a certain kind of swagger.

It's one thing that could improve this team, along with putting Tyler Smith back at LT. Plus, adding a top 10 talented runner. If they get another stud to pair with Lamb, it opens up the running game.

 

[Kolemmitt]

Day

Day 1 only the first round

Day one of the season, not the draft.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Got speed on the roster w Turpin
Seldom use it

Turpin can hardly catch and is small

 

[baltcowboy]

I could see Golden fitting into Cooks spot. It would be interesting since we play most of our games in a dome to see CeeDee, Turpin and Golden on the field together. If schemed right the offense could be lethal but we would have to get a running back at 44. Finish the offense.

 

[Chuck 54]

We have no offensive weapons outside of Lamb.

WRs are ridiculously overpriced right now as free agents.

Golden is good at all the things Dak likes.

He is a good route runner / separator

He has incredible 4.29 speed

He’s 6’0

He can track the football and has a large catch radius

He also plays big in big games.

He looks like a Antonio Brown starter kit on the field to me.

The Arizona guy just looks like a guy Dak would struggle to get the ball to.

I think Golden almost has to be our pick at this point.

5’11”

I prefer McMillan, but if the Cowboys plan to use Mingo at the X for the slants and other inside routes, then I like Golden, Ekbuka, or Burden. Any of those three can play from the slot or move outside when Lamb plays from the slot.

Ekbuka is the best route runner, the most NFL ready, and best guy for the X and can play slot. He is also the best blocking wr in the draft.
Golden is a good route runner with the best straight line speed. He can be explosive and has not reached his ceiling.
Burden is the most explosive runner with the ball in his hands and can create on the screens, hitches, jet sweeps, and intermediate routes. He is a HR player very similar to Deebo Samuel, but he hasn’t yet learned the whole route tree.

 

[CATCH17]

5’11”

I prefer McMillan, but if the Cowboys plan to use Mingo at the X for the slants and other inside routes, then I like Golden, Ekbuka, or Burden. Any of those three can play from the slot or move outside when Lamb plays from the slot.

Ekbuka is the best route runner, the most NFL ready, and best guy for the X and can play slot. He is also the best blocking wr in the draft.
Golden is a good route runner with the best straight line speed. He can be explosive and has not reached his ceiling.
Burden is the most explosive runner with the ball in his hands and can create on the screens, hitches, jet sweeps, and intermediate routes. He is a HR player very similar to Deebo Samuel, but he hasn’t yet learned the whole route tree.

Is Egbuka better than Golden at route running?

 

[NDGAEDE]

Was just about to post this

Turns out his QB was pure garbage!

And here's a guy who gets TONS of separation. Not as good at contested catches but he is routinely 2 to 3 yds open here

 

[stilltheguru]

I'd take noel/williams/royals round 2 over golden in round 1. Think that's a better use of resources because all 3 fit the explosive category just as golden for the most part

 

[JJGR8]

The only problem is we would have burned a 12th overall AND 4th rounder on WR position.........

BTW......take it for what it's worth

Do you think we could trade down and still get him? Maybe go down five spots and maybe pick up a fourth round pick…

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Do you think we could trade down and still get him? Maybe go down five spots and maybe pick up a fourth round pick…

I'm not sure who you are targeting in trade-down ( still get him ? ), but we certainly pick up an extra draft moving down to 18th - 20th range. Some have suggested we could even get an extra 2nd round pick.

 

[StuckMojo]

We already used a 4th rd pick on WR

 

[GuitarBytes]

We have no offensive weapons outside of Lamb.

WRs are ridiculously overpriced right now as free agents.

Golden is good at all the things Dak likes.

He is a good route runner / separator

He has incredible 4.29 speed

He’s 6’0

He can track the football and has a large catch radius

He also plays big in big games.

He looks like a Antonio Brown starter kit on the field to me.

The Arizona guy just looks like a guy Dak would struggle to get the ball to.

I think Golden almost has to be our pick at this point.

It's easy to say that this WR is the best option just because he has speed and other skills, but we must not forget that Dallas has QB, why do you want a very fast WR if Dak-ancer is bad at deep balls, he does not have the necessary arm, it would be a waste, Dak-ancer works better with a good TE or a positional WR. Golden would fit well with Milton but with Dak-ancer. It's not just about putting a WR because he's fast, you have to see what player adapts to the QB you have,

 

[CATCH17]

It's easy to say that this WR is the best option just because he has speed and other skills, but we must not forget that Dallas has QB, why do you want a very fast WR if Dak-ancer is bad at deep balls, he does not have the necessary arm, it would be a waste, Dak-ancer works better with a good TE or a positional WR. Golden would fit well with Milton but with Dak-ancer. It's not just about putting a WR because he's fast, you have to see what player adapts to the QB you have,

Because Golden gets outs of breaks on shorter routes too.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Turpin can hardly catch and is small

I'm not sure why folks cant understand this. Look we all like Turpin but he is limited in what he is able to do. He's a good little gadget player and that's fine. The team needs a legitimate explosive threat at WR. THEN you can bring in Turpin as a 3rd or 4th guy on shorter routes or crossers where he has space to use his speed to run away from defenders. You do not want Turpin as your primary speed threat at WR.

 

[GuitarBytes]

Because Golden gets outs of breaks on shorter routes too.

With that in mind, what Dallas needs is another slot receiver? Golden's verticality would be wasted.

 

[CATCH17]

With that in mind, what Dallas needs is another slot receiver? Golden's verticality would be wasted.

Lamb is amazing in the slot…

They need a guy who can play out wide or inside.