Mickey: looking back at prime draft players

[CCBoy]

exactly. lets see how it plays out, because there are a few on this board who are already spit shinning Booker's HOF trophy. and all this man love over a RG...geesh

oh, and Grand and Walker could have been in play as well.

He rode reviews high, unlike your comments. You must be from Houston. I first was from Bishop and then Kingsville.

 

[Mikexike]

so we lack leadership and want a leader on the OL. a rookie. and expect what results exactly? its football and in this football, defense wins championships. like I said, Philly had #1 defense. #2 scoring defense. beat the crap out of Mahomes in the superbowl. and drafted 5 defensive players with their first 5 picks. we drafted a RG because there is a lack of leadership on this team... that speaks volumes on why we suck so bad. I guess we have to wait another 30 years and hear the same stories again. KC has played in 3 straight superbowls and drafted an OT (the most important position on the OL) and 3 defensive players with their first 4 picks.

drafting a RG at the 12th spot is stupid. This doesn't mean Booker is a bad player, but RG is not an impact player.

if you look at the CCG teams of the past 15 years, none of them have 3 first round OL men on their team. yet here we are. we lack leadership and want to draft somebody to be a leader. position impact be damned!

I beg to differ, RG is impactful for this team.... we all saw how bad it was with martin, Once a backup came in for him the line started to play better and run better.

 

[CCBoy]

The quote was included and I didn't forget a thing. It was a mailbag and he was first asked a direct opinion.

Want to argue it?

Here is another opinion about Blue and from Teshard Choice, a respected College Coach and then with Detroit:

Choice has a long track record of success when it comes to producing NFL running backs in college. Blue marked the sixth running back in the last three years alone that Choice coached in college and sent to the professional level. In his eyes, Blue's ability in space combined with his speed is what makes him stand out.

"Super, super fast and really good in space, and can catch the ball out of the backfield, can run routes, he's very smart," Choice said. "Him being put into space with his speed, and his stop and start, and able to make people miss in the open field, I think that's what makes him really, really good."

"He's strong enough to break out of tackles and he accelerates very fast, and once he gets in the open field, if you ain't close to him, you're not catching him."

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/...g-jaydon-blue-how-he-can-succeed-with-cowboys

Someone else on site can crow about that as well....not my job.

Just like Booking, he'll have to prove that as well!

 

[BoyzBlaster]

Jerry is an idiot. Shotty hire or not.

and Shotty screaming for a RG is being an idiot...he wants a physical OL!!! really. what about defense that was giving up 28 points a game. you are not going to win much being 31st worse defense in the league. improving to 25th isn't really going to do much. this defense is a mess.

and compare that to Eagles who were 1st in defense and 2nd in scoring defense and drafted 5 defensive players with their first 5 picks.

a RG, the 5th most important OL position is not the answer to being a superbowl calibur team. I would have taken a DT. I would take a little less to trade down and take a LB and another defensive player...

how many teams in the past 15 CCGs have 3 first round OL men on their team?

simple. NONE

there was a reason Shotty never became a head coach. now we know why. the next 4 years are repeat of Garrett years. Shotty is already a lame duck coach.

Such a great post. How can so many posters be so oblivious to how bad this defense was/is.