well, ive never seen McFadden play, so not sure, but from what ive seen clips of him, he is awesome, maybe just a tad, now i said, just a tad better than Peterson.
how you build championships is with super impact players, we had our big 3 in the 90's with aikman, whom we drafted # 1 overall, then we got lucky and drafted Emmitt Smith at the 17th pick in the first round, and got Michael Irwin with about the same round with emmitt in 1st round.
Yet, if you look at the reason or one of them why the cowboys were good in the 70's was the high picks with Ed Too Tall Jones, Randy White & Tony Dorsett, you win with impact players, in my opinion, just like we got Charles Haley with a trade, so with mixture of high imact players, smart trades, and being lucky with lower picks, you build a team.
i say, if romo does good, which i think he will, if you have to trade up, you should be able to use one of your 2nd or 3rd round draft choices to trade up if you have to, hopefully just one of them, then, either trade down with your other # 1 pick, or trade back up with your other # 1 with another 2nd or 3rd draft choice you have and get another impact player at WR or S or CB, whatever you need.
remember Jerry Jones says and I am thinking this team isnt too far off from being a super bowl team, then, you bundle picks, and move up to get a couple of impact players, to me, that is what this team is missing, high profile impact players that have heart, desire, impact ability to take over a game & motivate a team, with intensity, that hate to lose and want to be a champion,
so im for getting McFadden, to me he is twice the player Julius Jones is, and if Jones does have a break out year, sign him to a one year deal and trade him, you would have value with him then for trading, because this teams needs a player on offense that teams fear,